Once you have this installed run poetry run python sheikah_runes.py and it will generate 1800 dpi black and white sheikah glyphs.

I install from source because that’s how I roll now motherfuckers (and because the versions of libvips and python available in apt are too freakin ancient). Notice how this depends on python and pyvips. With Poetry you can use this pyproject.toml and it will bootstrap and handle the venv and its dependencies for you. Image.write_to_file(f'.png')īig props to my friend who just suggested that I use the Poetry Dependency Management system! I find the stock venv management in python to be actually pretty slick but the UX leaves a ton to be desired, with having to manually create and manage venvs every time that you want to do something :( Image = character.ifthenelse(,, blend=True) So I figured that it’s probably possible.Īnd turns out I managed to get to a proof of concept with AWS!įirst, I needed high quality glyphs of the Sheikah script and I threw together some fucking python after installing the BotW Sheikah font: import stringĬHARACTERS = string.ascii_lowercase + ''.join() + '-!.?'Ĭharacter = (i, dpi=1800, font=font, fontfile='/mnt/c/Users/nulls/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts/BotW_Sheikah.ttf') The Nintendo 3DS did that in 2010 and it’s always Nintendo’s policy to use “lateral thinking with withered technology”. I know that Google translate has something similar, and AR recognition of anchors is not only a solved problem, it’s ancient tech by now. I would love to replay the game and use some kind of AR tool to decode stuff around. So I wondered if it’s possible to somehow automate decoding of the sheikah script.

So anyway! Turns out that the sheikah alphabet has been decoded and if you read text imprinted around in the game, you will find out many silly little easter eggs: But I forgive them, it was their first real attempt at actually coming up with an offering in the modern open world game landscape, and I’m certain that the sequel is going to be much more meaty :) I love the archeo-futuristic aesthetic that the game has in these segments, even if I believe that the game committed many sins in its design (the shrines are too unsubstantial and limited, and they are basically portal test chambers instead of actual zelda dungeons). In The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, there’s a plethora of Sheikah script scattered around the game. You see, I have this little acryllic thing which shines with LEDs, with a legend of zelda motif, using the Sheikah alphabet. I was looking at my nintendo switch stand the other time and I wondered what kind of message was encrypted in there. I developed a Sheikah Rune Translator with AWS Rekognition (Part 1)

Sheikah legend of zelda font generator