Game Bakery goes Gamescom 🎮 Our Bakers travelled to Cologne, Germany, this week to attend Gamescom and to showcase their games. You have the opportunity to play Outbound, Eloquence, and Autogame Deluxe, so be sure to check them out! #GameBakery #Groningen #Gamescom

#Gamescom day 1 is live! If you want to experience a unique and fun new way to play with dialog and language, come find Eloquence's juiciest demo yet in the business area. We are located in the NL Pavilion!

Eloquence: the narrative Metroidbrainia about language! 🗣️Collect and use phrases of a functional symbol language! 🏝️Explore a vibrant and dynamic world! 🌋Save the islanders from an eruption! Did you enjoy the movie Arrival? This is the game for you! #PitchYaGame #indiedev #linguistics Links below

ATTENTION INDIEDEVS Show off your art style Art by @sonjavanvuure.bsky.social

Ready for the European Game Showcase! At #gdc25

Aside from the language, the client project unfortunately never materialized beyond tech tests and concept art. It was cancelled. Fortunately, Gerben was allowed to extract the rights to the language concept. He uses it as the basis for a new project: Eloquence. Art by @samma-art.bsky.social

The paper prototype validates the concept! New symbols are made in a bespoke tool on a 24x24 pixels canvas, featuring syntax support. About 50 symbols are created and tested via short stories in Google Forms. Players consistently enjoy engaging with the symbols and language. #indiegame #linguistics

In 2016, a client asks @multiverse.bsky.social to create a narrative for their game without using any language, words, or numbers. After first considering environmental storytelling, Gerben conducts an experiment: can we tell stories using only emojis? He makes a paper prototype #indiegame #language

Spending the evening making a prototype of a new scene!