Cipher language
Other (objects, etc.) theme
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Languages that are constructed simply by substituting characters but otherwise read as regular language the game is in.
Notable people involved: Markus Persson 'Notch', Womb Music, Daniel Rosenfeld, John Kroeckel and Yoshinori Kitase
Alternate name: Substitution cipher
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See also: cryptogram (puzzles based on similar ideas)
This is only for written languages.
This is in contrast to artistic language which is mostly intended to look pretty without (necessarily) having any actual meaning but can with less straightforward translation compared to the 1:1 conversion you can do with ciphers.
Good well known examples of ciphers are the alien texts in Commander Keen and Al Bhed in FFX.
This is in contrast to artistic language which is mostly intended to look pretty without (necessarily) having any actual meaning but can with less straightforward translation compared to the 1:1 conversion you can do with ciphers.
Good well known examples of ciphers are the alien texts in Commander Keen and Al Bhed in FFX.
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The first Cipher language video game was released on December 14, 1990.
Electronic Arts, Mojang and Broken Rules published most of these games.