I Made a 3D Game to Teach My Daughter Dutch (Devlog #1) — Save the Dutch

Save the Dutch — a game where you save Dutch the duck by learning Dutch the language. I'm a solo indie dev (with an AI assistant) building a 3D language-learning game for kids, and this is devlog #1: why I started, a live unscripted tour of the world, and two real bugs I hit and fixed on camera — because the struggle is part of the story, not something to edit around. Video published also on ‪@HEWKN‬ channel In this video: Why I started building this for my daughter The pun the whole game is built on A tour of the world and the mystery that pulls the player through it Two real bugs, live, and how I fixed them Why Dutch (the duck) follows you everywhere The actual prototype in action — picking up words, learning by doing What's next Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:21 The Minecraft origin story 1:16 Save the Dutch: the pun 2:21 Bug: the mouse gets stuck 2:45 World tour: the mystery begins 5:13 Built on the Hero's Journey 6:02 Roadmap: seasons & language levels 7:23 Bug fixed, meet Dutch 9:00 Gameplay: the rabbit quest 10:10 Bugs: tool glitches, Dutch won't follow 11:53 Why solo, why AI-assisted 13:31 Take two: the clean run 14:25 Learning Dutch words live 16:06 No punishment, ever 17:02 Quest complete 17:15 Learning by doing 17:30 Follow along Save the Dutch is in development. Season 1 takes you from zero Dutch to A0 completed — the first steps into A1. Follow the devlog: Raccoonbox (studio): https://raccoonbox.com Konstantin.fi (personal blog): https://konstantin.fi Substack (longer essays on the design): [add your Substack URL] I'd genuinely love your feedback — comment with what you'd want to see next. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #languagelearning #devlog #savethedutch #raccoonbox #konstantinnikkari Some of the assets used in the game making are from: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Farm animals set by vertexcat https://vertexcat.itch.io/farm-animal... –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Asset library by Quaternius - https://quaternius.com/ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Background music list: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Lost In The Rooftops by Snoozy Beats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/kiM Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Fade by Snoozy Beats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/sUN Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Blissful Morning by Snoozy Beats / snoozybeats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/mtS Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Lemonade by Snoozy Beats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/o28 Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Alone Again by Lo-fi miku License: Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/khs Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: snoozed by Snoozy Beats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/BaG Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: look inside by Snoozy Beats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/rIU Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Shade by Tomh. https://hypeddit.com/tomhwav License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/kSe Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Haru (LoFi version) by Roa / roa_music1031 License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/lLm Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Te Quiero by Tomh. https://hypeddit.com/tomhwav License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/dq5 Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Happy Hour by Lo-fi miku License: Creative Commons — Attribution - ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/22s Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Coffee Shop by Snoozy Beats License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/oZR Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––