"Qapla'!" Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers; Making Your Own Tools

This week, Martha has so much to talk about that she runs out of time, Stephen espouses the virtues of building your own gamedev tools, and Mark names the episode after a Star Trek thing because it's his birthday today so he gets to.Discuss this episode on Reddit using this thread in r/gamedev.0:03:31Intro to Linguistics for Game DevelopersThe Legend of Zelda’s Hylian LanguageFandomThe Language Creation SocietyA list of constructed languages in video games.WikipediaMyst’s created language, D’ni.FandomUK Professors Go Primal With 'Far Cry'Gail HairstonUniversity of KentuckySIL’s Glossary of Linguistics article on sonority scaleSILSkyrim’s Dragon ShoutsMatt MillerGame InformerOmniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languagesOmniglotThe Conlangers Library game listConlangers LibraryNo Man’s Sky guide: alien races, languages and Monolith puzzlesJeffrey ParkinPolygonThe Rosetta Stone in Fez (Pretty obvious clue in hindsight.)mykwudYouTubeTwitter Blowup Leads to Sudden Cancellation of Fez II Owen GoodKotakuPlaying the Birth and Death of Language in 'Dialect'Alex RobertsWaypointScientology’s enturbulating lingo Britt PetersonThe Boston GlobeKathryn Hymes on Twitter@chiclashawTwitterThe Language Construction Kit, a book Martha recommended, is available for free…bookDescribing Morphosyntax: A Guide For Field Linguists is the other book Martha r…bookSpeaking ‘Star Trek’: Meet the Man Who Made Up the Klingon LanguageMatt BlitzPopular MechanicsThe Klingon Language Institute is a thing that exists.International Phonetic AlphabetWikipediaMass Effect: Meeting the Elcor AmbassadorThieving HIppoYouTubeGaming’s favorite VR mouse uses sign language in the cutest wayAllegra FrankPolygonCantonese vs. MandarinOff the Great WallYouTubeFeast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family TreeArika OkrentMental FlossThe Conlangery Podcast is a neat podcast about linguistics and conlang.Podcast0:44:57Making Your Own ToolsWe referenced a few of our episodes during the show: "75% sure.""The Stevechievement."GDC 2017 Special (Part 1)GDC 2017 Special (Part 2)Stephen’s tool he recently made for Fingeance.Stephen McGregorTwitterTech Toolbox microtalks at GDC 2017GDCOur friends at Howling Moon made Super Fast Soft Shadow.Unity