#113462 - 08/18/05 05:06 PM
An appeal to all the indipendent developers
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Addicted Boomer
Registered: 03/20/01
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Loc: United Kingdom
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Hi, I know that probably this will add extra costs to all our brilliant indipendent games developers, but I would like to make an appeal:would be possible to have english subtitling? I'm italian, and although I speak a quite-decent english (after 12 years of cockney husband...) sometimes is quite difficult for me to catch all the words in the games. I fully enjoyed Dark Fall only when it was translated in my language:I played the game in english, understood most of the story but of course I missed some words that sometimes give you some essential clues. I'm sure that lots of these indipendent games would be bought by non-english gamers, because reading english is so much easier than listen to it. 
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Carla  “Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
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#113464 - 08/18/05 05:32 PM
Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers
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Addicted Boomer
Registered: 03/20/01
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Thanks so much! I'm starting Shady Brook now, hopefully won't be too difficult to understand, otherwise I will ask you for a list of dialogues! When I played Lifestream I remember I had some problems, I asked my husband a couple of times to listen for me and repeat slowly!
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Carla  “Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
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#113466 - 08/18/05 05:47 PM
Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers
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Grande Olde Dame
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Registered: 12/04/99
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I just finished Shady Brook (it was a great game, Chris, my heartiest congratulations!!!), and my advice would be to turn up your sound so the music is a little too loud, and the voices should be quite understandable.
But I know what you mean--I would certainly love to have subtitles in Spanish games...
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#113467 - 08/18/05 06:03 PM
Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers
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GB Reviewer Moderator
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Registered: 04/05/04
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I always always play with subtitles on as I often cannot understand the dialogue---Subtitles are a must!
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#113469 - 08/18/05 07:09 PM
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Grande Olde Dame
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Loc: Northwestern New Mexico, USA
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Great, Mikael--will there be the option to have them off or on? And more important, when will the next game come out... 
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#113470 - 08/18/05 07:47 PM
Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers
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Junior Boomer
Registered: 11/08/04
Posts: 6
Loc: The Big Bang Burger Bar
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It's been noted  it's easy to forget, I suppose, as a developer you've been over your text again and again until you can wake up and say it without a second thought (and since I'm acting in my game I'll actually have to know it that well, come to think of it). Optional subtitles! 
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#113471 - 08/19/05 03:23 AM
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Settled Boomer
Registered: 04/09/04
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Optional subtitles is a must in my opinion. So count with them in Destinies too. 
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#113472 - 08/20/05 02:35 AM
Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers
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Registered: 03/20/01
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Thanks to you all for the response. I'm looking forward to your new games! 
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Carla  “Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
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#113475 - 08/21/05 01:14 PM
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Shy Boomer
Registered: 07/22/05
Posts: 32
Loc: London, UK
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My game, Meet The Creeper will have subtitles wherever required. There will be an option to disable them for people who dislike them
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