Tonight we’re releasing an Edge update which accomplishes a major milestone: game localization and translations. We also want to take a few minutes to provide a brief status update on our progress so far this cycle, and let you know where we stand on this cycle overall.

Progress Report

We’ve been quieter than normal lately, as you have probably noticed - for the first time since release we’ve been able to slow down a bit and really dig into some larger scale undertakings. Towards the end of 2017, the holidays and a few positive personal events took place, but as of the last few weeks we’ve been back to work as usual. We’ve continued to be a bit quieter still, but it’s for a very good reason! We have been working very hard, staying very focused, and we're on track to hit the two major milestones we have set out for to begin the year -- localization and multiple floors! It's our intention and expectation that we will hit both milestones this cycle; we're very much on track to do so. That said, we do also expect that the cycle will be running a longer than normal, most likely about two months in total -- this will allow ample time for bugs to be found & fixes and for any mechanic adjustments and balance changes which we anticipate will be needed due to the extra dimension.

Localization & Translations

The latest Edge update, released tonight, contains the functionality to support game localization and language translation throughout the game. The initial release also includes the complete German Language Pack, and we will be adding additional language packs throughout the next few as, as each is finished. Additionally, support for community-created language dictionaries has been added and we’ll be providing additional information on that in the very near future as well. For now we’d mainly like to focus on collecting your feedback on the German translation quality, and find any bugs or missing/non-translated text that we may have missed! Head on over to the Edge forum for full details!

Multiple Floors

We continue to get closer with each day's worth of code -- we're quite close to having it ready for initial release on Edge. We expect it to arrive most likely some time next week and, once released, we'll then be spending the following weeks on fixes, tweaks/mechanic adjustments and, if time allows, potentially adding in a few additional enhancements that most likely won't make it in initially (elevators, 2+ floor w/ single escalators, etc). We're incredibly excited for the future of SimAirport -- we're already off to a great start this year -- but we'll be taking SimAirport to the next level in 2018.

[ 2018-01-11 06:06:54 CET ] [ Original post ]