Recca wrote:
I was thinking, with Bongo` taking a leave of absence, it seems a lot more gloomy here. Although, I can't say that I fully understand his situation, I can surely sympathize with him for I too have some debt and money woes and know what it feels like. Hopefully, we'll all one day be debt free, be it a minor or large debt that we have. We wish you the best Bongo`!
Anyways, back on topic. Since we'll not be making as much progress as before for awhile, I was thinking if we could work on the international translations idea until we get back on track with the current projects. It's been almost a year since I translated CT into Romanian and I'm getting that itch to start translating again. The problem is that I'm not all that good when it comes to romhacking. I can make and edit table files, but I suck at script dumping/inserting and just about everything else.
When I translated CT, I was lucky enough to find an easy to use, game specific program. I however suffered from not being able to use the ten unicode characters that I needed and therefore, made a somewhat crappy translation. This is why for my next projects, I would like to do it right. And for that, I would need some help with the technical stuff. The reason I chose Villgust is because it's a Magic translated game which as most of you here know, was one of the core groups which formed Dynamic-Designs. As I recall, Magic merged with Destiny to form Magic-Destiny and latter joined with Stealth Translations to form D-D.
Seeing that Wildbill and Taskforce were the ones who handled the romhacking aspects of the translation, I figured we could work together to produce a Romanian translation. I only hope that the font can be expanded to fit those extra ten unicode letters that I would need. This would also be great if Red Soul would also like to work on a Portuguese translation. Then we could get that international translations section underway alongside the current and completed projects section. This is just an idea and any input is of course welcomed. Well, let me know what you guys think and thanks in advanced!
Yes, gloomy may describe the core group, but only because of what Bongo` faces. I feel so helpless at the moment because all I can do is... Well, let's leave it at that, for now.
As for Villgust, TF recoded (hacked) the game. I helped write the story.
For years, I've wanted to expand, rewrite, re-release SFC Villgust, etc.
TF is the font design guy, also, so it's up to him. I'm all for it: Romanian, Portuguese, and an English expansion of Villgust. Amazing game! Grossly overlooked by the anime bunch, it's clean-cut, not controversial like Slayers, that TF disdains but I got hooked on with the amazing plot in the SFC game we released jointly with Matt. Anyway, forget our political differences, Recca, if you can. Focusing on the games, Ritchie is coming through for us, big time. I just haven't updated anyone due to current worries. Ritchie is an amazing translator, very conscientious about corrections as he proceeds, but BH is huge! This game translation will require some time, yet.
And Bongo` will land in a great place, eventually, hopefully a place he loves, but he will be fine - someday - even if he doesn't know it yet. No one can replace him. We all love the guy! Not just for what he's given us in amazing games, but for his passion and work ethic - a rare combination among even high achievers.