{"rewrite":{"id":"r_91ac921ff985aaf52907b933","clusterId":"c_7d705dae625a5c5e971c05b9","slug":"indie-3d-action-game-mina-and-the-story-of-kotodama-turns-spoken-words-into-controls","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Indie 3D Action Game Mina and the Story of Kotodama Turns Spoken Words Into Controls","summary":"Latent Entertainment showed Mina and the Story of Kotodama at Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026, held October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka. Players use a controller and their voice to summon objects and operate mechanisms. Developer yoshi built the voice recognition engine himself over about half a year. The project follows Deep Space Exploration, a smartphone murder mystery selected for Tokyo Game Show 2025's SELECTED INDIE 80.","whyItMatters":"Building voice recognition locally rather than over a network is what makes spoken commands workable as a control scheme, and the patent-pending casting-time system suggests Latent Entertainment intends to hold that ground.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe demo ran on a large microphone at the venue, and spoken commands were recognized despite the noise of the show floor. Players read guidance inside the stage to learn new spells, then speak them to build platforms and move rock.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyoshi, who develops the game as an individual, said he first tried spells like Fire and Ice but concluded a button press would be faster. The voice\u0026#39;s real use, in his view, is picking what you want out of a large number of options. A system that changes an action according to how long the player speaks is pending a patent application.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mina and the Story of Kotodama at Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026: you speak a word into a microphone and a rock appears as a platform. Developer yoshi built the voice recognition engine himself over about half a year. A casting-time system is pending a patent application.","twitterPost":"Indie 3D action game Mina and the Story of Kotodama lets players speak words like Rock to summon platforms, with a controller for movement. Developer yoshi built the voice recognition engine himself in about half a year. Shown at Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Latent Entertainment exhibited Mina and the Story of Kotodama at Osaka Indie Games Summit 2026, a 3D action game where spoken words summon objects and operate mechanisms while a controller handles movement. Developer yoshi built the voice recognition engine himself over about half a year, and the system that adjusts an action based on how long the player speaks is pending a patent application.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/047/G104752/20261004002/\",\"title\":\"Voice-Calling Rocks and Moving Platforms: Hands-On With the 3D Action Game \\\"Mina and the Story of Kotodama,\\\" Which Turns Words Into Controls, and an Interview With the Developer [OIGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4699,"outputTokens":631,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791124166,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T14:25:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T14:28:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T14:28:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7d705dae625a5c5e971c05b9","canonicalTitle":"声で岩を呼び，足場を動かす「ミナと言霊の物語」。言葉を操作に変える3Dアクションを試遊し，開発者に話を聞いた［OIGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_ae007b053020255db31630a8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Mina to Kotodama no Monogatari\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-04T00:20:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-04T00:20:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T14:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/047/G104752/20261004002/","title":"声で岩を呼び，足場を動かす「ミナと言霊の物語」。言葉を操作に変える3Dアクションを試遊し，開発者に話を聞いた［OIGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Mina to Kotodama no Monogatari"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}