Posted March 14, 2021 by Nim
#android #localization #polish #russian
Greetings weary travelers.
Your guide Ze here. I hope you're well, healthy, peaceful, and happy.
The Remainder is receiving a new update!
Nim, my partner, is an actual wizard. This I'm sure of, because they'd cooked up an android version of The Remainder in a few days.
You can download it now, please choose:
the-remainder-android-arm64-act1.apk
Most people should download this version, it's for newer phones, basically any made in the last 10 years.
the-remainder-android-univ-act1.ap
This version is for older phones. If the arm64 version doesn't work for you, try this one.
The android version of the game has newly designed menus, icons, and screen layouts optimized for portrait mode.
They practically re-built the game from scratch in Ren'Py!
I think it looks fantastic and feels responsive, maybe slightly more so than the PC version, and hope you'll check it out.
We had to remove a few minor things to optimize the file size, the animation in the backgrounds being one of them. We can add that back in the future if we figure out a way to keep the file sizes reasonable. The gallery also took a back seat. Again, it's something we're playing with and may come back in the future.
We don't have the resources to thoroughly test this version though, so if you spot any bugs or weirdness, please let us know and we'll look into it.
We're starting to work on Polish and Russian localization thanks to some lovely people who've volunteered to help.
Our goal is two folds, first, we'd like to have a good translation so that people can enjoy the game in their native Polish or Russian language.
Second, we want to have inclusive language for non-binary/LGBTQ readers, since our characters are non-binary, we'd like to see them represented with the appropriate language. This may be slightly tricky since not every language have readily available non-binary pronouns, so some testing and tweaking may be needed to get it right/
If you speak Polish or Russian, we would like to invite you to test out the translation soon.
If you speak other languages and wish to volunteer to localize The Remainder for another language, we welcome you to contact us.
Thanks for reading, take care of yourself out there!