Lucile Danilov

Are you a gamedev who's not using any GenAI in your pipeline? I'm currently compiling a list of such statements, either in the press, social media, or directly through your credit roll. Feel free to add more examples below.

In the excellent Forever Ago by @thirdshift.studio & @annapurna.com, you can choose to name your dog with a variety of options 🐺 A pet name has to sound cute but also be meaningful to the player, so let's see how we localized these options into Spanish, German & French! 👇🧵 #gameloc

In a world of AI gameslop, let’s actually have some fun. 🔥 Three demos we think you should check out this Next Fest: 1️⃣ Guns ‘n Goblins 2️⃣ DreadHaven: The Last Colony 3️⃣ Night Hike And all enjoyable in a variety of languages thanks to LocQuest. Fighting gameslop, one loc at a time. 🛡️

One of the most challenging localization projects we ever took at @locquest.bsky.social, but it was all worth it for that sweet forensic science credit! Congrats to the whole team @thekillingstone.com, you guys deserve all the success in the world 💖

Lifehack: To avoid digging through mountains of slop, look up which demos are localized by professionals. When it comes to cutting corners with AI, translation is usually #1 on the list, so if it's done properly, you can be sure there's little to no slop in the code/art/etc.

Following the success of the Gameloc Portfolio Directory, I'm happy to announce a new partnership with Websites for Translators! Enjoy a 5% discount on your entire order by following the link at the bottom of the directory and support Loc'd and Loaded ✨

Introducing the 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘅𝘆: all the games we've worked on, all our linguists. No need to buy and complete every game. No need to wait a decade for MobyGames to update. No fear of poaching. Explore the galaxy ➡️ fromthevoid.net/credits 💫

NEW: Unity is automatically opting Asset Store creators into supporting its generative AI platform, Unity Spark, via a process called 'itemisation.' One dev told Vertical Slice the process should be "opt-in instead of opt-out" and said they are firmly against genAI.

Man, that was a lot harder than I anticipated. Here are 9 games that shaped me! Notable missing mentions: - Sonic Adventure 2 - Warcraft 3 - Pokemon R/B - Hades I & II - Mouthwashing...

Ils ont même une catégorie rien que pour la loc, même si aucun des jeux en question ne mentionne que la loc est 100% IA

A friend talked about a mobile game he was playing that had weird translation issues. That got me to thinking about what the cause of those issues could be, and considering the wider question of how many factors can influence a translation before even considering an individual translator's merits. 🧵

I don't take a lot of photos on my trips, but when I do, they're usually alright. (Tokyo, 2019)

Have you been working in the publishing side of localization (translation, editing, lettering) and want to share (publicly or anonymously) your concerns heard? I'm working on a story about just that. My dms are open and I'm also over on signal (riderstrike.152).

SNK is hiring! We are looking for: Localization PM recruit.jobcan.jp/snk-corp/job... Traditional Chinese (Taiwanese) translator recruit.jobcan.jp/snk-corp/job... Simplified Chinese translator recruit.jobcan.jp/snk-corp/job... Brazilian Portuguese translator recruit.jobcan.jp/snk-corp/job...

We bought a piece of art for our new bedroom! Super happy with the result 🙌

Next Tuesday, our director @mittovac.bsky.social will be speaking with an absolute dream team about the use of AI technologies in translation, dubbing and culturalization. If you're at Gamescom Dev next week, don't miss out! 📆 Tuesday 25 🕟 4:45PM (CEST) 📍Stage 16 - Table 16.1 | Confex Level 2

We need to start whipping this out for every new Localization Discourse ™️(source: Jehtt - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t-8...)

Translators seldom have access to the dev builds of the games they work on. About 95% of the time, we get (at best) a couple of screenshots and a few paragraphs explaining the concept. The rest is just rawdogging Excel files and a million queries

It's not often you get to work on a game that was originally released before you were even born... and I'm no spring chicken 💀 Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns, a remaster of the 1986 Amiga classic, is now available - with French localization by yours truly!

What devs need to know about localization, ft. Concha Fernandez Alvarez, Aurelie Perrin, and Guido Di Carlo

You may not like it, but this is what peak localization looks like (Asterix: Mega Madness (PS1, 2001))

I would like to give a firm handshake to whichever mad lad/lass at LinkedIn came up with this name. Hope your boss isn't too angry at you.

I recently completed a LQA project that had me bawling like a baby (for like, good, narrative-related reasons), and it reminded me just how much I love this job. So, so incredibly lucky to still be able to do this, despite the depressing state of the industry. I'll never take it for granted.

This is the kind of content that keeps Bluesky alive

Should you localize your game? 🤔 Choosing a market for localization feels kind of like playing Russian (or Spanish, Chinese, Arabic…) Roulette. The good news? 🗞️ There’s an easier, more cost-effective way forward: localizing your Steam store page. Read more: locquest.com/localizing-s...

Game devs, please have a look at this article, as well as those that hopefully will follow! Understanding the degeneration of localization is key to get why you shouldn't just leave the process to whomever does it cheaper.

Je suis cité dans l'article pour rappeler à Toby Fox le vieil adage, « traduire c'est trahir » 🥲 En tant que créateur, il a le droit de faire ce qu'il veut de son œuvre, y compris ne pas la traduire dans des langues qu'il ne maîtrise pas lui-même, comme il l'a expliqué. cependant.gif

Localisation is far more difficult than the public realises. It requires art, design, engineering, translation, and production logistics have to all align in the right way to ship something good. It is not something you can slap in at the end.

The 7th Guest Remake, developed and published by @vertigo-games.bsky.social and localized in 9 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. Only the localization provider, Localsoft, is credited.