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Tuneic

Tuneic[1] is the secret audio language in Tunic. It is a musical cipher hidden throughout the game but never acknowledged. It is present in sound effects and the soundtrack itself. One phoneme in Tuneic is one pentatonic arpeggio. In this way, entities secretly "speak," and certain music tracks have "lyrics."

Discovery

Knowledge of Trunic and The Golden Path are the prerequisites for solving the Glyph Tower puzzle, and the Glyph Tower puzzle is what provides a.mp3 and its spectrogram, the Rosetta Stone for Tuneic. Furthermore, the Rosetta Stone itself links specific Trunic glyphs with specific arpeggios, so Trunic and basic music knowledge are required to decipher Tuneic.

SFX and Soundtrack Secrets

Google Document: Tuneic (Sound Puzzle Mappings)

Spectrogram Secrets

Certain pieces of music when viewed as a spectrogram reveal hidden images. These can contain Trunic glyphs.

a.mp3 from doyoufeartheeyesofthefarshore.co

image-1647839385747.pngTrunic translation: "We are the(e) eyes of the far shore"

Dark Passage behind the Old House

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Image: The doodle of fox from page 52 of the instruction manual.

Maze Soldier Room

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Shop - Bought Item

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Trunic translation: "Buy"

Shop - When Page 22+23 of the Instruction Booklet is Offered

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Trunic translation: "Free"

Shop - Prompt "Ok"

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Trunic translation: "Kay"

Shop - Prompt "No"

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Trunic translation:"No"

References

  1. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1583200241222053889.html