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Alien language -- one for all you geeks

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XCOMTurcocalypse:
Go for the extreme! Ever read the Heechee Trilogy? One of the best sci fi book series. There the aliens had a UI of ships which were a mix of colors and geometric shapes whose colors changed with certain angles.

H-Hour:

--- Quote from: geever on November 17, 2010, 07:37:11 pm ---Have you seen this? http://ufoai.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=ufoai/ufoai;a=blob;f=base/pics/techs/alien_communication.jpg;h=2547ef24a7a5993d830e24e50707f891539004ec;hb=HEAD

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Oh yeah, thanks. I'll make some in those general shapes and then what I've got is just a kind of "font" rendering of the shapes.


--- Quote from: Duke on November 18, 2010, 01:28:15 am ---I also remember that the Ultima-series invented it's own 'ancient' writing which you could decipher with a little practice. And it was *fun* :)

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Hehe, well I'm not going to get that fancy with it.


--- Quote from: Duke on November 18, 2010, 01:28:15 am ---- would aliens with a hive mind need writings at all ? I mean the hive mind could tell them which door leads to the storage room and which to the toilet...

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A hive mind might be able to tell itself where it placed this or that object, but it still needs some kind of interface to communicate with the machines it builds.

PurpleCaterpillar:

--- Quote from: H-Hour on November 17, 2010, 05:54:56 pm ---... I can throw up on things and ...

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I just don't understand - Why would you want to throw up on things..?
Maybe it's just me, not being a native English speaker and all...
 :P

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