Babbling Stream
A downloadable game
Babbling Stream is a game of communication between people that share very few known words.
Using only 10 pictographs (the numbered Uno cards), two people groups will try and communicate important cultural needs.
It may be tricky, it may be frustrating, but by game's end you will have told a story of what happens when we really try to talk to each other.
To play you need:
- A deck of Uno cards
- Pencil and paper
- 2 to 4 players
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Babbling Stream was made as part of Game Dunk 2023. Thank you to everyone who made this game jam possible - it's one of my favourite gaming events of the year!
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5 Star Review!
In Breathing Stories you play either as Protector of the Stream or as a Pilgrim trying to cross the stream - but you are only able to communicate with 10 pictograms represented by the numbers on the Uno cards you play with.
I just love the premiss of this game being an immigrant myself struggling with communication - and being a mechanics nerd I live that the game has build in play phases and meta-game phases.
You play the game in 3 rounds - or how I think of it in 3 acts! All communication in character follows the use of the pictographs represented by the numbers on the Uno cards.
The three rounds are the Meeting at the Stream where the Protectors and the Pilgrims meet first, Sharing News from Home where Proctors and Pilgrims start building their shared language, and Communicating your Needs where we get to mold the shared language.
Then it’s time to cross the Stream and see if there are any consequences. I have personally been there and had situations with limited shared language turn out great, but I also had experienced the opposite. What I really would have liked in these situations is a chance to debrief - something this game will give, but sadly reality doesn’t.
Anyway, Babbling Streams is a great game with a wonderful premise and if anything you just read interests you, go ahead and get it now!
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