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-One of the unique features available within Orx is the ability to switch languages in game using locale features. While many game engines allow a user to program using locale to some degree, Orx lets you switch languages back and forth in real-time.
-An example of this could be a graphical adventure game that features characters, onscreen text, digital speech, and music. Locale switching would allow you to completely switch out all graphics, text, speech and music with a single function call without altering the game-play.
-All data is defined by you, and so your regions or nations could be aliens/humans, orcs/elves. You could even think of it as a kind of themeing.
-Its a pretty amazing feature that comes out of the box.
-This tutorial will be done in two steps:
-. Create a simple game with  characters with their own look, speech and music.
-. Add in a second locale, and be able to switch between them.
-Begin with a blank project created using init.
-Name your project something like the-conversation (or whatever you wish).
-Our game will be about two polite gentlemen having a conversation. They continually greet each other all day.
-Eventually, we want to be able to switch their nationality, as the player may prefer to play the game in their own country and language.
-Assets
-Let's begin with the French assets, and build the French version first.
-Object
-Speech
-Music
-Delete the default config object and FX sections. We wont need those.
-Create the default ''Person'' object in the config with:
-[]
-Create a second person from the first, but one that stands on the other side and faces the other way:
-[]
-Next, create a ''Scene'' object that will be the root to hold all the other objects. Then place both Person objects in it's Childlist.
-[]
-Create the scene in the game in code. This will create all the child objects onscreen. You can just change the existing ''Object'' creation with ''Scene'', from:
-[]
-to:
-[]
-Create all the text objects to go onscreen. You will need text objects for:
- - The speech
- - The player instructions
- - The current language indicator
-Create these as:
-[]
-And now place them into the scene by adding them to the Childlist:
-Next is the music. Define it with:
-[]
-And add it to the scene with:
-[]
-Next is the actual conversation. Define the speech with:
-[]
-Them using a timeline track switch on and off the alpha of the speech text object to make it appear/disappear, move its position and play the sounds.
-Compile and run. Our two French gentlemen will start having a lovely conversation.
-That is the basic game.
-Now to make the game switchable to Australia mode. This is the easy part.
-Begin by defining the two languages for the game: French and Australian.
-[]
-Next, define those languages as sections containing your keys for the various assets or text:
-[]
-Finally go to each config and replace the absolute asset paths and text with the named keys from language sections. These keys are called using the special $ symbol:
-[]
-Compile and run. Now you can switch between the two languages with the Space Bar. Everything in the game switches over in an instant. Pretty impressive stuff.
-Acknowledgements, permissions and thanks
-Accordion performance of Je Te Veux by Norimichi Nagasaka. Youtube channel is at: https://www.youtube.com/user/VAccordion
-Graphics by Trevor Brennan: http://trevorbrennan.com
-Thanks to FullyBugged, Dom M ad Matt R for the voices.

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