October 12th, Tuesday …
At Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. …
Li Yada had just finished talking to a few translation studios.
After consulting Boss Pei, Li Yada contacted a few good translation studios in the country and sent them a portion of the game's script for them to try and translate.
Li Yada specially selected some puzzle-solving elements in the game, wanting to see how good these translation studios were.
In similar side quests, they would often use a poem as a clue to find the corresponding hint, and then trigger the corresponding plot. The difficulty of translating this was quite high.
On the one hand, they had to translate the meaning of the poem completely. They did not want to miss out on some key information so that foreign players could solve the puzzles based on the content.
On the other hand, they had to be elegant. If such a good poem was translated into another language and became plain, it would be meaningless and unattractive.
Thus, this was a test of the translator's skills. Ordinary people could not do it.
These translation studios had already submitted their test translations. However, when Li Yada showed them to Assistant Xin, they all rejected them.
The translations were not wrong, but they did not look good enough.
Li Yada's English was average, but she could roughly tell if the translations were good or bad.
Assistant Xin went without saying. She had been the assistant of a Vice President in a well-known foreign enterprise and was fluent in three languages. She was not good enough to translate the game personally, but she could tell at a glance whether a ready-made translation was good or bad.
Thus, Li Yada had a simple conversation with these translation studios and asked them to re-translate the game and improve their skills. Otherwise, they would not be able to work together.
After sending these translation studios away, Li Yada could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was right.
This could not be rushed!
Translating Repent and be Saved was much more difficult than translating other games. If they tried to speed things up, they would not be able to guarantee the quality.
If they rushed to release a multi-language version, they would be ruining their reputation. That was not Tengda's style.
Tengda had always been a company that did not care about investments. They tried their best to do all the details. That was the core spirit that everyone in Tengda had learned from Boss Pei.
"Forget it. Let's listen to Boss Pei. Don't be rash."
Li Yada also tried to find some big names in the translation circle, but it was difficult to find them in such a short time. The main reason was that she did not have the connections.
There were some professional translators on the official resource website. There were also some translation studios that could be contacted, such as the ones that Li Yada had found. However, it was difficult to guarantee that the translations would be particularly good.
However, some of the truly great players were not willing to be game translators.
Most of the time, they would be flipping through contemporary classics or awesome blockbusters. Translating game texts would be a relatively dirty and tiring job. Even if they were to approach them, they might not necessarily agree.
Moreover, how to contact these people was also a big problem.
Therefore, Li Yada knew that this matter could not be rushed. She could only take it slow.
However, there was new progress in the collaboration with Ma Yiqun's Zhong Dian website.
Previously, Ma Yiqun had looked for Li Yada and talked about the collaboration between the official platform and the game. Li Yada had agreed readily.
This was a good thing for both parties, and since it was their own business, it was a piece of cake.
The two of them discussed and quickly came up with a good linkage plan.
At first, Ma Yiqun wanted to create a seven-day login campaign. As long as they did a seven-day login campaign on the website, they would be able to receive a small reward in the game.
Li Yada thought about it and decided to go one step further and connect the accounts on both sides!
That included Zhong Dian website, Tengda Games, TPDb website, and the like. Wouldn't it be possible to log in with a single Tengda account?
That way, all players of Tengda Games would be able to use their own game accounts to log in to Zhong Dian website. Any rewards could be given out according to the account.
What's more, this was not troublesome. It could be done quickly.
As for the rewards in the game, Li Yada initially wanted to give some consumable items such as three souls and seven spirits for leveling up, items to strengthen weapons, and the like.
However, on further thought, she felt that was too stingy.
Why should she be so stingy when it was a fixed-rate standalone game?
She could just give them an exclusive appearance!
However, it was too late to customize a new model now. Thus, Li Yada slapped her forehead and decided to give players a special item that could change their character model. She would directly use a ready-made elixir item icon called 'Change Appearance Elixir'. It could be used repeatedly.
This was not difficult to do. She just had to get the program to change the code.
Of course, she could not change the character model as she wished. Some monsters or bosses' character models were very big. Changing them could trigger some mysterious bugs. Thus, this item was limited to changing characters that were similar to the main character's body. This included monsters and NPCs.
At the same time, this item had a cooldown period. Overall, it was an entertainment item.
However, no matter what, there were some passable NPCs in the game. Although they were not particularly beautiful, they could definitely be considered beauties in this world.
Thus, Li Yada thought about it. This item should be quite attractive to players, right?
She made the arrangements.
After handing the work to her subordinates, Li Yada habitually opened TPDb, wanting to see the recent changes in Repent and be Saved's ratings.
Recently, all the employees in Tengda had developed the habit of looking at TPDb whenever they had nothing to do. After all, the ratings on the website determined their bonuses for the next month. They could not ignore it.
How much money the game earned was not real. It was just a matter of convenience. If they really wanted to get bonuses, the project's reputation had to be through the roof.
"Eh? 9.1 points! "
Li Yada could not help but perk up. The ratings had skyrocketed!
How did it increase so much in just one day?
She clicked on it and realized that the media's ratings had finally been refreshed!
A large part of the weight of TPDb's ratings came from the media's ratings. They directly grabbed the data of authoritative games media. The higher the data, the higher the overall score of the project.
Li Yada scanned through the comments of several games media and realized that they were all full of praise for Repent and be Saved.
"After Game Designer, Tengda Games once again used a refreshing classic to redefine what innovation is."
"This fast-rising game company is always able to bring new and refreshing experiences to the players. In just a few weeks, the players have completed the transformation from cursing to praising, from rejecting to really enjoying it."
"Tengda Games can always bring out excellent productions. It's as if the word 'cutting corners' does not exist in their dictionary.
"Before this, no designer thought that such a difficult and hardcore game could succeed in the country. However, Tengda obviously did it. Repent and be Saved makes gamers willingly suffer and enjoy it. "
"I can foresee that this game's perfect combat system will be the benchmark for a period of time.
"The design of the epitaph is ingenious. Some of the details of the gameplay show the designer's inspiration and talent.
"The game's difficulty mechanism is worth learning from all designers."
Similar views were common on all the major game review websites and games media.
The comments of these reviewers were different from the comments of the gamers at the beginning. This was because after more than a week, the gamers' reputation for the game had undergone a huge reversal. These game reviewers were all aware of this.
What's more, these reviewers would not give the game a low score just because they had suffered and could not beat it. They were all professionals.
Ordinary gamers would only feel that Repent and be Saved was very difficult and feel that they had suffered. Thus, they would give the game a low score out of revenge. However, these games media could see more:
The quality of the game was excellent;
The combat system was outstanding;
The design of the world and the art style were outstanding;
The plot was complex and deep;
To a certain extent, it promoted Chinese culture;
The gameplay and innovations in the system pointed the way for action games in the future.
Thus, it was not surprising that the game could achieve high scores if they included all these advantages in the game's evaluation system!
What made Li Yada the most proud was the official platform's evaluation.
"Repent and be Saved depicts a despairing world. This world was born out of Chinese traditional culture and has been remolded artistically. It gives gamers a brand new experience.
"This is a despairing world where the six paths of reincarnation have collapsed and the end of the Age of Chaos has descended. The outstanding difficulty settings make players feel as if they are truly in a desperate situation. They are tortured by death again and again. However, this world hides countless curious secrets. Every player can't help but stand up again after being resurrected. They yearn to find the sense of mission to save everything!
"The grand epic, heart-wrenching challenges, rich background story, and philosophy in the game make Repent and be Saved an adventure that will leave one with endless memories!"
"What's especially worthy of praise is that Tengda Games has embarked on a unique and completely original path when domestically-produced Chinese-style games were on the decline and all domestic manufacturers were imitating foreign manufacturers."
"Repent and be Saved has very well integrated traditional culture into the background story, the game's content, and the spirit of the game. It has played a vital role in spreading traditional culture in the new era.
"I hope that other game manufacturers and designers can strengthen their thinking and learn from this game so that they can better promote traditional culture. I hope that the game industry can build cultural confidence as soon as possible!"
Of course, the official platform had to do something for any praise.
Without a doubt, Repent and be Saved received a few recommendation spots. This was to be expected.
Li Yada could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was Boss Pei indeed. He had casually created a classic game!
As for the official platform's recommendations … what were they? Boss Pei's hands were going to go soft!
Li Yada read the media praises for Repent and be Saved again and felt very happy.
"Although I took over halfway through, I still played a part in making the game popular!"
Li Yada was still reading when the young lady at the front desk ran over.
"The official platform's staff is calling. They want to talk about translating the game overseas."
"Huh? The official platform's staff? "
Li Yada did not dare to delay. She quickly stood up to answer the call.
The official platform had Tengda's office phone number, so they called the front desk directly.
Li Yada was a little excited. After all, this was the first time she was talking to an official platform's staff.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the other party quickly got to the point.
"Do you have any intention of producing a multi-language version of Repent and be Saved and promoting it to the overseas market?"
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