Eloquence: the narrative Metroidbrainia about language!
🗣️Collect and use phrases of a functional symbol language!
🏝️Explore a vibrant and dynamic world!
🌋Save the islanders from an eruption!
Did you enjoy the movie Arrival? This is the game for you!
#PitchYaGame #indiedev #linguistics
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ATTENTION INDIEDEVS
Show off your art style
Art by @sonjavanvuure.bsky.social
26.03.2025 15:03 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Ready for the European Game Showcase! At #gdc25
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Aside from the language, the client project unfortunately never materialized beyond tech tests and concept art.
It was cancelled.
Fortunately, Gerben was allowed to extract the rights to the language concept. He uses it as the basis for a new project: Eloquence.
Art by @samma-art.bsky.social
09.12.2024 22:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As are we, friend!
09.12.2024 21:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A custom tool with which symbols were created
4 phrases made in the first digital versions of the Eloquence symbols
A graph of a test questionnaire that was used to test the symbols' effectiveness
The paper prototype validates the concept!
New symbols are made in a bespoke tool on a 24x24 pixels canvas, featuring syntax support.
About 50 symbols are created and tested via short stories in Google Forms.
Players consistently enjoy engaging with the symbols and language.
#indiegame #linguistics
05.12.2024 20:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
In 2016, a client asks @multiverse.bsky.social to create a narrative for their game without using any language, words, or numbers. After first considering environmental storytelling, Gerben conducts an experiment: can we tell stories using only emojis? He makes a paper prototype #indiegame #language
21.11.2024 21:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spending the evening making a prototype of a new scene!
21.11.2024 21:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
