Lady Sword (PCE) [re-started 2-24-05]
This game was originally started on 10-16-03 but I chose to list this by its "restarted" date, since the initial work on this was done so long ago. I had my real breakthrough with it when I went back to it again over a year later. As a self proclamed "translator", I am just happy when I can figure out enough to dump a script I can translate for a game. In this case I was very happy because it was a bit of a challenge. I'll try to find some technical help to make a real project out of it, but for now I have a script I can translate at my leisure. The game is a dungeon crawler apparently with cheesecake shots of women thrown in.
Here is a funny page from Secret of Joe Musashi's "weird games" page procaming how weird this game is. Be sure to check out parts 2, 3, and 4. ;)
Lady Sword: Strangest Game Ever
04-13-06 I've had some help on this project from a very nice translator named Grant Laughlin. Mr. Laughlin lent me his services and finished the remaining script for this game. It still needs to be playtested rather thoroughly since it needs to be compressed before insertion, it will need to be as close to a finished script as possible before insertion. I am starting to feel like playtesting may be an area where I am particularly lazy, but once I finish WtPC this will probably be top priority.
12-28-06 Tomaitheous got back to me a while ago with a version of the game that includes an inserted font. Check out the screenshots above to see the cave-speak in action.
11-09-06 Guess it's been about a year now. ^_^ Some good news on this project though, Tomaitheous of PC-Engine Dev has stepped up to lend a hand. It seems that the font may have been found, but no progress so far other than that. Just wanted to update about the promising news. Keep an eye out in the future, hopefully more updates will be coming.
10-06-05 I'm currently seeking technical help for this game. I submitted a help wanted ad to the Whirlpool but it has since gone down, so I decided to put it here. I haven't been working on the script for this game recently but it's about 1/3 done and getting some technical help would definitely light a fire under my translation efforts. I'm looking for someone who can insert a font and reinsert the translated script. Inserting the script may be a challenge, it uses a lot of reusable lines that are referenced within the script by dual byte sequences. The font is not standard either. If you are interested in the game and would like to help me finish it,
let me know.
