Discover Gram’Lot in Two Minutes · Transcript

Demonstration of Gram’Lot, La Grammaire de Camelot, recorded in a computer browser with a fictional player (« Chevalière Lina ») in an isolated environment; nothing was sent to the game’s public leaderboard. The end of the journey is shown from a demonstration save, in the game’s own format: every quest completed except the last question of the last boss. The video has no sound: the explanations are written on screen.

[0:00] (Title card: Gram’Lot.)
    Gram’Lot. La Grammaire de Camelot: a grammar game in French, from A1 to B2, in the browser. Recorded with a fictional player in an isolated environment; nothing was sent to the game’s public leaderboard.

— 1 · The universe —
[0:05] (The entrance screen, in a computer browser: the Gram’Lot crest over Camelot castle, «Choisissez votre destin».)
    Gram’Lot, La Grammaire de Camelot: a medieval world in which learners practise French grammar.
[0:11] (The Chevalière card is chosen and comes to life; the name «Chevalière Lina» is typed.)
    Learners choose their character, Chevalier or Chevalière…
    …then a knight’s name. No account is needed.
[0:18] (The entrance ceremony: a drawbridge lowers, then Merlin appears in a golden frame, «Bienvenue à Camelot, Chevalière Lina».)
    An entrance ceremony: the drawbridge lowers, and Merlin welcomes the new knight.

— 2 · Four kingdoms —
[0:25] (The scroll «Règles du Royaume»: quests, bosses, glory points and ranks, badges, the final objective.)
    The rules of the kingdom: each quest is a lesson and four trials marked out of 20, guarded by a boss.
[0:32] (The home screen: the knight’s banner (rank, glory, badges), «Choisis ton royaume», four kingdoms, Niveau A1 to Niveau B2; B1 and B2 carry a padlock. On a computer, a tip shows the keyboard shortcuts.)
    Four kingdoms, four levels of the CEFR: A1, A2, B1 and B2.
[0:38] (A click on Niveau B1: «Ce royaume est scellé, Chevalière. Achevez d’abord les quêtes du Royaume A2 et ses portes s’ouvriront.»)
    A kingdom stays sealed until the previous level is completed.

— 3 · A quest —
[0:43] (The Tournois screen, kingdom A2, quest «Le Futur Simple»: Leçon unlocked, trials padlocked, then the boss «Le Sphinx du Temps».)
    A quest, here the futur simple: a lesson first, then four trials, then a boss.
[0:49] (Lesson pages: «Le Futur Simple», the endings and the table for PARLER, the irregular verbs.)
    The lesson explains the rule step by step, with Merlin as a guide…
    …endings, a conjugation table, the ten irregular stems, examples.
[0:58] (A lesson page with a short question, «Demain, nous (visiter) le musée.», answered: visiterons.)
    Some pages end with a quick check: « Demain, nous visiterons le musée. »

— 4 · Practice and feedback —
[1:03] (Trial 1, multiple choice: «Demain, je ___ (partir) tôt.» partirons, partira, partirai.)
    Then the trials. Here, a multiple-choice question: click, or press 1 to 4.
[1:08] (The wrong answer «partira» is marked ✗, «partirai» ✓, and a card explains: «Je + partir + ai = partirai.»)
    A deliberate mistake: « partira » instead of « partirai ».
    The feedback shows the correct form and the rule behind it: je + partir + ai.
[1:17] (A correct answer, «serons», with its explanation; later, a third correct answer in a row unlocks the badge «Lame Ardente».)
    A correct answer is explained too, and earns glory points.
    Streaks unlock badges: here, Lame Ardente, three in a row.
[1:25] («Victoire au tournoi !»: 16.7/20, five right, one wrong, +50 points; the next trial, «Épreuve 2 · Complétez», is offered.)
    Each trial is marked out of 20, and the next one opens.

— 5 · Progress and review —
[1:30] (On the home screen, a «Réviser mes erreurs» button now appears, below the shortcuts «Points faibles», «Mon diplôme» and «Sortir du jeu»; the review screen lists the missed question, to replay the quest; «Mes points faibles» shows the theme «Le Futur Simple».)
    Missed questions are kept in « Réviser mes erreurs »…
    …and « Points faibles » shows the themes with the most mistakes.
[1:38] (The badge hall «Armoirerie» (3 of 64 badges), then the «Parchemin de notes»: average 16.7/20.)
    Badges, ranks and a record of marks make progress visible over time.

— 6 · The dubbing —
[1:43] (A demonstration save of the fictional player: on the home screen, the knight’s banner (Championne, 26,646 glory points), the four kingdoms almost complete (B2: 4 of 5 quests) and «▶ Continuer l’épreuve · L’Alchimiste des Mots · question 6/6». The last question, «Titre de « La forêt a brûlé »», is answered «Incendie de la forêt»: «Victoire au tournoi !», 20/20, the badge «Alchimiste des Mots», and crowns, stars and trophies rain down.)
    A demonstration save: one question left in the whole game.
    The last boss falls: « Victoire au tournoi ! »
[1:50] (The final screen follows on its own, under a rain of crowns, swords and trophies: King Arthur on his throne, «Légende de Camelot !», «Toutes les quêtes sont terminées. Vous êtes adoubé !», then the overall average (16.7/20), glory points, badges and rank.)
    Every quest completed: the knight is dubbed. « Légende de Camelot ! … Vous êtes adoubé ! »
[1:56] (Further down, the 61 badges won, then Merlin’s message: «Chevalière… votre nom est gravé, à jamais, dans la légende de Camelot. Le roi Arthur est fier de vous.»)
    The screen sums up the journey, and Merlin says farewell.
[2:00] (Back on the home screen, the shortcut «Mon diplôme» opens the «Diplôme de Grammaire»: «Décerné à Chevalière Lina pour avoir vaillamment accompli le parcours complet A1 → B2 à Gram’Lot», with rank, glory points, average and an «Imprimer / PDF» button.)
    And a diploma in the player’s name, to print or save as a PDF.
[2:04] (Closing card: More than a game, lelaboh.com/grammaire.)
    More than a game: its game structure organises the progression, is designed to sustain engagement and gives grammatical feedback, a way to work on grammar independently. lelaboh.com/grammaire. Recorded with a fictional player, Chevalière Lina, in an isolated environment.

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Running time: 2:11