Find Your Words is a heartwarming adventure game that pushed me to discover new means of communication with my fellow campers, and it's made me realise how much I've been taking standard dialogue for granted. When you're clicking through screens and screens of dialogue and picking responses and options that are listed on the screen, you don't think twice. But, Find Your Words helps you to slow down and appreciate how even the most basic conversation can lead to a friendship.
At the start of the game, once you've picked your character, you're dropped off at a sunny camp—appropriately called Camp Pals—by your mum. As she speaks to the camp counsellor, it's revealed that your character is non-speaking, so usually communicates with sounds and gestures rather than words. The counsellor, Ian, is quick to accommodate this, reassuring you that other members of the camp are also non-speaking and giving you a Communication Binder, and your first few binder symbols, to help you interact with the other campers.
This binder is your key to conversation. To make it easier to navigate, it's divided into four ...
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