ATTENTION FORUM USERS

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StarPatrick
Arabic is not supported in the game at all. Chat messages in Arabic don’t appear, so Arab players can only communicate by voice. Text in Arabic is completely missing anywhere in the game.

Some may say Arabic is difficult because it’s right-to-left, but this is no longer a valid excuse. Many companies have added Arabic successfully, and some even use AI to make translation easy.

We have suggested adding Arabic, Middle East servers, and even new animals, but we get no real response—only generic replies. If this was truly important, it would have been fixed a long time ago.

Many Arab players struggle because they don’t speak English and cannot properly communicate, while others play only with friends or foreigners, facing language barriers. Some play for fun, others need Arabic to complete tasks and progress—but it seems the game only cares about its own priorities.

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Cartrimino
Yes, I read the post.
But earlier you told me that I make too many threads—do you understand now? The truth is, they are afraid of losing players, so they use words like “we care” or “we read your feedback,” but they never say “we will fix the problem and respond as soon as possible.”
So, do you see now? They don’t really care.
Player names must be proper and respectful. Players using inappropriate or offensive language must be banned. Topics like maps or photography and best visuals are important, everything else is not. Their responses to anything else are just generic.

StarPatrick

Arabian "suggestion" and "violations" are two different concepts, and you've mixed them up. As @Barbie mentioned, moderators cannot make decisions on behalf of the development team. I've spent 3200 hours in PA, and I often see them reply to players with “Our team will fix it ASAP” when a bug has been confirmed by the tech team.

Arabian Player names must be proper and respectful. Players using inappropriate or offensive language must be banned.

This is a basic rule that all players/users must follow on any game or platform. It's also an important method for the official team to maintain a healthy gaming environment, not just in PA

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StarPatrick
Man, I’m Arab and I understand everything. I know that a moderator sends issues like adding the Arabic language to the official team. But do you know that the official team—I saw them on Discord—talks to the members like they’re just friends and they don’t even look at the reports? One day I sent a request about adding the Arabic language in the chat, and they reacted with a side-eye emoji as if asking what this is. I kept repeating the message throughout the whole chat, and even though there were Arabs from Egypt there, they still talked to them in English. Then a moderator replied asking what I wanted and why I was causing trouble. I explained the language issue and described the problem in the chat, and they told me to put it in the reports and not send anything in the chat, just talk. In short, the game’s team doesn’t care and they talk to the members like they’re just friends.

StarPatrick

Cartrimino I also read that thread, and I remember the player's name was "fartdad." This could potentially offend some players, especially considering that PA has a lot of kids, and the moderation would be stricter.
Many game companies don’t disclose specific details about violating players, they only mention which terms of the User Agreement were violated. This is to protect individual privacy. Even if a player themselves mentions an inappropriate username or message, they won’t provide further explanation. I believe the @Barbie‘s response was good.

ToastySTENCH

StarPatrick I'm sorry but I chuckled at the thought of 7 year old Timmy gasping at the sight of the username 'fart dad' and thinking "Heeeey! My dad farts!" As he crosses his arms in a pout and let's out a big "hmmph"

Maybe I'm not as sensitive as I should be. But do we really think someone is going to be offended by fart dad?

Cartrimino

Arabian I noticed that you mentioned this was in the chat, not the reports. Of course they're going to talk like they're just friends in the chat. After all, it's just the chat, like the off-topic thread on here. If you want to ask for a feature, talk to the developers directly on discord about it through DMs or something.

Arabian

@StarPatrick
And did you know that I even contacted the official website itself through email and I received the same kind of replies just like the moderators’ responses.

baibaibai

Discord moderators don’t seem to be members of the dev team; they are mainly responsible for maintaining order in the channels. Only those with the “Recreate Games” tag, such as Otto, Bacon, and PA Support, are actual members of the dev team.

StarPatrick

baibaibai Correct. The dev team has the Recreate Games tag.

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Cartrimino
You misunderstood my point. What I meant is that they barely pay attention to feedback

Or You didn’t understand what I meant. I mean that they pay very little attention to feedback."

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Cartrimino
For example, on Discord, before the ban they used to say: "Post your suggestion in the feedback section."
But you will see a huge number of feedback posts, and they won’t even look at them—they just keep skipping to the newest ones.
And if you try to repeat the same suggestion, they delete it because it's a duplicate.
So how do they expect us to make our point if the feedback section is like a waterfall of nonstop posts?

StarPatrick

Arabian If the dev team won’t even look at the feedback in it or pays very little attention to feedback, then why do players keep sharing their thoughts? Are the new content they add with each update just pulled out of thin air? Maybe, there’s no need for them to specifically create a feedback section to collect ideas, right?

StarPatrick

Arabian PA's Discord has been running for many years, and the feedback section has always been the same. I previously asked the Discord community manager, Otta, and she told me that they have staff specifically responsible for regularly summarizing all the content in the feedback section, and they meet with the dev team and producer to discuss it.

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StarPatrick
Maybe you haven’t posted a topic with such an idea before, but let me tell you why. One day I posted a topic about translating a game, and they told me to put my translation in the notes. But after a while—about a month—I discussed the topic with a friend, and I said that they don’t care about the idea and don’t pay attention to it. One of the moderators replied and asked what the problem was. I explained the reason. Do you know what he told me? “Submit your suggestion in the forum.” And now the forum says, “Submit your suggestion through email, by sending a message to the website.” Do you understand? Yes, everyone keeps sending you somewhere else, and no one actually solves your problem. That’s why players try to send messages to each other and discuss things among themselves, meaning players chatting in the forum instead of actually taking players’ feedback.

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StarPatrick
Maybe they told you something, but where are the players’ suggestions or topics? Their focus now is on maps, tinkering, and images. But what about translating the game? You don’t know anything. When you type in the chat in Arabic, it doesn’t show. How do you expect me to communicate with Arab players? An Arabic player talked to me in the game, and when I tried to send him a message, it showed as squares because there are no Arabic characters. He told me there’s nothing you can do, just use voice chat. But not all of us are able to talk using voice. Personally, I don’t like revealing my voice, and some players don’t even have a microphone. They really don’t care.

StarPatrick

Arabian Sad, really tough experience, but you’re definitely the most persistent person I’ve ever met.👍🏻

StarPatrick

Arabian it showed as squares because there are no Arabic characters.

I think this might be because the issue is technically difficult or extremely time-consuming to solve

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@StarPatrick
Do you see where the Arabic letters are?
I actually told them about the Arabic language issue, and they only replied with ‘Thank you.’
A month later, I suggested adding artificial intelligence and translating the game into Arabic, but it was the same thing again… silence and then just ‘Thank you.’

So tell me this:
If they are interested in developing new maps, how long does that take?
And what about the players?
And why don’t they focus on supporting Arabic players, like correctly adding Arabic letters before anything else?
There are so many maps, and they can always add more later, but supporting Arabic text and improving the AI is more important for us.

StarPatrick

Arabian You can check the Discord feedback section. Every update, there are always lots of people complaining about why there hasn’t been any new Last Stand map or mode for so long.

Game companies also need to make money, and you probably understand that if something requires a large amount of manpower, resources, and funding, they would expect the return to be greater than the investment. Recreate is a small team, and the manpower and budget they currently have might only be enough to support their existing update plans.

I love this game and I truly hope PA can continue running for a long time and gradually expand their team. Then they’ll be able to do more when they have more staff.

I believe I’ve already said a lot, so this will be my final reply to you. No offense intended, I hope Recreate will eventually add Arabic for you. Best.

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StarPatrick
Did you know that once I wanted to translate a game from English to Arabic, and I had the same problem? I talked to one of the game translators, and he told me that all I needed to do was change the font. And when I changed the font, the translation worked perfectly!
Honestly, all they need to do is add Arabic-supported fonts and reverse the text direction.