An Important Update
So, here’s what’s really going on with the Mizzurna Falls project. Over the past year, I unfortunately didn’t manage to get much communication with the very skilled person who’s currently making a fanhack patch using my complete translation. I asked for help and advice on Twitter, and several people were able to educate me on rom hacking and making patches for psone games. (Thanks to those who contacted me!) I learned a few things, which were really helpful for my perspective.
One thing I learned was the size and scope of a project like this - how many work hours you could roughly expect it to take if one person was working on the project on a regular basis (it is a lot).
Another thing I learned was about some of the “codes of conduct” of fan hacking. Apparently, many fanhackers will make a point of not responding to any requests for updates.
This may be the way it’s done in the fan hacking world, but I don’t belong to that world. I’m a translator and a fan of an obscure game. My work on Mizzurna has been transparently documented online from day one. I translated that game, and I’d love to see that translation put to use someday.
So, I’ve come to a decision. (I have attempted to run this decision by the person who is currently working on a fan hack, but have not been able to get a response in some months now. I can see they have been active in the fan hacking community with other projects, and I understand they must be very busy. So I have decided to go ahead without their input.)
It seems to me that there’s not that much merit for me in allowing one person to have exclusive use of my translation. I can’t control how and when that translation will be made into a patch. It could be never. So, I’ve decided to take a different approach.
Namely, I have decided to release the full and complete English text files online for anybody with internet access to use freely, for translation into other languages, for fanhack attempts, or whatever.
Files available here
(If you decide to use my files for your own translation or fan hacking project, please drop me an email and let me know about it! (residenteevee at gmail) I’d love to share the news on Project Mizzurna!)
Of course, I still offer the current fanhacker complete free use of my translation, and I’m always available to assist them with anything I can. I wish them well in their efforts, but I’m not going to keep my translation private anymore. I didn’t translate Mizzurna Falls for internet kudos or accolades, (it would have been nice, but...) I did it because the game deserves to be known by a global audience. Making my translation 100% open and available online is the best way I know to try to make this happen. It’s about all I can do. So I’m doing it.
TL;DR Mizzurna Falls full English translated game text files now available to download in English, for other-language translation attempts/fan hack attempts.
Thank you for your understanding.
