I will back it when Im back in Germany. I think some certain publisher kinda "destroyed" the chances that people will back for VNs lately.
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I will back it when Im back in Germany. I think some certain publisher kinda "destroyed" the chances that people will back for VNs lately.
...to be honest, I would be more interested in backing it if it had any other premise?
Guy returns to hometown for high school looking for childhood friend, etc. isn't exactly new ground at all, and since it's the team's first work it's hard to tell what sets it apart from the crowd when it comes to writing, you know? Rather, even if it's just a good "one of those", that's not a bad thing, but it doesn't exactly make me want to rush to give money to make sure it gets made, if that makes sense.
隣人-Neighbor-, a horror visual novel, remake and english localization kickstarter
With Verdelish as translator and Ritobito for editor, Im definitely backing this. They do good work
With Verdelish as translator and Ritobito for editor, Im definitely backing this. They do good work
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That's the team?! Fuck, I'm gonna have to support it :D
I'll say that I found the premise of a MC suffering of brain tumor and trying to meet his childhood friend once again to keep a promise (and I guess for a last farewell) to be an interesting one that shuffles a little bit the usual trope, especially if it keeps a bit of an ambiguous atmosphere walking the tight path between dramatic and light-hearted that such a premise would need to not end up being a cheap story.
I'll probably back it, though It'll be closer to the end to make sure I do have the disposable once all is said and done for March.
On the other hand I agree that a debut project won't inspire too much confidence in the general public. Also this stuff requires some pushing on the part of the publisher to get eyes on the project. Need to get people talking or even an interesting project won't reach a low goal.
Next time, we should all try wishing with something that's not a monkey's paw...
Now that I have looked at the images in their Tweets after the initial shock is over, I am certainly seeing that.
They posted a thing on Touch Arcade with what I assume is going to be part of the store description, and if you thought "A body found with eyes disappearing" was bad, you haven't seen "A man discovered in the body was penetrated with large cut edges with both eyes."
Judging by the amount of Tweets/followers, no one even knows it even exists :/ Bad all around.
After Psycho-Pass bombed, NISA's never touching another visual novel anytime soon (except for TSC and such, but those are just distribution deals).
I posted something along these lines on TA, but the more I think about it, the more I'm surprised they're openly trying to court streamers? Like that was their first thought when tweeting, even?
That's... very bold when they seem to be releasing a game that does not appear to have a natural sounding translation at all. They really want people to read that aloud for an audience? Cause that's definitely not gonna make the translation appear any better.
That's... very bold when they seem to be releasing a game that does not appear to have a natural sounding translation at all. They really want people to read that aloud for an audience? Cause that's definitely not gonna make the translation appear any better.
It's kind of a silly way to determine sales. It's something based on an anime, so just from what I've seen online people were reluctant to play it because they haven't watched the show yet.
Maybe they want it to be the next Pokemon Vietnamese Crystal?
The fact that the game was crappy didn't help.
Another month without a new Higurashi release. :(
HAHAHAHAHA siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
I'm pretty sure the engine work started very recently (it's done in Unity apparently), so it really might be another couple months...
It's obviously a hot new take on the mystery genre where the greatest challenge is interpreting the mystic language the game's localized in.
Wow, yeah. Just a couple months to go... I should reread Meakashi in a less busy time, perhaps.
They passed on VN after Disgaea Infinite bombed. Psycho-Pass probably made it since it is based on a popular anime. There were people willing to get into the anime so they can play the game (in fact you only need to watch the first 5 episodes)
Visual novels are incredibly niche and rarely sell much. I don't really blame established localization companies for passing on them.
iplayinc responded to the concerns: "Dear Kimchisoju! Thank you for your support and we are sorry that English translation seems a bit raw, but we promise it will be improved and you will be able to enjoy the game!
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Dear Noharakun! We really appreciate your feedback and we are very sorry that English translation seems a bit awkward for now. We promise it will be improved and we hope our game will not disappoint you. Thank you again for your comments!"
And another five or so iterations of it.
I'm not so sure we'll see notable changes with their shockingly swift release date of /9 days/ from now, but so they say. Happy to take an engrishy version of Hayarigami over no version at all.
Dear Noharakun! We really appreciate your feedback and we are very sorry that English translation seems a bit awkward for now. We promise it will be improved and we hope our game will not disappoint you. Thank you again for your comments!"
And another five or so iterations of it.
I'm not so sure we'll see notable changes with their shockingly swift release date of /9 days/ from now, but so they say. Happy to take an engrishy version of Hayarigami over no version at all.
If they don't actually improve it (whether initially or eventually), I'm going to say that a bad translation is actually worse than nothing, personally. I'd rather there be a chance of a good translation than being stuck with a bad one. Especially because it really does look like they're translating it secondhand from the Korean version. (And, also, the JP and Korean iOS versions only came out in December, so...)
I guess another company could hopefully still release the Vita version...
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oh lol they really did just reply to every single post individually, huh; I'm guessing a TA mod is gonna warn them
I guess another company could hopefully still release the Vita version...
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oh lol they really did just reply to every single post individually, huh; I'm guessing a TA mod is gonna warn them
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I just discovered that A Kiss for the Petals - Maidens of Michael was removed from Steam with Mangagamer not knowing why and as I was looking that up I noticed Mangagamer is planning a kickstarter for a VN they'll make, Koropokkur in Love ~A Little Fairy's Tale~ (kickstarter page isn't live yet, link is to the draft MG shared for feedback).
Does anyone know some software that can be used to track decisions made while playing VNs? My current solution of writing down each decision point encountered in each playthrough simply doesn't scale.
You'd think Valve would have contacted MangaGamer if it was something they did.
I'm not terrible excited about Koropokkur, as neither the art style nor the story seems interesting to me. But it will be interesting to see how frequently MangaGamer will be using Kickstarter in the future, and what games they'll Kickstart.
That's strange. The game looks like it has been completely nuked from Steam, depots and all (SteamDB).
You'd think Valve would have contacted MangaGamer if it was something they did.
I'm not terrible excited about Koropokkur, as neither the art style nor the story seems interesting to me. But it will be interesting to see how frequently MangaGamer will be using Kickstarter in the future, and what games they'll Kickstart.
I doubt they will use Kickstarter much, remember that Koropokkur is a game they are making so it's more logical for them to use Kickstarter for it rather than just crowdfund a translation.
Somebody at Fuwanovel reviewed the grasshopper VN. I think they liked it.
However, I would not be terribly surprised if they did start Kickstarting translations at some point, especially story heavy VNs. Unfortunately those seem to be higher risk/lower return proposition than nukiges. There's also the possibility that they'll do Kickstarters for upcoming VNs purely for physical rewards.
Yeah, that is my expectation too.
However, I would not be terribly surprised if they did start Kickstarting translations at some point, especially story heavy VNs. Unfortunately those seem to be higher risk/lower return proposition than nukiges. There's also the possibility that they'll do Kickstarters for upcoming VNs purely for physical rewards.
https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/...i-no-yoruwitch-on-the-holy-night-translation/
So someone is translating Mahoyo
Looks like it's just one guy so idk what to think about it for now but I guess we can be hopeful.
So someone is translating Mahoyo
Looks like it's just one guy so idk what to think about it for now but I guess we can be hopeful.
I have kindred but I really hope Maidens of Michael comes back... I wanted to buy I after I finished Remembering How we Met.
Looks like mangagamer is still looking into it based on their Twitter.
There is no explanation. Mangagamer hasn't said anything apart from answering a couple tweets asking them about the removal by stating they have no clue why the game was removed, but that was two days ago and I bet they're not going to get any answer out of Valve.
It was one idiot, whose unaware that Yuraei is one of the most respectful yuri VN's i've played about romance between girls (one of the few to use the terms "lesbian", "gay", and "homosexual" freely.
Besides, Kindred has been on steam for a year and a half.
I would be surprised if Valve did not return to MangaGamer with some sort of statement.
The question is how long it will take, and if it would actually be in MangaGamer's interest to publish the response, depending on the reason given for the game being removed.