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  Reskinning is the construction of a product with greater uniqueness in the external appearance, visuals and story than in the current frame, mechanics and contents. Simply said, the overlaying of a fresh shell on an old skeleton. Reskinning within the course of the game project could also refer to a change of setting, that is, the familiar and occasionally clichéd environment the action develops. Like putting the story in steampunk in science fiction or Wild West in fantasy. Graphics alterations included in a reskin could also be more complex, simplified, or altered depending on the chosen style.

Rarely, this means the stylisation of the game of casual to realistic and in other cases transfers the production of graphic to the 2nd dimension in case such a mode is faster or more appropriate with respect to the new mode of project. Usually, changing the graphics in the reskin involves changing the full game's narrative as well - customising the lore and the texts but not mechanics and game organisation. One can change the scene and entice the fans of another universe into the game to get access to still another audience.

What types of reskin are there

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By changing the quality of the project's graphics, one can either lower or raise the age criterion of the audience, therefore increasing or decreasing the number of participants. Not only will the production technique change but also the style. Last to be mentioned separately in this list is reskin adaption to the culture of a different market, which may affect all the above. A developer might also take reskin into account should graphics of a game or program be changed. For instance, when the first time spent on the project's debut was insufficient to adequately allocate to the graphics or when a lot of time has gone since the start and graphics have already become antiquated.

That will be precisely the case when a reskin helps to improve the product and increase its appeal to both old and new consumers. Sometimes, though, localisation of projects calls for more than just translation—including cultural connotation. Its whole replacement in terms of content is required. The well-known Three Kingdoms: Attack! game from China was no exception. Turning to the Inlingo studio, the client asked for abridgement of the project completed following reskinning to the Western market.

Why do you need a reskin

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The original game centres on the story set in during the three kingdoms of China, with its characters being the well-known military generals and their subordinates. Characters, surroundings, things, skills, and the plot itself underwent transformation. Plot of the game was moved to a post-apocalyptic world since ancient China; 77 of the characters gained different names and bios; the generals with their horses, weapons became futuristic technologies. The initial idea left its mechanics and broad features of the military conflict.

The main obstacle in the project implementation was the need of localisers to create the majority of the game essentially ex nihilo what they had to do was to construct alternatives to the game items and titles of the missions, as well as of the backstory of the characters. Besides, not everything was visually localised as well; certain characters were repainted following localisation. Reskinning is the development of a project with original exterior design, visuals and story relying on the present construction, mechanics, and contents. Simply said, this means laying a new shell over an existing one.

Pros and cons of reskin

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Reskinning Reskinning may show up in gaming projects as a shifting environment, the known and archetypal world in which the action takes place. Moving the tale idea, for instance, from steampunk to sci-fi or Wild West to fantasy. Graphics can also alter throughout a reskin and be made more complicated, simplified, or modified depending on the style. Sometimes it involves bringing the game's stylisation more in line with realism and occasionally altering the graphic's production to 2D in case the new project's format will be more successful or faster.

Generally speaking, changing the graphics in a reskin means that the complete plot of the game also has to undergo changes - revising of the mythology and texts, even while the mechanics and the structure are left unaltered. One can change the surroundings and get fans of other worlds interested in the game therefore drawing in yet another audience. Changing the quality of the graphic work of the product will help to either lower or raise the age restrictions of the readers, therefore drawing more participants

Conclusion

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Along with this will be a style change and, optionally, a manufacturing technique change. Since it might affect all that was discussed before, one can individually in this list one for the culture of another market adaption to the cultural of that another market. Reskin an application or game for the second reason—either to change the visuals of an application or game. For instance, in cases when the project's introduction was long ago and the graphics have become outdated or when it was not given enough initial attention.

In these cases, a reskin will help to transform the product and pique the interest of both new and elderly consumers. Localising projects calls for both total content modification and consideration of cultural idiosyncrasies in terms of translation. As it did with the well-liked game in China, Three Kingdoms: Attack! After reskinning the project to the Western audience, the customer came to the Inlingo studio wanting to localise it. The background of the original game is set in the three kingdoms of China, and the characters include military generals of China who are legendary combined with their colleagues having become well-known.