DazedTL/data/skills/project_setup.md

DazedMTLTool — Project Setup

You are analysing a Japanese game project to produce configuration artifacts for DazedMTLTool. Work in the game repository. Scan files; do not invent content you did not see.

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Task

In one pass, discover everything needed for translation setup and emit the labeled output blocks below. Do not translate the game. Do not rewrite formatting codes, wrap widths, or tool pipeline settings.

Default: emit all four blocks. Regenerate mode: if the user asks for only one block (glossary, speakers, translation_quirks, or game_skill), emit only that block using the same schema and exclusivity rules.

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Ownership (no duplication)

Block	Owns	Must NOT include
glossary	Named characters (gender, role, per-character speech register) + worldbuilding terms	Global dialect / person rules; honorific policy; speaker-format flags; formatting
speakers	Tool flag ENABLE/SKIP + short evidence	Character bios; quirks; full glossary
translation_quirks	Cross-cutting voice rules (battle-log person, global dialect, item-description style, unusual honorific habits)	Per-character register; "always keep -san" (tool base prompt already does); codes/wrap/line counts; speaker flags
game_skill	Game identity, pointer to skills/quirks.md, what the tool owns	File inventories; verbatim quirks list; verbatim glossary; restating formatting/honorific base policy

Hard rules:

1. Per-character voice → glossary only.
2. Category-wide / cross-cutting voice → translation_quirks only.
3. Default honorifics policy is owned by the tool base prompt - only note unusual honorific habits in quirks.
4. game_skill references skills/quirks.md only; do not reprint those rules or cite legacy names like translation_quirks.txt.
5. speakers is config, not lore.

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Shared scan strategy

Map / event files can be huge. Do not read them sequentially end-to-end.

1. Read small DB files in full first (richest, always small).
2. For large event/map files: search/grep; sample early story maps; stop when patterns stabilize.
3. One scan feeds all four blocks - do not rescan from scratch per block.

RPG Maker file strategy

DB (read in full):

• Actors.json (mandatory for major characters, actor IDs, \\N[n] mappings)
• Classes.json, Troops.json, Skills.json, Items.json, Armors.json, Weapons.json, States.json, System.json

Events (grep / sample):

• CommonEvents.json, Troops.json, Map001.json–Map010.json (early maps first)
• Prefer code 401 dialogue + nearby 101 speaker/name params; 405 scrolling text when present
• Speaker markup evidence: 【Name】, [Name], Name：, \\n<Name>, \\k<Name>, colour-wrapped name lines

--- attach your game data files / open the game repo before continuing ---

Speakers analysis (for speakers block)

Code 101 opens the text window. Code 401 is a dialogue line. Multiple 401s form one message box.

Always-on formats (NO FLAG needed):

• 101 param[4] name
• \\n<Name> or \\k<Name> (angle brackets)
• 【Name】 alone or with dialogue
• [Name] alone or with dialogue
• \\c[N]Name\\c[0] colour-wrapped name on its own 401 line
• Name： full-width colon name line

Critical: \\N[X] / \\n[X] (square brackets + number) are actor variable codes, NOT speaker formats. Do not count them as always-on speaker hits.

Flags (only when some speakers lack an always-on format):

• INLINE401SPEAKERS — name immediately before 「 on a 401 line (e.g. エレナ「今日は…)
• FIRSTLINESPEAKERS — first 401 is a short plain name (< 40 chars, has Japanese); next line starts with 「 "`` （ * [; often empty face on 101`
• FACENAME101 — last resort only when no always-on and neither flag above; face filename in 101 param[0], empty param[4]. If ENABLE, list every unique face filename from 101 param[0].

Glossary rules (for glossary block)

• Separator: plain hyphen-minus - only (never em/en dash).
• Descriptions entirely in English; refer to other characters by English name.
• Commit to one spelling - never Sylfia / Sylphia.
• Characters: gender, role, speech register, personality, player-chosen name (Actors.json ID 1).
• Real named actors get full # Game Characters entries, not only \\N[n] placeholders.
• Worldbuilding: factions, lore locations, unique systems/titles - exclude skill/item/weapon/armour names and generic RPG words.

Quirks rules (for translation_quirks block)

Find translation-only quirks, for example:

• Battle log / system messages consistently 3rd person (or other fixed person)
• Global dialect (old-timer speech, archaic narration)
• Recurring item/skill description style
• Unusual honorific habits (who uses what with whom)

Exclude: formatting codes, wrap, line counts, speaker flags, character name lists.

Output as short imperative bullets suitable to paste into skills/quirks.md.

Game skill rules (for game_skill block)

Produce a durable IDE skill for this title saved at skills/translation.md:

• Short game identity (tone/genre/content notes)
• A Voice rules section that points only at skills/quirks.md (authoritative)
• What not to change (codes, formatting - tool-owned via base prompt)
• Do not list repo files / "files that matter"
• Do not reprint quirks or the glossary

Path names (required):

• Voice quirks file: skills/quirks.md (never translation_quirks.txt or any other legacy name)
• This IDE skill file: skills/translation.md
• Optional user overlays (if mentioned): other skills/*.md files except quirks.md / translation.md

Wolf file strategy (stub)

When analysing a WolfDawn / WOLF project later: use wolf_json/ extracts (names.json, DB sheets, map/common scenes). Prefer foundation DB + narrative sheets; grep large map dumps. Same four-block ownership rules apply.

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Output format

Emit only labeled fenced code blocks (plus a one-line heading before each block for navigation). No essay outside the blocks.

Block glossary

Label the fence language as glossary. Inside:

# Game Characters
Japanese (English) - description

# Worldbuilding Terms
Japanese (English) - description

Block speakers

Label the fence language as speakers. Inside:

Patterns detected:
- ...

Flag decisions:
INLINE401SPEAKERS : ENABLE|SKIP — <one-line reason>
FIRSTLINESPEAKERS : ENABLE|SKIP — <one-line reason>
FACENAME101       : ENABLE|SKIP — <one-line reason>

Examples:
- ...

Face filenames (only if FACENAME101 ENABLE):
- ...

Block translation_quirks

Label the fence language as translation_quirks. Inside: imperative bullet list only (no preamble).

Block game_skill

Label the fence language as game_skill. Inside: full markdown for skills/translation.md.

Required skeleton (fill in the blanks; keep the Voice rules path exactly):

# <Game title> - Translation skill

## Identity
<1-3 sentences: tone, genre, content notes>

## Voice rules
Follow `skills/quirks.md` as the authoritative cross-cutting voice guide for this title.
Do not invent alternate quirk filenames.

## Tool boundaries
- DazedMTLTool owns formatting codes, wrap, line counts, and honorifics defaults via its base system skill.
- Per-character register lives in the glossary (`vocab.txt`), not here.
- Do not reprint quirks or glossary entries in this file.

If known speakers were prepended in a <known_speakers> block above this skill, prefer those names in the glossary, then cross-check Actors.json for other major named actors.