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Localization

The Localization view contains three different sections, Project Texts, Unique Characters, and Localizations.

Project Texts​

This contains information about all the text that is displayed on the game with the different text-related events.

Editing a text on this area will edit the corresponding text on the Scene, Actor, Trigger, or Custom script.

Unique Characters​

This contains a list of all the unique characters used in the game, this is useful during the font import process, for information regarding this you can check the Font Converter section.

Localizations​

This contains a list of all the localization assets in the game.

You can create a new empty localization with the button.
After that you can go to your project's assets/localization folder and edit the new text file.

You can edit the generated txt file with your preferred text editor, like Sublime Text or Notepad+.
Make sure to use something that supports UTF-8 encoding though.

The file has the following format:

// Localization file
// 
// The file format is composed of pairs of original and localized text.
// Duplicated strings are removed.
// Upper line is original, bottom should be the localization.
// DO NOT MODIFY ORIGINAL STRING
// Lines that start with // are comments
// $XX$ represents variable replacements.
// \n represents a line break on the text
Froggy:\nHey, you haven't seen my pet fly\nbuzzing around, have you?\nPoor guy has gotten lost again!

Gloop:\nNo, sorry! I'm looking for my kids\nmyself.\n

Froggy:\nLooks like we've both got our hands\nfull! Good luck with your quest!

Gloop:\nYou too, my fellow green friend!\nI'll holler if I spot your buzzing\nbuddy!

Welcome to INKVENTURE!\n\nUse the DPAD to move.\nPress A to jump.

(etc)

In order to translate the file, you need to place the translation under the original string.

// Localization file
// 
// The file format is composed of pairs of original and localized text.
// Duplicated strings are removed.
// Upper line is original, bottom should be the localization.
// DO NOT MODIFY ORIGINAL STRING
// Lines that start with // are comments
// $XX$ represents variable replacements.
// \n represents a line break on the text
Froggy:\nHey, you haven't seen my pet fly\nbuzzing around, have you?\nPoor guy has gotten lost again!
フロッギー：\nねえ、どこかで僕のペットのハエを見なかった？\nブンブン飛び回ってるやつなんだけど、\nまたどっか行っちゃったみたいなんだ〜。
Gloop:\nNo, sorry! I'm looking for my kids\nmyself.\n
グループ：\nあー、ごめん！　こっちも自分の子どもたちを\n探してるところなんだ。
Froggy:\nLooks like we've both got our hands\nfull! Good luck with your quest!
フロッギー：\nそっか、お互い大忙しだね！\n探しもの、がんばろう！
Gloop:\nYou too, my fellow green friend!\nI'll holler if I spot your buzzing\nbuddy!
グループ：\nああ、緑の仲間よ！\n君のブンブン友だちを見つけたら、\nちゃんと呼ぶからね！
Welcome to INKVENTURE!\n\nUse the DPAD to move.\nPress A to jump.
INKVENTURE へ ようこそ！\n十字ボタンで移動。\nAボタンでジャンプ！
(etc)

The engine during compile time will create the needed structures so you can swap languages with the Set Text Localization event.