UPDATES
March 8, 2008
Version 1.09 is up. Aside from a few tiny tweaks to the game, this update consists mainly of vocabulary changes. I added some words to stages 4 and 5 of Set A and stages 2, 3, and 5 of Set B. In reviewing the verb sections, I replaced "relax" with "rest" and "stand" with "stand up" so the translations would be more accurate. I also removed a few verbs: "be" in Verbs 1 and "sneeze" and "shower" in Verbs 2. I took out "to be" (이다) since its meaning and translation are so imprecise; not only is there another "to be" verb (있다), but they are both extremely common and so chances are anyone studying Korean is already familiar with them. (If you haven't learned about them yet, here is a lesson that explains their usage.)
A new Java version was released this week: Version 6 Update 5. I highly recommend that you upgrade—especially if you are still using Update 3, since Update 4 had a lot of improvements and bug fixes (but for some reason it was never put up on java.com). Just a reminder: you can delete the older Java versions in Add or Remove Programs after you install the new ones.
I have started work on a new vocabulary set or two, but it will be at least several months before one of them might be ready. I removed "sneeze" and "shower" from Set B to make room for some more common verbs, but I'll be sure to put them back in Set C. (So don't be too disappointed!)
November 5, 2007
HanGhoul has been updated to 1.08. I can confirm that the game works fine with the latest Java version (which you can get from java.com). But again, if you have Java 5 there is no reason to upgrade. I made a couple changes to Vocabulary Set A: the Korean for "stairs" was changed to 계단 (which seems to be more common), and 안녕하세요 is now simply "hello" (formal) while 안녕 is "hello" (informal). Of course, 안녕하세요 is a common greeting which literally means "Are you at peace?" I also made one change to Set B: I replaced the entry for "sports field", since it was the same as "stadium" in Set A. In its place I added "ball" (공).
October 9, 2007
HanGhoul has been updated to 1.07. I went through all of Set B and made a lot of corrections and improvements. In the game, I changed the High Scores option to be turned off by default. Also, I believe the game works with Java 6 now. I haven't tested it too extensively, but I tried out the game with the latest Java 6 JRE today and had no problems. If you have an earlier Java version there is no reason to switch, and if you don't have Java, for now I would still recommend that you get the latest Java 5 JRE instead. Finally, I'll mention that I've updated the Resources page with some new links that I found to be helpful.
August 1, 2007
HanGhoul has been updated to 1.06. The only change to the vocabulary is that "fire department" in stage 6 of Set A is now simply "fire station". I made some small improvements to the game code as well.
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