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I just want to add a few things real quick, especially now that I know you are learning German (how cool!).

You might be pleased to know that you actually managed to teach a native speaker some German.

When I played your game, my first instinct was to dismiss the Waldleute as some bad translation because I had never heard the word in that context before. After some googling I found out it is an actual thing with lots of lore attached to it. (I probably would use the term Waldgeister because Waldleute is a bit ambiguous; they could be just normal people living in the woods, but it is still correct.

Also, no need to apologize for anything. It is me who needs to apologize if I sounded dismissive about your use of German in this game. It's actually pretty cool that you are learning it.

All the German in the game was actually understandable. Just a bit foreign sounding but that is fine. I could imagine the characters are German immigrants that now live in an English speaking country and have acquired an accent. I think even the grammar was fine as far as I remember.

Oh, and if you ever need help with German, maybe for your next VN project, please feel free to reach out to me. I would be glad to help.

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Melancholy Marionette1 year ago

Oh, wow, that's interesting then, haha. Yeah, it was mainly Google that I used to try and find something somewhat authentic I could use when it came to adding a magical being to the game. While I wanted the creature to be of my own creation, I still wanted it to have ties somehow to actual mythology/folk tales of German origin :3 So I did a little digging and came across a lot of really cool stuff :D The Waldleute just seemed like the best sort of fit for the kind of creature I was trying to portray! Waldgeister certainly sounds cooler though! I wish I'd thought of changing it to something like that x3

And phew, well, that's good to know, haha. I was really quite anxious about accidentally butchering the language >.< Frustratingly, I had to take a break from learning during September because there just wasn't time to squeeze it in alongside working on Spooktober! And now that October has hit, I'm really busy with other spooky stuff, but I hope to get back to it once everything calms down and we get into November/December :3

That's so kind of you to offer! I do hope to add the main characters from this to one of my main projects at some point, and it would be wonderful if I could manage to include a little more German in their lines :D plus I guess it's good practice! So yeah, I really appreciate that, thank you :3

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