Hi all! We have a new translation update for Project Kat and a few notes on the Paper Lily Steam release! First things first:
New translations
We've added a new official translation (French - thanks Locasaurus!) as well as a dozen or so Unofficial Translations created by our wonderful community. As of this writing, these unofficial translations are:
- Bulgarian by ObstructiveDdoings7
- Catalan by Jocs En Cat
- Chinese (Simplified) by Ivy
- Chinese (Traditional) by nh60211as
- Korean by SilverArchmage
- Polish by Tegron and MegoBari
- Portuguese (Brazil) by John_Gzzz
- Portuguese (Portugal) by LianaBlue
- Russian by Raz and GLaPOS
- Spanish by FunNoob and Elprodevini
- Thai by gamesubthai
- Turkish by BlueSoul
Thanks to these amazing people for providing translations!
Unlike before, where these languages needed to be installed manually from an external site, these are now accessible from the language menu in-game. Please note that unofficial translations may be added, removed or modified at any time without warning. We also cannot guarantee their accuracy, consistency or completeness. Please direct feedback you have on the unofficial translations to their respective authors.
Where is Chapter 1?
A few people have contacted us wondering why Chapter 1 hasn't released yet. Actually, chapter 1 was released on itch.io on January 31st! A Steam launch was planned shortly after some bug fixes, but for a number of reasons we needed to take it a little slower. If you want to read more on the matter, we wrote a devlog on itch.io about it.
The version that was already released has a few differences to the version coming soon on Steam and Itch.io (v1.1), so we recommend you wait for that one if you want to get a fuller experience.
The features that will be added to version 1.1 are:
- At least 10 endings
- A couple of new maps to explore
- Achievements! (Steam only)
- Some collectibles
- More save slots (Project Kat now includes these extra slots as well)
- Some other tweaks, fixes and optimizations
We think it's worth waiting for, but if you're really impatient, you can play the itch.io version today, we won't stop you :)
Why translations now?
Many people were asking to translate Chapter 1 (some in fact already translated it despite lack of support) and we weren't happy with the previous translation system for various reasons. Because of this, we spent a bit of time redesigning the whole thing for it to be easier to translate the game, easier for players to access the translations, and easier for the translators to get credited.
This is how we're able to present these new translations in Project Kat today. Chapter 1 will use the same translation system, so it needed to be finished first.
That said, we worked on the Chapter 1 Steam version in parallel and it's nearly there, but we cannot promise an exact date at the moment due to life responsibilities.
Where can I follow the development?
Friendly reminder that we post updates regularly on our Twitter and the occasional longer devlog on itch.io. If Twitter collapses for any reason, we will post updates directly on Steam and itch.io instead.
With that said, since each person has a preferred platform to follow games on, we may consider posting more regularly on Steam as well or adding a mailing list for easier reach. We'll look into this after Chapter 1's Steam release!
As always thank you for reading, thank you for your patience and for enjoying the things we make!