Bugfix for Helena CH2
Bugfix for Helena's Chapter 2 line in the Chinese (both) versions
The Neverwhere Tales - Book 1 News
Support for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese
added localization for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese
Release of Chinese translation on December 5th
[p]Hello everyone,
we finished the work on the translation to Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
I'll release an update to Chapter 6 with those languages on December 5th in the late afternoon/early evening, Central European timezone.
That means, it will probably be night/early morning of Dec 6th for most of you guys.
I want to run a few more tests on my test branch for this build on Friday and there will be another "thing" on Friday which I can't talk about yet. I want to combine both events.
Setting up the translation was quite a lot of work. As of now, the game consists of more than 190000 words so my translator had a lot of work to do, and the game itself wasn't really set up to support different languages, despite having French as a second language.[/p][p]Adding Chinese is a pretty high financial risk for me because it was a good chunk of my income up until now and it will cost me in the future too.
I hope it will be worth it.[/p][p]
As a side note, the beta is going pretty well and I don't see anything that could put a release on Dec 19th at risk.
Cheers,
Ceo[/p]
we finished the work on the translation to Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
I'll release an update to Chapter 6 with those languages on December 5th in the late afternoon/early evening, Central European timezone.
That means, it will probably be night/early morning of Dec 6th for most of you guys.
I want to run a few more tests on my test branch for this build on Friday and there will be another "thing" on Friday which I can't talk about yet. I want to combine both events.
Setting up the translation was quite a lot of work. As of now, the game consists of more than 190000 words so my translator had a lot of work to do, and the game itself wasn't really set up to support different languages, despite having French as a second language.[/p][p]Adding Chinese is a pretty high financial risk for me because it was a good chunk of my income up until now and it will cost me in the future too.
I hope it will be worth it.[/p][p]
As a side note, the beta is going pretty well and I don't see anything that could put a release on Dec 19th at risk.
Cheers,
Ceo[/p]
Beta status and Release date for Chapter 7
[p]Hey everyone, [/p][p]
I uploaded the Beta version yesterday, and we've been running our tests since then.
I still have a few things to finish, like setting up Gallery renders, Steam achievements, and a few more animations for the end of the chapter, but I'll do that in the Beta phase.[/p][p]Also, I've been working on providing more translations for the game. I already had a French translation, but that one was kinda hacked in at some points, mostly because I didn't know better back then.
I had to correct those mistakes so it won't get worse with every new language I add.[/p][p]The next language that will be added is Simplified Chinese.
It's almost ready, and I hope to release it within the next 2 weeks.[/p][p]
Speaking of release, the date for the release of Chapter 7 will be December 19th.
Of course, that's subject to change if something completely unexpected happens.
[/p][p]I still need a few more reviews before December 5th, when the holiday season & sales will start.
For visibility on Steam, reviews (and especially recent reviews) play a big role. If you haven't written a review and can spare the time to write a short review, I'd appreciate it a lot. Every review helps with visibility, and every feedback is welcome for the further development of the game. Thanks to everyone in advance, and especially to those who have already put up a review![/p][p][/p][p]Have a nice Sunday, guys.
Cheers, Ceo[/p]
I uploaded the Beta version yesterday, and we've been running our tests since then.
I still have a few things to finish, like setting up Gallery renders, Steam achievements, and a few more animations for the end of the chapter, but I'll do that in the Beta phase.[/p][p]Also, I've been working on providing more translations for the game. I already had a French translation, but that one was kinda hacked in at some points, mostly because I didn't know better back then.
I had to correct those mistakes so it won't get worse with every new language I add.[/p][p]The next language that will be added is Simplified Chinese.
It's almost ready, and I hope to release it within the next 2 weeks.[/p][p]
Speaking of release, the date for the release of Chapter 7 will be December 19th.
Of course, that's subject to change if something completely unexpected happens.
[/p][p]I still need a few more reviews before December 5th, when the holiday season & sales will start.
For visibility on Steam, reviews (and especially recent reviews) play a big role. If you haven't written a review and can spare the time to write a short review, I'd appreciate it a lot. Every review helps with visibility, and every feedback is welcome for the further development of the game. Thanks to everyone in advance, and especially to those who have already put up a review![/p][p][/p][p]Have a nice Sunday, guys.
Cheers, Ceo[/p]
Dev Log - November 2025
[p]Hey everyone, [/p][p][/p][p]We're in November, we just survived Halloween (I, at least), and Christmas is just around the corner.
Additionally, my full-time job has been taking quite a bit more time than usual lately, but that should hopefully improve over the next several weeks.
And during all this busy time, I'm trying to get this new Chapter done.
In general, I'm pretty satisfied with the progress, and I am still on schedule with the plan I had set for myself.
Right now, I'm working on the two chapter endings, with the first being almost done.
I'll start working on the second one (which will be longer and more "complicated" than the other one) this weekend or early next week.
I still won't give a release date because I want to make sure I can meet it once I communicate one.
And working alone on this also means that if something unexpected happens, the development progress can take a pretty huge hit.[/p][p]That said, I don't expect to post another "full" Dev Log before release, and the next thing you'll hear from me (if everything goes as planned...) will be the announcement of the Beta status.[/p][p]
December will be a pretty important month for the game, between the Steam Winter Sale and Chapter 7 being close to release.
For visibility on Steam, reviews (and especially recent reviews) play a big role.
If you haven't written a review and can spare the time to write a short review, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Every review helps with visibility, and every feedback is welcome for the further development of the game.
Thanks to everyone in advance![/p][p][/p][p]As of now, the game consists of 1869 static renders and 24 animations.
The length is now about the same as Chapter 5.[/p][p][/p][p]Have a nice time, guys.
Cheers,
Ceo[/p][p]Preview renders from the past month of development: [/p][p]![]()
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Additionally, my full-time job has been taking quite a bit more time than usual lately, but that should hopefully improve over the next several weeks.
And during all this busy time, I'm trying to get this new Chapter done.
In general, I'm pretty satisfied with the progress, and I am still on schedule with the plan I had set for myself.
Right now, I'm working on the two chapter endings, with the first being almost done.
I'll start working on the second one (which will be longer and more "complicated" than the other one) this weekend or early next week.
I still won't give a release date because I want to make sure I can meet it once I communicate one.
And working alone on this also means that if something unexpected happens, the development progress can take a pretty huge hit.[/p][p]That said, I don't expect to post another "full" Dev Log before release, and the next thing you'll hear from me (if everything goes as planned...) will be the announcement of the Beta status.[/p][p]
December will be a pretty important month for the game, between the Steam Winter Sale and Chapter 7 being close to release.
For visibility on Steam, reviews (and especially recent reviews) play a big role.
If you haven't written a review and can spare the time to write a short review, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Every review helps with visibility, and every feedback is welcome for the further development of the game.
Thanks to everyone in advance![/p][p][/p][p]As of now, the game consists of 1869 static renders and 24 animations.
The length is now about the same as Chapter 5.[/p][p][/p][p]Have a nice time, guys.
Cheers,
Ceo[/p][p]Preview renders from the past month of development: [/p][p]