Learning games and more projects
PyTales
Learning games for history lessons with the doctoral project “Die verlorene Drachme” at the centre – plus a roguelike and creative tools.
PyTales · Dominik Töpper · TU Dresden
Learning games, researched
and developed
Learning games and applications for schools and teacher education. At the centre is “Die verlorene Drachme” (The Lost Drachma), a visual novel for Year 5 history lessons that teachers are trying out in class as part of a doctoral study.
Three project strands
Learning games, inclusion and home-made AI tools
Making barriers tangible
SensAble
Applications that make barriers tangible and support inclusive teaching – and the seminar in which they are used.
AI harness with chat demo
Lora
AI assistant with tools for documents, literature and transcription – and two models of its own on the device.
Also in the archive: Recorded History (2022) with learning modules and a glossary
Main project · doctoral thesis
The Lost Drachma
A visual novel for Year 5 history lessons and the research prototype of a doctoral thesis at TU Dresden.
School version 3.0Educational visual novel
- Year 5teaching unit on ancient Greece
- In the browserno installation, loads only when you click
- For teachersteacher’s guide, game codes for every chapter
Seven chapters, seven locations
- Athens Attica
- Megara Megaris
- Olympia Elis
- Mycenae Argolis
- Orchomenus Arcadia
- Megapoli Arcadia
- Sparta Laconia
More projects
Games, tools and applications
Test versionHistorical card duel
Aeterna
An offline card duel for Android: 416 cards, 22 heroines and heroes from the Saxon history curriculum (Years 5–7) and a campaign with 22 missions.
- Android
Pixel Edition 1.4.3Roguelike card game
Khaibit
A turn-based roguelike card game in pixel-art style: through the twelve gates of the Egyptian underworld to recover a stolen heart.
- Browser
5 toolsCreative tools
Tools for pixel art and music
PixelDraft, PixelArt Studio, Voxelwerk, LofiKasette and PixelGroove+ – editors for maps, pixel graphics, voxel models and music.
- Browser
Version 1.0.2Vision simulation
SensAble Vision
Uses the camera to simulate in real time how people with visual impairments perceive the world – as an Android app, in the browser and on the Meta Quest 3.
- Android
- Browser
- Meta Quest 3
Meta Quest 3VR web app
Inclusive Classroom VR
The inclusion teaching lab from other perspectives: in a wheelchair, with a visual impairment, with sensory overload or hearing loss – with stations, assistive aids and a room check in mixed reality.
- Meta Quest 3
- Browser
TU DresdenTeacher-training seminar EW-SEGY-BW4
Seminar “Designing for inclusion”
The digital learning environment for the teacher-training seminar: 14 sessions as learning paths, six simulations and a portfolio in which students develop accessible learning modules based on Universal Design for Learning.
- Browser
Chat demoAI assistant with its own harness
Lora
AI assistant for research, teaching and administration: pseudonymisation on the device, tools with approval, two small models of its own. Shown here as a demo without any AI connection.
- Demo in the browser