Our team decided to tackle the localisation project from an indie game developer perspective, this means a lack of funds and a need to stand out in a market flooded by indie titles. From a design perspective I thought it would be an interesting challenge to see if we could use the localisation process to better tailor our game to the market while keeping costs in mind as well.
The main protagonist of the game is a police officer who, after crashing his patrol car, finds himself surrounded by zombies. The player assumes the role of the police officer fighting his way trough the zombie hordes. To make our game stand out a bit the decision was taken to have the main character’s uniform and the patrol car reflect the region the player has selected before starting the game.
Research was done on the way police officers dress and the way their patrol cars look in the regions we are localising for.
After the research concluded, all the findings were handed over to our content creator.
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– Marius Anton – Design Lead
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