Village of Nightmare is a short indie eroge of sorts made using RPG Maker XP for the gameplay engine and 3D Custom Girl for the creation of character models. Despite being made with RPG Maker, there isn't any turn-based combat. Originally in Japanese, I decided to try my hand at translating it into English. The purpose of this blog is to host all materials related to that effort.
The game itself is set in a fantasy world with various monsters and demons. You play a character who is soon corrupted and transformed into a succubus, and then given a mission to go to a nearby village and transform all of its residents into succubi as well.
I've finished translating the game into English, but it's honestly a rough translation due to my amateurish skills. You can see further details, and/or download it to try it yourself over here. Please note, the download is not a patch, it's a full standalone release. As such, you don't need to download the original version unless you want to play the game in Japanese.
If you are curious about the original version for one reason or another, you can download it here on the creator's website (password is "akuoti").
I'm not going to be accepting any donations for this work, but if for some reason you want to help with the translation, you can do so by playing it and if you spot any grammatical errors, text that sounds odd and you think should be reworded in some fashion, or any missing text or bugs in areas that should otherwise be translated, you can posting them here on the blog for me to attempt to fix.
Hey man thanks for doing this, I really like this game so you don't know how much I appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I thought that this game was pretty enjoyable despite some hiccups with the interface, so it's an interesting way to pass the time.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the translation. Great idea with corrupting the town style game. Although one downside is that you need a certain order and triggers to advance which makes it a tad repetitive but well rewarded. Keep up the translation. the story plot is very interesting so far.
ReplyDeleteCool game, but I'm having trouble, I don't know if its a bug, but I can't the blacksmith doesn't ask me to help her. It worked ver .3, but its not working in .71.
ReplyDeleteAre the Peddler Siblings in town? You need them to pop up before the blacksmith will ask for your help. If they are, just keep going in and out of Metallica's house, talking to her each time.
Deletei need some help, when i open the game its' says that rgss102e.dll cannot be found. sorry im a noob on this kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteDo you have RPG Maker XP RTP installed? (i.e., not RPG Maker VX RTP or any other versions.) If you do and you're still getting that error, try googling the dll file and downloading the file from one of the available downloading sites (This place, for example).
Deletethanks, its seem that i downloaded the wrong rpgmaker >.<, now the game is working.
Deleteuh, where do i put the .dll I downloaded? I put it in system32, the RPGmaker XP folder, and the village of nightmare folder, and I'm still getting the error that it can't find it.
DeleteWell, I believe it would be put into the system32 folder, but if that's not working, I'm not sure. Most problems I've seen on the internet involved people using the VX RTP instead of the XP RTP, but if you're using the latter and it's also not accepting the file in either the system32 folder or RPG Maker folder, I'm afraid I'm stumped. Sorry.
Deletesorry but I get RGSS103J, any ideas?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it's some problem with the Japanese RPG Maker RTP? Try either re-download and installing the Japanese version, or going to the English site and downloading the English version of the RTP. Make sure that you're downloading the XP version instead of the VX or any other.
DeleteAmazing game, thanks for all your work bringing it to us!
ReplyDeletewhere in that japanese gobbledegook website will I find the patch? I get it's the 1.05 link, but on the next page, I can't figure out how to download.
ReplyDeleteFrom the getuploader site, after you click on the 1.05 link, enter the password (akuoti) in the textbox that has 'ダウンロードパスワード' to the left of it and click the button. You should then be redirected to a similar page with a button with 'ダウンロード'. Hit that and you'll be directed to a page which should start the download.
DeletePlease note, you only need the patch with the Japanese version. I've already patched the releases I've been using for the English translation.
talking about patch should i patch to 1.05 after patching the english translation or before?
ReplyDeleteNeither. You only need the patch for playing the Japanese version.
DeleteThe English release doesn't require you to patch it, as I've already included the fixes from 1.05 with it. Trying to patch it will likely screw up the translation as you'll be overwriting several files I translated and localized.
Just to make sure I got it right, the steps are:
ReplyDelete1. extract game
2. extract patch 1.05, overwriting all
3. extract english patch 0.71, overwriting all
No, steps 1 and 2 are totally unnecessary unless you want to play the Japanese version.
DeleteThe download I have on this blog isn't a patch, it's the translated game itself. All you need to do is download it, extract it, and then play (although you need RPG Maker XP RTP installed beforehand).
If you want to play the Japanese version, you need to go to the creator's website, download that version, and then follow those first two steps you outlined and everything should work dandy (provided you're in Japanese locale and have the RTP).
Ok........ I am getting an error message when trying to start the game that is not stated in the other comments.. I do not know why I can not play it.... "File Audio/BGM/064-slow07 could not be found"... What is up with this... that file is not with the game and I had to place an entrance file too for some reason....
ReplyDeleteDo you have the RPG Maker XP RTP installed? I seem to recall that many of the various BGM and sound effects are stored in that.
DeleteI'm having an issue where I can't use the down arrow to do anything, for movement or menu selection. It happened after the Tsubame went berserk, and I can;t figure out how to fix it.
ReplyDeleteSomeone else noted a similar problem, and after looking around, it seems like it's a problem with the RPG Maker engine. Try restarting the game. If that doesn't work, try uninstalling, and then re-installing the RPG Maker XP RTP.
DeleteThank you ! This coming from a absolute lurker that never writes anywhere, yet now is compelled by gratitude to do so^^
ReplyDeleteI love what you've done so far.
ReplyDeleteany idea on when the next update might be?
There shouldn't be any more updates, I finished the game.
Delete...Is what I'd like to say, but I've recently seen that there was an update for the game on the creator's site for some after stories of nearly every character. So, I can't.
I haven't checked out the text, but it seems to be a fairly lengthy update going from the new CGs. I don't know when I'll be able to finish all of them.
haha, I originally asked the question because I had an older version of your translation efforts, and didn't know you'd released a 1.1.
Deletebut it's good to know you're thinking of tackling the new stuff.
any word on the extra stuff?
Deletemy save file got corrupted. does anyone happen to have their save file for me to use? i was at the point where the familiars JUST started to come -- around 35% corruption.
ReplyDeletemy current save file gives me a line 82 script EOTF error, or something like that. it still shows the date and time played on the save selection screen, but it just won't load due to that error.
thanks in advance!
I don't have save data to that exact point, I don't even remember where I left off, actually. But my save data is a bit into things so you wouldn't have to necessarily start over from the beginning if you want to use it: http://www.mediafire.com/?c4u77rot9u58joy
Deletethanks!
DeleteAre there more games of this creator? or anything simliar to this?
ReplyDeleteSince I lack the jap skills to read the linked creator's page, I would really appreciat that.
I was playing this game and its pretty fun so far but when i try to load i get "Script 'Window_SaveFile' line 28 EOFError Occurered" i don't know what happened but i was wondering if any one had a save file i could use i was all the way at like 65% or after Arud
ReplyDeleteI got everything installed. Have the game patched up completely and have the RTP stuff installed. However, every time I start the game, it freezes before it even gets to the main menu. What can I do about this?
ReplyDeleteHi I'm getting script failed to load any ideas? have all requirements installed from what you have instructed. Please help appreciate it : )
ReplyDeletehi guys, any one managed to get it to work?
ReplyDeleteI have everything but whenever i click on the file, it just flashes and close..
http://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/5959/
DeleteI was hoping at the end there would be a sandbox that lets you walk about the village salfy and let you vist anyone you want. that would have been really fun.
ReplyDeleteHi there this was or is a grate Game will ther be a seqel i hope so
ReplyDeleteis there a way to turn off armpit hair?
ReplyDeletenice post.
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the download son't seem to work can some1 reupload it plz ?
ReplyDeleteCan someone tell me if a sequel is planned?
ReplyDeleteI have this problem where the game acts as if I'n holding down the down key. Even closing and opening the game doesn't help. any ideas?
ReplyDeleteWow, talk about late to the party.
ReplyDeleteHow nice it is to have a little closure. I actually passed over this game when I first tried it over a year ago (has it been that long?) cause the walkthrough wasn't up and sheer amount of trial-and-error didn't make the CGs worthwhile.
Nice story, but wonky ending. I don't know if the writer forgot or changed things late in development but the whole exorcist-vs-demon king-vs-succubi thing really made no difference whatsoever (the whole dragon scene/NPC could have been removed). Most of the post-game stories were also out of left field but I guess thats just the dev team having fun at that point. (Why no cowgirl scenes?!)
If you are seeing this; just wanted to give heads up that village of nightmare 2 is out. Can you decide to unend plox?
ReplyDeleteSir, village of nightmare 2 is out for download right now, by thr same author on his page.
ReplyDeletedoes anyone have a translated village of nightmare 2?
ReplyDeletePlease translate the second game! I beg you!
ReplyDeleteNot a single comment about how the date of this Blog is actually ''Friday, December 25, 2020'' ? rlly?
ReplyDeleteI realized that. We still in 2018 and this dude already at future!
DeleteI'm not sure if the translator will read this but, I am enjoying this game that you have translated, and I thank you for going through that trouble to let us play it in English. I hope life treats you well, and that you keep doing what you enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say that I hope you are staying safe, and doing well. As well as that I hope you are doing well on your current and future endeavors. I appreciate all the effort that you put into making this translation.
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