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changed3 Interesting Facts About Mercenary Brotherhood In Different LanguagesAn interesting fact is that even though this game was made primarily for English, as I wasn't sure if there would be interest in other areas, 60% of the wishlists and players speak French and Simplified Chinese. Second interesting fact is that one of the things that has caused crashes during the demo are players using some sort of tool to force the game to run in Simplified Chinese. Not sure how, but very impressive what they did when all my crash logs were in Chinese.
changed3 Interesting Facts About Mercenary Brotherhood In Different LanguagesFinally, the cost to translate a game with this much text for just one language would cost around the same amount as replacing all the art in this game with commissioned art. Art to me is a much higher priority.
changedBeta Testing French and Simplified Chinese TranslationsSimple Google Translate take literal translations and often gets things wrong. Or it feels clunky.
addedBeta Testing French and Simplified Chinese TranslationsInstead I spent the last two weeks coming up with a new type of translations called Context & Intent Translations. So instead of it translating the words, it looks at what I wrote in English, and then the intent and context of my game and then writes all the text from scratch in a new language.
changedBeta Testing French and Simplified Chinese TranslationsThis is now implemented in the Beta version of the demo and can be switched on the main home page of the game.
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changedAn interesting fact is that even though this game was made primarily for English, as I wasn't sure if there would be interest in other areas, 60% of the wishlists and players speak French and Simplified Chinese. Second interesting fact is that one of the things that has caused crashes during the demo are players using some sort of tool to force the game to run in Simplified Chinese. Not sure how, but very impressive what they did when all my crash logs were in Chinese.
changedFinally, the cost to translate a game with this much text for just one language would cost around the same amount as replacing all the art in this game with commissioned art. Art to me is a much higher priority.
changedSimple Google Translate take literal translations and often gets things wrong. Or it feels clunky.
addedInstead I spent the last two weeks coming up with a new type of translations called Context & Intent Translations. So instead of it translating the words, it looks at what I wrote in English, and then the intent and context of my game and then writes all the text from scratch in a new language.
changedThis is now implemented in the Beta version of the demo and can be switched on the main home page of the game.
3 Interesting Facts About Mercenary Brotherhood In Different Languages
An interesting fact is that even though this game was made primarily for English, as I wasn't sure if there would be interest in other areas, 60% of the wishlists and players speak French and Simplified Chinese. Second interesting fact is that one of the things that has caused crashes during the demo are players using some sort of tool to force the game to run in Simplified Chinese. Not sure how, but very impressive what they did when all my crash logs were in Chinese.
Finally, the cost to translate a game with this much text for just one language would cost around the same amount as replacing all the art in this game with commissioned art. Art to me is a much higher priority.
Beta Testing French and Simplified Chinese Translations
Simple Google Translate take literal translations and often gets things wrong. Or it feels clunky.
Instead I spent the last two weeks coming up with a new type of translations called Context & Intent Translations. So instead of it translating the words, it looks at what I wrote in English, and then the intent and context of my game and then writes all the text from scratch in a new language.
This is now implemented in the Beta version of the demo and can be switched on the main home page of the game.
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Early Feedback
So far I had feedback from one French player and it was better than he expected. I have since made tweaks based on his feedback. No testing yet for Simplified Chinese however it should be better than the tool those players were using.
I would really appreciate a couple players who speak both English and either French or Simplified Chinese to play for an hour or two. In the Steam discussion forum for this game let me know how it goes. If this is close and just needs more tweaks then I will officially support French and Simplified Chinese in this game right away. If there is no way to get this good enough with this technology then I will pull the translation and look at hiring translators for the new year. Thanks!
Mercenary Brotherhood Coming to Steam as Early Access this Fall 2026. Demo: The demo is out, try it now.
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