How Localizing Return of the Obra Dinn Nearly Sunk the Game | War Stories | Ars Technica

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Lucas Pope, creator of Return of the Obra Dinn, explains in Ars Technica's War Stories how localizing the game's logbook nearly sank the project.

Recommended for its insight into game design and cited as a vivid example of how tricky localization can be.

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Insights into Obra Dinn game design.
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“combining one of my fave video series with one of my fave gamedevs.”
War Stories episode with Lucas Pope on Obra Dinn.
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Topics: lucas pope, obra dinn, localization, i18n, game development