Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies

A project in San Francisco, CA by Thorny Games
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Build a language, build a world. Who were the Isolation, and how were they lost? In this game, your language is the story.
Backers: 4241
Average Pledge Per Backer: $45

Funded: $189,743 of $3,000
Dates: Oct 26th -> Dec 9th (44 days)
Project By: Thorny Games
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Latest News

Truly

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
This has been a tremendous and humbling campaign.Dialect started as an idea qua question 14 months ago: “can you tell a story of a people while building their language?” We have been doggedly pursuing that idea as hunters and gatherers of game... (Read More)

Backdrops and the final days

December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
“We’re in the final days,” we whisper to you, as one cryptolinguist to another through a secret Kickstarter keyhole. “You know what that means … with the grim specter of time bearing down on us, now comes the last of the backdrops.” ... (Read More)

Something stunning for you

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello 3000 times over! There are more of us now with more coming still. Good timing on your part, since we have something epic to share.  From the masterhand of Jill DeHaan, Dialect artist extraordinaire, behold her newest piece:   Oh, how we love... (Read More)

Another backdrop revealed: The Protecting Ones

November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We are a mighty we, and grow more tremendous by the day - there are now 2800+ backers of us. Pretty freaking cool, lingplay friends. To add to our backdrops, we have a trio of upcoming perspectives that hit decidedly different notes in the... (Read More)

Of milestones, backdrops and soothing answers to burning questions

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest colluders in play, Dialect hit a huge milestone yesterday: over 2000 humans pledged more than $100k to bring this game into its own. This kind of force is mighty and it speaks to a mighty appetite for language and story. It’s a hopeful... (Read More)

Oh, frabjous day. Kaloo kalay! WE ARE BLOWN AWAY.

November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Apparently there’s a horde of weird, awesome people who want to play games about emergent language. We’re so happy to have found you! This time last week, we were wondering if our dear game about language would be welcome in that wide-open... (Read More)

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