
AleMobileGaming
2025/08/27
Chants Of Sennaar | Android
Initially developed for PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, where it didn't receive much attention, the mobile port arrived a few hours ago; it was developed by a small independent studio based in Toulouse, France. I'm already madly in love with it, as it's a point-and-click game. It's a puzzle game, with geometric shapes that create surrealist landscapes à la De Chirico, but what's striking are the predominant colors: amber and Pompeian red, gray, white, and black, contrasted by the red, burgundy, and pink flags and banners, symbolizing violence and strength. Into all this chaos of incommunicability comes an anonymous traveler, a hooded figure, who, according to ancient legend, will unite the peoples of the Tower of Babel, who cannot communicate with each other due to linguistic differences. He is a "linguist and lexicographer," where "linguistics" is the study of languages, their history, and their structures, while "lexicography" is the technique of collecting and possibly illustrating the words of a language or dialect. This labyrinthine and complex tower is inhabited by five distinct peoples, decorated with statues, high and low reliefs that, through mysterious symbols and images, tell the story of a people devoted to the worship of a distant "God." Each level of the tower has its own visual identity, supported by technological, architectural, and cultural layers. Our task is to piece together the stories and reconstruct them by identifying the symbols we will hear not only spoken but also appear in a cartoon above the heads of the tower's inhabitants. So, to communicate, we will have to decipher glyphs for the languages of the different regions, and to do so, we will have to: Solve riddles, Analyze artistic expressions, Converse with the locals, Check signs, and Search for clues. In short, we must observe, listen, and strive to mend the bonds of mistrust. All this will allow us to establish the relationship between the meaning and the signifier, which we will be invited to record in our journal. This will be extremely useful, since by deciphering the hieroglyphics, they will transform into words in our language, allowing us to understand the NPCs. It is a poetic and enchanting journey, guided by a lyrical and touching soundtrack by composer Thomas Brunet. Here, man is worth less than the faithful, who is worth less than the warrior, who in turn is worth less than God. Ignazio Silone wrote this in his novel Fontamara, describing the miserable life of the Abruzzo peasants, who are worth less than the prince's dogs, who are worth less than the prince's guards, who are worth less than the Prince of Torlonia, while "at the head of all is God, master of the infinite sky.