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Randomized Translation Minigame

This is not a full game. It only showcases a gameplay feature that a game can be built around or for implementing as an additional element of a larger project.

Press A on keyboard or Y on Xbox controller to open your management window.

Since I don't know ruby script, I did everything with events. Mostly common events so everything can be controlled centrally.

The symbols are assigned at random upon game start and can be randomized at any time. It's actually english but encrypted. The letters are grouped by commonness. Naturally, the most common letters are most valuable. You can learn symbols forever when you find a primer. For the rest you have to memorize one at a time and make a match manually, but there is a chance you can forget it. Everytime you speak to someone, the self-taught symbols wear down.

The symbols in the dialogue window correspond to the icon index number (which are shuffled by variables). There is no easy way to add more lines for people. Every sentence has to be encrypted into the right syntax. Unfortunatly it looks kinda messy and is a pain to correct/fix/debug.

I removed all other icons so the index number is identical to the A1Z26 cipher. That way it's easier to use encryption software and services. To get it into the right syntax you can use the search and replace function of something like notepad. When you need other icons you can place them below the symbols and reassign everything... or you figure out how to encrypt your lines into the values at the bottom of your icon sheet.

Now you can memorized symbols in two different slots, marked as red and green. And every person picks an answer at random from a large pool of possibilities.

I added notes where you can memorize symbols from without a book shelf.

You can now choose between two different symbol types upon game start - Ico (easy) and Dead Space (hard)