World Sculptor is a web-based language game that teaches the structure of languages and sounds that create them.
In the game, the players roleplay as a God starting their first society. They build a world, people, society and culture.
The players start with designing the physical attributes of their world which later affects the quests that they receive.
For the language system to be built, players select sounds based on the rules existing in the real world.
After the sounds and the world are ready, the people use the temple to pray for what they need which form the quests for the players.
The quests ask players to further build the language so that the people on the island can communicate and develop their society and create a culture.
When players successfully complete a quest, they can start using a related action to maintain their world.
This is a screenshot after the “we need fish” quest is completed. As one of the first quests, it unlocks fishing. Throughout the gameplay, players can select which quests they would like to complete which affects the way game world functions. Depending on players’ initial and later selections, these quests vary. Once the language is fully built, the players win the game and gain ‘words’ that they can use in different worlds to unlock a variety of quests and progress quicker.
Project Details
Designers: Ahu Yolac and Cheyenne Miller
Programmer: Deniz Arsan
Art: Ahu Yolac