http://petalsgarden.axypb.net/2013/01/25/yurin-yurin-official-website-2/
We have concluded from Yurin Yurin's lack of response to multiple inquiries on the localization talks that they are uninterested in an official English localization at this time. This, combined with their inaction toward the English translation patches despite their knowledge of it, has led us to conclude that translating their works is safe. Therefore, I will begin work on this visual novel immediately.
With this release, Yurin Yurin has switched from the proprietary MScenario engine to the much more robust KiriKiri2/KAG3 engine. It is very well documented and tools are available from TLWiki: http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Tools#KiriKiri2.2FKAG3
All work on this visual novel can be accomplished with Kikiriki: http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=File:Kikiriki.rar
Compared to previous releases, translating Lovers of the Atelier will be extremely trivial. All files are in easily-readable graphic and plaintext formats with no encryption of any kind short of that used in the data.xp3 file itself, which Kikiriki can readily handle. Rather than overwriting files, the entire program can be patched simply by including patch.xp3 files in the directory. I've prepared two for the translation. The first, patch.xp3, converts the system scripts to UTF-16 LE and changes the window titles. This also means that non-English translations are potentially possible and Japanese locale will not be needed. The second, patch2.xp3, contains translated scripts and will include translated graphics as well as those are completed. Also included are the scripts themselves with preliminary changes already done, particularly the character name tags.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bxtfsfe8xuziumq
To work on the scripts, extract Kikiriki and the above archive to your working directory, make changes in the .src files, and run Recompile.bat or run this command:
kikiriki.exe -c -i scripts -o patch2.xp3
Notes:
- The heart symbol is inserted with \001. The engine handles it gracefully, so a No Hearts variant will not be necessary.
- Additional work still needs to be done, especially word-wrapping. I will presume that a member of TLWiki will be able to address this.
- Please ensure that your text editor can read and write UTF-16 LE files and that the scripts are saved as such, or the program will cause errors.
