Which Is More Important: A Bug That Breaks a Quest, or an Error in the Dialog Text? The Correct Answer Is That Neither One nor the Other Can Be Missed
The player’s experience is destroyed equally effectively by a build crash or by a phrase that grates on the ears of a native speaker. Example 1: RPG in a medieval setting.
Imagine: a player is going through an important story quest. According to the script, the NPC blacksmith should issue a reward and open access to the next location. There are two options for failure.
Technical bug: the dialog box simply does not appear. The quest freezes. The player reboots three times, spits, and goes off to write an angry review.
Linguistic bug: the box appears, but in the localization, the blacksmith says a phrase that, in slang, means “Here’s your toothpick, loser” instead of “Here’s your sword, hero”. The native speaker is shocked. The screenshot is flying to X (formerly Twitter). The post gets 50 thousand likes. Not the virality you were dreaming of.
The result: the player received a negative experience, and the studio suffered a reputational blow. The first option broke the mechanics. The second is trust.
Our responsibilities include:
- technical and graphical aspects: whether the desired event is triggered, whether the box pops up, and whether the character model and the text on it are displayed correctly;
- language and culture: how a native speaker will perceive this text.
With this approach, the client doesn’t have to choose between code stability and localization quality. Both directions are controlled within a single process.
All platforms:
- PC (including Steam builds);
- iOS, Android;
- mobile games via emulators on PC.
Why is it convenient to work with us?
We work according to your checklist or create one from scratch to suit your requirements.
Full support: we receive the build → coordinate testers → validate bug reports → submit the final report from the test lead. You don’t waste time managing a testing team. You receive the finished result.
Want to test your build in multiple languages without disturbing your producer’s work? Write to us, and we will tell you how we can organize the process to suit your deadlines.