Carl Buck on Conlanging for Halo

About this episode

Carl Buck discusses his work on the Sangheili language for Halo and his personal conlanging projects.

Carl Buck joins us to discuss his work as co-creator of Sangheili on Halo as well as his own personal conlanging work. Links: Halo (TV series) Omyatloko Logosyllabary for Kala Carl’s Blog

People in this episode

Guest: Carl Buck

Topics covered

• conlanging
• Halo
• Sangheili
• language creation
• game design

Keywords

• conlang
• Halo
• Sangheili
• Carl Buck
• language creation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carl’s Blog

Books & works: Halo, Omyatloko, Logosyllabary for Kala

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