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Visual Novel translation status


Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "1522/2308 original edition scenario scripts translated (65.9%)"
Aokana - 1st pass TL done, 2nd pass in progress
>AstralAir - prologue patch released, 43,756 / 64,880 (67.44%) lines translated
Ayakashi Gohan - 49% complete
Black Wolves Saga: All scripts translated and edited 59/65 through TLC
>Bunny Black 2 - Released
Clover Day's - Common + 1 route done, other routes + 348/711 KB, 92/764, 338/846 and 74/722 KB translated
HaraKano - Ayana Seno's route patch released
Haruka Na Sora - Sora 11.29% translated, Kozue 23.73% translated
Harumade Kururu - 86.2% of the initial route translated
Hoka no Onna - 45.12% translated
Irotoridori no Sekai - 1747/50663 (3%) lines translated
Ken ga Kimi: 116/122 scripts translated, 108/122 scripts edited
Kiminozo - Common route translation complete, Haruka route 1st pass complete
Koiken Otome - 98.02% translated, 88.90% edited, prologue patch released
Kurukuru Fanatic - 87.5% translated
Lovely Cation- 26% of lines completed
Majikoi A-1 - 64%
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - Commie project actively in editing
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 2nd project with 2.2 scripts translated
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 3rd project released ch 1-5
Monster girl quest paradox - Being translated, another partial patch released
Muv Luv Total Eclipse - 25% translated
Nursery Rhyme - 12032/32977 lines translated
Oreimo Tsuzuku - All scripts translated, 202/268 through TLC+Editing, 136/268 scripts finalized
PersonA - 44% translated
Rewrite Harvest Festa - 22583/30040 (75.18%) lines translated
SakuSaku - 100% translated, 31858/49257 (65%) lines finalized
>Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi - 7,717 / 30,513 Lines (25.3%) translated, partial patch released
Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen - 100% translated and edited, QC and technical work remains
>Witch's Garden - 46251/67201 (68.82%) lines translated, 2496/67201 (3.71%) edited, prologue patch released
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 100%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 89.73%, Motoka 32.17%, Common and Kazuha fully edited
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Official work

MangaGamer
>Free Friends 2 - Released
Yurirei - 2/12 release
>Beat Blades Haruka - 2/23 release
Higurashi Hou -Watanagashi released
>Bokuten - 78% translated, 48% edited
Da Capo 3 - 75.3% translated, 74.3% edited
>OZMAFIA - 95.7% translated, 47% edited
>House in Fata Morgana - 100% translated, 36% edited
Myth - 94% translated, 81% edited
My Boss Wife is My Ex - In testing
>Kuroinu - Being released as 3 seperate chapters, 22.5% TL 18.13% edited
Supipara - Ch 1 near beta
Himawari - TL and editing finished, in scripting
Umineko - Picked up
>Tokyo Babel - 100% translated, 100% edited
>Negai no Kakera - 16% translated
>Princess Evangile W Happiness - 16.53% translated, 5% edited


JAST
Sonicomi - Summer release
Flowers - 100% translated, 40% edited
>Seinarukana- in preorder
Sweet Home - 45% translated
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
Trample on Schatten- Translation 83%
Django - Waiting on translation.
Sumeragi Ryoko - TL finalization


Sekai/Denpa
Root Double - Kickstarter started, planned March release
Nekopara 2 - 2/20 release
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Grisaia trilogy - 2nd title 75% translated
Atom Grrrl - Q1 release
Narcissu 3rd - TL+Editing done
Narcissu 0 - in TLC
WEE 3 - 8.26% translated
Nenokami - 37.79% translated
Kokonoe Kokoro - picked up
Sacrament Sheep - In Beta
Memory's Dogma - Kickstarter reached goal
Chrono Clock - Picked up
Tenshin Ranman - Picked up
Witch Boy - Kickstarter failed
Darekoi - Picked up
Wagamama High Spec - 2016 release
Mayoi Hitsuji no Kajuen - Picked up


Other
Magical Eyes - Feb 29th release
Harmonia - Through Steam GL
Little Busters - Picked up
Tomoyo After - Picked up
Muv Luv Trilogy - Kickstarter succeeded
SubaHibi - Official release planned
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
Work being done on a fanTL of Shin Koihime with hopes of getting it licensed
Wish Tale of the Sixteenth Night - 3904/10293 (38.03%) lines translated
Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra - Kickstarter succeeded
Zero Time Dilemma - 2016 release
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread
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The number of evangile wallscroll bundles has decreased from 23 to ... 22, and it has remained at the second spot on hardcopy sales chart. Additionally there is literally no number five on the hardcopy sales chart which is peculiar. Perhaps literally only 4-5 hardcopies sold this week?

If you're considering purchasing one of mangagamer's older titles, I would advise you to consider waiting a couple weeks. If the past is any indication, there is likely to be a valentines day sale of some manner.

Top 5 Ranking: http://pastebin.com/nbWHeXA5
Popularity Sort: http://pastebin.com/a11qQ4fh

As always, this tracker is powered by anonymous like you, so post order numbers if you got em'
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>>14692613
> Seinarukana- in preorder

How long did Yumina stay in the 'preorder' phase, out of curiousity?
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>>14692911

You could preorder the game pretty soon after they announced it so that would make it literally years.
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>>14692751
Place your bets. What's going to enter preorder after Haruka?
Tokyo Babel is looking likely, or could Himawari endter as surprise?
Or maybe My Boss' Wife, for something that nobody cares for?
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>>14693262
Well, the PC version of Himawari is releasing next week in Japan, so they've finished porting it from the Vita, so it's a good bet for March.

Then again, a cheap nukige could be a good break from the heavier titles of Haruka and Yurirei.
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>>14693262
I won't be surprised if Boss' Wife ends up mid March with Supipara being the end, or vice versa.
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>>14693262

himawari's coming out in japan this week so I doubt it'll be that quick.

anime boston is march 25-27th. I wouldn't be surprised to see supipara 1 go up for preorder or come around then so mangagamer can try to get it extra exposure through the con news reports
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>>14693262
Himawari is nowhere near. MG side didn't even receive revised PC scripts, and after that translators will have to merge them with stuff they have and re-translate differences, and then send back scripts to frontwing for building eng version, then beta-test it, then send list of stuff to fix to frontwing for another build and so on.
It could easily take 3-6 months to do.
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https://twitter.com/Good_Haro/status/693589192383827973
>You should see the kinds of reviews Gahkthun’s been getting “wow this game is so bad and dumb for <intentional stylistic thing>”
Gahkthun sales were average at best. This makes it clear that the english market isn't ready to support these kinds of VNs, specially when they're written in a style that most of the fanbase can't understand and therefore, those that review it usually don't really make a very positive review.

Also, there wasn't much discussion about Gahkthun and this doesn't help at all its sales. If it was a moege I'm sure there would be more discussion...
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>>14693444
Well, to be honest Sakurai steam punk and Liar-Soft games aren't that popular in Japan either.
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It's kind of interesting to see how nowadays the major parts of the projects are from official studios, I would've never thought they would last so much, let alone start releasing so many novels.
On the other hand it's sad fantranslations are dead.
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Not only is BB2 a much worse game than 1, its translation is also a lot worse than the first one's. That's a big deal, considering Aroduc is not that good in the first place.
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60 days left.
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>>14693444
>Most of the ones I’ve seen lately are 90% bitching about it being repetitive and “wasting time” on characters who are only in 1 ch
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>>14693759

I guess she puts effort into her job in order to search them out, because I haven't seen any gahkthun reviews
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>>14693759
Unless these "reviews" are posts on /vn/.
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>Sometimes I wonder what the point of doing a good job is. Why even bother when doing a shit job & lying/cheating would get you further?

I see the Sekai Project method is gaining traction.
https://twitter.com/Good_Haro/status/693256232308703232
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>>14693793
Posts on /vn/ about Gakhthun are made by one russian retard, who was bragging on russian board how he "trolled" /vn/ with "otome shit" "meme".
Not something one should consider as public opinion.
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>>14693793

No it wasn't /vn/ they were actual reviews. It's not like /vn/ has discussed anything of substance about Gahkthun anyway, it's all "is this an otome game? lel".

I don't really care if people criticize games or dislike them, I just find it frustrating when the critiques are based on some fundamental misunderstanding or are, for lack of a better way to put it, "really dumb". I'd really like to read some thoughtful negative critiques of VNs to be honest.
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>>14693812
I've seen different posts warn people about it being repetitive. And there have been posts about people being 2 or so chapters in and wondering when it gets good. People think Tesla helping some of the students were "filler" chapters.
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>>14693568
Examples?
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>>14693444
Most people play vns for fun/fap and waifu-shitposting. I don't really know why someone unironically would waste their time reading that pretentious garbage with otome-style art unless you're literally braindead manchild like moogy and his gang. Read actual books for stories instead of fucking chinese porn games.
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>>14693826
>I'd really like to read some thoughtful negative critiques of VNs to be honest.

As it's a niche medium, I don't this is possible due to the self-selection among the readership. You will either end up with people that enjoy a title(or atleast don't hate it), or people that are retarded and were stupid enough to select a title that wouldn't be to their tastes on accident.
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>>14693444
They should've advertise it as "Buy Gahkthun now and get Oiran Rouge later!".

>>14693759
Although, I wonder which piece of shit VN reviewer reviewed it without playing the whole thing.
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>>14693826
I think you are looking at the wrong reviewers. Maybe not here, but i'm pretty sure the average VN reader is looking for something that light hearted with only drama at the end of a route. Which is why something like Princess Evangile was such a big hit.

Where are you even finding these reviews? I did a little search and the top 5 review from google are all pretty positive. Even reddit seems to like it a lot
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>>14693463
I'm curious about this now. Do you have any sales figures for her games?
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>>14694027

It's mostly stuff we get back after sending out review copies. We got like three in a row with a fairly high numeric score but the entire text of the review would be like "this was boring and repetitive and stupid". It's just kind of grating.
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>>14694036
There are sales ratings available from various shops. For Gahkthun on getchu, for example:
http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking201212.html
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>>14694046
>a fairly high numeric score
>the entire text of the review would be like "this was boring and repetitive and stupid"

mangagamer confirmed for triple A publisher
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>>14693832
I haven't been saving the errors, and I'm not going to replay the kusoge just to make screenshots.
The only thing I can give you is an obvious typo from the end of the game, which proves lack of QC.
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>>14694062

But MangaGamer doesn't have enough money to pay off "reviewers" for those good scores.
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>>14694062

I wish.

Anyway, my point with bringing any of that up in that Twitter conversation was just that it's not only EVNs that get shitty reviews.
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>>14694068
>it's not only EVNs that get shitty reviews

Those EVNs deserve it.
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>>14694066
The first game, combat was literally broken.

It doesn't get much worse QC than that.
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>>14694066
Jesus christ, its time for you to grow up and get over your shitty akame ga shit anime.
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>>14694047
Thank you. I expect worse but 12th ain't so bad. Now on the subject of bad, I can't believe this was released in 2012. The characters themselves look nice but the gameplay looks like garbage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzvFrMGnSaY
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>>14694077
I am talking about text now, not about how Aroduc breaks the games.
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>>14694081
12 of MONTHLY is very bad.
If you look at year/half-year rankings for 2012, its not present in list at all, because its below cutoff point.
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>>14694081

The gameplay is passable: rock-paper-scissors with some abilities at first, but then turns into a mediocre RTS.
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>>14694083
You're not giving many examples of either, so I thought I'd give you a benchmark.
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>>14694090
Oh. I just saw it being on a list of 30 and assumed it did better than it did. Interesting that it couldn't even make the half year rankings.
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>>14694110
I'm sure someone will start posting them soon enough.
If you want to see them right now, go on seiha forums, to the thread where people report TL errors.
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>>14694026
I could see Teito Hiten Daisakusen or Shiei no Sona-Nyl -What a Beautiful Memories- being their next game.
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>>14694009
Get Aroduc to do it. He hates everything.
http://tenka.seiha.org/2015/02/brain-damage-and-haphazard-boners/
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>>14694068

While not applicable to gahkthun, perhaps you might consider suggesting a recommended route when you provide review keys? Given how most VNs tend to have some routes that are more story-heavy than others, if reviewers aren't going to play the whole game anyway, they might as well be sent down a catered route.

For those reviewers that actually bother to play beyond common routes, at least.
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>>14694174
Read his Beat Blades Haruka review. He sounds like a different person.
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>>14694254
BBH was when he first started blogging and before he really began translating in earnest and turned bitter and hateful.
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>>14694201
I remember a review of Armored Warrior Iris where the reviewer thought the entire game was too hardcore for him, but by the sound it, he only did one playthrough, and likely didn't get the true ending. On top of that, some of the scenes, like Bunix, were tamer and he likely didn't see those.
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>>14694254
2008 vs 2015
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>>14694066
so why where you playing it when the TL was that awful? Are you a masochist?
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>>14694162
Sona-Nyl is by far the hardest Liar Soft title (not counting raiL stuff) so I imagine they're more likely to retranslate Inganock or something like that.
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>>14694375
Hiragumo-chan -Sengoku Gekokujou Monogatari-
Teito Hiten Daisakusen
Fairytale Requiem

Take your pick.
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>>14694375
>retranslate Inganock
Unless there's a version that they can put on Steam, then that's not likely to happen.
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what happened to rance quest?
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>>14694422
All Rance translations are on hold. Alicesoft wants to see how well Beat Blades Haruka does first, before deciding what (if anything) to license to MG next.
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Free Friends 2 is a pretty good nukige. Only thing is the music which it's kinda out of place at times. Besides that, it's a good fap.
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>>14694472
I played 1 and didn't really care for it. I've heard that 2 is more popular though.
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>>14694122
I did. For every one actual error, there were about ten people who can't follow installation instructions.

And of the errors, almost all are relatively minor gameplay things. If XSeed/NISA/T-K games had only that many errors, it'd be a miracle.
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help social media root double: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/37185-let-s-kickstart-root-double
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>>14694775
Unnecessary, they'll manage, barely. And that's all they deserve, if that. Terribly kickstarted project with lackluster reward tiers (somewhat rectified with recent updates) by a company that hasn't finished a lot of their previous kickstarted projects yet.
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>>14694775
Sekai should just start an alias and make kickstarters because their current brand is ruined.
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>>14694794
They don't deserve that, and they'll only make it because they seeded the fuck out of their project with $10-20k in mysterious thousand dollar+ pledges in the middle of nowhere on announcing nothing.
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>>14694799
It would be fantastic if, like every single one of their other projects so far, they missed the one month deadline for release they have for this. Maybe that'd finally get it across to the peasants how big a fuckup they are and how all they can do correctly is prey on already completed projects and add problems to them.
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>>14694794
every little bit helps, no? doesnt cost a thing to tweet
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>>14694865
Just your dignity and morals.
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>>14694865

I think you'll find that this thread, and 4chan in general, has little love for sekai project. This is something that tends to happen when the CEO of the company tells you to your face that he doesn't give a shit about what you want, as you aren't his audience.

I understand you're desperate to shill a floundering kickstarter that you support, but to shill here is a fool's errand. In fact, the harder you do so, the more you risk upsetting the more autistic inhabitants into concocting newer and stupider ways to attempt to sabotage it.
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>>14694905
>>14694891
>deleting and reposting because of a small typo
You sure you ain't one of those "more autistic inhabitants"?
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>>14694794
The Kickstarter is probably going to break 150k, it's not going to barely make it.
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>>14694852
They probably will miss March, but the PC digital game is basically finished already and will come out soon enough. It's the suckers backing for physical rewards or Vita ports that I feel bad for as SP always fucks those up.
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>>14695038
Who are you quoting, friend?
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>>14695066
Stop with this meme.
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>>14695038

no u
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>>14695064
They've got a year before they need to start making excuses for that.
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>>14694162
More like Gathkun is the last Liar-soft title you will see in MG catalog. Same thing for KnS2 and InnoGrey. Fuck. Now i'm pretty sure i'll never be able to read Caucasus.
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>>14695070
I will when you stop misusing the quote function.
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>>14695064

In a year they'll announce that they couldn't make Vita happen after all and offer whatever minuscule portion of the Vita pledge tiers the Vita version accounts for as partial refunds (consider that there's no Vita-only tier or Vita addon)

They've just been using it as bait to get people to pledge to higher tiers
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>>14695091
Gahkthun can't be the last Liar-soft title from MangaGamer, another one is coming in a few weeks, despite Doddler's attempts to sabotage it,
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>>14695129
Doddler killed Yuritopia and you know it anon.
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>>14695127
That they're claiming it costs $0 for a year of extra development to create that port should be a red flag, but peasants are fucking retarded.
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>>14695091
It depends on if those two titles sell long-term or not. If memory serves, KnS 1 didn't sell that well on release, but after half a year or so it did pretty well.
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>>14695136
But he saved Baldr Sky, so it balances out.
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>>14695144
To be honest it's not really a bad thing if i can trade Yurirei for Baldr Sky.
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RD seems to be pretty desperate to add a ''''new'''' tier that costs 1 dollar extra if you're smart with add-ons. Pretty scummy
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>>14695211
Any time someone deliberately obfuscates a 'deal' using your money, something shady is up.
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>>14695222
I wonder if Sam is this >>14694775 dumbfuck.
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>>14695222
Sekai Project's next kickstarter will have a tier where you get 25% of the pledge of anybody you convince to pledge, completing their evolution to internet scam.
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>>14695138
But it is 0$ from this kickstarter. Next kickstarter will be used to fund the vita. It is the whole point of begging for money, you can fulfill last projects goals with the new money.
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>>14694162
>>14694397
It's not like any of those would sell much better than Gahkthun.

(Also, if MG does license Teito Hiten, I feel really bad for whoever has to translate Mareni's chapters.)
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>>14695540
Eh, if people primarily got bothered by repetition in Gahkthun, then I see little reason to assume the same issue will happen with something like Fairy Tale Requiem or Teito Hiten. Hiragumo requires a bit of historical knowledge to fully enjoy though so there's that.
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Apparently Aroduc's translating Utawarerumono 2.
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Do you think people that are not into yuri would like yuri ghosts if they gave it a chance?
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>>14696089
It doesn't sound like the translation is going to turn out very well, so probably not, considering the garbage production values and lack of real ero.
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>>14696089

I think so. It's a cute game.
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>>14696089
Yes, its pretty good school comedy/slice. Ero there is insignificant, so "yuri" factor doesn't matter that much.
>>14696104
dovac, pls.
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>>14696126
And it'll actually get some exposure from being on Steam.
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>>14695144
source? since when did mg have a deal with giga?
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>>14696048
but its terrible. anyone watching the anime would know that
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>>14696089
sure why not, I'd give it a shot. even though it would be kinda hard to self-insert
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>>14696660
The idea of Yurirei isn't really to self insert. Yuna is pretty defined character, so point is to see the story of lesbian ghosts wanting to pair up girls, rather than place yourself in the shoes of the one hooking up girls.
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I regret this already. Fuck you, Maria.
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>>14696948
I might take the plunge myself soon. And maybe Phantom Carpet Munchers too since it's Liar-soft.
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People have always been irritated by Liar-Soft's repetition. Don't know why people are suddenly getting annoyed with it when the criticism is aimed at Gahkthun as opposed to Sharnoth.
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>>14697144
Sakurai's steam punk games != liar-soft. Liar-soft has titles from different writers with entirely different writing styles and Sakurai is continuing her series independently from liar-soft now.
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>>14697160
>her
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>>14697191
Having penis is not a problem for true fan.
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So Degica's finally going to admit that they're localizing Schwarzesmarken.
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>>14693812
poshel nahui, suka
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>>14697281
I hope it's just as machine translated as half the other 'bonus' shit they're using.
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It's so weird how every day for the past week, Root Double's daily funding has been a consistent trickle up to around $2-3k through the day, until evening Pacific time when they get multiple multi-thousand dollar backers to push them up to around $10k, every single time.

And Dovac and his cronies are in California.

What a funny coincidence that is.
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>>14697317

Weak conspiracy theory is weak. Sekai fixed their kickstarter and was rewarded.
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>>14697425
Sorry, Dovac, but that doesn't explain how you keep getting $4-5000 from 3-4 people in the waning hours of every day for a week.
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>>14697281
does anyone even want that though? animes kinda crap so far
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>>14697438
i dont particularly care what they are doing. if they succeed we get a game out of it, if they dont we might get it anyway.
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>>14697484
It's probably the most sensible thing for ixtl/age to want localized next. It's new, has an anime, and people will buy it because it has the Muv Luv name on it.
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>>14697438

You mean why do Americans supply the most money to an American focused funding platform? Top analysis, genius.
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>>14696875
I can self insert as an invisible voyeur watching all of this take place then.
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dovac forgot to drop today's part.
With natural rate down back to 2k$/day, its going to be interesting final race. With usual 2x increase during last 3 days, its going to be 14k$, bringing them exactly to goal number.
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How come there's no rewards fulfilling in planned budget? Will all these mugs, t-shirts, collector boxes and so on materialize out of thin air?
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>>14697555
Same as Vita port.
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>>14697555
Those expenses will be tacked on to the Aokana kickstarter.
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>>14697545
They're going to sail past 150k, there won't be anything interesting to see.
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>>14697555
That will be taken out of Lemnisca money.
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>>14697584
Even with +2 +4 +4 +8 (best possible progression unless dovac dumps his funds into it) they will barely make it to 140. 150 is certainly out of question.
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>>14696948
>>14692751
2K sales in four days is pretty good, right?
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>>14697584
They still won't hit any of the stretch goals, and Libra did better than it. Considering how famous and wellregarded Root Double is, that's pretty embarrassing. The devs could've got more money by just cutting Sekai out of the deal altogether.
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>>14697597
KS final surges are stronger than that, even Narcissu did 10k in the final day over 23k in the last 3.
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>>14697618
They made less than 1000 sales in whole January of 2014. So yes, its about 60 times better than what it was 2 years ago.
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>>14697622
In RD's case, people might just wait for the game to come out in March. It'll hit its base goal, but after that I don't see it getting a ton more money.
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>>14697619
Yeah, the steps they had to take to get this funded after a similar situation with Narcissu and Witch Boy's failure do paint a pretty grim picture of SP's future on Kickstarter.
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>>14697622
Final surges are about 2x increase on day-3, and then futher 2x on last day.
With only 2k they managed to get yesterday, they aren't going to get much in last days, unless they introduce some new super-amazing tiers.
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Looks like dovac want to give Kindred Spirits a run for its money. They're releasing Sacrament Sheep on Feb. 5th and might release Atom Grrrl in February too.
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>>14697733
there's also nekopara 2.... how much jew gold is he getting this month
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>>14697809
How well could Sacrament Sheep sell, since it's not going on Steam? And Atom Grrrl is going to be on Steam, but the game looks ridiculous, and most likely won't get an uncensor patch.
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>>14697733
Well I guess I have to buy Kindred Spirits now.
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>>14697618

It is important to keep in mind that there are 10250 potential orders since the 15th that are from the groupees bundle. The primary problem is that it's impossible to know how many of these have been redeemed. Judging by past bundles, people tend to keep redeeming keys for up to three weeks after the fact.

It's going to be very hard to nail down a guess for haruka's sales(yurirei's sales on mangagamer are less important to account for, as there is steam and steamspy, 90% of people will redeem the free steam key), but I believe the best way to do so will be to wait another few weeks, sum up the total sales that happened over the course of the bundle, remove the maximum potential sales of the bundle, and then use the popularity sort to make an assumption of what the top five really looked like during this time(thankfully there hasn't been any big sales or releases aside from yurirei and haruka so this should be more or less possible), and then proceed as usual. Of course, this guess will have a greater potential of being off then usual.

Of course I also hear the huniepop sequel could release soon. If that happens, it'll throw a wrench into the process.
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>>14694433
what is the reasoning behind this "buy this game that no one asked for to prove that you want the games that everyone has been wanting" shit that jap companies love to pull?
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>>14697995
>this game no one asked for
>alicesoft's most popular and top selling game
I mean... you can think that if you really want, but you'd be wrong.
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>>14698005
how many people wanted haruka over rance or even daiteikoku?
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>>14698031
Problem is the choice wasn't 'Haruka or Rance', it was 'Haruka or nothing'.
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>>14697995
brand loyalty is pretty big in japan
it's just how they're used to work and think
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Danganronpa's Steam release date is February 18th.

https://twitter.com/SpikeChunsoft_e/status/694068885406949376
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>>14698197
This februrary is going to be golden month of en-translated VNs.
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>>14698031

Me. Rance is shit.
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>>14698434
After Haruka I want Escalayer remake. I don't really see much appeal on Rance games.
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>>14698031
I'm fine with Haruka, Rance might be Alicesoft's flagship series, but they have other good games and Haruka is one of them.
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>>14698204
I'm going to wait to see if the PC port isn't buggy before jumping in on Danganronpa.
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>>14698581
>>14698434
No one asked you, gaylords.
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HA HA
https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/694200683197767680
TIME FOR SHATTERED DREAMS

I like that they used better Comko, rather than the titty-monster.
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>>14699248
Participated. Told them I only buy VNs in Japanese and than I have no licencing suggestions.

Hope it help!
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>>14699320
Did you also tell them you were an "Other" gender?
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>>14698005
Haruka is neither Alicesoft's most popular or it's top selling game.

That's Sengoku Rance. With Kichikuou second.

>>14698031
Rance VI is objectively better than Haruka.

Haruka completely shits all over Daiteikoku in every single way
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>>14698031
Too old so i'll never happen but I want Daiakuji.
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>>14699248
I can't believe I had to pick other to be able to fill in that I pick games based on no censorship. Come on MG. By now you should know that is a common factor in sales.
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>>14699346
MG killed off any chance of Daiakuji or Atlach barring a remake
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>>14699248
What are your licence suggestions? I went with Bishoujo Mangekyou, Boku to Koi Suru Ponkotsu Akuma and Silverio Vendetta.
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>>14699248
Shilled Liar-Soft as hard as I possibly could.
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>>14699370
>Bishoujo Mangekyou
I picked that last time, and where did that get us?
I'll pick it again, of course.
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>>14699248
>>14699370
Aiyoku no Eustia, White Album 2 and Caucasus.

But we all know that the poll will be full of stupid answers like Fate Stay Night or Dies Irae so it's not like the poll will change anything in MG policy.
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>>14699370
OreTsuba, Sanshinkan, Baldr Sky.
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For that MG survey lets all go with Venus Blood and Liar-Soft
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>>14699398

I'll read the recommendations for the laughs...just like last year.
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>>14699370
Galzoo island, Evenicle, bunny black 3
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>>14699324
>No write-in

Mangagamer's missing out on valuable demographic information. How will they know how to appeal to those of us who identify as attack helicopters?
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>>14699436
>bunny black 3
Retard.
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>>14699370
Otoboku 2 as all other times they ask. I also suggested games nobody else would suggest, so I'm not really holding my breath there.
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>>14699442
>As for BB3 in the future… even post-behemoth, I wouldn't hold my breath for a number of reasons.

>I have, however, been told that MG and SHChara have been in touch with each other and they're not totally against it, but not now. Not soon. Not next month. I wouldn't even put bets on this year. But that is a possibility I've heard rumblings of in the future. The point is, until that issue is solved, I'm not going to lift a finger to work on it.
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>>14699370
It's hard to make a choice between story titles and nukige. If only they made two type of suggestions.
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>>14699398
why is dies irae a stupid answer
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>>14699485
Because Irae dies.
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>>14699485
Because most of the time it's just for the meme which say that it's impossible to translate Dies Irae in english and this meme is getting old.
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>>14699370
A man after my own heart.
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>>14699248
Please remember to suggest using Comko for future announcements.
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>>14699248
Can't wait to see FSN, Umineko, G-senjou and Ever17 in the top 5.
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>>14699521
But FSN is not licensed.
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>>14699526
They'd want a million dollars to license it, since Fate is so famous. It's not viable in the current vn market. MG can't get the rights to the all-ages version of OreTsuba and without it, it's likely not going to happen either. White Album 2 and the Baldr games were on a list that dovac said were impossible to license for some reason.
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>>14699370
Gunjou no Sora o Koete, Harumade, Kururu, Natsukumo Yururu.
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>>14699526
It's already translated since 2008 you dumb fuck. The goal of this poll is to promote new titles, to have a english translation for new titles. If you want to buy it then buy the japanese box.
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>>14699436
No chance of them getting their filthy gaijin hands on Evenicle this quickly
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>>14699542
BUY HARUKA AND WE WILL MAKE EVENICLE POSSIBLE
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>>14699351
MG release both censored and uncensored versions though, so what's the problem?
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>>14699534
>>14699540
Hey, I'm just listing the odd one out. Not saying it's a good suggestion.
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>>14699545
Anything is possible with Haruka.
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>>14699351
I, for one, do not like uncensored genitals. It looks unsightly.
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>>14699563
Fuck, I forgot to vote for Shin Koihime Musou.
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>>14699557
Agreed, the artists tend to half-ass the bits they know will be hidden by the censoring.
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>>14699566

It depends on the artist though. Clockup's people seem to give a shit about what's under the mosaics
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>>14699370
Henshin, Futanari Elf Kairaku Choukyou, and Monobeno.

I couldn't think of anything story-focused that I wanted.
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>>14699563
Still hilarious how they got cucked on flowers
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>>14699569
There's just enough artists who actually care about the quality of their work that all the others are a constant stream of disappointments.
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>>14699584
I hope Jast will give us a release date soon.
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>>14699416
OreTsuba is impossible to licensed, they already said it. Shame because it was actually one of the most interesting VN I ever read. I put Tsuriotsu instead.
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>>14699563

Who wants to take bets on how many people request Muv-Luv this year?
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Can't help but notice that SubaHibi is gone from the list.
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>>14699599
You mean this?
>SubaHibi - Official release planned
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>>14699598
I'm pretty sure it'll be in top ten.
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>>14699605
Oh. OH. Dead then.
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>>14699584
Will MG try to go after a Nitro+ title in return?
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>>14699598
Are their any issues surrounding Akatsuki Works Black's titles? I'd like to vote for one of them, but I don't want my vote to be wasted if it's somehow impossible.
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>>14699589
It's not like they'll meet whatever date they'll give.
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>>14699611
Your vote is irrelevant either way.
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>>14699611
Well, they can still carry it in their store. It'll just won't be translated by them.

>>14699619
Making fun of JAST delays is half the fun.
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>>14699611

They're a subsidiary of Akabei who've worked with Sekai before. Doesn't mean they're in an exclusive relationship though.
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Should post this to RD Kickstarter https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/438yb1/criticism_of_world_end_economicas_forgotten/
Seems like a excellent way to get backers to stop funding them.
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>>14699626
Go away, redditor.
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>>14699557
This is about the general censorship of cut scenes, cut dialog, rewriting, etc.

MG doesn't do that, but I'm buying games from them because they don't do like Jast and Sekai. That is the point I wanted to make, and I had to use the other option to do so.
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>>14699597
>Shame because it was actually one of the most interesting VN I ever read.
It's your duty to translate it now, anon.
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>>14699626
They have fucked people over over how many kickstarters now? At this point, you can't blame SP anymore but idiots who keep giving them money.
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>>14699626
>World End Economica
Episode 1's script was also horrible, it was clearly an ESL job. They promised to fix it but never did. I don't know if Episode 2 was also that bad.
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>>14699625
They've splintered off from them though.
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>>14699565
I don't think that game is ever going to get translated by MG.
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>>14699654
Yeah, it's massive and would take around 6,000 full price sales just to break even. I doubt they'd bother, even though their sales are steadily increasing.
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>>14699534
>They'd want a million dollars to license it, since Fate is so famous. It's not viable in the current vn market.
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>>14699661
When has everything become just about money? Isn't the dream to make money off nukige and pay regular eroge from that?
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I want more Clockup with even more Hamashima Shigeo.
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>>14699667
You're nuts if you think Muv-Luv is anywhere near as big as Fate as a franchise.
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>>14699675
That's my point. If Muv Luv can do over a million on Kickstarter a properly handled F/SN Kickstarter should be able to do 2-3x as much.
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>>14699678
Oh. Yeah, you're right actually.
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I wonder how probable the Ley Line series are? I've heard the games are quite good.
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>>14699683
>>14699692
is*
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>>14698098
but why couldn't they give us rance 01 or 02?

>>14699370
I put baldr sky, ikusa megami, and white album 2, and then mentioned kangoku senkan 2 in the additional comment.
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>>14699678
I thought MG didn't want to use Kickstarter.
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>>14699370
I want to fap in 2016 so Junketsu Megami, Kyonyuu Fantasy and Ikusa Megami 0.
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>>14699626
its 10k away from funding and still 72 hrs left. unless people start pulling pledges its gonna go thru
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>>14699706
Rance 2 is a 25 year old game. Which received a 'translation' at least 4 years ago.

Rance VI is actually a better first game to release than 01 as well
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>>14698964
Hey, it's not me who's sucking Rance dick you Rance fag
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>>14699706
Fuck 01 or 02, bring us 03.
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>>14699692
I'm interested in it because of Noizi Ito's art. Shana is the cutest girl ever.
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>>14699752
That would be pretty stupid by both Alicesoft and Mangagamer.

It would make it hard to sell the games that don't have 2015 graphics and aren't voiced.
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>>14699757
Quest and IX are still ok and i think that the stupid thing is to try to sell fan-translated Rance.
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>>14699757
I cringe every time I buy voiceless games. But sub 10 dollars fool me every time.
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>>14699370
>First get Rance so /haniho/ doesn't kill themselves
>Second, some real lolige. lose's stuff is impossible due to length, so how about candysoft's loli titles or galette's titles?
>and if they aren't possible either, I haven't played it but even that Sweet Robin Girl title from chuable soft looks pretty cute, and they were interested in selling to the west.

sorry for your 6 second speedbump when you're compiling all the results haro
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>>14699757
they could just skip the original series and only bring over the remakes
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>>14699780
Is Monobeno that long ?
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>>14699781
You can't skip VI.

It's way too pivotal to the plot of the series of the whole and of the later games.
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>>14699598

The kickstarter was high enough profile that I don't think it'll be that high

I think it'll be 11th
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>>14699783

Yes
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Haro, better link the survey on MG main website.
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>>14699370
1. Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai
2. Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi
3. Any kamige

>>14699534
>They'd want a million dollars to license it, since Fate is so famous.
They said the same about Kanon. So what's the ETA until Sekai licenses Mahoutsukai no Yoru?

>>14699471
Do you have two wallets, one for story games and one for nukige? What they really want to know is what games you would buy. And if you're more likely to buy the story games, then they want to hear the story games and not the nukige.
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>>14699611

The way mangagamer will use this list is that they might actually approach some of the 100+ vote title's developers(that aren't retarded suggestions), and every other title on the list will be only be used in the manner that if a particular translator wants to translate that title, they'll point to the votes it got as "see? there's atleast a handful of people that'll buy it!".

So you might as well just vote for what you'll vote for.
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>>14699839
The thing is i want both. I'm into story game like Gathkun and sometimes i want to masturbate to some Lilith titles or even euphoria.
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>>14699672
They can't afford it (time, money wise is the problem) is the problem. They'd likely take a loss on it, and as a result BaseSon likely wouldn't agree to license it in the first place.
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I wish MG license some dark nukige like yami no koe or gore screaming show.
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>>14699957

Euphoria and Kuroinu aren't dark enough for you?
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>>14699957
>gore screaming show
Never ever.
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>>14699985
I'm not fan of Liquid but yeah Euphoria was cool.
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>>14699707
MG might not want to do it, but it's the only way Fate will ever get brought over and I'm sure every other company would love to do it.
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>>14700046
It's Aroduc's secret project.
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>>14699642
I have backed multiple Sekai kickstarters, and I'm generally satisfied.


Fault: Received my Steam key and played it, entirely satisfied.

WAS: Better games have kept me occupied, and though I received my key a long time ago, I don't really care about it anymore.

Clannad: Received my key earlier than expected, and I'm quite pleased with the Sekai release.

Grisaia: I received my Kajitsu key, but I've been too busy with other VNs to finish Kajitsu (finished 2 routes and half of a route in the fan translated version). As I haven't finished Kajitsu, I'm in no hurry to read Meikyuu yet. I heard they censored Amane's route, though, so I'll have to re-install the fan translation to read that properly, not happy about that. I don't care about the porn (and am actively angry about Michiru's second H-scene taking away from an otherwise great scene in the original).

Narcissu 10th: Received Himeko's Epilogue key some time ago, earlier than I expected, but I've kept myself from reading it because it's been so long since I've read N2 that I'm not even sure who Himeko was anymore. Looking forward to the stories that aren't direct continuations, though.

Root Double: The only one I'm dissatisfied with. The early parts of the Kickstarter reeked of a lack of effort from Sekai's side, and the KS almost failed because of it. I'm glad I'm getting free extra stuff out of it, but come on. Nakazawa deserved better than this.
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>>14700105
So what you're saying is that you don't actually play most of the things you buy, and you don't care what timeframe they're finished in.

You could just put your money in a pile and burn it, you know.
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>>14700105
>WAS
Still no ETA for the voice acting, which they posted had been added when it had not.
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>>14700183
It's never coming. Hell, they're charging money for it on Steam and still refuse to say a word on when it will be finished.
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Retards responding to MG's survey confirmed.
>>>/vg/130566841
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>>14700210
That's not really surprising, see>>14699563
I wonder where all these people come from ? Reddit ?
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>>14700210
What do they expect from redditors?
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>>14700216
They're offering a free Steam key as a prize and it's being advertised on social media.
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>>14700210
Mangagamer's failure to identify themselves as a localization developer is on them as well, especially when their store has a bunch of shit in it that they have nothing to do with and send out e-mails advertising for other companies.
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>>14700181
I played Fault and Clannad. I also played Grisaia, but that was before I paid for it. (This is something I do more often; I tend to pirate stuff I don't know anything about and buy if I really like it.) Narcissu 10th isn't properly out yet (only an epilogue to a story I read ages ago, none of the actual stories) and neither is Root Double. I fully intend to play both, particularly the latter.

I fully agree that I was overeager in supporting WAS, though. What can I say, Sekai was new and not yet successful back then, and I wanted to support a new publisher in an industry that had not seen any decent releases in ages. I hadn't bought any official VN release for ages (save for Danganronpa 1 and 2), so I was glad anything remotely decent was being released. I wouldn't have backed it if I had known there were so many good releases to come.

As for not playing what I buy, the other VNs I bought around the same timeframe are Danganronpa 2, Virtue's Last Reward, Ame no Marginal and Gahkthun. I finished DR2 and Ame no Marginal, and am still reading Gahkthun; only VLR I dropped because it felt really underwhelming (I did start reading it). I play almost everything I buy, but it can take a while for me to get around to games because I have too much stuff to read and not enough time.
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>>14700227
Then why are you saying you're satisfied with the final product if you didn't even read half the shit on your list?
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2 questions for MG employees:
1) When does the survey end?
2) If I've already preordered Kindred Spirits and I win the free Steam key, can I have the prize in MG points instead?
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>>14700234
And apparently doesn't give a shit about all the things promised in the projects that are still yet to be fulfilled or were extremely delayed with no date currently in sight.
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>>14700238

Survey ends on the 12th. And yeah, we could probably do that for you if you wanted if you happened to win.
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>>14700234
Because a third of the list had its Kickstarter very recently, and that leaves only one game.
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>>14700105
I don't trust Sekai at all. 50% discount on all-ages grisaia and 0% discount on 18+ version.

They care so little of the adult scene that they don't even attempt to sell the games. It is just put them online and let all the "non-customers" buy it for full price if they really want icky stuff.

Maybe I should just pirate sekai games. It isn't like they even attempt to make it look like they want to sell to me.
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>>14700216

The nature of the survey is that it gets shared a lot on the shit like twitter, making it's way to the "casual" audience that isn't up on localization news.
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>>14700242
Care to do that math a second time, dumbass?
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>>14700246
Even if they are "casual" if you are interested in visual novel you will look up a bit for titles which are already translated or kickstarted before answering the survey. These peoples are dumbass not casual.
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>>14700241
Would have been amazing if the same worked for the bundle games that are utter trash. I think I have 5+ that I'm never ever going to use the key for.
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>>14700246

If they don't even know who MangaGamer is or what MangaGamer does, all this does is fill the survey with garbage answers (which is already happening, it seems). Although, this survey could be a good chance for them to advertise their brand.
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>>14700251
You can look at that like MG seems to have and call your audience idiots, or you can look at that and see how your brand is so fucked up that people don't even know what you are, what you do, or tell the difference between you and your competitors.

There are always going to be idiots, but a large part of this is on MG too their brand being a mess and them putting anything and everything in their store.
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>>14700255
So you'd prefer $5 worth of points?
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>>14700263
>putting anything and everything in their store.

It's not like Sekai's exactly selective either
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>>14700261
>Although, this survey could be a good chance for them to advertise their brand.

That is the secondary nature of it.
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>>14700261
If someone says they've never played a visual novel (or have only played Katawa Shoujo and the like), have never bought anything from MangaGamer, and suggest Clannad and MuvLuv, I think MG should throw their answers in the trash.
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>>14700263

Given these people are asking for the titles to be translated, it's doubtful they are aware of mangagamer OR it's "competitors" in order to confuse them, but rather simply casual enough that they are in the dark completely.
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>>14700272
Which is why people have a hard time understanding the differences between them when they're selling the same shit.
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>>14700283

That seems rather short-sighted.
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>>14700283

You guys do realize this isn't some kind of election where the winning titles get instantly licensed and if nothing in the top 10 is viable nothing gets licensed, right?
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I have 14 dildos in my ass as we speak.
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1: Trump
2: Trump
3: Trump

Make Eroge Great Again
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>>14700291
>>14700292
We already know Fate/stay night is going to take the top vote again. And I don't even think it means that people even like the genre, it's just them naming the only titles they've ever heard of. I'm curious what's beyond the top 10, but that's all MG cared to show last year. I get why they did, because competitors and getting peoples hopes up.
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>>14700314

Spoiler: If the top 10 were actually of interest(as in, titles that they're pursuing that aren't blindingly obvious), mangagamer wouldn't show them.
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>>14700314
>>14700327

It depends. I was thinking about doing a genre breakdown this year or something, but it depends on what I can get cleared to present.
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>>14700314
I wouldn't be too hard on the generic public when they don't know much about MangaGamer when the last time they did a survey like this, MangaGamer themselves didn't even know who their actual partners were.
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>>14700251
i think you underestimate just how casual some fans are. There's a bunch of people who don't necessarily care about VNs but want to see the original or complete version of their favorite anime if it had a shitty adaptation. These are the people voting for stuff like FSN.
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Since we're gonna tank this thread to the bump limit arguing over a vote tally that won't even really get used, let's look at a question that I believe may actually have a decent amount of influence going forward.

How did you vote, /jp/?
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Is it wise to show the results at all? Jast may be watching.
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>>14700333
That would be really cool.
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>>14700350
Same as you.
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Oh jesus christ.

Sekai Project updated their translation progress page.

They added a scrolling marquee.
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>>14700350
1080p and 4. I really can't read anything that's less than 600p these days no matter how good it is.
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>>14700357

If you're referring to jast getting flowers, that was pure coincidence.

If you're referring to jast doing anything at all, they're a mess right now.
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>>14700250
Sure thing, anon.

half the shit on [my] list = 6 / 2 = 3

a third of the list = 6 / 3 = 2

3 - 2 = 1

Care to make any corrections?

>>14700350
1920x1080 and 0. I don't care whether or not the graphics are pretty as long as they are sufficient for illustrating whatever the story wants them to illustrate. I'm entirely fine with 640x480 games.
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>>14700366

>October:
>Currently episode.03 is 7.39% done in translations

>November:
>The translator has stated it'll take 4 months to get the episode translated.

>February
>WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03 Progress: 10.90%

>Total progress in 4 months, 3.5%

LOL Sekai project
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>>14700386

That's slower than DC3 isn't it?
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>>14700350
I voted exactly the same as you. While I don't mind 800x600 or 1024x768 too much, 1280x720 above is just much more pleasant to play. It takes something a top tier game to play 640x480 or below (e.g. something like YU-NO).

On a side note, the more VNs I play the more I appreciate character sprites, especially for non-nukige; I'd take better sprites over more CGs these days.
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>>14700384
Yeah, you're double counting Narcissu, shit for brains.
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>>14700392
Yep, and WEE3 is around 5% the size of DC3. That's around the pace of 100 lines a week.
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>remove DRM from almost everything over the past year
>people still bitching about DRM
https://twitter.com/Good_Haro/status/694260814866419712
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>>14700400
How so?
1. Fault - played it *
2. Clannad - played it *
3. Grisaia - played it *
4. Narcissu - KS ended late November **
5. Root Double - KS ongoing **
6. WAS - did not play ***

* the half I played
** the ones with recent kickstarters
*** the one remaining game

>>14700240
Forgot to respond to this. Indeed, I do not care about rewards I did not pledge for. In general, I do not care about stuff that does not affect me. I got what I pledged for; should I be dissatisfied that random other backers didn't get their fancy extras? Root Double is the only one which I backed for more than just the game, but even then I wouldn't care if the physical products end up being delayed for who knows how long; I only really care about the game, the rest of the money is just to support Nakazawa and the release.
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>>14700386
Well this is from the translator that took 3 months to read the first two episodes of WEE when they are combined like 10 hours long.
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dovac PRing again.
>backend is fixed if anyone cares about tl status ~_~ not sure why people demand such updates...
https://twitter.com/Good_Haro/status/694259041086873601
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>>14700439
>3. Grisaia - played it *
So when you said you hadn't played Sekai's release, you meant that you had played Sekai's release.

I can see how you might think that if you were a pants shitting retard.
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>>14700438
I did mention DRM in the comment field, though I also mentioned MangaGamer was heading in the right way with their DRM-free releases. MangaGamer has had intrusive DRM in the past, and I consider it important that they don't go back to shitty DRM.
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>>14700451
I want the Lilith games to become DRM free. And I'm not likely to order hard copies of nukige, since that could cause issues if my roommate or neighbors accidentally get my mail again.
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>>14700333

What genres would you break it down into though? moege/nukige/"real deal"/yuri/bl/otome/other?
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>>14700447
Anon, I understand you are most likely unfamiliar with paying for things you like, but please try to understand that it is possible to buy games even after you've played them, and that you still support the developers this way.

I have unopened copies of games on my shelf, because I wanted to support the developers of games I already played (generally via piracy). Nothing forces me to play the specific copies of games I bought after having played a pirated copy.
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>>14700468
Probably the genres listed in the genre section of the form.
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>>14700438
>>14700444

/ghts/ good haro twitter status

well, that pengiun retweet was pretty cute I guess
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>>14700475

That's be fucking terrible.
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>>14700468

I dunno yet, depends on what the data looks like.
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>>14700480
It's not like we don't stalk what doddler's doing on a daily basis.
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>>14700474
You already convinced me you shit your pants daily. Stop trying.
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>>14700460

I have a feeling lilith will stay DRM no matter what. If I recall, lilith was going to be a big part of that failed anime section of the site and aside from the initial fallout that destroyed that idea, one of the other reasons that hasn't moved forward is they can't find a way to DRM up the lilith h-ovas to their satisfaction.
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>>14700474
First, if it doesn't matter to you, then they could've taken a shit on your doorstep and apparently you'd be happy because their product doesn't matter to you.

Second, you're saying that you don't give a shit about the other two games promised in the KS.

You are terminally retarded.
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>>14700333
I wonder how many people actually wanted to list nukige but ended up putting real deal titles instead because they seem more important or something.
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>>14700583
Well, i did.
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>>14700539
>I got what I wanted
>I wanted nothing

This is SP's core audience.
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>>14700583
Personally I never understand why they should be mutually exclusive. I mean if you can throw in bad porn in story VNs, why can't you throw in good porn? Same with nukige that has good porn, why can't they match up with a story.
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>>14700539
Meikyuu and Rakuen? According to OP,
>Grisaia trilogy - 2nd title 75% translated
It'll be released before I've finished Kajitsu. What is there for me to complain about? If they still haven't released both by 2017, then I'll start complaining. For now, it seems I'll be getting what I paid for.
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>>14700583
I listed a nukige. And it covers the bases for being a good potential seller like Haruka does.
- Gameplay
- H-OVA
- High amount of sexual content
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>>14700593
well I initially was going to list 3 lilith and bishop games, but then I reconsidered and put ikusa megami and baldr sky down instead. it's a tough situation since nukige probably have a better chance of being picked up, but on the other hand as an eop you can get more enjoyment out of them untranslated anyway.
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>>14700616
>It'll be released before I've finished Kajitsu
You mean in infinite time because you're not playing it? So it doesn't matter if it's delayed 100 years, because you don't care, which makes it fine for everyone.

Again, you're terminally retarded if you don't see how stupid your stance is.
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I should have listed Imopara 2.
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>>14700616
>I have no complaints because I don't want to play the games I paid for

You're exactly the kind of whale SP wants.
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>>14700676

That's probably already happening.
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>>14700687
Meanwhile I'm whaling for MangaGamer because they have good customer focus. (Unless you post fan translations on their forum)

Not that I don't want to play the games I buy. It is just that I usually replace them with manga reading.
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>>14700676
You can go back and edit your responses.
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Everyone should vote for My Girlfriend Got Sniped by a Lesbian!? -Fuck Back Your Yuri Lover With Punishing Dick!!- in MG's poll.
The market needs more NTR.
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I wanted Rondo Duo.
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>>14700766
When I click the survey, it brings up a new one.
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>>14700648
I tend to stall games as my focus moves to other things, then resume them later. For example, I started Sharnoth back in May 2013, but didn't finish it until December 2015. I started I/O back when the translation was originally released, and I recently resumed reading it.

In some rare cases I even pick titles back up after dropping them; I started and dropped Inganock when it was released, and picked it up again some time ago, currently halfway through it with no sign of slowing down.

Considering how much I liked Grisaia, I'll inevitably resume it again at some point. That's also why I backed for all three games.
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>>14700790
Have you tried using your browser history to find the one you first accessed? I bookmarked mine in case I want to make changes to it.
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>>14700840
Yes, I tried reopening it through recently closed. Alas, it still brought up a new one.
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>>14700771
Wonder if an Elf title is out of the question. The parent company is still active under Silky's so I'd assume licensing isn't completely impossible.
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>>14700890

Not positive, but I think it only lets you edit if you're logged in to your Google account when you submitted the survey (it's not recording any account information in the results that I can see though, just fyi).
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>>14700890
>>14700933

You can edit without an account, it just won't won't direct you to the page with your entry's ID unless you actually tried to edit it before.

If you've edited it before search your browsing history for viewform?edit2= and it should pop up.
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>>14700933
The fact you're getting Nekopara requests makes me think casual fans think MG, J-ast, and Sekai are either all the same company or that who releases what is just completely random. That or a lot of people are just uniformed and stupid.
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>>14701220
>a lot of people are just uniformed and stupid
This is my guess.
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>>14699370
IMZ, Rance 03 and Amatsukaze.

MG should save Eushully games from that machine tl retard, its so sad to see people play with those "patches".
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>>14701220

I don't know how it's come to be, but it seems that mangagamer become the "coke" of eroge localization(that being the nature of people to say coke when presented with an unidentified soda).

I've seen starless, yumina, grisaia, and even the muvluv kickstarter all identified by people as mangagamer.
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>>14699370
White Album 2, Aiyoku no Eustia, Baldr Sky.
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The god of VN translation is asking for your opinion.
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>>14699370

Kamikaze Explorer!

Didn't bother putting anything else.
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>>14701348
>I've seen starless, yumina, grisaia, and even the muvluv kickstarter all identified by people as mangagamer.
Where do you find comments like this at? You can see the company logos on the title screens!
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>>14701415

nichegamer, siliconera, and dear old /v/
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SP's incompetence truly is comical.
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>>14701653
Four months on this guy.
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>>14701653
> TOEFL + JLPT
So new translators are ESLs AND are not native Japanese either? Sasuga SP.
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I hope you damn EOPs don't get anything you asked for. I don't want your grubby hands on my games.
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>So, what about katakana word localization—words that are completely made up and do not exist in any Earth language? Is there anything special we do when Romanizing those? One example that came up in the questions posted on the forums was EN’s “Haukke Manor” versus the JP’s ハウケタ御用邸 (Hauketa Goyotei lit. Hauketa Manor). Where did the “ta” sound go? Well...in fact...this was just a mistake on our part. The person who translated this (a guy, we’ll call him Mr. S, who is no longer with the company) probably just misread the katakana. That was back during 2.0 when we were extremely busy, and it just slipped under the radar. We only noticed it a few months after release, and by then it was too late...so...
Pro localization work right here
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>>14701705
> misread the katakana
Professional tier translators.
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>>14701653
>quit a month ago
>only announcing it now
>we now have three translators who have been working on it for a month
>it's now 11% done

So... if they started from scratch, they'll be finished around September.

And if they didn't start from scratch, based on their reported completion of 10.9%they'll be finished around 2050.

Unless a fourth translator quits, which would push it to 2150.
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>>14701653
At least it's not as bad as the Carpe Fulgur incident
>>
>>14701732
If WEE was as long as Trails SC, Sekai Project would burn through 50 translators.
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>>14701742
I hope that Zero no Kiseki fan TL project isn't shit since it doesn't seem like XSEED is gonna do it.
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>>14701732
>At least it's not as bad as the Carpe Fulgur incident

What incident?
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>>14701783
Editor tried to kill himself mid-project.
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>>14701705
I wonder if they realize if they had just patched it when they found it everyone would be used to it by now.
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>>14701907
I loved Rewrites common route but all the character routes were pretty boring/dumb to me.
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>>14701921
Everything was bad, I thought the common route was awful, like a worse version of normal key games, besides kotori /Akane I would have to say it was really really bad up till now.
And now that I'm in moon, I'm just freaking laughing at how its going for the deep multi-universe Idea.
Its fun but really what the hell was I reading for hours and hours. And What was the point of reading all that bad writing? Why didn't they just hire fucking romeo to write all of it????
>>
I want Good Haro to spit in my mouth and call me names
>>
Is romeo just having fun doing whatever he wants at this point, like the other's were just like"yeah this sucks, please do something" . Because that's how I feel after how much this vn changed.
>>
Noticed SP's trying to cannibalize MangaGamer's sales by releasing their yuri game a few days before MG's. Which they've probably been holding back specifically for this. Real bitch-ass practice, you never saw other VN publishers pull this shit before SP came along. It was about the consumers. Thankfully it's not going to work, because they don't have the benefit of Steam. Try as they might, they can never defeat a company with scruples. They fail to realize that people might actually consider supporting them if they weren't such scumbags...
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>>14702338
You've probably put more thought into their release schedule than SP has. This just seems like more of their typical method of stealth releasing their games whenever with no promotion.
>>
>>14702359
Riiiight, they ran to license yuri games after MG did, and now completely accidentally announced to release them same month after MG did.
>>
>>14702338
I'm with >>14702359 on this one. I hesitate to believe dovac is smart enough to think of something like this.
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>>14702378
I was about to reply that they were all announced at the same time at AX 2015, but looking up the edit history on VNDB reveals Sacrament Sheep and Atom Grrrl were actually BOTH announced BEFORE Yurirei. Your post makes zero sense.
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>>14702464
>announced BEFORE Yurirei
Because Yurirei is not first MG's yuri title and not the one which made yuri popular among localization companies, moron.
>>
And another weak SP conspiracy.
>>
>>14701933
You realize Romeo wrote most of the common route, right? Not that it matters if you're reading it through the shit-smeared goggles of Ixrec.
>>
Let it be known that I, an anonymous of /jp/, on this rare occasion, would not be opposed to a second vntls this week should someone deign to create one.
>>
Even if it's something /jp/ already knew, I'm kind of surprised at the candidness of that answer. You don't usually see big official answers talk about other companies' plans
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>>14702464
The licensing isn't odd, it's that Sekai suddenly announced that Sacrament Sheep is releasing a week before Kindred Spirits and that Atom Grrrl (both denpa and Steam) could launch this month as well. This randomly happening the same month MG had already announced it was releasing Kindred Spirits seems unlikely.
>>
Bishoujo Mangekyou -Norawareshi Densetsu no Shoujo-

146,9 kB/710 kB (20,7%)

https://euphemictranslation.wordpress.com/2016/01/30/update-3/
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>>14703534
You would think it'll be faster since Finns have English as a 2nd and 3rd language.
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Holy shit. Their bad tastes.
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>>14703542
>English as a 2nd and 3rd language.
English (US) and English (UK) you mean?
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>>14703542
20% in three weeks. I'll take it. I've been waiting for someone to do Biman for a long time.
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>>14703551
Yes.
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>>14703554
SEIBAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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>>14703558
>>14703554
Those abs...
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>>14703534
Nice
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>>14703534
This will be so bad.
>>
Order Number - 163154
Order Date - 2016-02-03
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>>14703880
270 in 36 hours?
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>>14703885
If those were the numbers posted then, then yes. I copy/pasted my numbers directly from MG's site.
>>
Regardless of how bad of a company sekai project is, i like how they do random non visual novel doujin games like Rabi-ribi.

Its actually really fun and good at burning time.
>>
>>14704166
I still pirated it, would support the original developer if they didn't publish with them.
>>
He's still going at it!
http://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/12967-mangagamers-new-licensing-survey/?do=findComment&comment=369481
>I know Himawari is supposed be such that that super great lolige - too bad I'm not into that
>>
>>14704371
>he

Well, it's good to see that even that fucker is getting chewed out by fuwa. I wonder if this makes them better than reddit.
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>>14692751

Order Number - 163093
Order Date - 2016-02-02 15:02:29
>>
New RD tiers.

The new tiers are:
$40 - PSVita early bird limited to 250
$50 - PSVita
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>>14704672
So, basically I can spend 40/50 dollars for hopes, dreams and eventually disappointment?
>>
>>14704807
You can spend that for the last vita deal. This vita deal won't happen unless next kickstarter bring in extra money.
>>
>>14704823
SP has been trying for literally years now to get Sony's approval to put games on the Vita and still doesn't have it. It's not going to happen, as usual, and two years from now, they'll offer refunds to anybody who's still around, with no effort put in on their parts besides sending a few e-mails and then shrugging.
>>
>>14705011
They were just approved for Vita. It's on the Grisaia KS page
>>
>>14705030
They got approval for NA. Now they have to move onto their next excuse.
>>
>>14705030
No. They have approval to submit a build.

And if you think being a licensed developer for Vita means anything, maybe you should have a look at all the mobage shit and trash that's officially available. Think about how long it took them to reach the same level as the developers of PenguinParty, QuizQuizQuiz, and Snake.
>>
>>14705077
Literally all that means is that they finally got around to filling out this form.
https://partners.playstation.com/apex/PO_AccountAppliPTR?lang=en
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Root Double is funded. Dovac can't be stopped.
>>
SP WON
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>>14705220
Yep. That's why internet scams still exist. There are suckers born every minute, will to shell out money for promises that will obviously never come.
>>
>self-fund a game
>wonders why it got funded

???
>>
remember that Kickstarter means you can pirate it since they are already breaking even and dont need profit from sales.
>>
>>14705446
Not to mention you probably aren't even a customer to begin with. Steam people are the only customers for Sekai.
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>>14705463
Nah. People who buy their games but don't want to play them are SP's true customer base.
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>>14705487
Sounds like Steam people, alright.
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Poor Dovac. I hope takes a break to spend a few grand on Star Citizen.
>>
>>14705220
Can't wait to remove my multiple 1k+ pledges at the last minute and making it fail.
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>>14705618
Won't be enough unless you've got 10k+ pledged.
>>
>>14705446
While you are clearly joking, I hope that in the future we can move towards a model like this. It makes so much more sense to financially support projects as they are being created than it does to throw money at the developers (well, at least you hope it reaches them, a lot of it goes to publishers and salespeople and sometimes none of it reaches the devs) hoping they will make more things you like. The current model of purchasing something after development is only a necessity due to the current model which does not allow customers to fund until after production has completed.
>>
>>14705706
Aaeru pls

Go the fuck away
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>>14705618
Even IF you happened to be the one person who donated all 15K in pledges at 1k and above (which I highly fucking doubt) there are nearly two full days left to give a large buffer for even that. Kickstarters get a ton of funding in their last two days, more so once people see it's clearly funded and they will get their product.

Face it, you are one salty JOP.
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>>14705706
I always wanted buying video games to have all the inconvenience and unpredictability of renovating my bathroom.
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>>14705740
Aaeru is already dead, anon.
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>>14705825
What about cudder?
>>
>>14705875
Still shitposting all over /vn/
>>
>>14705220
I'm happy for Lemnisca, glad it worked out for them. I didn't join the kickstarter, but will buy it when it actually releases.
>>
>>14703534
Wow, my favorite nukige is finally getting a TL project?

>1. Translation: I basically translate the title to English from Finnish
what da fugggg
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>>14706595
Yeah, a Finnish translation was finished a few weeks ago.

I know, I know. But I'll take what I can get.
>>
>>14705706
Sure, we should move all forms of art and media to patreon.
>>
>>14706623
Like the actual patronus system of old.
>>
>>14706621
>But I'll take what I can get.

Might as well just use machine translation if you're that desperate and care that little about having an accurate experience of the game.
>>
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/593221036/451852118780303007/

Why is JAST so bro?
>>
>>14706730
MT isn't really comprehensible though.
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>>14706732
> evasive non-comitting promise from people who are known for breaking solid promises, provided with specific dates
> bro
What.
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>>14706742
They're talking about toilets. Please understand English slang.
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>>14706730
>Might as well just use machine translation if you're that desperate and care that little about having an accurate experience of the game.

Machine translations are barely readable. Though the game will be twice removed from the source material it, at the very least, will be in legible English.

I'm not crazy about it but I much prefer having a twice filtered experience then having a nonsense experience or no experience at all.

If you think a four hour nukige's narrative is a sacred thing then you're free not to play anything.
>>
http://mangagamer.org/kindredspirits/

Who lesbo demo here?
>>
>mfw they couldn't even get enough people to the thundercrap page so they have use multiples
>>
>>14706732
>After we're finished with releasing Seinarukana
What a relief, I'll have enough time to beat Half-Life 3 by then.
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