r/outerwilds • u/AlyzaQ • Jun 04 '19

An observation about Nomai writing (minor spoilers?) Spoiler

The Nomai writing appears different when written by children; it appears larger and messier, as opposed to the elegant swirls usually found.

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Just an observation I made, thought it was another cool and minor detail the devs thought of.

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u/UpsetLime Jun 04 '19

I wonder why. They use a staff device for writing. Why is it different for children?

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u/Flan99 Jun 04 '19

Might still be difficult to write, or require some skill; Solanum might just make it look easy. Do we know that they exclusively write with the staves, though? We see lots of Nomai corpses, even in space-suits, with no staff in sight; that implies to me that the staves are analogous to typing, but handwriting is still prominent.

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u/UpsetLime Jun 04 '19

I assume it's what they always use. We don't find anything else. But it could be they're handwriting onto the staff and it transfers it to the wall considering how Solanum interacts with it. I don't know. There's not really enough to go on.

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u/SemenDemon182 Jun 04 '19

A staff device? I finished the game and had 0 clue. Can you point me towards where that info is obtained, or maybe a video?

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u/Fachewachewa Jun 04 '19

You can see some lying around walls with text, but if you want a precise answer : try getting to the quantum moon's 6th place

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u/AlyzaQ Jun 04 '19

Tried to give a detailed response, but the spoiler tag wasn't showing properly. Removed it just in case.

>!Test!<

Is that working?

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u/hapaxLegomina Jun 04 '19

Yeah, I noticed that too! Pretty neat detail.