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Deciphering the Nebula: language, history and narratology in Heaven’s Vault
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In this episode we discuss the brilliant Heaven's Vault; a narrative adventure videogame about decyphering a constructed language in order to learn the history of a fantastical world. Hosts Dr. Ibi and Dr. Joe cover topics including:
- How the game works
- Ideographic vs Alphabetic writing systems
- Semantics and Morphology in language
- Science fiction, media representation, and attempts at avoiding orientalism
- Translation and archaeology as game mechanics
To hear Jon Ingold of Inkle talk about Bladerunner and writing game dialogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vRfNtvFVRo
For an excellent GDC talk on the making of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o02uJ-ktCuk
Contains some strong (and other type types of) language.
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