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Enigma Bound's itch.io pageLink to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12gaH9xx_M58yK8M2iAyqaanuY8zl3ZOisMK0J_xNyM0/edit?tab=t.0
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes
Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes
Summarise your game!
This is a game about figuring out the translation of alien glyphs. Use your mouse to navigate the interface, and check the info tab - it'll help with figuring out translations!
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
"You are the weapon" - in this case, the secret weapon earth hopes to leverage against the aliens- a summoned daemon. Useful for translating alien runes that human brains seem unable to parse.
Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
The conlang in the game is uniquely generated each time! Try refreshing the page and taking a look a second time. Even the 'correct' answers to the translation questions can change.
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I think, for a prototype, this game is good. The only downside I have with this game is "playing" it - maybe I'm missed something. But I didn't get any hints on a possible solution. It seems "random" to me. Therefore I was just clicking an answer which "couldv'e made sense to me" - being wrong awards you with a very long downtime in which you can do absolutely nothing. What I would suggest is, instead of a timer make the player solve simple tasks (memory, mazes, and so on) for being wrong.
There is a lot of potential even with the notes (which to this point are kind of "useless"). I can imagine, once you have more Tasks, more Glyphs to translate, it can be one hell of a puzzle game!
Music is great too! Keep it up! :)
Thank you for playing, and for the feedback. I must ask though, did you see the Information tab? This is where all 'hints' you are intended to work off of were located.
Oh my gosh, I think this game is so awesome!! The idea is so cool and it is surprisingly well polished!!! I would love more content! I think this game has so much potential, it really gets my imagination going. I would to really dig into a text of this conlang as more information is available, plus I think this would be such a interesting framing for a sci-fi narrative. Very interesting, would love to see more!
Thank you for playing, and for the feedback. :)