Localization Is Under Way!
I am happy to announce that I am working with three native speakers who are eager to translate the game into German, Japanese, and Chinese. These are planned to be the first three alternate languages available in Nevergrind Online. The translators already have the game text and it will be in the game as soon as possible. The store pages will be translated as well! I made the decision to translate as much as reasonably possible. Skill names, lore, UI text, tooltips, combat logs, and more will all be translated. There is quite a lot of text in Nevergrind Online, so this is an ambitious task!
At this time, we did make the decision to not translate the item names for various reasons. Perhaps I will revisit this in the future, but I couldn't think of a great way to do this without introducing a myriad of other issues. We will consider this the first wave of localization and it will certainly make it much more accessible to customers around the world. I see this is a key to growing the user base and signaling our commitment to Nevergrind Online's future.
After implementation I will monitor its impact and determine how to prioritize moving forward. Exciting days ahead!
At this time, we did make the decision to not translate the item names for various reasons. Perhaps I will revisit this in the future, but I couldn't think of a great way to do this without introducing a myriad of other issues. We will consider this the first wave of localization and it will certainly make it much more accessible to customers around the world. I see this is a key to growing the user base and signaling our commitment to Nevergrind Online's future.
After implementation I will monitor its impact and determine how to prioritize moving forward. Exciting days ahead!