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kristinamay 2026-10-19 18:53 ♥ 1

I liked how this game took a basic mechanic and used it to introduce some lore strewn about. Definitely feels like one level of a possible multi-level experience with more story and more ways to translate, but I think this is a great start. Good work! Oh, and I wanted to add that it feels very polished, so great work on that as well!

ioana 2026-10-21 12:29 ♥ 1

I like the basic concept, it was interesting. I think you could turn it into something pretty cool with some more variation. The only thing I would criticize is that it does feel like a bit of a chore, since the scanning/translating is completely automatic. Would have been cool to introduce some little minigames you need to complete in order to succeed, like the skyrim lockpicking mechanic.

Nice entry!

wakanake 2026-10-21 19:58 ♥ 1

the best thing is how gameplay itself reveals the lore. i agree that a deciphering minigame would be very fitting in a full game. when playing, i was thinking about a short story "The Gold-Bug" by Edgar Allan Poe where the main character deciphers a text looking at how frequent the character occurs in the text. just my associations :D

znaxerers 2026-10-21 21:44 ♥ 0

@kristinamay thank you for trying out my game!! i was wanting to do something with a conlang & lore before the theme came out - so fleshing out the translating and story more is what i wanna do too

znaxerers 2026-10-21 21:50 ♥ 0

@ioana thank you for your comment!! having a translating minigame would be cool - i was thinking it could get boring after a while as it is right now. definitely something i'll be thinking about

znaxerers 2026-10-21 22:04 ♥ 0

@wakanake that short story sounds like a pretty spot on association haha - i really wanted to have the lore as a part of gameplay, trying to strike the right balance was hard for me - i actually thought the lore was too expository at times