Dreaming Sarah News

Here we are! It's not yet midnight but I decided to release the game a bit early. I've also added more languages thanks to users who helped out! The languages are:

Chinese - Made by Aran
Spanish - Made by Raúl (Tchangla)
German - Made by JawsDark
Italian - Made by Riccardo Laglia
French - Made by Alexandre (Antilifero)

I honeslty would never have thought that so many people would want to translate my game! I'm really thankful!

If anyone finds any more bugs, please let me know and I'll take a look as soon as I can. I keep fixing them but they keep showing up so I'm never sure if I'm 100% done with them.

Once again, thanks for all the support!

edit:

I forgot to mention, due to the launch and tomorrow being a Friday 13th, the game is now on a sale for the next week!

Enjoy!

Hi again!

This evening I uploaded the RC2 version with chinese and italian support added (thanks to Aran and Riccardo)!

If anyone else is still interested in translating the game, please let me know. So far the following languages are in the process of being supported - italian, chinese, french and spanish. If you want to test out your translation, here are a few tips:

1. If you need any special characters not listed in this image - - please let me know and I'll add them ASAP.
2. If you have special characters not showing up, please check if the format you saved as is UTF-8, not ANSI. On the regular notepad you can check it in the save window, at the bottom.
3. Be really careful with the [ ] and || - if you even space them out too much or change their position it probably won't work.
4. If you put too much words on a single line, the game won't be able to show them all. Try to spread the whole sentence through the lines of the characters, or just change what they're saying to something simpler if you want! There's no problem in that.
5. If you're not sure about something, you can always contact me at [email protected]. This week I'll be working on the game non-stop so I'll probably reply fast, too!

The last update I did still had a few issues with the italian language, so I'm uploading a new version to correct that.

Thanks for all the help!

Hello everyone!

I just finished the RC1 of the game. I decided to not release it out in the open yet because I'm not sure if there's any bugs I left behind. With that being said, the game is now complete!

:::: To enable this version, right-click the game in Steam, choose properties, go to the Betas tab and click "rc_test" in the dropdown menu! ::::

Here's a short changelog of the latest version:


Added new areas and characters.
Added custom language support (keep on reading the announcement to know more!).
Added Watch item.
Added The Pill item.
Added Statistics option on menu.
Added different "voices" to each character.
Added the ending.

Fixed menu bug where options didn't work as intended.
Fixed various fish-related bugs.

Change - You can now advance dialogue by pressing A or X.
Change - Screen stopped zooming when talking to someone.
Change - Sarah can now swim faster while being a fish

I don't want to spoil much so... that' it!

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How to translate the game:

I've received a lot of requests from people asking to translate the game, so I decided to make it open for anyone who wants to.

I've added 3 new files on the game's folder: langUS, langPTBR and langTEST. These are language files that contain the whole game text - menus, lines from characters, items descriptions, everything.

To translate the game, follow these steps:

1. Make a copy of the langUS file
2. Change the langUS file name to "langUS-backup"
3. Open the original langUS file and translate it
4. Run the game!
5. Select the english language in options.

It's easy as that. After that, if you want me to put your translation in the game and give you the credits, send it in an email to [email protected]. I'll take a look, then add you when the final version comes out!

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Once again, thanks for all the support I've had so far. I've been working on Dreaming Sarah for about 2 years and a half now, and I never thought I'd make it this far with such a simple game.

I've scheduled the release to MARCH 13. If you finish your translation before that, please contact me so I can add it to the final version before the big launch!

Thanks again, see ya!

ːsarahhatː

Thanks to the Finish a Game Jam I was able to do a LOT of work in a week. But there are still a few things left before the final version is released.

Good news is that, right now, every item is in the game and working. Including the bus pass, which many of you went insane looking for.



Right now I'm working on the final area of the game (a hospital) and it should be done by next weekend (hopefully). I've also added a bunch of new areas but I'd rather not spoil it.

The next version will also have more languages support - every sentence from the game will be in a .txt file so people who wanted to translate it will be able to!

Thanks and sorry for the delay!

Hi everyone,

I've been working on Dreaming Sarah since around Dec. 2012, and I usually ran into so much trouble that I got demotivated, slowing down the whole process of actually making the game.

So today I heard about this jam - the Finish a Game Jam - and decided to try it out.

Here's the deal - I'll be working on the game this whole week to try and finish the game by next weekend. There's still a bit to be done, but I want to do everything I can to finish it as soon as possible. Of course this might mean some nasty bugs, but after I'm done with the base game, I can stop then sort them out.

Also, I'm racing with the Painter's Guild dev Lucas Molina to see who finishes first! Guess we should bet or something but in the end all we want is to work more on our games.

You can also check out the development stream at http://www.hitbox.tv/andreyin - I'll try to keep on streaming the whole time, so if you have any comments, suggestions or just want to say hi, you can go on the chat and do it.

Thanks everyone!