This week I finished up localization infrastructure. The nice team at Maple Whispering finished all the translations for the demo. It was a very interesting experience working with the translation team because you really can’t just translate stuff word for word.

-Everything is translateddd

Translating the keywords was an interesting task. I basically had two pages for each type of item. This included two separate pages for keywords. One for the names and one for their descriptions/tooltips.

-Screenshot of translations in Google Sheets

I ended up adding a “Description” column next to all the language columns so I could describe the essence of the phrases.

-Instant swapping between controller & keyboard

I wanted demo versions of the game to go as smoothly as possible, so I added smart hotswapping. Whenever a key or controller button is pressed it will swap to that advice and update all the UI. It even register that first button you press!

Thanks you for reading, you guys mean a lot. I will try to include as many languages as possible in the final game!