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Happy #WhatAGameDevLooksLike day!

Here are some of our marvelous linguists: our Italian dynamic duo @laurainno.bsky.social & @saracee.bsky.social, @locdandloaded.net from our French team, @bigbadwolframio.bsky.social from the Spanish squad (& their awesome hat!) and our CM @laurelinewho.com 🤍

Every time you think this industry can't get any worse, they still find ways to dig even deeper: Digital Hearts is now offering MCQ-based translations, so you can just take your pick from a selection of AI-generated garbage TLs for each line instead of, you know, properly translating them.

The talented loc experts at Cozy Words did a fantastic job to make #MakeRoom available in four new languages!

Thank you @kenney.nl for trusting us, and happy belated birthday again!

a screenshot of the credits of MakeRoom, a diorama builder. The localization part of the credits shows the different linguists who worked on the project. The project was managed by Lucie Genot, the founder of Cozy Words. Mari Ma and Zhuoyi Li worked on Simplified Chinese, Mela Elster worked on German, Daria Zemliakova and Alexander Szazchenko worked on Russian, and Christelle Bravin and Lucie Genot worked on French.

It's #TranslatorsInTheCredits time!

We had the privilege to expand MakeRoom to four more languages. Thank you, @kenney.nl and @wholesomegames.com for trusting us! We had a blast working on this amazing cozy title!

Here's the full list of localization experts who participated in this project:

Appel à témoins 📢

Je travaille sur le verrouillage du doublage de JV en France et les éditeurs qui délocalisent cette étape pour ne pas s’embêter avec les questions d’IA dans les contrats.

Anonymat garanti, n’hésitez pas si vous pouvez m’aider 👇

a doodle of me doodling leon

Thank you for enjoying my #RE9 comics so far! ✨

I love making silly comics and sharing them with everyone!!

They are ALWAYS available for free, but if you would like to support my work, please consider checking out my ko-fi or patreon 🙏💕
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Presque 400 To de vieux jeux vidéo stockés en ligne vont disparaître Immense gâchis

L'IA est une catastrophe (notamment) pour le jeu vidéo, épisode : on ne compte même plus. www.gamekult.com/actualite/pr...

Hey, Bluesky! I'm looking for work to do online!

Translation and proofreading are my strong suits (ENG/ESP) but I'm also okay at art if that's what you need!!

I'm just looking to get some money while I study in college.

DM me if you're interested!

Discord: @cherubiikun

#work #translation #art

AXEL CITY 2 THE FINAL STORM Available Now! - exA-Arcadia TOKYO, JAPAN – November 15, 2025 – AXEL CITY 2 THE FINAL STORM is available now for arcades on exA-Arcadia.    The smash hit fighter returns in AXEL CITY 2 THE FINAL STORM. Adding 6 new stages and 10 ...

A fighting game I translated (w/ a very wonderful editor) came out near the end of 2025! Axel City 2! I didn't do the bonus content for the final release, but I did do the original 40-something characters. This was so fun! Complex story, fun characters, & a '90s vibe. exa.ac/en/pr/axel-c...

Another reason not to use generative AI in translation -- it ADDS stuff that wasn't in the original!!!

When we first got the brief on this project, I was absolutely terrified. The prospect of having to edit a novel's worth of intricate 17th century prose was daunting, but our incredible translators managed to pull it off. Shoutout to Violaine, Marie, Thomas and Félix for their work!

Image d'une jauge qui va de 0 à 100%, en vert fluo sur fond bleu. Elle s'arrête entre 25% et 50%. Une grenouille TLJ hilare est en-dessous de la jauge. Texte, en vert fluo : "Le compteur / +116 inscriptions en 24h ! / Pour le faire grimper, recommandez Temalesjeux.fr (une newsletter beaucoup trop cool sur le jeu vidéo)

En ce mois de mars, on essaie de faire connaître Téma Les Jeux à un plus grand nombre.

Hier, vous avez été nombreux et nombreuses à répondre à cet appel : grâce à vos efforts, il y a eu +116 inscriptions en 24h, un tiers de l'objectif du mois ! Merci beaucoup ! 💚

On continue vers les 300 !

4 games we worked on that deserve your attention this #SteamNextFest!

💨 Speedrunners 2
🪶 Scriptorium @yazagames.com
🧔‍♂️ How many dudes @bscotch.net
💤 Hypnos @redlockstudio.bsky.social
(Steam links below)

What are YOUR discoveries this Next Fest? 👀

The Killing Stone, a deckbuilding card battler by Question Games, is out now. Localization with the help of LocQuest.

Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century occult horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of demons - and outwitting the Devil himself. LocQuest localized The Killing Stone into 4 languages: German, Spanish (LatAm), French, and Chinese (Simplified).

Two quotes. One from Michael Kelly, COO: “Translating our 17th century occult horror which is very particular about using period references and context would be impossible without professional human translators, who not only took time to research and understand the intention, but also took care to keep the musicality of the prose. The team at LocQuest were up to the task of preserving the little details that matter to great storytelling.” Another from J. Thomas, Lead Writer & VO Director: ““I'm lighting a candle for the hyper-committed, thoughtful translators at LocQuest.”

The names and roles of all the localization managers, translators, and LQA specialists involved in localizing the game.

Good vs Evil 😇😈
Ethical vs Unethical ⚖️💰
Quality vs Slop ✅🤖

Ask ye these three questions whilst battling through Question Games’ self-published @thekillingstone.com

Localization was a feat unto itself: masses of words and four tongues traversing four phases. 🛡️

Play, if you dare ⚙️

What's your fav vocaloid song ? i'll make it into a card ! Hello ! I'm ram, an artist and i have a project of making cards of vocaloid songs. I know a lot of them but i would love to hear about your favs ! :D

Hello !! I want to do a vocaloid collection card :D I wanted to know what are your favs vocaloid songs so i can maybe add them on my list !! thank uuu !! forms.gle/8MeT66VzUNTd...

In case anyone needs to hear this right now.

Escapism is OKAY. I know every day lately brings another insane headline, but you HAVE to rest your mind.

The human brain wasn't meant to process the overload of information we're used to now.

DO NOT feel guilty for protecting your peace. Ever.

Don't think I ever shared how Gobutiko is doing on the wishlists grind! I had a chuckle this morning reaching 151 deletions in time for pokemon's anniversary! I consider it a fun achievement lol😌

Doing pretty good though! I see you goblins, thanks for the support so far! 😀

Thank you Chiitan omg!!!!!

first walk animation (be nice)

If you feel that use of AI art assets at any stage of the process is an automatic out, but ChatGPT translations are fine if they're "checked" by people, it might be worth asking yourself why that is. Because it sounds a whole lot like valuing the work of translators less than other creatives to me.

From God of War (2018). Think of how many opportunities they had to fix the credits to include actual people over the last 8 years. And yet, to this day, translators are still not included. #TranslatorsInTheCredits

Adding some more concept art to this thread! This time trying to move away from some of the human features.

This one looked pretty mean, but much closer to being its own thing!

concept art of a goblin merchant. they are wearing a pointed cloth hat, ear piercings, and a simple merchant's tunic

While I'm busy slamming my head on a keyboard here's some concept art for #Gobutiko! This one is for our little goober, courtesy of @bnegri.art!

We didn't keep this design, as I was aiming for slightly less human-like features. I love the look though! 😍

#gamedev #indiegame #conceptart

Environ 336000 signataires pour la pétition contre Duplomb 2 : c'est trop peu ; et il s'agit vraiment de se réveiller pour empêcher cette mesure de destruction de notre santé (n'hésitez pas à republier ce post ou à alerter vos propres abonnés) :

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A white 2DS playing Mario 3D Land

Can't believe folks used to diss you, 2DS

[TheyUseAi]

Le grand Rex projete des films généré par IA

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La @cgt.fr (syndicat énergie 33) produit des calendriers dont les visuel sont généré par IA

Des chercheurs en cybersécurité ont récemment découvert qu'une interface appartenant à Persona, l'entreprise sous-traitante utilisée par Discord, OpenAI ou encore Roblox pour vérifier l'âge des utilisateurs…

A great game I worked on (with many others), Dead in Antares, was released today.

Go check it out!