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Student project · 2024–2025

Vocabster

A vocabulary-learning app for Kindergarten 1–3 children where learners draw their own word icons, feed them to a friendly monster and revisit their creations in a personal library.

Demo walkthrough

Vocabster invites young learners to make vocabulary personal. Instead of only looking at a ready-made picture, a child selects a word, draws an icon for it and feeds that icon to the Vocabster character. The drawing becomes part of the learner’s own growing collection, linking word study with a small act of creative making.

The app frames this routine as a gentle game. Today’s Menu presents uncompleted words, the canvas gives space to draw, and Vocabster’s Stomach stores finished icons by category for later exploration. A life system, experience points and five character levels make progress visible, while local storage keeps the child’s work available on the same device. The focus remains on a child’s own drawing rather than a fixed image set.

Draw it, feed it, keep it

  • A word menu and drawing canvas for child-created vocabulary icons
  • Drag-and-feed interaction with the Vocabster character
  • Vocabster’s Stomach library for revisiting saved icons by category
  • Life, experience and five-level progression systems
  • Local storage for keeping the learner’s work on the device

Scope and constraints

The report describes the planned functions as fully developed. It also notes practical limits: young children may need a guardian when drawing without a reference image, and saved work cannot yet move between devices.