After your plane crashes you end up in a strange town. Can you figure out their strange language starting with no knowledge about it? No translations, no dictionaries, just people talking.
Carefully read what the villagers are saying. Look for repeating words and how and when they are used.
It's recommended you use a noteblock of some sort to write down the words you learn along the way.
Cool idea and nice way to learn the language. I like it! It could be great to offer a choice of real-word languages. Would be an awesome learning tool!
I enjoyed the silent movie feel, with intro and simple control, and most of all the hard thinking required to get through the game. very rewarding. pu disul game! ku stoi?
Loved how the visuals tie together + music. Good gameplay idea with the language barrier. you could almost abstract with any symbol systems and release it anywhere :)
This is a very good entry! I like the music and the visuals, and how they fit together very well. It was fun to discover what words meant, and how to use them. I feel like I've learned another language! I opened up Notepad next to the game screen, and tried to decipher the words and sentences from there. Well done!
Finally got around to it! Was particularly interested in playing this one, since I considered the same idea before I decided to go ahead with my gardening game instead. As an avid conlanger I couldn't resist. Bit easy (would've been fun to see at least a few grammatical differences from English to figure out), but I love this sort of thing nonetheless!
Interesting! I was able to beat it. I got stuck a while, but that was mostly because I wasn't sure what I could interact with (especially if it was small). But otherwise I liked how you could figure things out through what people were saying. Nice job!
Best game I played in this Ludum so far, the concept is amazing! I got the feeling I could learn a language really fast by playing that kind of game!You should definitely keep working on it IMO
_Franti! Bis fraks/fraks. Pu disul Lost In Translation. Nadrem._
Good job, I really liked the idea, and it was scoped very well (not too much to learn at once). The silent movie style was very well done too.
There was next ot know friction when I first played it, but I tried a second time, armed with more knowledge, and I kept confusing the characters with simple sentences. And Jacob would not sell me 2, 3, or 10 apples. ^_^
This was very well done, good job, and thanks for making it!
Hey, congrats on taking first place in three categories (including overall) and 2nd place in two more (including fun)! I gave the game a shot and it's a really cool idea! Franti!
I remember when I had to translate the labeling from Arabic and it was a problem, because the standard translators translated too crookedly, and this is, after all, official information for the consumer. It's good that I found interesting information, you can view publisher site and make your own conclusions about companies which translate from Arabic. I was able to see from this list which company is the best and then ask them for help. That's what I recommend if you have a problem with translation.
Several years ago, I went to Spain without knowing Spanish at all. I wanted to communicate with the local population, but not everyone understood English. Luckily, I found a great spanish translator, which translates flawlessly from English to Spanish. With this translator, I was able to communicate freely and made many friends.
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I'd totes play "a full version" of it, like a 3-4hrs puzzle game around this theme or something :heart:
Really good entry for LD45!
@ava-skoog Thanks! It would be fun to create a bigger version with an actual advanced con-lang. And yes it's royalty free music by Kevin McLeod.
As soon as you press 'ü','ö' or 'ä', the game crashes
Really awesome game, it's simple but work so well. Nice job!
Good job, I really liked the idea, and it was scoped very well (not too much to learn at once). The silent movie style was very well done too.
There was next ot know friction when I first played it, but I tried a second time, armed with more knowledge, and I kept confusing the characters with simple sentences. And Jacob would not sell me 2, 3, or 10 apples. ^_^
This was very well done, good job, and thanks for making it!
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494941349?t=6h5m49s
Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D
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