Blightseed

Excellent language decipherment game. At first I was worried the roguelike elements would get tiring quick, but it turns out that they get much easier upon deciphering the language. I had a lot more fun with it than with Chants of Sennaar, Sethian and Seven Days to End with You. To me, it's around the same level as Heaven's Vault and Epigraph, two games I love. As of right now there are some minor glitches and imperfections, but the dev is working hard to fix them. I recommend giving the game a shot and providing feedback on things that have yet to be improved.

Very interesting gameplay, and certainly addicting. Controls are a little fiddly, it's annoying to have to press Q to deactivate the translation menu in order to exit out of a different menu. Would reccomend.

Overall I think it was an interesting and novel game! Using knowledge as language discovery as a metaprogression mechanic runs I think works really beautifully compared to something like earning currency you spend between runs. A lot of the game is janky, and controls are fiddly, but there are some brilliant ideas in the game.

Pretty good. You fight other ships by flinging your ship like a slingshot projectile (dealing damage) after which a random module out of the ones you've equipped during the run fires. But the real point of the game is the language: everything is an alien language. Module names, module descriptions, "room" names (when you pick where to go next), even your health. You have to decipher this language by essentially guessing what the symbols mean (there's UI to take note of that) but as you go on you can recontextualize your guesses and improve your understanding. Learning the language is the primary meta-progression in this roguelite, but there's also a web of small puzzles that you can navigate between runs. All in the alien language of course; it's another source of context for meaning of the symbols. Overall I enjoy the language deciphering (I came here from playing Chants of Sennaar after all), less so the slingshot combat. But if that's your thing then you'll have a blast. Recommended.

Overall, a very unique and rewarding game. This is a pretty basic spaceship roguelike, but the twist is that the entire interface and all the cards you draft are in an alien language. You experiment and deduce and gradually you can translate the language. Then there is a whole other side to the game outside of battle where you further develop your knowledge of the language and the learn the story of the aliens. I encountered a few bugs but the dev is very active in discord and responsive to feedback. I'm of the opinion that very unique experiences are worth playing even if they are a bit rough around the edges. Give this a shot if you enjoyed Heaven's Vault or Chants of Sennar.

'Asteroids' meets 'Chants of Sennaar', with the freedom for you to get everything wrong. Deserves much more attention

Very cool genre mix and the developer is working hard to polish it and fix issues based on feedback!