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These are so neat. It seems like they would make arithmetic much easier! If you ever played Riven, I think the Kaktovik numerals inspired the numbering system
by nathandaly 4y ago
These are so neat. It seems like they would make arithmetic much easier!
If you ever played Riven, I think the Kaktovik numerals inspired the numbering system from the game.
Spoilers: https://lparchive.org/Riven/Update%2015/ https://lparchive.org/Riven/Update%2015/
- waldothedog 4y agoWow, I can still remember the puzzle in this game that got me stuck, never solved it! Thanks for the memory-trip 0__0
- petermcneeley 4y agoThere is an entire alphabet in the school (located in the middel of the lake) https://omniglot.com/conscripts/dni.htm https://omniglot.com/conscripts/dni.htm
- duskwuff 4y agoIIRC, the D'ni text you find in the school is written in their own (constructed) language. The player isn't expected to decipher it; I'm not sure if there's even enough information in the game to do so.
- petermcneeley 4y agoI spent hours trying though ...
- readthenotes1 4y agoSo long. So long ago. I remember why I never finished it--too much life to live at the time...
- duskwuff 4y agoD'ni numerals were base 25, not 20. Each digit is composed of two base-5 "sub-digits" superimposed at 90° to each other -- the digits are designed such that this is unambiguous.