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Chants of Sennaar, a puzzle game where you decipher an alien language (Demo available)

Chants of Sennaar, a puzzle game where you decipher an alien language (Demo available) - lemm.ee

I don’t know if this is a good community to post to, but it’s a cool game and i want to share it somewhere. I think i heard about this game in a conlang group. I recently played the demo, and it was amazing. The game’s idea is pretty novel too. You decipher a logographic language based on context and clues, and you have to manually decipher the words meaning, too; so you could translate it wrong. in the “ME ME TOWER GO PRAISE” box, i’m not sure if the PRAISE hieroglyph is actually correct. I love linguistics, and to see a game made around it is awesome. A devotee saying "ME ME TOWER GO PRAISE" [https://files.catbox.moe/ty2b88.png] The guard's have their own language! [https://files.catbox.moe/65vibm.png]

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String Jan 9, 2025

I need another game like this asap, it was so good.

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dustyData Jan 9, 2025

If you are open to try a more adventure oriented spin on this, then try Tunic. Where the main game mechanic is translating the game’s manual by learning the language of the world.

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子ギツネが大冒険を繰り広げるクォータービューアクションゲーム「TUNIC」で、失われた伝説や古代の力、恐ろしい怪物たちであふれる世界を探索しましょう。

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Cocodapuf

I would argue that that’s the optional game mechanic.

The main game mechanic is that it’s a Zelda like hack and slash. The secondary game mechanic is its secret puzzle system and then finally if you get through all that, there’s still this language you can decipher to solve the very last puzzle.