Nils Kneuper

The battle for Wesnoth is in the rare position of being an open source game project featuring many different translations for its huge amount of content. Currently Wesnoth features 54 translations of which 15 translations of the stable series are more than 90% complete.

This session is about sharing the history behind this and factors which can help projects gain a stable internationalization community. The talk will focus on best practices which have shown themselves as working nicely for getting the translation community started as well as keeping translators happy. It might also show how the translation process is connected to the release cycle and what common problems for game translations are.

A discussion among all people in the room. This slot can be used for basically any open source gaming related discussions. Especially it is possible to continue discussions started before which could not be finished as part of talks. Other possible topics include but are not limited to: „Is there a way and need to coordinate better among gaming projects?“ „Can we make it easier for possible contributors (not only coders!) to get involved?“ ...

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS.

The battle for Wesnoth is in the rare position of being an open source game project featuring many different translations for its huge amount of content. Currently Wesnoth features 54 translations of which 15 translations of the stable series are more than 90% complete.

This session is about sharing the history behind this and factors which can help projects gain a stable internationalization community. The talk will focus on best practices which have shown themselves as working nicely for getting the translation community started as well as keeping translators happy. It might also show how the translation process is connected to the release cycle and what common problems for game translations are.

During this talk you will hear a short introduction what this room is about and which talks to expect during the day. In case there are any last minute changes you will hear about them during this talk.