DeneQuest
Learn Dene Dedlıne Yatı ("t-dialect Chipewyan")
with this interactive RPG and learning game!
More than 100 levels, each designed for learning Dene Dedlıne Yatı!
Players can fish, harvest, trap, hunt, and more — as they explore Tu Nedhé (Great Slave Lake)
Help Elders in more than four different communities,
gain eleven different animal friends,
and learn your language in real-life environments across Tu Nedhé.
This game is just in its demo form.
There are still many bug fixes which need attention.
Dene yałtı!
DeneQuest has been featured in...
NAISA North 2022
Dechinta
imagineNATIVE
T'Karonto (2023)
Semi-Finalist
MIT Solve | Open Challenge
and more!
Dedicated to the Rocher River Dene
Original Idea and Translations
Elder Eileen Beaver
Game Developer and Project Lead
Kyle Napier
With funding from
South Slave Divisional Education Council
Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton
TakingITGlobal
Translation support provided through involvement
between Elder Eileen Beaver and Kyle Napier
in the NWT Indigenous Languages Secretariat
Mentor-Apprentice Program
Contract Art by...
Illustrator — Nicole Josie
Sprite Designer — Elaine Cooper
Sprite Editor — Tyarra Goodman
Sprite Editor — El-B
Additional art by...
Sherry Hucklebridge
Code Consultant...
Luke Åberg West
Content Game Testers...
El—B
Deya Heron
ᒪᐢᑲᐧᓯᐢ
Ashley Mamen
Game Beta Testers...
Alec Carton
Brent Kaulbeck
Eileen Beaver
Justin Heron
Kinley Paul
Keegan Napier-Dragon
Nicole Josie
Ryan Napier-Dragon
Tyarra Goodman
Additional Sprite Credits...
AdrienRion
Alilali
Almost Simon
Amysaurus
Avery
Avy
BlueViking
Bokou
Caitlin
CallMeKerrigan
Candacis
Candy Coded Response
comshou
CrazyCrab
Cuprite
Enterbrain
Echo607
Frogboy
Fuffydud
GalacticGod
Gothicvoid
GrandmaDeb
Green Zero / Green Tea
Haydeos
Hiddenone
ImmaGhoost
Jeff
Journey_Sticks
Kadakowa
KanaX
lemongreen
Linnet
leon kennedy
Maru
Mavuro
Minnow
mlogan
MobiusClimber
Nicnubill
NinjaConor
PandaMaru
pseudo-akiba
Redh4nded
Ronivan
Rubescen
talieseen
Tea’s Jams
tekiro
TheUnproPro
Tigerawr
TopHat21
Vexed
Willibab
Xenophero
In loving memory of...
Henry Beaver, Jr.
Selat'íne —
thá huná
