{"id":44543,"date":"2025-02-19T18:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44543"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:42:27","slug":"the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-has-a-bigger-word-count-than-any-of-kodakas-past-games-which-is-making-translation-into-additional-languages-a-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-has-a-bigger-word-count-than-any-of-kodakas-past-games-which-is-making-translation-into-additional-languages-a-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has a bigger word count than any of Kodaka&#8217;s past games, which is making translation into additional languages a challenge\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Prologue Demo for <strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy<\/strong> was released on Steam yesterday<strong>.<\/strong> Players have been quick to share their feedback with one of the titles lead creatives, Kazutaka Kodaka. While many praised the demo, feedback has also highlighted the fact that The Hundred Line is currently only playable in Japanese, English or Chinese, with some users calling for translations into other languages.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44543-002.jpeg\" alt=\"The Hundred Line\" class=\"wp-image-44551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44543-002.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44543-002-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250219-44543-002-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few months, Kodaka seems to have received several requests for the game to be made available in widely spoken languages like French and Spanish. In response, the Danganronpa series creator has explained that he would like to add more translations later on if possible. However, Too Kyo Games is making the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dont-worry-its-an-incredible-game-the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-creator-addresses-fan-concerns-about-stretched-out-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a very stretched out budget<\/a>. Another obstacle is the game\u2019s massive script, which Kodaka suggests has made it difficult to partner with European publishers (the game\u2019s story spans 100 days and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-will-add-something-danganronpa-fans-have-always-asked-for-control-over-who-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has 100 endings<\/a>). Kodaka has stated that \u201cIf the game is successful, we would like to localize it into multiple languages\u201d and \u201cI aim to boost sales to fund translations independently.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The total word count is significantly higher than any game I\u2019ve created before, making it difficult to partner with European publishers. I aim to boost sales to fund translations independently. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3XDFtRZki0\">https:\/\/t.co\/3XDFtRZki0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1892087546101874717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As I have explained several times, this game is being made from our own funds, and due to the lack of those funds, we can only make the game in English, Chinese, and Japanese at first.<br> If the game is successful, we would like to localize it into multiple languages, but if you\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/arPSQuA00j\">https:\/\/t.co\/arPSQuA00j<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1882225361309835282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the game having spent 7 years in development, fans have been excited about the demo for<strong> <\/strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.<strong> T<\/strong>he developers have poured <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-creators-are-risking-their-lives-for-their-upcoming-new-game-which-has-put-them-in-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a huge amount of energy, time and money<\/a> into the game, as detailed in Kodaka\u2019s recent message below:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would like everyone who has connected with me through my work to play this game. Thank you so much. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4L8Whithp\">https:\/\/t.co\/H4L8Whithp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1891997970901463298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, the positive feedback the demo is getting will translate into sales of the full game, allowing Too Kyo Games to add other languages in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is set to be released for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and Nintendo Switch on April 24, 2025. The demo is available now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kazutaka Kodaka comments on whether The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will be translated into other languages like French and Spanish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":44544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-44543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has a bigger word count than any of Kodaka&#039;s past games, which is making translation into additional languages a challenge\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kazutaka Kodaka comments on whether The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will be translated into other languages like French and Spanish.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-has-a-bigger-word-count-than-any-of-kodakas-past-games-which-is-making-translation-into-additional-languages-a-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has a bigger word count than any of Kodaka&#039;s past games, which is making translation into additional languages a challenge\u00a0 - 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