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Every build, every change.

Statistics

Aside in numbers.

Taken from the repository and the test reports of the current development build.

8real Ren'Py games tested, from archive to translation
1.4 Mlines of real translations read identically by the old and new core
8 968read calls compared on those games: 0 differences
80operations under the hood, the same in every build
749/749recorded test cases matching
139/139interface self-test checks, run inside the installed app
724automated tests (648 Python, 76 Rust), plus the recorded cases
1 465interface texts translated into Czech, the first language pack
33kinds of check messages for tags, variables, length and more
26 klines of Rust in the new core and app
84 pull requestsmerged on the way from the first tool to the desktop app, each one tested

The tested games, by size

translation lines per game, to scale
Full-screen scenes: preview fully supportedLayered images: background only, for now
Changelog

What changed, newest first.

Development history until the first public build. After that, every release gets its own entry with a version number.

Aside: the desktop app

In testingOctober 2026

The product gets its name, an installer and the licence system for Pro.

  • NewThe name Aside, the logo and the icons; the project folder is now .aside.
  • NewWindows installer: per user, no admin rights, tested automatically from the installed copy.
  • NewPro licences: activation with a key, two computers per licence, freeing a computer from the app.
  • NewNetwork client for machine translation in the new core.
  • FixedA freed computer stops using Pro at its next check, like a cancelled licence.
Under the hood
  • CoreLicence server with an admin page and automatic deployment.
  • CoreA cancelled licence stops working within hours.
  • CoreA written list of everything Aside sends over the network, kept up to date with the code.

A new core in Rust

October 2026

The whole engine rebuilt as a fast desktop program, checked step by step against the original so nothing changes under your hands.

  • FasterOne program instead of Python and a browser: the interface runs in its own window, without a local web server.
  • CoreParser, archives, checks, data files, projects, game tools and all 80 operations ported; 749 of 749 recorded cases match.
  • CoreCompared with the original on 8 real games: 8 968 read calls, 0 differences.
  • CoreThe Pro features as a separate program next to the app, with the same answers as before.

Translating gets context

October 2026
  • NewMenu tab: the question, every option with its translation and condition, and what follows each choice.
  • NewResults bar in the quick modes: "result 3 of 16", arrows for next and previous, a list of all hits.
  • NewWhole-word switch in every search box.
  • ImprovedScene preview draws the background and every picture shown over it; layered games get a clear note instead of a wrong picture.
  • FixedA choice that shares its text with an earlier menu says where its translation is listed.
  • FixedThe Menu tab shows a choice right after it was edited.

From one game to any game

Earlier
  • ImprovedWorks with most Ren'Py games, tried on 8 of them with 9 to 687 script files.
  • NewEnglish interface; Czech becomes the first language pack, and any language works without one.
  • NewGroups found from file names or folders: episodes, chapters, days, script2 series.
  • NewMissed texts: strings the generator skipped, added once you approve them.
  • NewPreparing a built game: unpack, decompile, generate the translation files.
  • CorePer-author change log, so a team can share one translation folder without conflicts.

Where it began

The BaDIK tool

A translation manager built for the Czech translation of Being a DIK: the editor, the checks for tags and variables, proofreading states, the glossary and history. Aside grew out of it.