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February Update

Hi all,

It was a bit of a quiet month, but not because stuff isn't going on. Behind the scenes there are 2 secret extra projects in the works:

• One is a very tricky but much smalle...
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January Update

Hi all.

We unveiled Rowdy Princess this month and so far the reactions have been exactly what we were hoping for:

2024-01-26 20:31:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Rowdy Princess translation patch reveal trailer

Hi all!

Here it is, our next big project. This is a criminally underrated game from a legendary game creator whose games have almost never released outside of Japan. It is very special to us ...

Next translation patch reveal trailer

Hi all,

Tomorrow at 1:00 PM Pacific the trailer for our next fan translation will go live on YouTube! This one is a hidden gem of the highest caliber, and I'm beyond excited to finally let pe...

December Update

Hi all,

It's the final update of the year, and looking back, it was wild how much was accomplished in 2023. The entire Boku 2 patch is a staggering amount of work in and of itself, but we als...

Developer Secrets: Hacking Video Games With Ghidra, an Introduction

Hi all!

Sorry about all the delays on this video. It's really hard to pull myself away from a new translation project when we're really in the swing of establishing the groundwork.

But ...

November Update

Hi all.

I've been watching the response to Boku 2's release closely and it's been phenomenal. I knew that people would not only instantly fall in love with it, but be left with one of the mos...

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English Patch Release!

After eleven months of work, I am beyond proud to present the long-awaited English patch for one of the most special games ever to grace the PlayStation 2. I would like to thank the rest of the tea...

October Update

Hi all,

I will keep this update short. We are in the middle of testing and bug fixing the final build of Boku 2. Expect a release in November.

-Hilltop

Big Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 milestone!

Hi all!

I want to share that we've just hit the most important milestone on the Boku 2 project. All dialogue is now fully translated and inserted! We've now moved on to the playtesting and ed...

September Update

Hi all,

This month was spent mainly on 2 things: Translating Boku 2 and working on the Ghidra video. The video is far along and will probably be uploaded in the next few weeks. It's the most ...

Vagrant Story Font Patch

Hi all!

Another little surprise patch today. I've always wanted to play Vagrant Story, but I hated the "edgy-sketchy" English font that they went with. So OGB and I created this new font that...

August Update

Hi all, time for another update.

Dog of Bay went out this month and it was a very quick and fun project to work on in-between the bigger stuff. All in all, it was completed in only about 2 we...

Dog of Bay English sing-along lyrics

Hey, almost forgot to mention, but we made English lyrics videos for all the songs in Dog of Bay. 

Click the video above to be taken to the playlist!

-Hilltop

Lyri...

Dog of Bay English Patch Release!

Hi all!

This was a really fun project to work on in-between our larger games. I urge you to give this game a chance because it's a very fun rhythm game will a stellar OST. 

Credits...

Dog of Bay English patch trailer!

Hi all!

This was a fun little side-project to break up the work on Boku 2. I hope you give it a shot because this is a really fun rhythm game with a great OST and a AAA list of Japanese singe...

July Update

Hi all,

This month I finally got into the groove of sitting down and actually translating. Up until now there was a mountain of technical hurdles to solve, but with that all squared away I've...

Minor Update

Hi all,

Just a small update for today. I finally enabled Discord integration so as far as I'm aware, invites to the Discord server and the channel role should be automatic going forward. You ...

June Update

Hi all,

I'm happy to announce that programming has wrapped up on My Summer Vacation 2! Aside from any bugs that might pop-up, all text and subtitles are fully injectable. The last few bits we...

My Summer Vacation 2 Stream

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I'm going to be trying something new tonight. In about 5 minutes at 9:30 Pacific I will be streaming and talking about the My Summer Vacation 2 English patch and its progress so ...

An exhaustive video on extracting graphics from PS1/PS2 games

Hi guys!

It's been a long time coming but my latest video is finally complete. It's over 1.5 hours long and represents an immense amount of the independent learning that I've gone through ove...

April Update

Hi all,

Once again it was a hugely productive month for us mainly focused on adjusting all of the many, many individual menus throughout the game and painstakingly translating the ba...

March Update

Hi all,

It's been an extremely busy March for me, between all the stuff going on in Boku 2 and work being very demanding, but it was a hugely productive month. Multiple new team members have ...

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch announcement

Hi all, here it finally is! It's an honor to be working on this game. This is a truly wonderful and unique franchise that never made it to the west. A lot of work has already been poured into this ...

February Quick Update

Hi all!

I had really hoped the trailer for the next project would be ready before March but it's still waiting on a couple of external things. I am nearly bursting with anticipation for peop...

January Update

Hi all,

This month I've been hard at work on the engineering groundwork for the next patch. The chart above describes some of the work on the different file formats the game has but there's s...

December Update

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good holiday season. 2022 was a period of intense growth and learning for me and it's primed 2023 to be an exceptionally spectacular year for English patches. I'm...

b.l.u.e. v1.1 Softlock fix

Hi all, 

Sorry, but it seems like the initial version of our patch had an issue where depending on the order of events in Chapter 2, the door to the bio lab would remain locked and you c...

🐬 b.l.u.e. Legend of Water English patch available now! 🐬

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I'm proud to finally release the English patch for b.l.u.e. Legend of Water! Explore underwater ruins and uncover an ancient secret with your dolphin friend Luka in this hidden PS1 ge...

b.l.u.e. Legend of Water English patch releases tomorrow

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b.l.u.e. is complete and we'll be releasing the full patch tomorrow! More news and a new trailer then. If you'd like your name added to the in-game credits, become a Patron at the thi...