Game Localization

Role-playing (RPG)

Real-Time Strategy (RTS)

Simulation (SG)

Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) 

Αction / adventure

Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox

Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, WiiWare, DSiWire

Sony Platforms (PS3, PS2, PSP)

Online games

Mobile Phones (iPhone, Android)

Social network RPGs

Play game in the source Language / Background Research

File analysis, content extraction and preparation

Terminology creation and validation

Translation (per batch if needed to accommodate deadlines)

Review translation to meet game philosophy and customers briefing

Asset integration & linguistic testing

Game testing on game assets and code

Bug Report on functionality and linguistic areas

Voice over services

Play fully localized game in the target language

Internationalization: The overall goal of internationalization is to create a project that can be easily localized with a minimum amount of work on the developer’s part – the same game features, functionality and game-play experiences are present in all international versions of the game.

Game Code: The game’s code should support, at minimum, the ability to enter Latin-based characters and diacritics. Be Unicode and accept input for bidirectional text etc.

User Interface: The visual look and feel of the game gives users tangible proof that this game was designed with them in their mind. Keep the UI simplified and streamlined across all languages and make sure about size of text, overlapping and truncated text.

Displaying Text: Many text issues can be avoided by having enough UI real estate to allow for longer text. Consultation on text issues is offered to avoid unprofessional UI and thus lowers the quality of the international version.

Organizing Game Assets: To effectively organize the localization project certain issues need to be addressed. Avoiding ommission of game sections as well as quickly organizing game assets for translations. Providing extra game context information so our localization team understands the relationships between what is being said and who is saying it.

Specify which Game Assets Need to be Translated: the client must specify clearly which game sections are meant to be translated, eg. in game text, voice-over files, cinematics, in-game art assets, pop-up tool tips, system messages, error messages, computer game installers, help files, electronic material, other resources.

Game Testing: When preparing the localized version for testing, Paspartu’s teams works closely with the Quality Assurance (QA) department and the clients’ localization coordinator to determine specific testing needs. Two different areas need to be involved: (a) Functionality Testers and (b) Linguistic Testers.