I have waited Goldenland for almost 7 years, from when they announced the project in 2002. Since that time i have desperately waited for it. Strategy First would published this game in English speaking territory, but i think there was some dispute at some point and they abandoned the project.
Now after all these years i found the Spanish version of it. It's orginally a Russian game and released in Russia in 2003. This spanish version released in Spain in 2005 from Zeta Games.
Anyway, from the screenshots, previews, reviews and a some gameplay experience that i had, it is a decent RPG with the BG and Arcanum style. It has isometric view with admirable prerendered backgrounds (like BG), turn based combat system and steam punk setting (like Arcanum). From the russian review that i read thanks to google translator it worths our time..... if there would be an english version of course.
So i want to translate this game to the english, try to win it to the english speaking role playing gamers. The file structure of the game is in pak files, but i can not open them with traditional pak openers. I figured if i can open the scripts.pak file i can translate them with google translator. I also trying to obtain the russian version. I will try to translate both spanish and russian version to english and then compare the two. Then, with playing and getting help from a friend of mine which knows Russian language, i will try to correct the grammar in it. I know it is not an easy job and my native language is not english but if i try maybe i can make a english playable version. In the past, i was able to translate a good portion of Evil Islands to my native language, Turkish by the way, because its scripts file designed in simple text file.
I need help. And i think best place to get help to a RPG like Goldenland, is this site. RPGWatch which is a worthy successor of RPGDot. I know a good portion of the RPGWatch crowd are programmers and able to help me to open this pak file. And also if you know spanish or russian, or only english and want to help me to translate it please answer me.
I can provide whatever files you need, even the game itself if you are eager for it. I know it is illegal to share games that do not have abandonware status. But, the opportunity to release the game in english territory is long gone, even the developers and publisher (Russobit and Burut) did not answer my questions. And, i think no one cares about this game other than me according to the internet.
Now after all these years i found the Spanish version of it. It's orginally a Russian game and released in Russia in 2003. This spanish version released in Spain in 2005 from Zeta Games.
Anyway, from the screenshots, previews, reviews and a some gameplay experience that i had, it is a decent RPG with the BG and Arcanum style. It has isometric view with admirable prerendered backgrounds (like BG), turn based combat system and steam punk setting (like Arcanum). From the russian review that i read thanks to google translator it worths our time..... if there would be an english version of course.
So i want to translate this game to the english, try to win it to the english speaking role playing gamers. The file structure of the game is in pak files, but i can not open them with traditional pak openers. I figured if i can open the scripts.pak file i can translate them with google translator. I also trying to obtain the russian version. I will try to translate both spanish and russian version to english and then compare the two. Then, with playing and getting help from a friend of mine which knows Russian language, i will try to correct the grammar in it. I know it is not an easy job and my native language is not english but if i try maybe i can make a english playable version. In the past, i was able to translate a good portion of Evil Islands to my native language, Turkish by the way, because its scripts file designed in simple text file.
I need help. And i think best place to get help to a RPG like Goldenland, is this site. RPGWatch which is a worthy successor of RPGDot. I know a good portion of the RPGWatch crowd are programmers and able to help me to open this pak file. And also if you know spanish or russian, or only english and want to help me to translate it please answer me.
I can provide whatever files you need, even the game itself if you are eager for it. I know it is illegal to share games that do not have abandonware status. But, the opportunity to release the game in english territory is long gone, even the developers and publisher (Russobit and Burut) did not answer my questions. And, i think no one cares about this game other than me according to the internet.