A puzzle game where you decipher languages

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  @ShadowthePast · 3 years ago

  I cannot overstate how seamless the UI is in this game. Being able to have your guesses be integrated into the gameplay makes the translation experience so smooth, that you can direct all your attention exclusively to figuring out the language.

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• ED

  @EdenHellCipher · 2 years ago

  I forgot that I started watching this video, stopped watching to download this game, and never got back to watching this.<br><br>Having now played the whole game and found this video in my backlog, might I say, thank you for giving this game a shoutout. It vastly exceeded all expectations, and I wish more games like this existed.

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• SQ

  @square5775 · 3 years ago

  Honestly love this series idea, can&apos;t wait to see more indie games put in the spotlight!

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• MO

  @morri2 · 3 years ago

  I played the entierty of Sennaar without using the notebook to get the &quot;official translations&quot;, it is both possible and highly enjoyable!

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• MH

  @MH_Binky · 3 years ago

  In discussing the simplicity of the languages, you mentioned that the languages only consist of so many words. One of the rosetta stones in the game actually has a devotee glyph that isn&apos;t included in the dictionary - cut off, but easily identifiable. It uses the building/location radical, containing the symbol for warrior. Which implies that the languages do expand beyond those limited concepts, but only those that are necessary for the player character to know are used.

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• KY

  @kyleowsen · 2 years ago

  Its a testament to how well this game works and immerses you that I never once questioned how the people were speaking in visible symbols.

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• CO

  @colonelvector · 3 years ago

  As someone with a child I cannot express how useful these types of short games are

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• PA

  @ParrotDash · 3 years ago

  This is just like when I tried to play games in english as a kid before I actually knew any english

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• GI

  @GingerBreadSed · 3 years ago

  As a linguistics lover that game looks absolutely amazing! I&apos;m also working on a language puzzle game so this is hugely inspirational 👀

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• FU

  @FugaceFugite · 3 years ago

  I like the idea, though I would appreciate the format to be split in two sections, the first as completely spoiler free as possible (for example no hints about how the language might be constructed) and the second that does go into more details, maybe it could even contain a personal review meant to be watched after we&apos;ve completed the game for ourselves.<br>I don&apos;t know if I&apos;m among a minority but I personally enjoy new experiences the most when going in blind, or almost without any info past the minimum to get an idea of whether or not I&apos;m interested, especially for things based on discovery : plot twists, obscure puzzles, stories, etc.

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• JM

  @jmlkinc · 2 years ago

  What indie games most need is an informed curator making recommendations so people can filter out all of the chaff. This sounds like an amazing series.

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• SP

  @spybloom · 3 years ago

  I wonder if a game like this could work with real languages. That&apos;d be a fun way to passively learn a new language, because you&apos;d get all the common words and grammar through context

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