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Lost in Translation

By sheepolution

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall14.5728
Fun24.4628
Innovation14.7929
Theme14.6429
Graphics584.3828
Audio
Humor194.2227
Mood24.5527

Comments

alexrose 2019-10-08 08:16

This was fucking amazing, and you already know how I feel about it, 10/10 well done

jake-white 2019-10-08 10:13

This is an amazing concept.

2019-10-08 11:18

Such a wonderful game! :heart:

nikolay-zapolnov 2019-10-08 16:50

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!

el-fideo-rubio 2019-10-08 22:15

Perfect score and well deserved if you ask me, hats off, Franti for making this game

dane-tesla 2019-10-08 22:42

WONDERFUL! One of my fav LD 45 game so far. Simple but investing gameplay, interesting concept, pleasing audio and graphics. 11/10 would play again.

I'd totes play "a full version" of it, like a 3-4hrs puzzle game around this theme or something :heart:

shrapx 2019-10-09 16:10

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?

jesusache 2019-10-09 17:21

Really fun idea and execution! It seems like a fun exercise to do with kids learning a second language in school. Really good entry for LD45!

evgeniya-zapolnova 2019-10-11 16:54

I liked this game. It's original and athmosferic. I really like how characters move :)

crubeyawne 2019-10-11 17:43

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 :)

drtizzle 2019-10-12 12:12

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!

ava-skoog 2019-10-12 12:36

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! <3 The silent film presentation is a lot of fun and the noise is a nice touch. Music is great, but I see you opted out of the audio category, so I guess it's stock? Still, good choice! The world needs more languagey games.

sheepolution 2019-10-12 12:51

@everyone Thanks for all the kind words!

@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.

stark 2019-10-15 18:04

It was really hard, so I've very proud to compete this great quest game =)

aeveis 2019-10-19 05:04

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!

skyball 2019-10-19 10:22

What a fun game! It's really hard tho

As soon as you press 'ü','ö' or 'ä', the game crashes

doodums 2019-10-19 11:16

This is the most original take on the "start with nothing" idea. Really well done.

heta 2019-10-19 14:23

Great game, I'm not sure what i said in the game but i managed to beat it :D

2019-10-20 12:29

Perfect game ! If only we had the same kind of game to learn a new language! I think there is something to think about!

taldius 2019-10-23 09:23

Natopi, pu tep Taldius! Really awesome game, it's simple but work so well. Nice job!

tyrannas 2019-10-23 10:51

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

kaeveris 2019-10-26 09:49

Cool idea, I like the style of graphics and music! Very well done and original

hitchh1k3r 2019-10-26 16:43

_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!

philomory 2019-10-29 22:45

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!

2019-10-30 01:23

Congrats on getting #1 in overall!

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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2019-10-30 05:16

you HAVE to expand this!!! awesome job!!!

chuchuw 2019-10-30 14:49

Natopi. Pu tep chuchuw. Pu disul lost in translation. Ku disul hibrok. Franti. Pu stoi sam version. Nadrem.

2019-10-31 02:34

What a delightful game, the music is fantastic, and it's a neat little "puzzle" game trying to figure out the words you need

papaver 2019-10-31 15:59

Great scores for a great game, congrats! :smile: I enjoyed playing it. :smile_cat:

zoglu 2019-11-03 21:31

Franti ! Really nice game :)

2019-11-03 23:02

how do I downvote a comment

loganou974 2019-11-08 04:50

Franti !

2021-01-24 15:44

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2021-02-16 18:27

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2021-06-20 01:13

Such an interesting topic, thank you!

2021-06-20 01:19

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2021-06-25 08:11

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2022-04-14 11:21

I agree that it's pretty original, and for me, it turned out to be pretty inspiring to learn a second foreign language!

2022-04-18 11:21

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