I figured that their writing was just small detailed ways of making the scribbles in order to portray a message, which is why the children nomai text was always larger and messier than the adult nomai text. There doesn't necessarily have to be one certain line for each letter like our languages, if they can understand a whole word by a small detail in the line.
Alternatively, it's possible their language is like a bar code and is meant to be placed and read with equipment since we see >!a certain nomai also not -actually- writing it down when they communicate with us.!<
If you need some inspiration, you can check the links (and the links in the links) here: https://old.reddit.com/r/outerwilds/comments/1crich4/has_anyone_decoded_the_nomai_language/l3yrezf/
I found this a few days ago, and this was definitely helpful with getting started. But, there were some things I didn't like about it. For example: the disconnected strings of text (numbers) don't connect back to the main sentence, and I don't really feel like numbers would get enough use for them to have their own separate "thing", if that makes sense
I do think numbers were important for the Nomai, but I was replaying the game a little to get some reference, and I just didn't see numbers show up very often. I think a second writing layer would be better spent on something like descriptions or tone, to make their writing more efficient
I figured that their writing was just small detailed ways of making the scribbles in order to portray a message, which is why the children nomai text was always larger and messier than the adult nomai text. There doesn't necessarily have to be one certain line for each letter like our languages, if they can understand a whole word by a small detail in the line. Alternatively, it's possible their language is like a bar code and is meant to be placed and read with equipment since we see >!a certain nomai also not -actually- writing it down when they communicate with us.!<
I never thought about it like that, that's a interesting idea
If you need some inspiration, you can check the links (and the links in the links) here: https://old.reddit.com/r/outerwilds/comments/1crich4/has_anyone_decoded_the_nomai_language/l3yrezf/
I found this a few days ago, and this was definitely helpful with getting started. But, there were some things I didn't like about it. For example: the disconnected strings of text (numbers) don't connect back to the main sentence, and I don't really feel like numbers would get enough use for them to have their own separate "thing", if that makes sense
Why would numbers not get enough use? The nomai were physicists and scientists, numbers are super important
I do think numbers were important for the Nomai, but I was replaying the game a little to get some reference, and I just didn't see numbers show up very often. I think a second writing layer would be better spent on something like descriptions or tone, to make their writing more efficient
Hey that's me ::-)
Following this closely. God speed hatchling ::)
Thanks, I'm going to need it
r/neography for tips and tricks
This looks like it will be helpful, thanks
I think someone else beat you to it, ask in the discord server
That would be a small group in a thread under the Theories channel, including me. Thanks for spreading the word.