Hey folks, the patch link has been updated. Some initial headway has started on Act 4 in terms of map-making and writing, but the chapters aren’t yet in a playable state, so this is still an Act 3 release. Here’s what’s new:
Assorted bugfixes
New boss quotes for several characters
Sonya’s spell list has changed (if you have her in your party on an existing save file, you may need to cheat her a Dark rank )
A few animation improvements, plus some fantastic new animations by Nuramon
Portrait touch-ups
Map fixes (e.g. Sylvan Shrine)
New music tracks contributed by Uzel and The_Burger_King420
Supports are about 75% complete now!
As for the big surprise I hinted at… I am extremely honored and proud to announce that Sacred Echoes now has a full Spanish translation, and from this point onward, updates will be releasing in both English and Spanish! Both versions patch to a US FE8, and save files are compatible between the two. I’m extremely grateful to our incredible translation and proofreading team:
Uzel: system text, guide entries, classes and items, sound room
ilmoro: supports translation, playtesting
marc_: proofreading, playtesting
Additional shoutouts to Littlebeats for getting the localized SoV textdumps for us and luciel for help with word choice. I really enjoyed working with you all and being a part of this, and I definitely learned a lot along the way. I’m confident this is an accurate and polished translation and hope that the Spanish-language audience enjoys the result!
We are also starting work on a French localization and have some team members already in place for this - if you speak French and would like to help out, please reach out in the Discord!
Additionally, if you would like to help translate Sacred Echoes into your own language, please reach out on Discord and we’ll discuss how to make it happen. Ideally, I’d like to have a team of at least three translators per language in order to set things up.
EDIT: We’ve also now got a translation of the Readme and Credits List for Spanish - thank you marc_ for translating!
As for project updates, we’ve been steadily working on Act 4 since the release of the Spanish translation! We’ve got 12 maps done of the 16 that will be included in Act 4, and the script rewrites are nearly complete (mostly focusing on addressing Celica’s writing issues). There’s a few quality-of-life improvements coming for Sacred Springs, a few new cool bits of tech with warp tiles, but as most of the tech work needed for the SoV mechanics is now complete, I’ve got less debugging eating up my time now overall.
We’ve also started on translations for French and for Brazilian Portuguese. If you’re interested in contributing, please join the discord!
I wonder what’s waiting for us in the Lost Treescape…?
I’ve been lurking on here for a couple months but I finally made an account just to say that this looks incredible. Echoes is my favorite FE game out of the ones I’ve played, and you really did an excellent job with adapting it to the GBA. One question: are you planning to release Act 5 and the finale separately from Act 4, or as one big update, given how comparatively small Act 5 is?
As for your question, I don’t have a concrete answer to it yet. It depends on how quickly we’re able to get the “final touches” ready (e.g. finishing out the support room, any remaining sound room changes/additions, etc). The Duma animation we’re planning to use is also very complex and still in progress, and I don’t want to rush the artists. So when Act 5 comes out, I do want it to put the game into a [COMPLETE] state rather than just an “all maps playable” state.
As always, I do at least one annual release on Gaiden Day (March 14), so I can at least guarantee that Act 4 will be part of that.
I completely understand. It must be a lot of work making a hack of this scale, so the fact that you’re able to complete it in a comparatively fast time frame like that is still incredible. Besides, I haven’t even played Sacred Stones yet, so this gives me plenty of time to get to doing that.
I don’t want to be that guy. But could anyone at least tell me what chapter the Secret Shop is in? Because I have put Catria with the Member Card on every tile in Deen’s map. Couldn’t find it and I don’t want to miss it.
Good. Also, this hack is quite excellent.
Seeing Palla with better bases and that lovely portrait alone makes me want to play this over regular Echoes.
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