Patch 1.5 Preview 2: Community Translation
Community translation is where fans put their collective heads together and bring a product from its native language into their own, so that others who are not so savvy in the complexities of other languages can also enjoy the experience. In short it will allow dedicated multilingual fans to share their experience of WFTO with others by translating the game. Though this has been done before with WFTO (looking in particular at the incredible Japanese translation!) it has previously been achieved through ad hoc methods which could cause issues in the long run.
Instead of forcing players to go the roundabout route of directly translating and modifying our game files, we’re now implementing a more robust system:
One of the problems of being a relatively small indie developer working on your very first title - especially when that title is as narrative, text and speech heavy as WFTO - is that you have to make very strict choices on where you invest your resources. Unfortunately translation of games is extremely expensive and in many cases it becomes difficult for us to justify the investment, especially so far after launch when the greatest portion of sales are behind us. This presents a double whammy as we’re very keen on updating the game with new features and content (just like this patch!), but this new content may not be translated into as many languages as we’d like.
Now our dedicated Aussie fans can bring you the authentic fair dinkum Australian Edition! As a developer we want to see the game reach as many potential fans as possible, and it’s much to our regret that we can’t finance the official translation into all the languages we would like. As you may know we also had to drop several languages from our official translations after launch, as these were originally funded by our physical distribution partner, and their budget did not support post-release content. Supporting community translations helps both us and our fans by giving the community the tools to better address these issues.
If you’re a dedicated fan, or a member of an interested translation team, please get in touch via our forums! We’d love to work with you to bring WFTO to your language.
There are those that might say this update was a little too text heavy, but fear not we have more of the game-changing features of Patch 1.5 coming to you next Monday, with a further look into Crucible mode! In the meantime we’ll leave you with this cheerful lot - our new arcane brethren! Though it seems one of them has slipped in unnoticed...
Someone’s been gorging on spellbooks. Click here to discuss this update on our forums Click here to chat about this update on our Discord Never miss an update! Sign up to our newsletter!
[ 2016-12-04 17:30:19 CET ] [ Original post ]
Darkest greetings Underlord,
Back once more for another insight into the upcoming Patch 1.5? Well you’re right on time! Our dedicated engineers are just putting the finishing touches on a somewhat small but no less significant undertaking, if we do say so ourselves. So today we’re going to take a brief look at the upcoming community translation features in Patch 1.5.
What is Community Translation?
Community translation is where fans put their collective heads together and bring a product from its native language into their own, so that others who are not so savvy in the complexities of other languages can also enjoy the experience. In short it will allow dedicated multilingual fans to share their experience of WFTO with others by translating the game. Though this has been done before with WFTO (looking in particular at the incredible Japanese translation!) it has previously been achieved through ad hoc methods which could cause issues in the long run.
So What’s Changing?
Instead of forcing players to go the roundabout route of directly translating and modifying our game files, we’re now implementing a more robust system:
- We will be providing templates for translators to fill out. These will be similar to our existing translation files, so existing translations should not be majorly affected.
- These templates can then be dropped into the game files and uploaded to the Steam Workshop.
- This means that translation files can be downloaded in a one-click process via the Workshop.
- They will then be added to the Options menu’s Language list, where they will become a selectable language.
- We will be providing concise updates for translators to use whenever we make changes to the game text. So you’ll always be ahead of the curve when new content releases!
- To centralise all this information we’ll be updating our forums and Knowledge Base to contain all the tools you’ll need to create and keep translation files up to date.
- To further support unofficial translations we may consider asking dedicated teams to provide translations for our Steam store pages, which would direct players of a particular language to download the community translation from the Workshop.
Why is This an Important Feature?
One of the problems of being a relatively small indie developer working on your very first title - especially when that title is as narrative, text and speech heavy as WFTO - is that you have to make very strict choices on where you invest your resources. Unfortunately translation of games is extremely expensive and in many cases it becomes difficult for us to justify the investment, especially so far after launch when the greatest portion of sales are behind us. This presents a double whammy as we’re very keen on updating the game with new features and content (just like this patch!), but this new content may not be translated into as many languages as we’d like.
Now our dedicated Aussie fans can bring you the authentic fair dinkum Australian Edition! As a developer we want to see the game reach as many potential fans as possible, and it’s much to our regret that we can’t finance the official translation into all the languages we would like. As you may know we also had to drop several languages from our official translations after launch, as these were originally funded by our physical distribution partner, and their budget did not support post-release content. Supporting community translations helps both us and our fans by giving the community the tools to better address these issues.
Get in Touch!
If you’re a dedicated fan, or a member of an interested translation team, please get in touch via our forums! We’d love to work with you to bring WFTO to your language.
Crucible Unit Preview: Mysteries of the Arcane
There are those that might say this update was a little too text heavy, but fear not we have more of the game-changing features of Patch 1.5 coming to you next Monday, with a further look into Crucible mode! In the meantime we’ll leave you with this cheerful lot - our new arcane brethren! Though it seems one of them has slipped in unnoticed...
Someone’s been gorging on spellbooks. Click here to discuss this update on our forums Click here to chat about this update on our Discord Never miss an update! Sign up to our newsletter!
War for the Overworld
Brightrock Games
Brightrock Games
2015-04-02
Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop
Game News Posts 133
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(6092 reviews)
http://www.wftogame.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230190
The Game includes VR Support
LinuxBuild [5.27 G]
War for the Overworld - Underlord Edition Content
War for the Overworld - Heart of Gold Expansion
War for the Overworld - The Cynical Imp (Charity DLC)
War for the Overworld - Crucible Expansion
War for the Overworld - My Pet Dungeon Expansion
War for the Overworld - The Under Games Expansion
War for the Overworld - Seasonal Worker Skins
War for the Overworld - Map Editor
Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you build your own!
Do you feel you are in a slump? Monotonously disembowelling evil guys in endless quests for gold and a slightly better pair of boots? You are starting to wonder... are heroics really your calling? Welcome to the War for the Overworld!
War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RTS and God Game genres. You play an all-powerful, malevolent Underlord, long banished to the Aether. With unrivalled dark power and an insatiable desire for bloody conquest, you will arise once more, and reclaim your realm!
In your absence, the Underworld lost its way. It became feeble and afraid of the Empire of the Overworld, which grew strong and boldly comfortable in its quiet retirement from evil-slaying. Carve out your dungeon from the soil and stones of the Underworld, and build dozens of unique rooms to attract a myriad of creatures to your halls to work and fight for you.
In addition to your faithful followers, you have destructive spells and powerful rituals to cast upon any unsuspecting goodly Hero (or rival Underlord) who dares to breach your unhallowed halls. With your unmatched dark powers and mighty army of bloodthirsty minions, you are ready for your War for the Overworld!
Do you feel you are in a slump? Monotonously disembowelling evil guys in endless quests for gold and a slightly better pair of boots? You are starting to wonder... are heroics really your calling? Welcome to the War for the Overworld!
War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RTS and God Game genres. You play an all-powerful, malevolent Underlord, long banished to the Aether. With unrivalled dark power and an insatiable desire for bloody conquest, you will arise once more, and reclaim your realm!
In your absence, the Underworld lost its way. It became feeble and afraid of the Empire of the Overworld, which grew strong and boldly comfortable in its quiet retirement from evil-slaying. Carve out your dungeon from the soil and stones of the Underworld, and build dozens of unique rooms to attract a myriad of creatures to your halls to work and fight for you.
In addition to your faithful followers, you have destructive spells and powerful rituals to cast upon any unsuspecting goodly Hero (or rival Underlord) who dares to breach your unhallowed halls. With your unmatched dark powers and mighty army of bloodthirsty minions, you are ready for your War for the Overworld!
Key Features
- Build Your Dungeon - Excavate and build your dungeon beneath the earth of the Overworld. Design its layout as you see fit, creating an underground fortress filled with a wide variety of rooms, each with a unique use and purpose.
- Evil Is Back - Play as an Underlord who has awakened from a deep slumber after countless years drifting in the Aether. This realm hosts a variety of enemies — both Heroes and Underlords will stand in your path as you fight for dominance of the Overworld
- Veins of Evil - Choose from over 60 rooms, spells, potions, rituals, defences and constructs in the Veins of Evil as you progress through the game. There are a plethora of possible Vein combinations you can use to conquer the Overworld. Create your own unique flavour of evil!
- Fortify Your Domain - Build a wide variety of defences within your walls to defend against — and destroy — those who seek to invade your domain.
- Cast Wicked Spells - Call down unholy magic to strengthen your dungeon, route enemy forces, flood corridors with Micropiglets, or simply turn a meddlesome Hero into a geyser of giblets.
- Unleash Devastating Rituals - Punish your foes or empower your own forces with game-changing Rituals that can do anything from raising an undead army, to instantly fortifying your entire dungeon.
- Command Powerful Minions - Over 20 minions await your call, and will gladly work and fight under your banner... if you provide them with all the creature comforts they demand.
- Conquer the Overworld - Play through a feature-length campaign, facing off against the Emperor of the Overworld as you fight for complete supremacy in the Realm of Kairos
- Destroy Your Rivals - Take the fight to your rival Underlords in Skirmish or Multiplayer matches with up to four players.
- Challenge Ruthless AI - Team up with a friend or fly solo and challenge devastatingly sophisticated AI Opponents in Skirmish or Multiplayer!
- Shape the Underworld - Create entirely new Skirmish, Scenario, Sandbox and Multiplayer levels in the Map Editor and share them with other Underlords via Steam Workshop!
- Test Your Mettle - Run the gauntlet of the prototype Survival mode and see if you can top the high score against waves of enemies!
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or higher
- Processor: Dual Core CPU @ 2.5GHzMemory: 4GB RAM
- Memory: 4GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GT450 512MB or better. ATI 4870HD 512MB or betterG3D Mark: 1500Hard Drive: 7GB available spaceSound: Speakers or headphones Additional Linux Requirements: glibc 2.14 or later libstdc++6 or later GCC 4.9 or later Only the latest video card drivers are supported OpenGL 3.0 support is required Full Knowledgebase Article
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or higher
- Processor: Quad Core CPU @ 2.5GHzMemory: 8GB RAM
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 560 1GB or better. Radeon 8950 HD 1GB or betterG3D Mark: 3000Hard Drive: 10GB available spaceSound: Speakers or headphones Additional Linux Requirements: glibc 2.14 or later libstdc++6 or later GCC 4.9 or later Only the latest video card drivers are supported OpenGL 3.0 support is required Full Knowledgebase Article
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