Baby Dino Adventures

Baby Dino Adventures

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Sleeping Panda Games  [developer] Oct 6, 2023 @ 12:26am
A word around translations
Recently I've been receiving a lot of messages about missing translations in the game.
I'd like to take the time here to talk about them.

The problem

It's been just over three years since the game was released in early access, and I have to admit, I've learned a lot since then.

Adding translations as I develop new levels is not the most efficient way to work. It sometimes stops me in my tracks, and that's probably not a good thing.

The translation system I've developed isn't the most efficient. It's old. It was the first one I created and I've learned from my mistakes since then. I need to rework it completely to be able to support languages that don't have Latin characters (like Chinese, Russian and Japanese to name just a few).

Also, the fact that I can't work full-time on the game means that its development is taking much longer than I could have imagined.
This means that the people who helped me translate the game have to keep coming back from time to time to continue translating new conversations and words.
This help is invaluable, and I thank you very much! But I think it's time for me to take another look at the way I've done things up to now, and make some improvements.

What's next

To avoid new players being frustrated by seeing translations in their own language on the store but not in the game, I've decided to keep English only for as long as the game remains in early access.

The help from the community is incredible. That's why I'm going to close the public Excel translation document I've been using with you until now.

If you'd like to take a look at the document, it's here: Baby Dino Translations Spreadsheet[docs.google.com].

The dialogues are likely to change as I work on the game's story, as well as the description texts on the Steam client page. So I'd like to avoid wasting your time.

Of course, all the people who have helped me translate the game so far will be added to the game's credits.

Once the game is nearing completion - i.e. when I've finished all 5 environments - I'll put a translation document online again so that the community can help me translate the game into as many different languages as possible.

Last words

So, in addition to adding content for the next 3 environments (Cave, Snow and Volcano), I've got a lot of work ahead of me with the rework of the translation and save systems.

Thank you for your support, help and understanding.

I'll get back to work.
Talk to you soon.

Antoine G.
Last edited by Sleeping Panda Games; Oct 6, 2023 @ 5:43am
Date Posted: Oct 6, 2023 @ 12:26am
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