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 Reskinning is the creation of a product with greater uniqueness in the external appearance, visuals and story than in the current frame, mechanics and contents. To put it simply, a fresh shell covers an old skeleton. Reskinning within the course of the gaming project could also refer to a change of setting, that is, the familiar and occasionally stereotyped environment the action creates. Like putting the story in steampunk in sci-fi or Wild West in fantasy. Changes in artwork could also be included in a reskin, depending on the desired style, either more complex, simplified, or changed.

Rarely, this means the stylisation of the game of casual to realistic and in other cases transfer the production of graphic to the 2nd dimension in case such a mode is faster or more appropriate with reference to the new mode of project. Usually, changing the graphics in the reskin involves changing the entire 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 followers of another universe into the game in order to reach another audience.

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By changing the quality of the project's graphics, one can either lower or raise the age criteria of the audience, therefore increasing or decreasing the number of participants. Style will change as well as the production technique will change. Last to be separately mentioned in this list is reskin adaption to the culture of a different market, which may influence all the above. A developer might also think about a reskin in case graphics of a game or an application are changed. For instance, when the first time allocated to the project's debut was insufficient to adequately dedicate to the graphics or when a lot of time has gone by since the start and visuals have already become obsolete.

That will be precisely the case when a reskin helps to update the product and increase its appeal to consumers of both old and new kinds. Sometimes, however, localisation of projects calls for more than just translation (including cultural connotation). Its whole replacement in terms of substance is needed. That was the situation with China's well-known Three Kingdoms: Attack! game. Turning to the Inlingo studio, the client asked for abridgement of the project completed following reskinning for the Western market.

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The original game centres on the story set in during the three kingdoms of China, with well-known military generals and their subordinates serving as the actors. Characters, surroundings, objects, skills, and the story itself underwent changes. The game's plot 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 original proposal left its general elements of the military confrontation and its mechanics.

The main obstacle in the project implementation was the need of localisers to construct the majority of the game essentially ex nihilo what they had to do was to invent alternatives to the game items and titles of the missions, as well as of the backstory of the characters. Furthermore, not everything was localised graphically; for instance, some characters were reddrawn following localisation. Reskinning is the construction of a project with a novel exterior design, visuals and story dependent on the present structure, mechanics, and contents.

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Stated simply, this involves superimposing a fresh shell over an old one. Skiningning Reskinning may show up in game projects as a shifting environment, the known and classic world where the action takes place. Moving the tale idea, for instance, from steampunk to sci-fi or from Wild West to fantasy. Graphics can also alter throughout a reskin and be made more intricate, simpler, or modified depending on the style. Sometimes it implies 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 quicker.

Generally speaking, changing the graphics in a reskin means that the entire 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 so drawing in new audience. Changing the quality of the graphic work of the product will help to either lower or raise the age limits of the readers, therefore drawing more participants. Along with this will be a style change and, optionally, a production technique modification.

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Since it can affect all that was discussed above, one can individually in this list one for the culture of another market adaption to the culture of that another market. Another reason a developer might want to reskin an application or game is to either change the graphics of an application. For instance, in cases when the project's introduction was too long ago or when it was not given enough initial attention and the graphics have become outdated. 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 whole content modification and consideration of cultural quirks in translation. < Three Kingdoms: Attack! is the same as the well-liked game in China. Arriving at the Inlingo studio, the client sought to localise the project from reskinning it to the Western audience. The scenario of the original game is set in the three kingdoms of China, and the characters comprise military generals of China who are legendary combined with their colleagues having become well-known.