Eloquence
@eloquencegame.bsky.social
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The indie game about language. Save an island full of friendly villagers by speaking a language you don't know. Wishlist now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1353030/Eloquence/ An announcement is brewing...
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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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We couldn't agree more! We're super in love with our 2D-characters-in-a-3D-world look.
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Game Bakery goes Gamescom 🎮

Our Bakers travelled to Cologne, Germany, this week to attend Gamescom and to showcase their games. You have the opportunity to play Outbound, Eloquence, and Autogame Deluxe, so be sure to check them out!

#GameBakery #Groningen #Gamescom
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#Gamescom day 1 is live!

If you want to experience a unique and fun new way to play with dialog and language, come find Eloquence's juiciest demo yet in the business area.

We are located in the NL Pavilion!
eloquencegame.bsky.social
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

Links below
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ATTENTION INDIEDEVS
Show off your art style

Art by @sonjavanvuure.bsky.social
A screenshot from Eloquence: a beach in which the main character is engaged in a dialog with a bearded man poking at flotsam in a pool with a spear A screenshot from Eloquence: a pastoral scene in which the main character stands idly between a goatherd and two grazing goats A screenshot from Eloquence: the player character has entered a shack where a fishmonger greets her from behind the counter. A screenshot from Eloquence: a beach scene where the main character and two men observe a ship under construction
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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
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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
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
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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
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Spending the evening making a prototype of a new scene!