Eloquence

We're so excited to be among this fantastic selection of titles! Come play our game!

Eloquence is no longer developed by Multiverse Narratives!
That name is used for narrative design services (B2B). Also using it for my own projects (B2C) causes confusion.

So, I started a new studio!
Blue North Games delivers games that bring innovation to the intersection of narrative and gameplay

Logo for Blue North Games, the studio developing Eloquence and other innovative narrative games.

ANNOUNCEMENT: the Eloquence team shall henceforth be known as

Blue North Games!

We have a logo and everything*!

Blue North Games has more projects in the pipeline, but our focus remains on Eloquence for the immediate future.
More news on that later!

*Actually just a name and logo at this time

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Key art for the innovative narrative metroidbrainia Eloquence. It depicts the player character browsing a wheel of holographic symbols. She stands in the shoreline before an active volcano on which a village has been built.

Today we reveal our updated key art! Expect to see this appear in all of our channels and media.

Do let us know if you like it too!

Image celebrating 10000 wishlists for the narrative metroidbrainia Eloquence

A bit overdue, but we are celebrating a huge milestone!

A big thank you from all of us for the support you've given to our quirky and weird narrative metroidbrainia!

And if you haven't yet, kindly consider wishlisting Eloquence now: store.steampowered.com/app/1353030/...

#indiegame #indiedev

We couldn't agree more! We're super in love with our 2D-characters-in-a-3D-world look.

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 on Steam Collect, repeat, and shape your own sentences in this award-winning narrative Metroidbrainia! Speak in a universal symbol language to save an island. Explore a vibrant and non-violent world inhabited ...

If Eloquence seems cool to you, please wishlist the game here! Your support really helps.
store.steampowered.com/app/1353030/...

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

As are we, friend!

A custom tool with which symbols were created

4 phrases made in the first digital versions of the Eloquence symbols

A graph of a test questionnaire that was used to test the symbols' effectiveness

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!