Words and Wide Spaces by Move127
Concept:
Words and Wide Spaces is a game about deciphering an alien language. As you travel across the galaxy following the directions of some long gone alien, you will learn its language and a bit of its story.
Disclaimer:
As usual, I went with a project that is too ambitious for a 48 hour jam. I wanted to make more content so that it would be easier to learn the language. As it is, it may be very hard to get through.
Controls:
Click on the tiles at the bottom and then click on the brown openings to place the tiles. Click on the tiles that are already in the brown openings to remove them.
Hints (Don't read if you want the full experience):
It may not be clear from the in game hint, but you will have to do some math in base 12.
Words and Wide Spaces is a game about deciphering an alien language. As you travel across the galaxy following the directions of some long gone alien, you will learn its language and a bit of its story.
Disclaimer:
As usual, I went with a project that is too ambitious for a 48 hour jam. I wanted to make more content so that it would be easier to learn the language. As it is, it may be very hard to get through.
Controls:
Click on the tiles at the bottom and then click on the brown openings to place the tiles. Click on the tiles that are already in the brown openings to remove them.
Hints (Don't read if you want the full experience):
It may not be clear from the in game hint, but you will have to do some math in base 12.
SPOILERS: The symbols shown above the first puzzle are the numbers 0 - 11. The box is addition, the H is subtraction. Hopefully that's enough to get you going.
The H looks like the digits 2 and 3 sticked together, which was confusing when I was figuring out the first puzzle.
You really need to some hints/tutorials, but fuck it, it's 48 hours
Biggest gripe is that the very start of the game is very confusing. If you just start the game and hit "Go", you basically can't do anything else. It should probably start you off on the first planet or something.
Anyone manage to get past this puzzle on the 3rd world? https://i.imgur.com/J7QO3Ii.png
I'm really confused by the 3rd example, which seems to indicate that it's not exactly base-12. 8+1A in base 12 should be 26, but the answer seems to be 27. Also there's not enough "1" runes to complete the puzzle if it was just base-12.
You are right, I am fixing them now. It should be 26, and for the final of the three questions I put in the answer in decimal instead of base 12. That one should be fixed. Thanks for noticing the problem.
Well, on the second try, I landed, but did not understand anything. I thought the square symbols were 0 digits. After looking at the description, the first planet was easy. On the second one (with the 4 sockets), the left and right tile got stuck, and no combination of the remaining two worked. Am I doing something wrong? Would like to learn more about the alien culture!
The learning curve of this game seems very high, could use some more explanations or a slower puzzle progression. Was frustrating that the coordinates were displayed *after* the number scale was gone, so I had to do the whole planet again. Nice, fitting music! :)
But man, I understood the numeric stuff, but the language got me confused, I finished the game nonetheless. BUt I would love to see a explenation of everything at some point.
I didn't write down the words, so I couldn't figure out what it said in the end...
Overall, great job! :)