Alright /v/, I am translating an obscure as hell Japanese indie action platformer game that some of you fags may remember as "That boner trap furry game" from a little while back.
Which just so happens to require me to fucking learn a dead game engine with a generic as hell name that took me fucking hours to find. And it has no documentation for it that I could find so I'm learning an ancient Japanese masturbatory tool. Blind.
Anyway: as of yesterday, I decided to take it into my own hands and start translating the entire game by myself.
HOWEVER. I have one problem with deciding on a name for a stage:
"Matango no Sumi Tsutomu"
So, basically Matango Residence.
Looking into what a Matango is; it's probably the greatest named horror movie of all fucking time.
> Matango: The Fungus of Terror, Curse of the Mushroom People
So I ask purely because I am so caught up on different names: Which sounds best?
1) Mad Mushroom Manor
2) Mushrooms of Terror
3) Curse of Mushrooms
4) Mushroom Madness / Mania
Pic related; it's a sprite sheet from the game files. Can send more upon request
I vote forA
>>383384135
Thank you; the vote is appreciated.
keep it as matango residence, put the translation notes in readme
5. Mush-Room; Musky Monster Menace Manor (Mishing, Mashing.... Mating???)
Honestly just go with Matango Residence
You could also go with the English localisation of the same movie. Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People
>>383385050
I was tempted to do that with literally translating into "Special Bear Force added to the character" and "Special dragon force can be purchased in town map"
Also one town is actually called "Afterglow Town" . . .
>>383385289
>>383385329
Sadly all the text is on sprite sheets. I wanted to go with the full movie title, but I need to keep dimensions :'(
Lazy coding is ruining part of the fun, but makes it overall easier for me. So, it's a good thing?
>>383385571
"Mushroom Level"
I'm tempted to leave this edit in the sprite sheet.
Also I was not expecting so much input, this is really helpful.
>>383385716
Y-Yeah...
>>383382136
is it actually a H game or just an ecchi one
>>383386263
Just Ecchi. But some of the outfits and situations are incredibly lewd.
I'd just keep it as Matango Residence if I were you. It's a reference to something Japanese so you might as well keep it that way, no?
>>383386560
I suppose so.
Translating things like this is difficult due to needing to decide if conveying the idea of the message or keeping the title exact is more important.
Only problem with using "residence" is that in the context of being like a housing complex. And the level is outdoors.
Though leaving Mantango in the title might make people look into the meaning of the word, find the film, and expand themselves by absorbing more culture.
Also I have to try to keep all text in a similar form factor-- It is incredibly difficult sometimes, but I can't afford losing any information due to the sprite sheet cropping.
This is hard. Normally when I translate I have someone to verbally discuss these things with, but he's not here so I'm at a loss in my own head.
Hey Anon, I'm drunk atm and dont really know whats going on, but god bless you for translating obscure weeb shit on a whim, the world need more people like you!
>>383387564
Thank you very much. To be honest; I was planning to do this for a while but I kept putting it off due to depression and lack of motivation.
So, I just decided if I keep saying tomorrow; it would never happen.
I will not fail this translation.
>>383387328
Just release two patches, one "localized" patch that keeps the spirit of the source, and a "literal" patch that keeps things as close as possible to the original.
>>383382136
Make a strawpoll
>>383388106
Do you have anything anywhere charting progress?
Just do Matango Residence.
This isn't some obscure shit like "tl note: Japanese people always put on pants left leg first!"
If the player hasn't heard of a pretty popular horror movie, that is their own fault.
OP, I'm sober, but I agree with >>383387564. The world needs more people like you. Good luck on all your endeavors.
>>383388797
That would take so long to make...
>>383388996
I was going to set up a Twitter for it later. But right now:
- 2 out of a lot of sprite sheets done so far (ALL menus are directly on the sprite sheet; barely any actual coded text)
- No progress on cutscenes (not even extracted yet)
- Style guide for text has been established; everything will be consistent in quality even though I have to do pretty much everything by hand (If I had the money, I'd pay someone to do the text for me; but I'd be cracking them with a whip to keep it in style)
- Acquired the game engine used (Action Game Maker; aka "ACT Tkool" "Action Tkool", etc etc took me so long to find) and currently working on how to work through it despite no real tutorials anywhere due to its cancellation in 2011.
-- Contacted the creator (ザルク) in a hope to get a response about the project files for ACT Tkool; however it is doubtful due to a multi-year hiatus.
>>383389017
The "residence" part is just barely too long. I'll test it when I get to patching in the files then decide from there.
May also look into beta testers too, actually... Make sure everything makes sense and no UI bugs.
>>383389073
Thank you very much for the kind words.
_○/|_
(This is my longest break since I started this. I feel bad.)
>>383388106
Hey dude its me again whoa! im drinking a lot check me out god bless you anon I might even get this game just for you as long as the traps are hella hecking cute!
>>383390698
Thank you very much, again.
I like to think the characters are cute, but you have to get around the "Furry"/kemono thing.
Game is Sorcerland ; found here
http://www.dlsite.com/eng/work/=/product_id/RE129482
>>383389803
Bet that the creator is dead; which is a damn shame to be honest
>>383391410
Yeah... I read his disappearance was around the time of a major earthquake-- but I saw brief activity after the nearest reported one.
I'm just hoping his disappearance is just from personal reasons; such as being a NEET. (His pixiv still states he was looking for employment)
--- I'm also fairly new to using 4chan... Do the captchas always show up so often? Feels like Hiroyuki just wants my money for the pass or something . . .
>>383391360
Oh shit, I remember that now, I was kinda interested in it, I'll be sure to check it out and maybe even that horror movie too when it's translated!
https://twitter.com/Sosarando
Made that twitter to gauge progress. Will update in a few hours with what I have gotten so far.
I feel more confident about what I am doing now.
>>383382136
mushroom manor?
>>383382136
>Matango no Sumi Tsutomu
I don't get it.
Can you post the kanji spelling?
>>383382136
mad mushroom manor OR matango residence (if you're not translating other stage names either)
>>383395796
>trap catboy
>trap bunnyboy
>robutt pone
>futa cowgirl
>no porn of this game at all
Fucking hell.
>>383382136
Hard to pick from the options without having seen the level. If the level actually features a manor, Mad Mushroom Manor isn't terrible.
Perhaps 5)Resident Fungi instead?
Uggh it seems you have to chop some meaning thanks to that character limit.OP, I'm on a bit of a personal project myself! Trying to get the oldest English translation of The Decameron scanned and publicly available. There are already digital versions, and even a solid Project Gutenberg rendition, but I want to get a proper high-quality scan of a original since it pisses me off that there isn't a scan of it freely available to the public so far as I've been able to find.Anyway, I admire your efforts to translate this Hibernian grassfolding erotica into English!
>>383396494
To be honest, I hope this rectifies that. Rabina is too cute. . .
Pic related
>>383395545
マダンゴオの住勉
Actually going back to it; I think "Motango Lives" would be a better translation -- I didn't take into consideration of "living quarters"
I should take more breaks... I read "スピードアップ" as "SPID UP" when it's even read out loud as "Speed up". . .
>>383397024
THAT NAME JUST HELPS PROVE WHY THIS IS SO DIFFICULT. THERE ARE SO MANY COOL WAYS TO DESCRIBE IT.
Also I wish you as much luck as possible with your own efforts! The preservation of information is always the most valiant of hobbies.
>>383391410
>>383393496
Is that a robot pony?
I fucking love it.
>>383397479
I finally have use for this image. . .
>>383397558
Was this game pretty popular in Japan? Also name of this qt?
>>383397634
It only has a couple hundred downloads total...
The pony is named Machina ; from one of the Machine Empire's neighboring countries.
What makes Machina a unique character is the fact he is the slowest and heaviest of the 3 main characters, but he has access to very high physical damage and can decimate groups of close up enemies.
Just his weakness are the platforming stages. . . But his upward direction air attack has his wings turn into helicopter blades to extend his jump horizontally.
(And somehow the developer managed a bulge on him?)
>>383397989
>he
And here I thought this little shit couldn't get any better.
You're doing God's work though Anon.
>>383398372
Thank you very much...
by the way, Machina's friend, Nerone, is also male.
wait its ALL traps???
>>383398483
Now I'm excited as hell Anon.
>>383398610
Except for the hidden character, Oboro the kunoichi. But she's difficult to find without help or intuition.
And she demands 99 cakes... And abandons her post with a blow-up doll... I am certain she will betray you...
>>383398882
I am as well. I'd be able to finally force people I know to play the game without having the excuse of "I'm not smart enough to learn Japanese"
>>383396494
Some artist are just too obscure anon...http://i.imgur.com/AqVJ8E9.png
>>383399457
What's sad is I already found that art. . .
Rabina only has about 10 non-official images, total.
>>383397431
So this?
Sumi Tsutomu doesn't make sense, it's not a word
It's モタンゴォの住処, Motango no sumika
If you want to go literal you could use something like Habitat of the Motangoh or Where the Motango Live
すみか just means すむところ, nothing about mansions or residences
Of course you can spice it up in any way, there's no rule against that
I like Mushroom Madness
Or if you want to keep the reference why not use a variation of the movie's subtitle: Fungi of Terror
>>383382136
wat game?
>>383399457
you know how i can tell this is western art? the proportions fucking suck and it completely misses the style.
>>383399761
Thank you very much!! I was feeling something was off, hence why I tried here in the first place. My kanji is not as good as it should be, but at least that was the first time I was having difficulty T_T
>>383399803
Sorcerland
OP, just call it the Mush Room and be done with it lol
>>383400480
FUCK.
>>383400634
>fuck, marry, kill
>furries
No thankyou.
Oh cool, I was wondering when this was getting translated. Bought the game a long time ago when people were making threads on it since it was just like one buck. Too bad the cows weren't added in before the creator stopped working on the game. Still pretty cool to see it getting translated, and now I'm glad I didn't get too far into the game to spoil stuff that I wouldn't completely understand.
>>383400634
is that "fuck" in a bad way, or "fuck" in a "i can't believe i didn't think of that" sort of way
>>383401063
Yeah... I mean, Cowra actually has an almost completed sprite sheet in the files already. Perhaps with some modding and my own sprite work, I could add her in... I'll look into it after I finish the base translation.
Pic related.
>>383401086
I'd imagine both.
Doing God's work, translator-kun. Thank you for existing.
>>383401563
gay homo man lover
>>383382136
Bump not because I'd play that but rather just because this is more interesting and important than all the offtopic stuff and consolewars flooding /v/.
Good job translator anon
>>383404020
It means a lot to hear your kind words and bringing attention to my project. T T
>>383404902
yw anon
We need more people like you.
>>383405051
oops wrong image
Eh, works the same
>>383404902
>you will never find translator-kun and glue tiny rocks to the insides of every piece of footwear he owns
why even live
>>383405720
don't bully translators
>>383406543
*tightens every single canned container in the house*
haha whoops
>>383382136
How old is this game?
>>383407043
>the minor inconvenience bully
truly the worst
House Of Mushrooms
Mush Manor
Mushroom Home
Mushroom Place
Fungi Location
The Last Of Us : The Prequel
>>383408235
kek
This is official art for a character meant to be playable in-game.yes, that is a semierect penis
This is a good thread
>>383409260
this is getting a little gay
>>383409260
Looks awful to be honest.
>>383409908
Did you see those literal cowtits? How can it be gay with milkbags that size?
>>383410145
that's not what i'm referring to.
>>383409908
>a little
Bit of an understatement bud
>>383386502
Didn't the sexy outfits have some use/meaning? i remember something about it helping give the wearer more magic power or something like that (hence supposedly straight/bi? characters crossdressing and/or wearing them).
>>383410145Look at the loincloth anon.
>>383412873
never reply to me again.
>>383413118
My instincts tell me to reply to you.
>>383413238