'''http://charlotte.is.moelicious.be/'''

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= Tools and scripts =
 * VASTT for translation
 * `ffd.py` plugin written for import/export to VASTT's native XML format
 * Subversion is used to manage and share the work

= File format =
Will document it here, I think zalas did that work

= Translation =
AstCd2 solo'd it

= Editing =
This is all furinkan's, performing grammer/spelling, as well as bubble positioning (see notes in the Game Engine section).

= Game engine =

Quartett! is unique in that it uses Littlewitch's ''Floating Frame Director'' engine. The game plays out much like a comic book, and the bubbles appear one after another in sequence. The FFD engine also allows a lot of flexibility in exactly how things are presented. The scripting language looks a bit like C++, but it literally works like a script. It's imperative and pretty easy to follow.

The scripting language has a limited set of basic functions, such as setting up bubbles/images/lines of text, then manipulating them. The most important aspect of this is the speech bubbles.
 * Bubbles are assigned width and height values, and placed on the canvas with `(x,y)` coordinates
 * The canvas is 800x600, with `(0,0)` in the top left corner
 * The bubble is anchored according to the logical top left of the bubble (most bubbles are rounded, so this is something of a guess)
 * Most bubbles will have a "tail" pointing towards the speaker
 * The direction is specified in degrees, starting from 0 degrees at `(1,0)` (ie. due east) if you imagine a unit-circle on the cartesian plane

'''XXX: insert an example sketch here to demonstrate how it works'''

= Building translated files =

furinkan wrote a few python scripts to handle this. They take the native VASTT files, coupled with the original binary script files, and produce a translated binary script file.

= Testing the work =

You'll have a batchfile that does all the hard work (if only windows had Make, ''sigh'')
 1. "Compile" the translated scripts according to a glob
 1. Jam the scripts into an FFD archive
 1. Copy the resulting file to the game directory