Not Geese

Unofficial Polish translations of indie games, made with machine assistance and reviewed in game by a human. Players download packages from notgeese.cc.

This repo holds translation sources, build tools, player guides and the site. Game files are never committed: builds read the player's own installed copy and output to ignored folders.

Layout

AGENTS.md              how the work is done: workflow, delivery rules, conventions
docs/                  decisions.md, workspace.md (review panel), design.md (site)
games/catalog.yaml     translation status per game
games/<slug>/
  README.md            player install guide (Polish, shown on the site)
  game.yaml            version, coverage, test status, download
  docs/technical.md    engine, text format, build, test state
  docs/decisions.md    translation direction, terms, review outcome
  docs/INSTALL*.txt    player readme packed as READ-ME.txt (Polish)
  translations/        en-pl-review.json (the translation), bible.yaml, structure.yaml
  tools/, plugin/      extraction, build, runtime plugin
tools/                 shared: translation file, delta patches + applier, corrections, keyart
site/                  Astro site and the /admin/ review panel
supabase/              review panel backend

How translations ship

A runtime plugin (BepInEx for Unity, overlay pak for Unreal) adds Polish without touching game files. Where that's impossible, a delta patch carries only our difference and a small applier rebuilds the file from the player's copy. Packages never contain the publisher's assets.

Building

Python 3.11 and the original game installed:

python -m venv .venv
.venv/Scripts/python.exe -m pip install -r requirements.txt
.venv/Scripts/python.exe games/shotgun-cop-man/tools/build_plugin.py --game "C:/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Shotgun Cop Man"

Each game's docs/technical.md has its exact command. Builds write to the game's dist/, never to the installation.

License

Game names, original text and characters belong to their creators. These translations are unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by the studios. The MIT license covers this repository's translation text, tools and documentation. Bundled BepInEx is LGPL-2.1 (sources published next to the packages).