[Scummvm-devel] consistent naming of a game state

[Matthew Hoops]

I'd say the act is "saving a game", but the object itself is a "saved game".

Matt
On Aug 19, 2014 1:30 PM, "Ben Castricum" <scummvm at bencastricum.nl> wrote:

>
> That's fine by me as well. So this means (picked 2 random lines from the
> .pot):
>
> "Select a game to LOAD" => "Select a saved game to load"
> "Successfully saved game state in file:" => "Successfully saved game in
> file:"
>
> or would saving a game be called "creating a saved game"?
>
> Ben
>
> On 19-8-2014 16:30, Matthew Hoops wrote:
>
> I'm definitely a fan of "saved game". It's also what the wikipedia
> page is named (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved_game). As a native
> speaker, I've also never heard anything else spoken.
>
> Matt
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Ben Castricum <scummvm at bencastricum.nl> <scummvm at bencastricum.nl> wrote:
>
>
> While translating ScummVM I noticed that quite a lot lines are about
> saving/loading a game state. And there seems to some diversity about how
> such a thing is called. In the scummvm.pot file I could find these :
>
> - game
> - game state
> - gamestate
> - save
> - SAVE game
> - save game
> - savegame(s)
> - savefile(s)
> - save state
> - savestate
>
> It would help the translators if a consistent name would be used. I can
> imagine not all can be replaced because some lines are literally taken
> from a game and for authenticity reasons those should remain as is. But
> in all other cases it would save some work if just one name would be
> used. It may also help to improve the general look/feel of ScummVM.
>
> Personally I would choose "gamestate" because (IMHO) that really defines
> what it is, and the English language seems to concatenate words like
> this into a single word. Also "save the gamestate?" sounds better than
> "save the savegame?". But it would already help if there would be just
> one name.
>
> Any thoughts from the devs on this subject?
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
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