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Hello people!!! Today, some Technical News is coming! Let's start!

1) A new language is coming!!! Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 2 will be translated into Traditional Chinese! ๐Ÿฅณ (With this translation, Season 2 will have Simplified and Traditional Chinese available.) * This only applies for Season 2, Season 1 will not be translated to the new language *

2) I've made some improvements to S.O.P.H.I.E. (For all the new people, SOPHIE is a translation program that I've developed, and I keep improving). All the translations will improve, especially the less common languages. (Or at least I expect that ๐Ÿ˜…) But S2E1 won't be re-translated, so expect this upgrade and refined translations for S2E2 and future episodes. ๐Ÿ™‚

3) 7 new original songs were added to the music player!!! ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽธ I already sent them this week to Spotify, and if they approve them, in 1 or maybe 2 weeks they will be available. (It's some club music, so expect some bangers! ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿฅณ)

4) The Main Menu translated into Traditional Chinese.

5) Random gameplay scene in Traditional Chinese.

To have Season 2 Episode 2 ready, I need to do 2 events. One of those is at 50%, the other one is at 0%, and it's a very big event. This week, I will finish the first event, and then I only have to focus 100% on the final one; since a lot of animations are being created, I'm using that time to already start testing the translations and what's done so far, that way I can accelerate a little the process. ๐Ÿคฉ

Aside from this, I also have amazing news: I finally have broadband internet! ๐Ÿคฉ All the releases are very stressful, and in my case, it was even more stressful because I had to drive 1 hour to a place to upload and then drive 1 hour back home. And in case any bug appear on the release day, it was super stressful because I can't react quickly, I had to do the changes and after that drive one more hour to make the upload. But finally, there is Broadband in my area! ๐Ÿคฉ This is huge for me and generates less stress on the release day. (That is one of the reasons why I always did a lot of tests before a release, trying to always upload a bugless release. I will keep doing this, but in case a bug appears now, I can react quickly to solve it) ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™‚

I wish everyone an amazing weekend! ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿป๐Ÿบ

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razor

The translation for pic 5 if anyone is wondering is "extra pepperoni on that pizza please, I'm really hungry"

marcialart

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Thanks for checking that the translation is correct Razor! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

Peter the Cat

Ohhhhhh this might be s christmas release ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„

marcialart

Hello Peter! It's not sure yet, it will only be 100% sure when I make the announcement 7 days before the launch. ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿš€

PickerPatron

Mmm, I guess only someone from China will use the new language, but those people don't understand anything that happens in Season 1, does that make sense? I think SOPHIE was mean ๐Ÿ˜ˆ.

Bazino

Have you thought about licensing SOPHIE out? (careful about promising too much) I'd guess there'd be pretty good demand and not just from the xxx game industry.

Paul Hampton

Work at a comfy pace, Marci! As excited as you are to get the new ep out (and excited as we patrons are to dive right in), if needing and taking an extra day or 2, to test all scenarios vigorously, leads to a better, much more satisfying end result, PLUS a lot less stress on release day! Broadband internet is a big plus, but in the here and now, Renpy can be an unforgiving beast at times - so I've heard. I'm sure you'll feel a lot relief, come release time, we all will. In fact, by the look of it, the word RELIEF may take on a whole different meaning for you!! ... Wait .... I'm experiencing deja v-- what?! Where have I heard that before?? ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‰ Thanks again for the update my friend!! ๐ŸŽน

marcialart

SOPHIE is super mean! I can assure you that PickerPatron! ๐Ÿ˜œ

marcialart

Hey Bazino! ๐Ÿ‘‹ I have thought about it. It's tailor-made for Visual Novels (RenPy), so anyone with it can translate their game(s) in 30+ languages in record time (Honestly, I don't think a faster way to translate a game exists). Of course, it's not 100% perfect, but the feedback I've received is generally very good; so far, anyone can follow the game's history in their native language, and I keep making improvements. ๐Ÿ™‚ I don't know exactly what the future of SOPHIE will be like, but for the moment, I will keep improving it to make IoM translations better and better, and let's see what the future holds for her. ๐Ÿ˜‰

marcialart

Thanks a lot ๐ŸŽนPaul! Yes, especially this update, which will include many new things and a ton of new coding added to it, which increases the possibilities of bugs but also adds more new cool stuff to IoM for now and the future. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ The relief will be big once launched... ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜œ Thanks ๐ŸŽนPaul!!!

Patrick Chan

From what pic 5 shows, the Chinese translation is just ok and looks quite weird for native Chinese speakers

Bazino

Yeah, it could open up another revenue stream for you, might even give you a chance to hire help ;-)

marcialart

Hello Patrick! ๐Ÿ‘‹ In general, do you find the UI understandable?

Patrick Chan

It's generally ok, but native would prefer "่ฎ€ๅ–" instead of "ๅŠ ่ผ‰" for "Load". And for Innocence, it's better to use "็ด”็œŸ" instead of "ๅคฉ็œŸ็„ก้‚ช" as the latter is an adjective but not a noun. Also "ๅ‰ฉไธ‹็š„้Œข" better changed to "้ค˜ๆฌพ" to make it look neat

marcialart

Thanks for the feedback Patrick. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™‚ I will make those changes before the release. ๐Ÿ˜‰