Phantom Thief Crystal

Hello!

Sorry for the lack of updates. I totally got slammed with extra work so I could pay off my tax bill this year...

But, yes! My Discord is public! https://discord.gg/WZjNS2J

I typically reply there during the day. A couple other translators hang out there as well, such as the lovely ladies who are translating Gakuen Heaven. :) Feel free to join and say hi!

I’ve been helping the lovely ladies at fuckyeahgakuenheaven with their translation tools, and trying to figure out the Siglus Engine script format, in the eventuality that they can add voices to their Gakuen Heaven translations and not be restricted for text. I’ve figured out a good chunk of the script format, and now all that’s left in that is to figure out the ByteCode. XD I’m about 40% sure of what each function does. Admittedly, it’s a little more tough to figure out what each piece does than other games I’ve played with.

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ByteCode is basically when the game goes through the script, reads HEX values, and interprets it as a function in the game. Previously with my work on “Your Heart will be Stolen at the 24th Hour ~ Phantom Thief Jade ~”, I was fortunate enough that the script format for the Yuka Scripts (YKS) used actual text for function names and was fairly easy to figure out, so I could edit the script as I pleased. And boy did I fix a buttload of issues with that game! Even a game-breaking glitch at the end of the game where you couldn’t continue passed the last choice in the true route. Oops!

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With Angel’s Feather, they’re using an older SCR format by “Studio e.Go!”, and their scripts also use ByteCode. For example, the hexcode “0x0100″ in the script would trigger a textbox for dialog, while “0x0000″ would be used for system functions like setting the title of the window. 

Theirs was a little harder to poke around with, but their functions all had the same format... 2 bytes to specify the function, then 4 bytes saying how long any following data was. The data could be text (wrapped in 0x30 and 0x00), or even more arguments, like where to position an image on screen. I had to manually change these to see what they did in game, then I made an alias name for the code to make it easier to identify for humans. It took a lot of trial and error to figure out what I could, and I still don’t know most of it. Lots of “Unknown_XX” functions floating around. XD Oh well.

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It’s almost been a month. Time for an update!

Let me introduce to you the resident sleepy-head, Oosaka Kurisu!

Oosaka Kurisu is an older senior attending Yuusei Academy, who is infamous for being held back countless times... all because he was sleeping. If he’s not dozing in the classroom, you can find him nodding off in the Literary Club room, or simply passed out in an empty room in the dorms. There’s nothing wrong with him, he just finds life easier if he’s spending it sleeping... The History teacher, Toudou-sensei, seems to hover around him a little too much...

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Slowed a bit on the progression on this slightly, as work picked up... And Animal Crossing. Heheh. I’ll post more in another post about general stuff I did the past month that wasn’t Angel’s Feather related.

One of my Discord server users has been a big help, streaming the game as a beta tester, helping me with finding spellings mistakes or grammatical errors by reading it aloud as they go, as well as finding other oddities to fix. Thank you very much!

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Hello everyone!

First off, let me introduce you to Chikura Anri! An androgynous sweetheart who befriends Shou early on in Angel’s Feather. Anri’s special skill is falling over without any warning or provocation. His big eyes are impossible to resist, whether it invokes your urge to protect him, or pick on him.

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It was about time I started posting some stuff on here. So what better thing to do, than to actually state the progress of the project! Now I won’t be going into too many details, because I don’t want to spoil the game for anyone who’s waiting patiently (or impatiently, haha), so I’ll keep some screenshots down to a minimum.

First things first, I’m about 1/4th of the way through translating the scripts. This progress doesn’t include the battle data (Enemy names, Item names, Item descriptions, Magic names, Magic descriptions, Skill names, Skill descriptions, etc), or any images that may need to have their text re-written.

Sometimes I can go through scripts super fast, as they’re small, and sometimes a single script could take a few days of work because of how long it is.

I’d like to keep a running progress of the game here, but I can’t guarantee a periodic time frame for when I do make a post.

Thank you for your visit, and interest! ^_^ 

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Figure’d I’d introduce myself!

My name’s Kojichan, and I translate games! Not only translating, but I also develop programs and tools in order to help facilitate this. I’m a bit of a Jack-of-all-trades, and I like helping others as well.

In case you couldn’t tell, I’m a huge fan of Phantom Thieves, or Gentleman Thieves! From Arsène Lupin, Tuxedo Mask, to even the Phantom Thief Kid and even Joker, I love ‘em all!

I am currently working on an English translation for the Boys Love Visual Novel called “Angel’s Feather”, by Blue Impact. Unfortunately, Blue Impact have long since dissolved, however I wish to keep their game alive and in other demographics for many others to enjoy.

I hope you’ll enjoy what little of a site I have here! I do have a Discord, but I haven’t made it public yet. ^_^