Escape Academy

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Fachewa Jul 17, 2022 @ 1:59pm
Some feedback about the French translation
Hi, beat the game today on Gamepass with a friend, overall we really enjoyed it.
It was nice seeing the puzzles be actually translated, but I've noticed two small issues.

First, on the puzzle where you need to mix chemicals, > and < are reversed, with > described as "inferior" and < as "superior" on the small note.

And the second one is more of a conceptual issue, with the first turret serial number:
In english it's "bone -b" which hints pretty obviously at the type of puzzle since B is in bone, but in french it's "T+ roi". The main issue being that "T+" is also used in other elements of the room, on the clock and on the map, to indicate how much time has passed. The four bottles are obvious once you know what to do, but they can't really help either, unlike the 6 Ds in english, that again push towards a wordplay.
I think it'd be a lot more understandable if before the king's drawing it was T' and not T+. The apostrophe directly hinting at a pronunciation puzzle, and avoiding the "time" confusion.


Also we had a bug 2 or 3 times where a dialogues before a level couldn't progress and we had to skip it. It did it on the very last missio, we tried starting it again and it got stuck in the same spot. (again, on gamepass, played online)
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Freezman  [developer] Jul 17, 2022 @ 2:33pm 
Thanks for the feedback, I'll make the tickets to address the localization issues.

As far as french cut scenes - the game pass version of the game is unfortunately a bit behind steam / epic versions which already have this fixed. It will get resolved with the first patch.

Thanks for playing = )
Last edited by Freezman; Jul 17, 2022 @ 2:43pm
Okeana Dec 4, 2022 @ 7:21am 
Originally posted by Fachewa:
First, on the puzzle where you need to mix chemicals, > and < are reversed, with > described as "inferior" and < as "superior" on the small note.

We just did the Bomb Puzzle with a friend and the "inferior" and "superior" are still inverted in french, which is sadly very confusing and a bit problematic to finish the puzzle ^^"

It may be a minor problem, but I hope it will be fixed someday for future french players :)

(by the way, my friend and I still enjoy the game very much, we have a ton of fun playing it :heart_eyes_yeti: )
BLACKYΞLL 🌵 Nov 22, 2023 @ 6:58am 
I confirm the bug with "> less than" et "< greater than".

My wife and I thought it was part of the puzzle and wasted over 10 minutes looking everywhere, unable to make the right proportions based on this inversion. We only got A's and A+'s, and because of this mistake, it was the first time we'd ever got a C.
Freezman  [developer] Nov 22, 2023 @ 12:59pm 
Originally posted by BLACKYΞLL 🌵:
I confirm the bug with "> less than" et "< greater than".

Thanks for the flag, we have this the fix ready, along with a bunch of others. Should come in next patch, hopefully before free update release (which we're aiming Q1) but things are still up in the air timing wise.
Last edited by Freezman; Nov 22, 2023 @ 1:00pm
Another mistake in the tournament of puzzles (first escaping tomb), when you have to order urns with Horus, Isis... French translation of notes (rules) s completely different from English text, and is incorrect => the solution to find doesn't correspond to notes
Last edited by jean-pierre.delprat; Nov 27, 2024 @ 2:49pm
Originally posted by jean-pierre.delprat:
Another mistake in the tournament of puzzles (first escaping tomb), when you have to order urns with Horus, Isis... French translation of notes (rules) s completely different from English text, and is incorrect => the solution to find doesn't correspond to notes

I confirm that :
English version "Anubis is nearer to the moon..."
French version "Anubis est plus proche du soleil..." should be "plus proche de la LUNE"
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