Kolja Sam Pluemer

My mission is to make the world a better place by building excellent tools for learning.
Get in touch at contact (at) koljasam.com.

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Here are some of my projects:

Linguanodon

A collection of interactive interfaces for language acquisition. Currently 10 apps for 20+ different languages.

Check it out here

samlearns.org

Experimental mini apps for digital learning across various topics.

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Transparent Input

Make your target language videos comprehensible by overlaying core vocabulary.

Signal Lost

My entry for the Ludum Dare Game Jam #59 (Signals): Connect houses so they can deliver their data packages before growing annoyed.

what-to-do-next

A tiny desktop tool for collecting and displaying ideas on what I could do now

dumb notes

an extremely simple, extremely plaintext, local note-taking app for notes where fancy templating only distracts

Crazy Billiard

I co-created a VR speedrunning game mixing mini golf and billiard
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prompts

A minimal, terminal-inspired UI to regularly ask yourself questions — made for journaling, self-awareness building and habit-tracking

SVG Shape Creator

a slim, web-based, laser-focused SVG editor that I need for game art creation

Infographics & Posters

Occasionally, I create posters and infographics about varying topics

Al Kutshina

Practice a language with image-based puzzles

karten

Free online Spaced Repetition Software with experimental features such as interdependent flashcards

The Queue

An Obsidian.md plugin randomly exposing you to your notes. Supports habits, to-dos, spaced repetition flashcards, iterative reading and more.

Video Vocab

Make your target language comprehensible by learning the vocabulary needed to understand a native speaker YouTube video. UX never got fun. Merged into transparent-input.

Hebrew Script Trainer

a web prototype for acquiring foreign alphabets without deliberate memorization integrated into linguanodon

Cheese Mogul

A game jam entry where you collect cheeses and auto-battle other players in the fight for the title of Cheese Mogul Game had an identity crisis between being a too-basic economy simulator, and a too-basic auto battler

TPR Board

Get a feel for a target language by executing drag & drop tasks on a 3D digital game board integrated into linguanodon

Sätze

Experimental German language learning app to internalize confusing grammar by doing sentence-based cloze deletion exercises integrated into linguanodon

Vietnamese Minimal Pairs

Experimental UI for learning to distinguish Vietnamese sounds and tones integrated into linguanodon

3D Preposition Acquisition

a tiny VR/desktop game to learn the local prepositions in a foreign language integrated into linguanodon

Arabic Numbers Practice

Practice recognizing, writing, spelling and pronouncing numbers in Arabic integrated into linguanodon

Beworded

Prototype of a Bejeweled-style vocabulary game The core loop is just not very fun, and the game does not communicate it's affordances too clearly

know-every-year

An adaptive app to learn world history events by year using the Major System Couldn't find a coherent flow unifying adding years, adding events, adding mnemonics, and practicing all of that

The Language Scrapbook

proof of concept for a language game where you fulfill drag-and-drop tasks in the target language not extensible enough to provide meaningful volume of learning content and practice

awesome lectures

a community-driven curation of high-quality lecture recordings backend deprecated; activity not worth the maintenance

Infinite Sentences

Data-driven sentence learning app where you learn exactly the vocabulary you need to understand a piece of natural language integrated into linguanodon