After about a month of reverse engineering the game to find and decrypt the text files, I've extracted all the strings from Platine Dispositif C87 stg (_____)
I've got a google doc set up with the alphabet, lexicons both firm and speculative, and autogenerated word-replacement based translations.
Also, a couple days ago, I discovered that the game data archive format is not bespoke, but a common format provided by DxLib (a Japanese open-source library for game devs).
As such, there are a variety of extraction tools online, many of which can even automatically determine the archive encryption key.
I have also discovered that the game can work with raw data files extracted from the archive, allowing for easy testing of translation accuracy.
What we have is:
- A rudimentary lexicon
- Some knowledge about the language's morphology (it has some suffixes and is read right to left)
- Some python scripts to encode/decode the in-game string storage file
- A small discord (
send me an ask for an invitehttps://discord.gg/Kg7d2JkpPV)
What we need now is:
- More eyes on this stuff to help guess at word meanings. @ApocalypticFish has been very helpful here, but is only one person
- Someone who's better at playing the game than I am
- Help compiling this information from the google doc and small discord I've created into a more searchable format, like a wiki
- Anyone who's more literate in Japanese than I am to help scour Japanese fanwikis for any information about this game
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- known pseudonym:
_____based on its five-symbol unrenderable title
- known pseudonym:
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- Known pseudonym:
platine dispositif C87based on its release at comiket 87
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