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eric wenske

@capsulecity.com

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Working on a 3d engine and games that I'll never finish. Listening to 80s jpop and Michael Jackson. Playing Sega Saturn. Always thinking about Sonic World from Sonic Jam. https://www.capsulecity.com

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jenna @rainynebula.bsky.social · 11h

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AURA: An Austin for Everyone @aura-atx.org · 1d

Austin is trying out a new machine to quickly create protected bike lanes at lower cost!

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · 3d

Never forget who the real Beastie Boys are

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ryoichi Hasegawa on the localisation process for the Japanese version of Ecco the Dolphin (released in June 1993 in Japan):
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It was back in the early 90s, a time when there was no internet, no email, no Excel, no text files, no TrueType fonts—nothing of what we have today.

I had to come up with a solution to deliver all the text data to the developer in Hungary (Novotrade), where no one spoke Japanese.

First, I created bitmap images of all the hiragana and katakana characters, as well as commas, periods, exclamation points, question marks, and two types of overstrikes (two dots/circles), something like this:

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I then printed all characters page by page and FAXED nearly 100 pages to the developer, and their artist converted them into nicely shaded Japanese fonts.

Each character was assigned a code based on rules such as:

H for hiragana, K for katakana
01, 02, 03, 04, 05 for vowel rows
A, K, S, T, N, H, M, Y, R, W for consonant columns
d for overstriking dots, c for overstriking circles
sp for space
(Note: I might not remember all the rules perfectly now, lol.)

For example, the phrase "こんにちは" should be converted to something like:

H05K, H05W, H02N, H02T, H01H

The developer sent me all the in-game dialogues via fax. I translated them and assigned each string a number for easy reference, instead of saying something like "the third window of the second dolphin in stage 2."

Now here's the best part: once I finished translating all the dialogues, I typed them into a word processing program (like an early version of WordPad), then converted each letter to its corresponding code, character by character.

I printed all of this out and faxed dozens of pages to the developer, who then had to convert them back into dialogue data.

To my surprise, the system we created was quite robust. There were only a few text-related bugs, mostly caused by my typos.

I still work in game localization. It feels like we were in the stone age compared to today's methods, but I still cherish those moments.

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · 9d

For autumn, made this little small 3D scene yesterday.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10d

Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm always thinking about the vs screen theme from makeruna makendo 2 for sfc

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 13d

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devils blush @devilsblush.bsky.social · 12d

last couple of months on my patreon blog, having a website is fun

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · 16d

Here's an old Japanese pay phone, the DMC-8A.
公衆電話
DMC-8A

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snap & grab hot dog enjoyer @dan.nogoblin.social · 21d

Snap & Grab hot dog update for September (courtesy of @soaps.bsky.social)

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Normal Neighbor @pixelneighbor.bsky.social · 29d

Nintendo 3DS✨ #lowpoly #pixelart

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Sep 9

This one gets a certified THIS RULES

eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Sep 9

Streets are for hedgehogs, not cars. SEGA DREAMCAST

A screenshot of Sonic Adventure with a long line of cars backup because of Sonic.

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Sep 9

Happy US Sega Dreamcast, everyone!

Wallpaper of Sonic DJing from Sonic Adventure Omake folder.

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devils blush @devilsblush.bsky.social · Sep 9

sonic the hedgehog 3 / mega drive
sonic team, 1994

a wall of flames engulfs the familiar sonic UI

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Sep 8

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ＳＵＤＤＥＮ・ＤＥＳＵ @sudden-desu.net · Sep 8

Did you know there was a Money Idol Exchanger manga? Now you do!

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Sep 4

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · Sep 4

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Sep 4

You get it. Shameless plug of my dumb site aaaend.com which I haven't updated since 2022

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Quake Map of the Day @motd.cataclysmal.org · Sep 4

Title: Solomon's Tower (The Pentagonal Seal)
Author(s): Sock
Date: 2025-04-06
Medium grey brick map floating in thick green fog. Based on a Map Center doodle challenge entry.

https://www.quaddicted.com/db/v1/maps/6147391e03cbcde1f8d5c8c105f8957736091984f2e183227cd1da9a620b2ffd

#map #quake

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 2

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

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ko² @foxgirl.systems · Aug 31

how do I tell people I like video games while simultaneously putting this image in their head

a SNES super advantage arcade stick controller connected to a super famicom with winning post in the cartridge slot. a famicom and casio loopy are also seen.

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eric wenske @capsulecity.com · Aug 30

I'm sorry, where were we meeting again to play those old Yu Suzuki games again?

The words "Hang Out Space" created using parts of the Hang-On, OutRun, and Space Harrier logos.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · Aug 30

I have a baseline distrust of YouTube explainers unless the person is old as dirt or looks like the went to school for the topic. Seen too many videos where the person is 25 and is describing something I was present for or have a degree in very inaccurately.

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