Translations!
That’s right, at the request of some Japanese fans I have started putting together a built-in translation handler for the Starlight engine. This is run using some text identifying routines and a bit of spreadsheeting.
The principle is simple: Extract the text, put it in a spreadsheet, and then use google translate to get a machine translation. The community can then input an improved translation, and the translation is applied at runtime using some simple (and fast) binary search algorithms.
It actually should (hopefully) not take too long to finish this, though it’s tedious work. The UI needs to have various strings turned into variables and then checked against a translation. Then I’m going to force Pyxxis to bugtest the game to make sure the translations all worked. After that, the spreadsheet will be made public so you can make a copy and translate the game to whatever language you want!
Chapter 1/2/5 will *eventually* get a translation handler as well, but as those are subject to editing and addition I won’t be making a priority of it. WHI is basically done (except for a possible future DLC) so I feel good about making a translation.
More Concept Art!
Queen Viras the Storm-Eyed has exemplary light and heavy cavalry units, who can dismount and fight on foot, but the desert peoples have always been lacking experienced light skirmisher infantry. She’s hired several mercenary companies from Yeto, and here they are.
The religions predominant in Yeto worship animal spirits, and it is believed that donning the regalia of an animal spirit lends you their power in battle. That, and some of them are probably actually werecats or werejackals and hiding it in places where partirhumans are not tolerated.
Will we run into any of these in chapter 2? I hope so but I can’t promise anything. Big thanks to BlueLily again for the lovely concept art. Next week is the final chapter 3 concept: Queen Viras herself!
Curious Cat
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