The Agma Schwa Conlang Speedrunning Method is described below,
with the dice rolls being optional, either to randomize the
challenge level or to avoid indecisiveness.
If you make a speedrun and would like to submit your time for the leaderboard,
record your attempt with the time visible and submit it to the
Agma Schwa Discord server
or to nguhmail@gmail.com.
Click here for a step-by-step description of the rules.
NB: We do our best to update the documentation below as needed; however, should it differ from
the Official Google Doc,
then the latter takes precedence.
Leaderboard
The following lists, which are small but growing, are of proven conlang
speedrun records according to this method. To submit a time, please see
the submitting a run section below.
Dice% is defined as: A run where any variables that are presented with dice
options are actually rolled, and the runner deals with the consequences
of those rolls.
Any% is defined as: A run where the dice are either not rolled or are rolled
selectively in order to improve the speed.
Original Dice%
1.
Kate the Pan
21:34
2.
Kate the Pan
21:52
3.
Agma Schwa
33:07
4.
GalacticSand
33:28
5.
Kate the Pan
37:36
6.
Mr Elephant
47:44
7.
Stets Uninu
48:37
8.
GalacticSand
51:04
9.
benny6675
1:02:19
10.
eqqemaś
1:50:02
Original Any%
1.
Kate the Pan
21:55
2.
Agma Schwa
31:39
3.
N3
39:41
4.
N3
1:25:12
Submitting a Run
In order to submit a run, please fill in the form below. To submit a run, you must be a member of the
Agma Schwa Discord Server, and include your
Discord username in the form below. Your submission will then appear in the
#speedrun channel on the Discord and subsequently be posted to this page if found valid.
You also need to put your Discord ID in the corresponding field below. If you don’t know how to make IDs visible,
you can use the /id command in any channel on the Agma Schwa Discord server, and the bot will tell
you what it is.
Upload a recording of the run somewhere where it’s publicly accessible (YouTube, for instance,
as a public or unlisted video), and put its URL in the URL field below.
Cannot be website default, must have at least six differences from default
Word Pattern (Roll d6)
CV(CV)(N)
CV(CV)
(C)V(CV)
CV(N)CV(N)
(N)CV(N)(CV)
CVN(CV)(N)
Generate Words
Choose to generate 5000 words, filter duplicates, new line each (this will probably create around 1000 words),
put on Excel/Sheets. If it cannot generate at least 1000 words, more variables need to be added to phonology.
10-13 additions seems to always be sufficient, but six minimum for the game.
At least five phonological changes
Top 100/207 from one of Wiktionary’s Swadesh lists, put on Excel/Sheets
Categories for Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs are marked using (d6):
Prefixes
Suffixes
Infixes
Particles
Word Order
SVO
SOV
VOS
OSV
OVS
VSO
Morphosyntactic Alignment
Nominative/Accusative
Ergative/Absolutive
Morphology
Synthetic
Create NOM/ERG, ACC/ABS, DAT, GEN markers according to phonology
Analytic
Verb Conjugation
None
Number+Tense
Number
Tense
If no tense conjugation, create tense auxiliaries as follows, otherwise skip this step
None
Past+Present+Future
Past+Present
Grammatical Number
Singular/Plural
Singular/Dual/Plural
Singular/Paucal/Plural
Singular/Plural/Collective
Grammatical Number: Noun-Adjective Agreement
Yes
No
Grammatical Number: Subject/Agent-Verb Agreement
Yes
No
Articles
None
Definite
Definite/Indefinite
Definite/Indefinite/Demonstrative
Aspects
First, roll a d4 to determine how many aspects to include.
Next, roll a d6 that many times to find out which forms must be marked (Simple may be unmarked if it is not rolled)
Perfective
Imperfective
Progressive
Habitual
Simple
Moods
First, roll D4 to determine how many moods to include
Next, roll D6 that many times to find out which forms must be marked (Indicative may be unmarked if it is not rolled)
Conditional
Indicative
Imperative
Interrogative
Inferential
Name the Language
Roll d1000, choose from the word list. If it already has a definition, too bad, justify the weird name culturally
Make an Acceptable Translation of
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and
should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.