French for Gamers
Like Duolingo, but for French for Gamers. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Interface and the Industry and Gameplay and Community.
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Key ideas in French for Gamers
- A 'sauvegarde' is a user-initiated or permanent save file
- 'Flou de mouvement' is the standard term for motion blur which many players disable for clarity
- A 'point de passage' is a temporary checkpoint that may be overwritten or lost upon closing the game
- 'Synchronisation verticale' (V-sync) is essential for fixing 'déchirure d'écran' (screen tearing)
- Menu navigation often separates 'Charger une sauvegarde' from 'Recommencer au point de passage'
- Advanced display menus use 'fenêtré' to describe non-exclusive display modes
- Distinguishing between manual saves and automated progress points
- Identifying technical display settings to optimize visual performance
- Mappage des touches for keyboard and mouse
- Configuration de la manette for controllers
- Sauvegarde vs Point de passage
- Touches vs Boutons
- Doublage refers to voice-over
- Synchronisation verticale
- Sous-titres independent of interface language
- VO vs VF
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives French for Gamers the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You find the visuals distracting during high-speed action. Which setting should you adjust to remove motion blur?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where French for Gamers takes you
Level up your French by mastering the specialized vocabulary of the gaming world, from technical settings to high-stakes multiplayer slang.
- 1
The Interface and the Industry
- Mastering the Menu and Settings
- Genre Nuances and Industry Talk
- 2
Gameplay and Community
- Multiplayer Slang and Social Play
- Technical Performance and Glitches
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
French for Gamers is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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