Hey, been a while. I largely ignore the e-mail account attached to this blog nowadays, but I do check it every so often, and thanks to that I noticed a couple comments about the sequel to this little game. (As an aside, the reason I've never actually responded to any of the other comments on this blog after I finished the translation was that I couldn't help anymore, or the answer had already been given.)
Regardless, when I popped back in to check out this new spangled sequel, I played it for a half an hour or so and thought it was pretty good so I left a message on the "News" tab to express my interest in translating it should any of the people who let me know about it pop back around. Since then I've taken a little bit more time to actually play through the rest of it, and I'm sadly not very impressed.
So, to be clear: I very much doubt I'll actually translate Village of Nightmare 2.
Why? Well...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The End
Again.
Here's the English v2.0 release. And, if you haven't seen it already, do check out the character popularity poll results.
All in all, there's a good chunk of new text in the end-game scene room, but you might end up disappointed in some cases since many of them are extremely short. There are tidbits of information about the VoN world here and there though that I found quite interesting. On the matter of the Mea/Mare name, since the polls on ended up favoring the former, I decided not to go back and edit her name. I did add in a little info on the matter in Mea's character profile that wasn't there originally, however.
Anyway. Now that that's all finished up, I'll probably be sticking around for a week, potentially fix any reported bugs/grammatical errors, and then leave and never look back. This project ended up being far longer and more involved than I initially figured that one bored afternoon when I started. Honestly, I'm not particularly proud of the work, because I played fast and loose with the translation more times than I would have liked (both for the new content and the older stuff), but in this case it came from a sort of desperation that if I didn't I'd never finish it.
I did have some fun, but this has been an exhausting endeavor, and I'm glad it's finished. Again. It's not exactly the most polished project, but regardless of my feelings on the matter, I hope you've enjoyed it.
Sincerely,
rabidchibi0
Here's the English v2.0 release. And, if you haven't seen it already, do check out the character popularity poll results.
All in all, there's a good chunk of new text in the end-game scene room, but you might end up disappointed in some cases since many of them are extremely short. There are tidbits of information about the VoN world here and there though that I found quite interesting. On the matter of the Mea/Mare name, since the polls on ended up favoring the former, I decided not to go back and edit her name. I did add in a little info on the matter in Mea's character profile that wasn't there originally, however.
Anyway. Now that that's all finished up, I'll probably be sticking around for a week, potentially fix any reported bugs/grammatical errors, and then leave and never look back. This project ended up being far longer and more involved than I initially figured that one bored afternoon when I started. Honestly, I'm not particularly proud of the work, because I played fast and loose with the translation more times than I would have liked (both for the new content and the older stuff), but in this case it came from a sort of desperation that if I didn't I'd never finish it.
I did have some fun, but this has been an exhausting endeavor, and I'm glad it's finished. Again. It's not exactly the most polished project, but regardless of my feelings on the matter, I hope you've enjoyed it.
Sincerely,
rabidchibi0
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Progress [08/15/12]
All after story translations are complete.
A tad later than I'd hoped, but I've finished up the last bit of text. I still need to go over all of the new stuff to proofread, as well as make sure there aren't any programming errors with the scene replays (which I know there at least SOME I need to fix), but I believe I'll be releasing version 2 of Village of Nightmare sometime tomorrow (08/16/12).
Also, as the poll on the right can tell you, there's a very large majority in favor of just keeping the main character's name as Mea, so I'll be doing that. Sorry, people who voted for Mare!
EDIT:
On another note, I've also decided to end the character popularity poll today. I figure since I'm hopefully going to be done with this project by tomorrow (barring a short extended stint to fix any errors), I should wrap up everything I've left sort of hanging. If you haven't voted for your favorite character, be sure to do so be today!
A tad later than I'd hoped, but I've finished up the last bit of text. I still need to go over all of the new stuff to proofread, as well as make sure there aren't any programming errors with the scene replays (which I know there at least SOME I need to fix), but I believe I'll be releasing version 2 of Village of Nightmare sometime tomorrow (08/16/12).
Also, as the poll on the right can tell you, there's a very large majority in favor of just keeping the main character's name as Mea, so I'll be doing that. Sorry, people who voted for Mare!
EDIT:
On another note, I've also decided to end the character popularity poll today. I figure since I'm hopefully going to be done with this project by tomorrow (barring a short extended stint to fix any errors), I should wrap up everything I've left sort of hanging. If you haven't voted for your favorite character, be sure to do so be today!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Progress [08/10/12]
So, tomorrow's the deadline. Or was. You see, I've been unable to work on this thing the last week (I didn't have access to the PC with the necessary data/programs on it) due to some family matters, and while I have gotten some work done previous to that, I don't really think I can finish the remaining stories in the set time limit.
Anyway, it's vexing, but given that I original set the limit with the thought of having a relatively free summer, I decided I'd rather extend it a bit than give up on it due to outside circumstances. I'll be adding six more days to the time limit, since there are eight different after stories left.
tl;dr: New deadline. August 17th. Damn it.
Anyway, it's vexing, but given that I original set the limit with the thought of having a relatively free summer, I decided I'd rather extend it a bit than give up on it due to outside circumstances. I'll be adding six more days to the time limit, since there are eight different after stories left.
tl;dr: New deadline. August 17th. Damn it.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Progress [07/25/12]
Nothing much to say this time. The translation is moving, if slowly. It's been a few days, so I just decided to post a report despite nothing really important coming to mind. I think there's something like... 13 more stories to go? I've sort of been avoiding the longer ones though, so the last few stories will probably take a bit longer than many of these did.
Looks like there's an overwhelming majority that like Mea more than Mare, so I probably won't be changing that unless there's a landslide of some sort before my efforts are finished. On that same tangent, I'll probably be ending the character poll in August too. I'm a bit amused at how many people voted for the cow...
Looks like there's an overwhelming majority that like Mea more than Mare, so I probably won't be changing that unless there's a landslide of some sort before my efforts are finished. On that same tangent, I'll probably be ending the character poll in August too. I'm a bit amused at how many people voted for the cow...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Progress [07/18/12]
Anyway. More progress. And I've recently finished Mea's after stories/profile, which confirmed something that I suspected since the beginning, but ignored. The fact being that Mea's name is actually 'Mare', not 'Mea'. Her name is メア in Japanese, which I just transcribed literally since I thought Mare sounded a bit silly. Still, the author confirmed it, telling the reader that the name came from Nightmare (I thought it was just referring to the mythical creature since it had connections to succubi).
The reason I bring this up is I'm now wondering if I should go back and change her name throughout the game. It'd be a pain in the ass, honestly, and I don't even really like the name, but it doesn't particularly feel right ignoring the fact that it's her name given the creator confirmed it.
What do you guys think? (I've now added a poll on this.)
Bear in mind this isn't something I'd bother with until I'd either have finished up the translation or gave up on August 11th. It's tedious work, and wouldn't really have any impact on my current translation efforts. The main thing is whether people care at all, and the possibility that I might miss some 'Mea-to-Mare' replacements, which would leave the odd Mea in for more dreaded quality control.
Regardless of that... the progress report is below the cut.
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