A Normal Lost Phone

A Normal Lost Phone
Developer: Accidental Queens Publishers: Playdius, Plug In Digital Platform: Windows Released internationally: January 26, 2017 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text.

A Normal Lost Phone is a game about finding a lost phone and immediately delving into as much of the owner's personal data as possible, because that's apparently the kind of person you are.

The original prototype of the game, developed during the 2016 Global Game Jam, was released on Game Jolt on February 7, 2016, as a browser game. The full game (Version 1.2.0; a crowdfunded overhaul of the original prototype) was released on Steam, Google Play, and the iOS App Store on January 26, 2017, and on the Nintendo Switch eShop on March 1, 2018. This article concerns the final, full game.

To do: Check the other platforms (macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Switch) Version differences (between desktop/mobile/Switch) The prototype – If anyone has a backup of the original version of the game, a prototype page for it would be appreciated.

Translation Comments

Translation Comments Developer comments describing various pieces of text throughout the game.

Unused Graphics

lightning

A 'lightning' icon, possibly representing the charging of the phone's battery (which stays at the same charge throughout the game). Worth noting also is that the battery icon is actually comprised of two textures – an empty battery and a full battery – which could imply that dynamic charge was planned at some point. It's also possible that the texture is left over from the prototype.

placeholderep

A placeholder album cover for the songs in the Music app.

enjmin

The fact that this texture is transparent, with black text, implies that it would have appeared somewhere on a white (or otherwise light) background; the game's credits and title screen both have a black background. École nationale du jeu et des médias interactifs numériques (ENJMIN) means National School of Gaming and Numeric Interactive Media (NSGNIM).

ggj

The logo of the Global Game Jam, an annual game jam, which the original prototype of A Normal Lost Phone was created during.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Text

Gallery

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Are the contents of the 'description' column actually used at all? I thought they might be the internal names of those textures, but I'm not sure.

There are a few images which cannot be saved to the phone's Gallery app, specifically the photos in the Messages and Lovbirds apps; the photo of the Tonio concert, Melissa's drawing, the photo of Melissa's lingerie, and Phil's selfie. Despite this, there are unused details for these photos in the 'gallery' CSV, and corresponding unused responses from Phil (see the Lovbirds section, below). Note that the date for Phil's selfie has the wrong month; it should read 28/01/2016.

Melissa's drawing

Filename	IMG051220151032PM.jpg
Date	05/12/2015
Time	10:32 PM
Attachment	1
Description	drawingsameli.jpg

Tonio concert

Filename	IMG191220152116PM.jpg
Date	19/12/2015
Time	9:16 PM
Attachment	1
Description	concert antoine

Melissa's lingerie

Filename	melissa.jpg
Date	31/12/2015
Time	5:28 PM
Attachment	1
Description	souvet.jpg
	1

Phil

Filename	phil.jpg
Date	28/12/2016
Time	10:45 PM
Attachment	1
Description	phil.jpg
	1

E-mail

There is one email found in the 'email' CSV which does not appear in the E-mail app in-game (because the 'folder' column is left empty in the CSV). The email is a purchase confirmation email for the wig that Sam bought on September 10, 2015.

Comment		Mail automatique non genré pour un achat fait en ligne.
Comment (translation)		Non-gendered automated email for a purchase made online.
English	Sender	Customer Service Neriondo
	Subject	Your purchase ref. 47599873298-GL
	Text	Hello! The order(s) for the item(s) ref. 47599873298-GL has been successfully placed. You will receive your item(s) by normal post in the address you provided in the next 5 working days. You can track the package with your reference number through the tracker you will find under My account > My orders > Recent orders > Track. If you need to make some changes or cancel your order(s) in the first 24h, visit My account > My orders > Recent orders > Change my order. We hope you enjoy your new item(s)! Thank you for using our online shop! Please, do not reply to this e-mail.
French	Sender	Service Achats Neriondo
	Subject	Votre référence d'achat : 47599873298-GL
	Text	Bonjour ! Votre commande référencée 47599873298-GL a bien été enregistrée. Vous recevrez votre commande par la poste à l'adresse que vous nous avez fourni dans 5 jours ouvrables. Vous pouvez suivre votre colis avec votre numéro de référence sur : Mon Compte > Mes Commandes > Récents > Suivi. Si vous avez besoin de changer ou annuler votre commande dans les 24h suivant votre achat : Mon Compte > Mes Commandes > Récents > Changer ma commande Nous espérons que vous apprécierez votre achat ! Merci d'avoir utilisé notre boutique en ligne ! S'il vous plait, ne répondez pas à cet e-mail.
Spanish	Sender	Atención al cliente. Neriondo.
	Subject	Referencia de compra: 47599873298-GL
	Text	¡Hola! La referencia del pedido de tu(s) artículo(s) es: 47599873298-GL Recibirás tu pedido por correo ordinario en la dirección que nos has facilitado en un plazo aproximado de 5 días laborables. Puedes hacer un seguimiento de la entrega con el número de referencia a través del localizador que encontrarás en Mi cuenta > Mis pedidos > Pedidos recientes > Localizador. Si necesitas hacer algún cambio o cancelar tu(s) pedido(s) en las próximas 24 horas, visita Mi cuenta > Mis pedidos > Pedidos recientes > Cambiar pedido. ¡Esperamos que pronto puedas disfrutar de tu compra! ¡Gracias por comprar a través de nuestra tienda online! Por favor, no respondas a este e-mail.
Portuguese	Sender	Serviços de comprads Neriondo
	Subject	Código de referência da compra: 47599873298-GL
	Text	Bom dia! A compra de referêcia 47599873298 GL foi registrada com sucesso. Você receberá tua encomenda pelos correios no endereço que você nos forneceu no prazo de 5 dias úteis. Você pode acompanhar a encomenda através do número de referência em: Minha Conta > Minhas Compras > Recentes > Rastrear. Se você precisar alterar ou cancelar seu pedido dentro de 24 horas de sua compra: Minha Conta> Meus Pedidos> recentes> alterar a minha compra. Esperamos que você goste da tua compra! Obrigado por usar a nossa loja online! Por favor, não responda a este e-mail.
German	Sender	Neriondo Online-Shop
	Subject	Ihre Bestellung bei Neriondo (#47599873298-GL)
	Text	Guten Tag, Ihre Bestellung mit der Nummer 47599873298-GL ist bei uns eingegangen und wird bearbeitet. Wir versenden Ihre(n) Artikel an die von Ihnen angegebene Postanschrift. Die Lieferung erfolgt innerhalb von 5 Werktagen. Sie möchten die Sendung nachverfolgen? Mein Konto > Meine Bestellungen > Neueste > Nachverfolgen Sie möchten eine Änderung durchführen oder Ihre Bestellung innerhalb von 24 Stunden nach Aufgabe stornieren? Mein Konto > Meine Bestellungen > Neueste > Bestellung ändern Viel Spaß mit Ihrer Bestellung! Danke für Ihren Einkauf. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren nächsten Besuch. Dies ist eine automatisch versendete Nachricht. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf dieses Schreiben.
Italian	Sender	Assistenza clienti Neriondo
	Subject	Conferma ordine n° 47599873298- GL
	Text	Gentile cliente, il tuo ordine n° 47599873298-GL è andato a buon fine. Il pacco ti verrà consegnato per posta all'indirizzo che ci hai fornito, entro 5 giorni lavorativi. Puoi seguire lo stato della spedizione inserendo il numero dell'ordine in: Il Mio Account > I Miei Ordini > Ordini Recenti > Traccia il mio pacco. Per apportare modifiche o annullare l'ordine entro 24h dall'acquisto, consulta la pagina: Il Mio Account > I Miei Ordini > Ordini Recenti > Modifica Ordine. Ci auguriamo che tu sia soddisfatto dell'acquisto! Grazie per aver scelto il nostro negozio online! Per favore, non rispondere a questa e-mail.
Date		10/09/2015
Time		7:48 PM

Lovbirds

Phil will send different responses depending on which images the player sends to him. In addition to the ones for the images which it is actually possible to send, there are responses corresponding to the four unsaveable photos (see the Gallery section, above), the comments for three of which (all except the photo of the Tonio concert) specify that they are placeholders. The response for the Tonio concert photo is identical to the responses for sending either the photo of Sam's dad or the photo of the man in the museum, though the other three are unique and completely unused.

Tonio concert

Comment		Réponse lorsque le joueur envoie la photo du concert de Tonio
Comment (translation)		Response when the player sends the photo of the Tonio concert
Response	English	It's obviously not you. Please send me a photo of you!
	French	Je suis certain que ce n'est pas toi sur la photo. S'il te plaît, envoie moi une photo de toi !
	Spanish	Obviamente no eres tú. Por favor, mándame una foto de ti!
	Portuguese	Tenho certeza que você não está na foto. Por favor, me envie uma foto tua!
	German	Hmm... Das bist garantiert nicht du. Du wolltest mir doch ein Foto von dir schicken!
	Italian	Sono sicuro che non sei tu in questa foto. Per favore, mandami una tua foto!
Filename		IMG191220152116PM.jpg

Melissa's drawing

Comment		Ne pas traduire pour le moment : c'est une réponse au cas où une photo qui ne peut être envoyée par le moment est envoyée
Comment (translation)		Do not translate for now: this is a response in case a photo can't be sent at the time that it is sent
Response	English	That's a pretty drawing! But wouldn't you rather send me a photo of you?
	French	Joli dessin ! Mais, tu ne voudrais pas plutôt m'envoyer une photo ?
	Spanish	Vaya, bonito dibujo! Pero no preferirías mandarme una fotografía?
	Portuguese
	German
	Italian
Filename		IMG051220151032PM.jpg

Phil's selfie

Comment		Ne pas traduire pour le moment : c'est une réponse au cas où une photo qui ne peut être envoyée par le moment est envoyée
Comment (translation)		Do not translate for now: this is a response in case a photo can't be sent at the time that it is sent
Response	English	But uh... It's me. Sam, you funny little thing. Please send me a photo of you!
	French	Mais euh...C'est moi ça. Sam, petite rigolote. Envoie moi une photo de toi s'il te plait !
	Spanish	Vamos, que soy yo! Te gusta tomarme el pelo, Sam. Por favor, mándame una foto tuya!
	Portuguese
	German
	Italian
Filename		phil.jpg

Melissa's lingerie

Comment		Ne pas traduire pour le moment : c'est une réponse au cas où une photo qui ne peut être envoyée par le moment est envoyée
Comment (translation)		Do not translate for now: this is a response in case a photo can't be sent at the time that it is sent
Response	English	Oh my god, I must be talking with the invisible woman, and she's sending me sexy photos! But seriously, please send me a photo of you!
	French	Oh mon dieu, je discute avec la femme invisible, et elle m'envoie des photos sexy ! Non, plus sérieusement, s'il te plait, envoie moi une photo de toi !
	Spanish	Ay caramba, estoy hablando con la mujer invisible que no para de mandarme sus mejores fotos! No, en serio, me encantaría ver una foto de ti!
	Portuguese
	German
	Italian
Filename		melissa.jpg

Be You Forum

Cell N151 in the 'forum_posts' CSV (three columns to the right of the nominal rightmost column) contains text; specifically a slightly different version of the text in cell F135, which is the Portuguese translation for a post by TessyStar in the 'Coming out' topic (T06).

N151 (unused)

F135 (used)

Ótima resposta Heddiboss17! Legal saber que existem pessoas como você, que se dedicam em responder de forma mais aprofundada às perguntas dos outros. ★^O^★ Eu gostaria de completar só uma coisa: <b>nem todo trans sento como se "algo não estivessem bam na vida deles. "</b> As vezes eles sentem muito bem em suas vidas, mas se dão conta que algo no sexo oposto os chamam mais atenção e os deixam "mais realizados" ( por exemplo se identificado como sendo do sexo oposto em algum jogo online, ou passar maquiagem para mulheres trans...) Então, nem toda pessoa trans é necessariamente infeliz infeliz (ainda bem!) ★^O^★ E também, Sunshine, eu te aconselho buscar outros grupos de pessoas que estejam vivendo o mesmo tipo de situação que você. Eu sei que para o meu namorado, ajudou muito no momento em que eu me assumi. Você pode procurar o centro LGBT da tua cidade por exemplo (se tiver um). E como Heddiboss17, eu te desejo muito boa sorte! Nem sempre é fácil no começo, mas com o tempo as coisas vão se encaixando e você vai entendendo melhor.

Ótima resposta Heddiboss17! Legal saber que existem pessoas como você, que se dedicam em responder de forma mais aprofundada às perguntas dos outros. ★^O^★ Eu gostaria de completar só uma coisa: <b> nem todo trans sento como se "algo não estivessem bam na vida deles"</b>. As vezes eles sentem muito bem em suas vidas, mas se dão conta que algo no sexo oposto os chamam mais atenção e os deixam "mais realizados" ( por exemplo se identificado como sendo do sexo oposto em algum jogo online, ou passar maquiagem para mulheres trans...) Então, nem toda pessoa trans é necessariamente infeliz infeliz (ainda bem!) ★^O^★ E também, Sunshine, eu te aconselho buscar outros grupos de pessoas que estejam vivendo o mesmo tipo de situação que você. Eu sei que para o meu namorado, ajudou muito no momento em que eu me assumi. Você pode procurar o centro LGBT da tua cidade por exemplo (se tiver um). E como Heddiboss17, eu te desejo muito boa sorte! Nem sempre é fácil no começo, mas com o tempo as coisas vão se encaixando e você vai entendendo melhor.

The differences in F135 when compared with N151 are:

• The text was split into three paragraphs (and two blank lines were added after the third paragraph).
• The full stop which occurred at the end of the bold text was moved outside the closing quotation mark and </b> tag, and the space which had been present after it was removed.
• Four spaces were added, none of which were actually necessary (one immediately after the opening <b> tag, one between the words dão and conta in the second sentence of the second paragraph, one between the words maquiagem and para, and one after the full stop at the end of the third paragraph).

Interface

The 'interface' CSV contains several unused pieces of text, some left over from the prototype.

Splash Screen

The game's splash/title screen shows the game's logo (a texture) rather than displaying the title as text. The screen also says either "Tap to start" or "Press any key to start", depending on the player's system, rather than "Play".

splashscreen-title

Comment	Nom du jeu sur le splashscreen
Comment (translation)	Game name on the splash screen
English	A Normal Lost Phone
French	A Normal Lost Phone
Spanish	A Normal Lost Phone
Portuguese	A Normal Lost Phone
German	A Normal Lost Phone
Italian	A Normal Lost Phone

splashscreen-play

English	Play
French	Jouer
Spanish	Jugar
Portuguese	Jogar
German	Spielen
Italian	Gioca

App Names

These two apps were present in the prototype, but are not present in the final game.

app-name-contacts

Comment	Nom de l'application contacts (obsolète)
Comment (translation)	Name of the contacts app (obsolete)
English	Contacts
French	Contacts
Spanish	Contactos
Portuguese
German	Kontakte
Italian	Kontakte

app-name-credits

Comment	Nom de l'application crédits (obsolète)
Comment (translation)	Name of credits app (obsolete)
English	Credits
French	Crédits
Spanish	Créditos
Portuguese
German	Credits
Italian	Crediti

Messages App

There are no drafts in the Messages app in the final game, and the draft in Lovbirds uses different text (for attaching an image).

message-draft-warning

Comment	Texte utilisé sur le bouton d'envoi de brouillon dans les messages (obsolète)
Comment (translation)	Text used on the draft send button in messages (obsolete)
English	Draft (touch to send)
French	Brouillon (touchez pour envoyer)
Spanish	Borrador (toca para enviar)
Portuguese	Rascunho (clique para enviar)
German	Entwurf (zum Senden berühren)
Italian	Bozze (clicca per inviare)

Old Credits

The localizable text from the prototype's credits can still be found in the 'interface' CSV, unused.

credits-links

English	If you are interested, here are some useful resources for LGBT support.
French	Si cela vous intéresse, voici quelques liens d'associations qui aident les personnes LGBT
Spanish	Aquí puedes encontrar enlaces de interés con información y ayuda para la gente LGBT
Portuguese
German
Italian

credits-social

Comment	Texte qui apparait dans les crédits
Comment (translation)	Text appearing in the credits
English	If you want to comment on the game, you can follow us on twitter or like our facebook page:
French	Si vous voulez échanger sur le jeu, vous pouvez nous suivre sur twitter ou aimer notre page facebook :
Spanish	Si quieres participar en conversaciones y discutir sobre el juego, síguenos en Twitter o dale a "me gusta" en Facebook:
Portuguese	Se você quer discutir sobre o jogo, você pode nos seguir no Twitter ou curtir nossa página no Facebook:
German	Wie hat dir das Spiel gefallen? Diskutiere mit uns, folge uns auf Twitter oder klicke auf Facebook "gefällt mir".
Italian	Se volete commentare il gioco, seguiteci su Twitter o mettete mi piace sulla nostra pagina Facebook:

credits-dev

English	DEVELOPMENT
French	DEVELOPPEMENT
Spanish	DESARROLLO
Portuguese	DESENVOLVIMENTO
German	DEVELOPMENT
Italian	DEVELOPMENT

credits-gd

English	GAME DESIGN & SCENARIO
French	GAME DESIGN & SCENARIO
Spanish	DISEÑO DE JUEGO Y ESCENARIO
Portuguese	DESIGN DO JOGO E CENÁRIO
German	SPIELDESIGN & SZENARIO
Italian	GAME DESIGN & SCENEGGIATURA

credits-graphic

English	GRAPHIC DESIGN
French	CONCEPTION VISUELLE
Spanish	DISEÑO GRÁFICO
Portuguese	DESIGN GRÁFICO
German	GRAPHIC-DESIGN
Italian	GRAPHIC DESIGN

credits-translation

English	TRANSLATION & PROOFREADING
French	TRADUCTION & RELECTURE
Spanish	TRADUCCIÓN Y REVISIÓN
Portuguese	TRADUÇÃO E REVISÃO
German	ÜBERSETZUNG & LEKTORAT
Italian	TRADUZIONE E REVISIONE

credits-special

English	SPECIAL THANKS
French	REMERCIEMENTS SPECIAUX
Spanish	ESPECIAL AGRADECIMIENTO
Portuguese	AGRADECIMENTOS ESPECIAIS
German	DANKESCHÖN
Italian	RINGRAZIAMENTI

credits-playtesters

English	Thanks to all our playtesters!
French	Merci à tous nos playtesteurs !
Spanish	¡Gracias a todos nuestros/as testers!
Portuguese	Um grade obrigado a todos os nossos jogadores de testes!
German	Wir danken allen Testern!
Italian	Grazie a tutti i nostri tester!

credits-sounddesign

English	SOUND DESIGN
French	CONCEPTION SONORE
Spanish	SONIDO
Portuguese	CONCEPÇÃO SONORA
German	SOUND-DESIGN
Italian	SOUND DESIGN

credits-production

English	PRODUCTION
French	PRODUCTION
Spanish	PRODUCCIÓN
Portuguese	PRODUÇÃO
German	PRODUKTION
Italian	PRODUZIONE

Settings

There is an unused settings sub-menu name, for an Accessibility menu.

settings-accessibility

Comment	Nom du sous-menu des paramètres d'accessibilité dans les paramètres
Comment (translation)	Name of the accessibility settings sub-menu in settings
English	Accessibility
French	Accessibilité
Spanish	Accesibilidad
Portuguese	Acessibilidade
German	Barrierefreiheit
Italian	Accessibilità

Language Names

The names of the languages in the 'Language' sub-menu always appear in their own languages, untranslated. However, each language name has a full set of translations in the 'interface' CSV. For the purposes of compactness, these have all been placed in a single table below; additionally, language-fr has the comment "Nom de la langue FR dans les paramètres de langue" ("Name of the FR language in language settings"), whereas the other five do not have comments. The cells with grey backgrounds are the translations which are used in-game.

Key	language-en	language-fr	language-es	language-pt-br	language-de	language-it
English	English	French	Spanish	Portuguese (BR)	German	Italian
French	Anglais	Français	Espagnol	Portugais (BR)	Allemand	Italien
Spanish	Inglés	Francés	Español	Portugués (BR)	Deutsch	Italiano
Portuguese	Inglês	Francês	Espanhol	Português	Alemão	Italiano
German	Englisch	Französisch	Spanisch	Portugiesisch (BR)	Deutsch	Italienisch
Italian	Inglese	Francese	Spagnolo	Portoghese	Tedesco	Italiano

(Source: Original TCRF research)

LOUD NOTE Demo Track Names

Sam's demo tracks for LOUD NOTE are given generic filenames in-game, though do actually have names (kind of), which are used in their internal asset names and shown in the game's credits.

In-game name	Name
Sam_Loudnotedemo.mp3	Credits
Sam_Loudnote01.mp3	Castle Scene
Sam_Loudnote02.mp3	Nightmare Scene
Sam_Loudnote03.mp3	School Scene
Sam_Loudnote04.mp3	Storm Scene

(Source: Original TCRF research)