{"id":26453,"date":"2024-11-08T13:58:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altagram-test.nool.studio\/?post_type=case_study&p=26453"},"modified":"2024-11-11T15:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:26:30","slug":"life-is-strange-double-exposure-bringing-dialogue-to-life-with-in-game-visuals","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/altagram-test.nool.studio\/zh-hans\/case-studies\/life-is-strange-double-exposure-bringing-dialogue-to-life-with-in-game-visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is Strange: Double Exposure - Bringing Dialogue to Life with In-Game Visuals."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Square Enix<\/a>, a leading game publisher <\/strong>known for major franchises<\/strong> like Final Fantasy<\/strong> and Dragon Quest<\/strong>, is returning to Life is Strange<\/a><\/strong> to bring us the widely anticipated next instalment in the story of player favorite, Max Caulfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is Strange: Double Exposure<\/em> follows beloved character Max Caulfield, now teaching at Caledon University, as she tries to move on from the events of Arcadia Bay and Blackwell Academy. Just as Max must maneuver through two parallel worlds <\/strong>to investigate her best friend\u2019s murder, Altagram\u2019s teams were charged with delivering parallel experiences<\/strong> to players in multiple languages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altagram, just like Max, is making a return to the franchise<\/a><\/strong>, having been responsible for the localization of previous Life is Strange<\/em> titles, including True Colors<\/em> in 2020. Below, we present an overview of Altagram\u2019s involvement in the localization of the newest episode in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Glimpse into the Localization Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Timeline<\/strong>:
32 weeks from project announcement to delivery of the bulk of voiceover content

Languages<\/strong>:
Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America)

Text Localization<\/strong>:
175,000 words across six languages

Voiceover Production<\/strong>:
German and French, featuring over 9000 lines of dialogue and 81,000+ words

Voice Acting<\/strong>:
35 actors per language bringing 78 characters to life, with 255 hours of recording per language over 8 weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeing through Max's Eyes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To facilitate great acting performances in the voiceover, Altagram\u2019s team played through the test build, taking over 500 screenshots<\/strong> so that the actresses for Max\u2014and the directors directing their performances\u2014could travel around Caledon with Max and see what she sees as the lines were read; often out-of-context comments on posters, collectible objects, or interactions Max sees as she free roams the halls of Caledon University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Localization engineer, Antonio Manuel Bele\u00f1o Rodr\u00edguez, then automated the implementation of the images into the recording script, so they could be referenced at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Square Enix, experienced in cooperating with their localization partners to bring accuracy to the results, were on hand to provide what they knew Altagram needed:  Extensive visual assets<\/strong>, as well as scene descriptions and directions<\/strong> in the script, to provide context on Max\u2019s lines. Using these materials, Altagram was able to bring the actresses right into those same halls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Life
 \u201cI told you this place was the portal to hell. Behold. A devil.\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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\"Life
\u201cTurns out that's my Nebb. Poor guy. Who broke him?\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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\"Life
\u201cIs this here because of me? Because I'm fucking with time again?\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A Star-studded Cast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Looking for more reasons to be excited? Listen out for your favorite Twitch streamers Tatjana \u2018Pandorya\u2019 Werth<\/strong> and Friedrich \u2018H0llyLP\u2019 Schwemler<\/strong> as Alice \u2018Goth Girl\u2019 and Connor \u2018Cryptid Enthusiast\u2019 and talk to them as you make your way around Caledon University!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pandorya and H0llyLP travelled to the Altagram studio in Berlin in March 2024, to be interviewed about their participation in the game and their love of the Life is Strange<\/em> series. Check out the behind-the-scenes videos here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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