The complete lack of instructions was actually kind of compelling. This game had a vice grip on my brain, I really wanted to understand. I spent a long time mouthing out sounds like a toddler learning their first language. It was cool figuring out that it was meant to be read right to left, but I was stumped until I read your comment about semitic words having inferred vowels. I’d love to play a full version of this with an explanation of what I’m actually solving, I felt like I was brute forcing a lot of the words. I also cheated a bit by looking up what assimilation meant in phonology :)

This is perhaps the most creative game I've played in this jam; very unique take on the theme! I enjoyed it very much, but it was very difficult; a more in depth tutorial would have been nice (it took me a while to realize it was read left to right), and maybe a way to access the alphabet more easily so you don't have to go through menus every time. This game also would benefit greatly from audio, so you can hear how the word is pronounced, but I understand that that would have been a very large undertaking for only 9 days! Very good game overall!

Very cool take on the theme and love the aesthetic :)

This is a super cool concept and I love the minimalist aesthetic, it makes the UI super clean, it's a bit confusing at first but I feel if it's broken up by levels or had a tiny walkthrough tutorial it would help players understand what to do, though I understand it's explaining a tough concept. Love the original take on the theme though!