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So, I’m hopelessly stuck on the first level. I am extremely confident in this game’s design, and in it being directly up my alley, so I’m just going to list my theories below so you can… idk, subtly point me in any direction, haha

On a side note, I actually strongly prefer deduction/decipher/etc. games where there are little to no levels, which is partly why I’d like to get past this first level. I love Red Pearls of Borneo, and am addicted to Type Help, and both games hardly moderate how many problems or information are on your plate.

My current theories

The Half-Boxes are some version of quantity: old/young, lots/little (few/very?), big/small, etc.

The five non-boxed Xes are progress, as evinced by Fire.png (the Xes will now be detailed as 1/2/3/4/5). Likely some version of past/present/future, or recent/now/soon (there is no recent or now available). Both options could be done in 2/3/4 style, with 1 being birth/preconception and 5 being death/nonexistence, or 1/3/5 style.

As for the Lasillans.png, the Seven-Dot Box is likely age (aka time), but it might be referring to size (big/small, unknown), amount of legs (few/very, Seven-Dot means include), or even wisdom (few/very, Seven-Dot means know).

I am pretty stuck on Seven-Dot Box and X-Box, and probably lost/wrong on Empty-Half-Box. Is X-Box or Empty-Half-Box meant to be communication, i.e. message/important/include? I believe Seven-Dot and X-Box are time and Lasillan, but I can’t differentiate them. Or the Peeking-Man-Alien at the top of Chart.png is Lasillan.

Also, the ‘saving is broken i am sorry’ was cute, I randomly tapped on the save button every time I got frustrated haha, it became a way to blow off steam

Some of your theories are right on the money. Did you find any words similar to the time-based words you looked for and didn't find? Also, I wrote a post-mortem for creating this game that probably gives you a lot of help and also includes a bonus puzzle at the bottom! But, also, this game was created in 48 hours for a jam and is, as you saw, horribly unfinished. I'm working on a post-jam version with more polish and detail so it's more playable! 


But in any case thanks for giving it a go, I appreciate it so much! 

Where is the post-mortem? I’d love a bonus puzzle :)

/blog/1495952/ld59-postmortem-creating-an-alien-language-for-a-48-hour-jam enjoy!