Hi there everyone. I know this is unexpected and comes out of the blue, but I have very good news to give.
As a quick way to summarize, Aya’s route has been absolutely completed in all of its processes, and it’s ready for a final release. Why has this suddenly happened, when I said just yesterday in my blog post that I had still a long way to go before I’d be done with her?
Basically, while I was translating one of the scripts yesterday, I realized that Aya was the ONLY route me and the old team worked on in all stages (Translation, TLC, Editing, QA). I thought that retranslating something that had been already completed would’ve been a waste of effort, so I decided to quickly get in contact with the old members of the team so I could get their consent to use their work along with mine, and they all agreed! So I’m very glad to announce that Aya is now done and I have nothing else from her route to work on (not even the sex scenes, yay!). Even though it is technically my work as well, the members of the old team who worked with me on this route’s completion two years ago will be credited for this one specifically. Thank you guys, you take a lot of pressure off my shoulders.
Anyways, so what now? Aya’s basically done, so what I’m going to do with her route is as follows:
- I will perform a light TLC pass and most likely make small tweaks to the route, since I’d like the whole text to keep in line with my current translation views.
- I would also like to do a QA pass with the new team members just to stay on the safe side of things.
Once these two tasks are over I’d be happy to release this as the first single route. Or you guys could wait a little longer and we could release Aya along with Tae and Reika. Leave me a comment here to tell me your thoughts, because either way I don’t really mind in what order things are released.
As for my translation plans, they’ve obviously shifted—Now I’ll start working on Moe (longest route in the game) and once I’m done with her I’ll enter the final stages of work with Tsuki (best girl) and finish the first game once more.
Again, I want to thank the old team members for this great progress leap.
May Lord Jesus almighty bless you all with his graces.
Translator-kun
Great news!
It would be great to play Aya route sooner, but waiting a bit longer is fine too. Most important thing is that faster Aya route completion means faster Tsuki route release!