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An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113462
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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.
thanks


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113463
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Adding subtitles is one of the things I'm focusing on for my next game. So, hopefully, it'll all work out! smile


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113464
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Thanks so much! praise
I'm starting Shady Brook now, hopefully won't be too difficult to understand, otherwise I will ask you for a list of dialogues! lol
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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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113465
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I hope that Shady Brook proves less troublesome for you! Enjoy the game. smile


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113466
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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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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113467
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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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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113468
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I'm happy to tell you that our next game will have subtitles. I always prefer to have them on in games myself, although I dislike subtitles in movies for some reason.

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113469
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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... think


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It's been noted wink 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! smile

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113471
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Optional subtitles is a must in my opinion. So count with them in Destinies too. laugh


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113472
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Thanks to you all for the response. bravo
I'm looking forward to your new games!
thanks


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113473
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I'm sure I'm in the minority but I find sounds to be kind of distracting. I always prefer to turn all the sounds off (voices and music) and just read the subtitles.

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113474
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Mikael -- not even a bit of info on your new game? I'll say the magic word.

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113475
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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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I find the subtitles distracting. I always turn them off, turn up the voice and lower the music. I like the sound effects set at midway. laugh


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113477
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I think that the best thing to do would be to put optional subtitling, so everyone is happy! smile


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113478
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Becky -- In a couple of days. We just have to decide on a title.

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113479
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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113480
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I also think subtitles are very important, in game and during the videos.

A related topic is deaf gamers. See DeafGamers.com for example. When you´re working on subtitles you could extend your effort a little bit to make sure your game can be solved without audio.

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113481
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Well, I'm trying to go one better with my next game - no words at all! This is proving to be an exciting challenge! Before you get too excited ... the finished product is at least 2 years away!

Peter

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113482
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Hi smile

How did I not find this thread till now ???? rolleyes

I am a great believer in the need for subtitles and am very disappointed when there aren't any eek

Cheers.

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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113483
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Hi!
I need the subtitles, too! I can't always understand the sound rolleyes so the subtitles help me. Being able to turn them off for folks who find them distracting is a good idea, too!
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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113484
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Hi Peter -- well, I DO like this thread. Any additional info about your new game? wave

Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113485
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That sounds ideal, Alan, with the option to turn them on or off. wave


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Re: An appeal to all the indipendent developers #113486
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Hi Becky,

Nearer to release there'll be HEAPS of info - for the moment, suffice to say that we're very excited about it and aficionados of Peter Smith's article will be well pleased.

Peter

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