DazedTL/data/skills/project_setup.md

DazedTL — Project Setup

You are analysing a Japanese game project to produce configuration artifacts for DazedTL. 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	Translation Frame for the API (theme / era / register / naming / optional myth) saved at skills/game.md	File inventories; quirks bullets; glossary; per-character register; IDE scaffolding; restating base honorific/formatting 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 is the title's Translation Frame for the translation API - keep it compact; do not reprint quirks or glossary.
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 the per-game translation skill saved at skills/game.md. DazedTL merges this file into the translation system prompt (before quirks).

Translation Frame only (one compact line per field; evidence-based):

• 世界観 (Theme / setting) - genre, world type, core atmosphere
• 時代感 (Era / technology level) - medieval / modern / sci-fi / historical / etc.
• 文体方針 (Register policy) - overall English style (plain RPG, mythic, courtly, modern casual, military, gothic, …)
• 固有名詞方針 (Naming policy) - invented names, titles, ranks, honorifics, myth-derived terms (high-level only; default honorific keep-policy stays in the tool base prompt)
• 神話・伝承 (Myth / folklore basis) - omit unless evidence supports a specific tradition or source family

Do not include:

• Voice-rules pointers, tool-boundary essays, or IDE instructions
• Repo file inventories / "files that matter"
• Per-character register (glossary) or battle-log / dialect bullets (quirks)
• Verbatim quirks or glossary entries

Paths:

• Game skill (API): skills/game.md
• Quirks (API): skills/quirks.md (never translation_quirks.txt)
• Optional custom API overlays: other skills/*.md except those two

Wolf file strategy

WolfDawn extractions live under files/ as JSON lists of {source, text} entries. Analyse source only.

DB / system (read in full first):

• DataBase.project.json, CDataBase.project.json, SysDatabase.project.json - richest small source of character/actor names, classes, factions, lore titles
• CommonEvent.dat.json - common events (dialogue + system text)
• Game.dat.json - game/system strings (title, terms)
• Evtext.json - external event text when present

Maps (grep / sample, do not read huge files sequentially):

• <Map>.mps.json - per-map events; main story dialogue; often very large
• Prefer grep of source for speaker patterns and recurring proper nouns
• Scan lowest-numbered maps first - early maps usually carry the most story

Exclude from glossary analysis:

• names.json - item / skill / enemy value names (translated separately in Step 3 Names; do not list them in the glossary)

--- attach the extracted JSON in files/ here before continuing ---

Speakers analysis (for speakers block)

WolfDawn already tags who speaks. High-confidence nameplates (literal_line1) are always reshaped - nothing to decide.

The only flag is whether low-confidence first-line guesses (speaker_src = literal_line1_lowconf) are real speaker names for this game:

• short first line with no preceding face window
• might be a nameplate, or the start of dialogue / narration

Inspect a sample of those entries in maps / CommonEvent:

• ENABLE if low-confidence first lines are overwhelmingly real speaker names
• SKIP if many are dialogue or narration (reshaping would mislabel lines)

Do not emit RPG Maker flags (INLINE401SPEAKERS, FIRSTLINESPEAKERS, FACENAME101).

Wolf speakers schema (use this instead of the shared RPG Maker flag list):

Patterns detected:
- ...

Flag decisions:
LOWCONF_FIRSTLINE : ENABLE|SKIP - <one-line reason>

Examples:
- ...

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; note player-chosen names (variable / input).
• Worldbuilding: factions, lore locations (mentioned in dialogue but not map labels), unique systems/titles.
• Exclude: skill / item / weapon / armour names from names.json, generic RPG words, unnamed NPCs.

Quirks rules (for translation_quirks block)

Find translation-only quirks, for example:

• Battle log / system messages with a fixed person or register
• Global dialect (archaic narration, cute speech markers game-wide)
• Recurring item/skill description style
• Unusual honorific habits

Exclude: wrap geometry, inject layout, names.json harvest, speaker LOWCONF checkbox, character name lists.

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

Game skill rules (for game_skill block)

Produce the per-game translation skill saved at skills/game.md. DazedTL merges this file into the translation system prompt (before quirks).

Translation Frame only (one compact line per field; evidence-based):

• 世界観 (Theme / setting) - genre, world type, core atmosphere
• 時代感 (Era / technology level) - medieval / modern / sci-fi / historical / etc.
• 文体方針 (Register policy) - overall English style
• 固有名詞方針 (Naming policy) - invented names, titles, ranks, honorifics (high-level only)
• 神話・伝承 (Myth / folklore basis) - omit unless evidence supports a specific tradition

Do not include voice-rules pointers, tool-boundary essays, file inventories, per-character register (glossary), or quirks bullets.

Paths:

• Game skill (API): skills/game.md
• Quirks (API): skills/quirks.md
• Optional custom API overlays: other skills/*.md except those two

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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: markdown for skills/game.md (Translation Frame only).

# <Game title> - Translation Frame

## Translation Frame
世界観 (Theme / setting) - <one compact line>
時代感 (Era / technology level) - <one compact line>
文体方針 (Register policy) - <one compact line>
固有名詞方針 (Naming policy) - <one compact line>
神話・伝承 (Myth / folklore basis) - <one compact line, or omit this line entirely if unsupported>

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.