The document announces the LocJam 3 Barcelona Workshop to be held on March 18th at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. LocJam is a nonprofit videogame translation contest that has been running since 2014. This year's competition involves translating the manual and maps for "The Hotel of Madness", a 2-player board game inspired by 1980s horror stories. The workshop will cover the game's mechanics, terminology, and style considerations for translation.

1. LocJam 3 Barcelona Workshop
Carme Mangiron & Jordi Pejoan
Friday, 18th March, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

2. LOCJAM
• Started in 2014.
• Non-profit videogame translation contest.

3. LET’S TRANSLATE WORLDS!
• Spread the word about game translation
and localisation.
• Open the door to translators wanting to
specialise in this field.
• Have fun!

4. COMPETITION
• Only one entry per participant (one language!)
• Amateur vs. pro categories
• Prizes: studio tour or diploma

5. LOCJAM 3
•14th March to 27th March at 23.59 (Greenwich
Mean Time).
•Languages: FR, GE, IT, JA, SP, LA SP, RU, PT, BP
•Deliver a zip file (LocJAM3.zip) with
the manual and the maps translated.
Do not change their format nor name!

6. LOCJAM 1: GAMEPLAY

7. LOCJAM 2: NARRATIVE

8. LOCJAM 3: GAME MECHANICS
By Matthew Nedelhalf & Alain Dellepiane

9. THE HOTEL OF MADNESS
• 2 player board game inspired by horror stories
of the 1980s.
• One player controls an evil hotel.
• The other player guides its caretakers.

10. WHY A BOARD GAME?
• Tutorial: rules and instructions
• Game mechanics
• Need for clarity
• Inventory
• Parameters
• Space constraints in maps, counters

11. LOC KIT
• Readme file
• Manual – Word
• Maps – Excel
– Map 1
– Map 2
– Counters

12. MAP 1

13. MAP 2

14. COUNTERS

15. GAME MECHANICS
• Game played on two maps, representing the
Lookover Hotel and its surroundings.
• Counters represent Human units and Hotel
units.
• Defeat all enemy units to win. After 20 turns
or if the human player escapes, it is a draw.

16. TRANSLATION ISSUES
• Terminology
• Style
• Space constraints

17. TERMINOLOGY
• Board game
– unit, counter, activity points; decoy, turn track, to-
hit number, ramming attack; die roll, square, hex,
etc.
– Human/Phantom 1d6 saved AP hit
– Parameters

18. TERMINOLOGY
• Intertextuality: snowmobile, Lookover Hotel,
room names
• Internal cohesion
• Mathematical language
Andrew Hann has a number of activity points equal
to his total minus the number of squares he
advanced before being intercepted.

19. STYLE
• Repetition
• Need for clarity
• Informal register and humour
We don’t cotton to any of that silly “zone of
control” stuff, neither.
The game is played in turns (as opposed to
being played in prison, or in a tuxedo)

20. MAKE YOUR TRANSLATION
STAND OUT!
• Correctness
• Clarity
• Keep the humour and informal tone
• Keep in mind space constraints (maps, counters)

21. FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS
• Use of mathematical formulas?
• Use of bold to highlight important terms?
• Add remissions? (see “Andrew Hann” in
section x)
• Edit images? (1st floor, etc.)

22. EDITING
• Review the translation thoroughly.
• Use the spell checker.
• Read it aloud to make sure it is clear and easy
to understand.
• Play the translated game or get friends to play it.

23. MORE INFORMATION
• http://www.locjam.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/56173012
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• Official chat: http://pilgrim.io/locjam3
• Original counters: http://imgur.com/3XYqRDF