Visual Novel translation status Amagami - 1st day patch Released

Official work

MangaGamer
>Beat Blades Haruka - released
>Tokyo Babel - 3/31 release
Higurashi Hou -Watanagashi released
Bokuten - 79% translated, 50% edited
>Da Capo 3 - 80% translated, 78% edited
>OZMAFIA - 100% translated and edited, in scripting
>House in Fata Morgana - 100% translated, 75% edited
Myth - 94% translated, 81% edited
My Boss Wife is My Ex - In testing
>Kuroinu - Being released as 3 seperate chapters, 23% TL 18.13% edited
Supipara - Ch 1 in testing
Himawari - TL and editing finished, in scripting
Umineko - Picked up
>Negai no Kakera - 43% translated
Princess Evangile W Happiness - 25.36% translated, 10.6% edited


JAST
>Flowers - demo released, delayed
Sumeragi Ryoko - Beta, in preorder
Sonicomi - Summer release
Seinarukana- in preorder, in beta
Sweet Home - 66% translated
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
>Trample on Schatten- Translation 86%
Django - Waiting on translation.


Sekai/Denpa
>Atom Grrrl - released
Root Double - Kickstarter succeeded, planned March release
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
>Grisaia trilogy - 2nd title 100% translated, in editing
Narcissu 3rd - TL+Editing done
Narcissu 0 - in TLC
>WEE 3 - 33.79% translated
Nenokami - 40.85% translated
Mayoi Hitsuji no Kajuen - 100% translated
>Darekoi - 15.63% translated
Kokonoe Kokoro - picked up
Memory's Dogma - Kickstarter reached goal
Chrono Clock - Picked up
Tenshin Ranman - Picked up
Witch Boy - Kickstarter failed
Wagamama High Spec - 2016 release
Hoshizora no Memoria - picked up



Other
>Magical Eyes - 3/31 release
Harmonia - Through Steam GL
Little Busters - Picked up
Tomoyo After - Picked up
Muv Luv Trilogy - Extra release in March, Unlimited by early May
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 - 5754/10293 (55.9%) lines translated
Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra - Kickstarter succeeded
Zero Time Dilemma - 2016 release
Moujuutsukai to Ouji-sama - Kickstarter started
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>100% of the fan translation is Fuwalation machine TLs

Pack it in. Fantranslation is dead.

>>14881602
You forgot the 100% TL and edit of Tatarigoroshi. Wonder why they didn't bother with intermediate progress updates for this one? Then again Watanagashi had its progress frozen for the longest time before a sudden jump.

Haruka was pretty shit. I regret buying it

I just want root double to be out already. I'm impatient

>Irotoridori no Sekai - 3101/50663 (6%) lines translated

Why.

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Despite everything going against it, it seems like Haruka is a success, and is on track to continue being such. I would estimate that it is currently nearing 1k sales, if it has not broken that barrier already.

It would also appear that /jp/'s assumptions that the steamkey fraud was propelling terrible oelvns into the top 5 might have had some truth to them. Mangagamer's present top 5 is a much better looking group.

Top 5 Ranking: http://pastebin.com/A1mtvpwY
Popularity Sort: http://pastebin.com/3QWJV1D2
Full Data Point List: http://pastebin.com/e0y0LKEZ

As always, this tracker is powered by anonymous like you, so post order numbers if you've got em'.

>>14882011
Order Number - 166661
Order Date - 2016-03-05 16:36:03

>>14882011

Nukige sold well, absolutely noone surprised.

>>14882011
well the terrible oelvns were on steam

Haruka is highly rated and the whole Alicesoft/Buy Rance factor worked.

if they try to pull Escalayer next it probably won't be as effective

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Mahoyo winning dem polls.

Do we get a ride on the speculation train for Anime Boston, Haro?

Or no hints because it's just one title?

Seinarukana soon!

>>14881982

Why not.

>>14881982
Slow and steady wins the race

>>14882502
Don't believe Jast's lies.

>>14882112
Some retards spammed links to polls across all typemoon-faggot dens, like its something that Matters.
https://www.reddit.com/r/typemoon/comments/4912r5/vote_mahoyo_in_the_vn_translation_contest/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fatestaynight/comments/490j60/conjueror_on_twitter_quarterfinals_match_4/ and so on.

>>14882502
Unfortunately soon in jast terms means sometime between now and the heat death of the universe, probably.

>>14882011
>It would also appear that /jp/'s assumptions that the steamkey fraud was propelling terrible oelvns into the top 5 might have had some truth to them. Mangagamer's present top 5 is a much better looking group.

That isn't entirely true. The fraud involved reselling steam keys. Which means there were real buyers out there looking for a discount session on these games.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume 50% of the fraud money could have been gotten through a discount sale. And the amount of sales would probably be near the same. (Obviously a fraud person would not hesitate to buy more games than he can resell)

I want to put my penis into a real-life ninja!

>>14882143
Lot's of sisters anon. It's pretty much confirmed that MG already has ImoPara 2 license

>>14883037
It would fit in with Anime Boston being the nukiege announcing platform that its always been.

Personally, I would prefer something more ChuableSoft, just so that we find out if they didn't end up going to SP.

>>14883037
Whatever happened with the fan TL project?

I hope this year's MG poll results get posted soon.

Also, have all the kinks been worked out of MG's new payment processor yet? I saw that the point system is supposed to be working again, but were there any other issues?

>>14883037
>imouto
>cowtits everywhere
Why.

>Bishoujo Mangekyou - 256,7 kB/710 kB (36,2%)

>>14883189
Nobody cares about your garbage 'translation', Arcadeotic

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25 days left

>>14883262
Eat a dick, insem.

>>14883162
I hope they filter out things that are already translated / confirmed impossible so we can have actual interesting results.

>>14883268
They won't do that most likely. They wouldn't want JAST or Sekai to see the list of actually viable titles. They said they might post the most popular genres though, or something.

>>14883208
And they say moderation team isn't full of redditors, hah.

>>14883268
>I hope they filter out things that are already translated
I believe it was mentioned that they were going to try that this time around.

>>14882112
WA2 is significantly better than Mahoyo though.

Why would anyone vote for that shit game?

>>14883162

I was supposed to get the results post up this week but I've been behind. It shouldn't be much longer.

There are a couple bugs with the processor still but they'e pretty rare. Support can get most issues worked out immediately if anything doesn't work right though.

>>14883037
Wasn't ImoPara that anime with the crazily shaking screen? Still no idea who would greenlight porn that is impossible to watch unless under the influence of heavy mind-altering drugs.

>>14883485
The adaptation is irrelevant. The VN was top notch.

Flowers delayed for more QC. Probably the only time a JAST delay has been met with relief. I'm actually quite impressed at how they dealt with the criticisms and the steps they took to correct it. Of course not fucking up in the first place would've been better but it is what it is.

Tokyo Babel is available for preorder and Higurashi chapter 3 translated and edited. I guess they're going faster after the slow sales of chapter 2.

>>14883514
What I find poor is that they steal the title, without having a translator for it. They could have given it to MangaGamer and had a launch at about the same time.

Hopefully they actually learn that JAST is not a speed option to get more games translated.

>>14883631
>JAST
>speed option
AHAHAHAHA

>>14883631
Well, JAST and MG are competitors even if there are some overlap in freelancers. There is no way they are going to get a license for a VN at a hefty cost and then give it to MG.

>>14883659
Maybe he meant that if Innocent Grey hoped to launch earlier by going with JAST, that was a mistake, and they should've just licensed it to MG, since it would still probably have launched at around the same time.

>>14883680
Ah, thanks for the correction. I can see that.

>>14883631

Maybe they went to JAST because of poor sales at MG. I don't see anything to support the idea that they went to JAST to release shit quicker.

>>14884137
That makes no sense either. Publisher does not change how much you sell. But it would make sense if they wanted to sell hard copies and MG is too afraid of printing them.

Anyone have a guide to Gahkthun's choices for the bonus scenes?

>>14884137
Flowers is going on Steam, so it would've sold well regardless.

>>14884486
Scream and cry
Run away
Radiance
Reach out my hand

Do as he was told
Mourn his wife

Endure his urges
Scream for help

Say Nothing
Explain himself

Tell his lover
Give up entirely

Suspect a prank
Draw her weapon

Speak with him one more time
I loved you

Chapter 8 No Choices

Return to his sculpture
Continue carving

Forgive her sister
To forgive

Chapter 11 No choices
Chapter 12 No choices

Radiance
Reach out my hand

>>14884557
Thanks. Is this listed somewhere?

>>14884450
>Publisher does not change how much you sell.
Actually it does. JAST's connection to J-list and its advertising presence gives all of JAST's releases a boost.

>>14884704
I wrote down what choices unlocked scenes for me when I played Gahkthun. I keep choice logs for games I've played. I've posted Gahkthun's in a couple threads prior.

>>14884709
Is JAST's usual audience into something like Flowers though? It's an all-ages episodic yuri game that isn't even complete in Japan yet.

Sekai Project seems to be in quite a pickle lately. Atom grrrl and the latest Sunrider have poor reviews on steam. Coupled with the fact that they canceled a Kickstarter recently and are handing out refunds. My suspicions that they're going to go in to bankruptcy soon. Remember that Dovac said they started the year in the red so I'm guessing they haven't been paying staff either.

>>14884738
You can be in the red for many years and still be in business (see Amazon). That said, their kickstarter money seems to be slowing down. While the VNs are still getting funded, it's not as much nor as quickly as before. Their old kickstarters not only got funded within the week (if not days) but they also reached many of the stretch goals. Now they're even lucky if they get funded in the first place (usually by the last few days of the kickstarter). Never mind the stretch goals.

>>14884738
>believing Dovac's lies about how everyone needs to give him money now

>>14884723
>I keep choice logs for games I've played.

I bet that didn't work with KnS.

>>14884770
There are only so many kamige that can be licensed and kickstarted. Root Double was a well-regarded vn, but it barely scraped by.

Libra of the Vampire Princess had more mass appeal, plus people were interested in getting a new player in the western market.

>>14884784
I've never played that one. And if I do, I'll use a guide from the start.

>>14884709
I doubt j-list and their ads can even compare to the information hubs people use.

After all, we are talking about people who click on banners. Banners for porn. People who never bought eroge before (or for some reason forgot where they last bought from).

>>14884796
SP got all sorts of shit funded that nobody in the West has ever heard of. WAS, fault milestone one, Memory's Dogma, etc. Even got an OELVN (people sure as shit looked down on those) funded too. It's because retarded kickstarter users thought SP was the god of English localization and that by funding anything SP threw at them, they were "helping" the community. At least they're getting a little smarter by now. Well, except that one guy that funded a bunch of SP kickstarters, never played the games to ascertain their translation quality, but was left satisfied at what little he got.

>>14884738
Looking at their stuff on steamspy it doesn't seem like that could be possible unless they're stupid enough to give out full wages like they said they do.
So they are either going to last for a rather long time or Dovac is going to run away with all the money.

>>14882011
Order Number - 166910
Order Date - 2016-03-07

It looks like the Engrish on the order page has been fixed. And for once my CC company didn't flag an order from MG as suspicious, it went through no problem for the first time ever.

White Album 2 - 30690/70253 (43.68%) lines translated

>>14884738
>Remember that Dovac said they started the year in the red so I'm guessing they haven't been paying staff either.
That's not how being in the red works for companies.

Being in the red means your expenses are greater than your revenue. This is normal for a growing company and there is no problem as long as there is some outside source of income such as investors or loans. It does NOT mean they do not have enough money to cover expenses; it just means the money does not come from revenue. (Naturally, staying red for too long and not showing signs of improving will make whoever is providing the outside funding lose their trust in the company, which is when shit hits the fan. But it's perfectly normal for companies to remain in the red for years; MangaGamer was likewise in the red for years.)

>>14884852
SP also has to deal with the fact that they can easily be cut out of the equation, as more Japanese companies are doing. Not that hard for a Japanese company to start a kickstarter, find a translator, or get a game on steam. Though that situation could improve significantly if they get through to Sony for console releases, or improve some if they build up Denpasoft to be a meaningful distribution platform.

Sora o Aogite Kumo Takaku is up on Greenlight, being done by the Japanese company. Probably too much to hope for any improvement from them over Kagura Douchuuki

>>14885322

The English on the Steam page doesn't really inspire much confidence.

>>14882011
Order Number - 166927
Order Date - 2016-03-07 10:12:48

Apparently Aroduc's translating.

>>14885401
He's bad at it.

>>14885414
At what.

>>14885417
Exactly.

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SteamSpy is once again a joke. Just a few days ago PE said it have several thousand sales.

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Tokyo Babel looks pretty epik

>>14885842
Aside from the voice cast(Hanakana), I'm not really too interested in tokyo babel.
Conjueror even said its worse than ayakashibito, which I still didn't finish. If Tokyo babel does badly, Pygmalion is probably going to do badly as well. I wonder why they went for the 2-for-1 chuuni.

Glorious Ixrecese from MuvLuv, via re-translation team:
> 白陵に入る前、あそこの体育祭は激しすぎて救急車が待機しているなんて伝説があったが......。
> I even heard that the ambulance couldn't get here right away because another athletic festival went just as badly......
> A dream about me waking up as usual,{t}{n}and seeing something I didn't want to see.{c}
> いつも通り朝起きる夢なんて、{t}見たくないモンの筆頭だ。{c}

Man, its truly astonishing that some people claim MuvLuv tl is not machine-tier.

>>14885945
I guess that guy asking for new ixrec mistranslations wish he hadn't.

>>14885909
Steam bux. Ayakashibito might be possible if they can licensed the all-ages version.

Pygmalion has a female protag and yuri tones, so it might have a slightly different demographic than Tokyo Babel does.

>>14885945
Has Ixrec just given up these days?

Rant, rant, rant.

Is this enough to make a contribution to this thread?

>>14886185

The entire point of this thread is bitching and following tl drama.

>>14885909
>>14885842
I am interested in Tokyo Babel, but MangaGamer made the mistake of releasing it in the same month as Root Double. Unless Root Double gets delayed, I won't be buying Tokyo Babel because I'm already reading Root Double. By the time I'll be done with Root Double there will be other more notable releases.

>>14886615
And we all know VNs lose all value if you don't read them on release date.

>>14886620
>By the time I'll be done with Root Double there will be other more notable releases.
But yes, for a company, first day/week sales are more important than long tail sales. And I won't be buying it in the first week at the very least.

>>14886615
Nice try, dovac.

>>14886615
How slowly do you read?
What else is even coming out in the near future?
SP: Nothing (not counting RD)
JAST: Delayed forever
MG: Himawari? But we don't know if it's next. Might be supipara or something.

>>14886615
Didn't root double get delayed?

>>14881602
>Kuroinu - Being released as 3 seperate chapters, 23% TL
Does that mean we get the first part at ~33% TL?

>try to order something from MG
>declined, not enough money
>can't modify order, cancel button doesn't work

Haro pls.

>>14886967
Send mail to [email protected]
GH doesn't even have access to payment stuff

Wait, if Haruka sold around 1000 units, that's only 31k revenue.
SP makes kickstarters where they get a lot more, so what's the deal?

>>14887042

What are you asking?

Why does SP claim to require so much money to translate various games? That's easy, lies.
Why does SP get so much money? That's a mystery.
"How can mangagamer be making a profit?" That's easy, arunaru got paid 15k to translate haruka.

>>14887054
more like 8k

>>14887078

I don't think even mangagamer would lowball that hard for 2.7mb. Not to mention he supposedly got extra for that expedited translation.

>>14887087
Where the hell did you hear he got paid extra for going so fast?

>>14887042
SP has the shilling and steam versions going for them. Even then they apparently aren't making a profit on it all if we are to believe dovac, which is really what matters for a company in the long run.

>>14886629
I doubt Root Double's getting released this month. Haven't heard anything about its status in a while and Sekai's late with just about every kickstarter delivery estimate.

>>14886950
No, the 23% is only for chapter 1.

>>14886615
Root Double doesn't even have any choices. You supposedly just pick the characters emotions, which sounds stupid.

>https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/706907626920091649

>>14885712
If the game has sold less than 30k the numbers are not very reliable.

>>14888480
MG poll results. Thanks anon.

>>14888480
>For those of you who put Umineko in 35th place: it shouldn’t be too much longer!

MG will make 2 new announcements at Anime Boston.

>>14888480
>interest in hardcopies waning––though, despite that you will be seeing several new games on our convention tables this year.

Those who want physical VNs are fucked. They'll probably drop them in 5 years.

>>14888480
>So, where’s that leave us
>'s

>>14888480
Fantasy, eh? Wonder what it could be.

>>14888521

English, do you speak it?

>>14888530
Please, be Demonion.

>>14888530
Rance

>This year’s new option, translation quality, being seemingly a rather minor concern for most coming in at 6th place

Speed translations by Indonesians, when?

>1. Rance Series ↑6
>2. Baldr Series ↑1
>3. Sono Hanabira Series NEW!
>4. Dies Irae NEW!
>5. Fate/Stay Night ↓4
>6. White Album 2 ↑3
>7. Shin Koihime Musou ↓1
>8. Majikoi Series ↓6
>9. Aiyoku no Eustia NEW!
>10. Diabolik Lovers NEW!

lol

>So, where’s that leave us for the year ahead? Well, there were a few hints peppered in the analysis above, but we can give you a few more morsels to chew on: continuations and sequels certainly are in vogue these days, so you might want to keep your ears tuned for some spirited additions and some double trouble.

What could it be?

>And lastly: we’ll be having not one, but two special guests at Anime Expo this year. Whoever could they be~

So Doddler and ????

>>14888543
>What could it be?
White Album2

>>14888514
They've always been fucked since MG force them to double buy or wait with fingers crossed.

Besides hard media is probably going to be gone for most of the PC market in 5 years.

>>14888543
>continuations and sequels certainly are in vogue these days, so you might want to keep your ears tuned for some spirited additions and some double trouble.
Finally the Ecchi Mery sequel we've all been waiting for.

>>14888531
Yes, I do. Saying "Where is that leave us" makes zero sense. The correct verb to use here is "does".

>>14888558

It's short for does. Google "where's"

>>14888530
Tokeidai no Jeanne

>>14888549
Kindred Spirits hardcopy and something about twins.

>>14888549
Imopara 2

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>>14888562
I can't believe I fell for that and actually googled it.

>>14888581
Ti9, please, do you really have to shitpost even this?

>>14888588
I prefer the name milf autist.

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>>14888581
I can't believe I'm falling for this either but here we are.

I'm interested in a comparison of Kindred Spritis and Tokyo Babel sales later. My gut feeling is that porn should vastly outsell regular story VN.

>>14888602
Maybe in a very informal setting. Either way not something you'd use in an article.

>>14888623
Tokyo Babel doesn't have the same novelty as Kindred Spirits and won't get the same promotion. I doubt it sells as well as Kindred Spirits.

>>14888549
If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't.

>>14888623
Don't base on Steamspy numbers, those are very unreliable.

>>14888543
>the majority of respondents demonstrated a moderate preference for HD graphics (one of our unannounced projects might particularly enticing to this crowd, no joke).

>>14888543
>So Doddler and ????
Doddler and Arunaru are the guests.

Before AX, there is AB. Guessing time.

http://mangagamer.org/announcements/

>>14889275
Trash nobody cares about.

What do I win?

>>14889323
A lifetime membership to fuwa.

>>14889275
If Haro is still here, are all the clues in the survey results for these two games?

>>14889756
Yes.

>>14889759
Thank you, that makes it easier to guess. It also means that each game should have at least 2 or three clues for it.

Thinking about it, Imouto Paradise 2 doesn't technically have twins in it does it? So Evenicle makes more sense for ears, double and fantasy.

>>14886615
> Buying Root Double.
> Supporting SP instead of based MG.
> Supporting literal kikes.

Holy shit you're awful. If anyone BUT SP published it I'd be agreeing with you, but nope.

>>14889799
Evenicle makes absolutely zero chance when it comes to shit that is realistic.

>>14889799
Imouto Paradise does have twin characters. The somewhat loli girls, though they look older in the sequel.

>>14882011
Order Number - 166507
Order Date - 2016-03-04 18:43:15

>>14886615
Just pirate RD

>>14889799
Imouto Paradise 2 is a fantasy come true that has twins that wear cat and bunny ears in the game.

Money on the two games being ImoPara 2 and Aiyoku no Eustia (HD).

>>14889829
This. SP doesn't deserve support. Give Takumi Nakazawa a hug if you enjoy it, though.

Was RD delayed, or is it on track for some nebulous day this month?

>>14889815
Look at the girls in the sequel, they don't look like twins at all any more(in fact, since each girl has a different mother none of them can be twins.). It could still be that, but I want to think its something else.

>>14889836
I doubt its Eustia, since Haro would have listed it as a new partner like last year.

>>14889849
Besides, Eustia is Conjueror's secret project.

It's obviously Toushin Toshi III

There's more than two titles being hinted at though, being in the know.

>>14889756

No.

>>14889842
They're the daughters of the twins. It also makes sense about a sequel with double trouble. It's the next generation.

The clues most likely mean Kindred Spirits hardcopy and Imouto Paradise 2. No major announcements happen at Anime Boston.

>>14889836
Eustia's a no-go, since AX and Otakon are where the major announcements happen.

>>14889873
They usually just announce hard copies whenever. If they announce it at Anime Boston, it'll be a side thing rather than one of the two announcements advertised.

>>14890113
Last year No, Thank You's hard copy was a con announcement so its not like they haven't done them at cons.

Is Denuvo going to kill eroge fan translations too?

>>14890227
Can't kill something that's already dead.

>>14890257
Fuwalations have never been bigger, or more official.

>>14890227
Why would it?

Didn't you hear about the massive failure back in January with Akabeisoft3's DRM?

>>14889275

No comment on the hints but for that guy who's hoping for chuable soft signing on with mangagamer, you might have hope.

>And lastly: we’ll be having not one, but two special guests at Anime Expo this year. Whoever could they be~

https://twitter.com/twit_chu/status/705280047049912321

>>14890661
What about me?

>>14890669

You get nothing

>>14890661
Why would anybody Japanese go to Anime Expo? That's where Japanese guests get mistreated.

I wonder when the first translated kamige is coming out, either from MG or even anybody else.
*looking at subahibi*

>>14890992
Sengoku and Kichikuou Rance are translated

Taking stock:

Maria has one unknown title that she's working on.
Arunaru has one unknown title that he's working on. Not alicesoft.
Haro has two unknown titles that she's working on.
BDH has one unknown title that he's working on.
Conjueror supposedly has a title he's working on after his current "secret project". He hasn't said who it's for.
Kouryuu has made claims that he will finish DC3 by AX, which would leave him open for something.

Also, while the hints are vague enough to be not so useful(as we don't even know how many titles totals they're referring to, nor the total of new partners), I think I'd point out that haro marked up hint in purple and trouble in orange, which seems strange to do for no reason.

I don't really see anything pointing toward any of the lolige I was hoping for, but I didn't really hold much hope there anyway. Oh well. Maybe next year.

>>14891117
BDH is working on Shadows of Pygmalion.

>>14891117

"we can give you a few more morsels to chew on"
Chuable soft?

>>14891125
That may have just been a tease to through people off. They really don't want people to be able to guess before the titles are actually announced.

>>14891117
How about you eat my dick, you colossal faggot?

Now you're definitely not getting the Machina Chronicles.

>>14891124

https://twitter.com/BlackDragonHunt/status/688114961445343236

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The absolute madman strikes again

>>14891139
Who?

>>14891130

That does remind me. There's also:
>As for BB3 in the future… even post-behemoth, I wouldn't hold my breath for a number of reasons. The most important one is that SH Chara's engine by default is double-width unicode, so it needs to have some… stuff… hacked to it to make it display English correctly. The hacker who did that for BB1/2 is with MangaGamer now and wasn't returning any messages for fixing the few lingering issues with BB2. 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.

Mostly the
>MG and SHChara have been in touch with each other
might hold something of value, rather than the BB3 part.

>>14891154
the absolute madman

>>14891154
"No-name loli nukige" guy.

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>>14891117

Oh, and haro let this slip while she was ranting about a redditor ranting about people voting for BL.

Not that it's really a massive secret that her titles would be female-oriented though.

>>14891222
She's still busy with ozmafia I believe.

>>14891125
Or the return of Portion.

https://vndb.org/p1955

>>14891235

All she has left is counter edits. That'll be done by time con season starts.

>>14891117
If they actually had Orange Memories from Purple it would be cool. Not like I know if it is a good game, but I don't see Purple in the list of companies so it would be a new partner.

>>14891251

Purple Software's already in with sekai. Not that it means they can't shop around, but given that they gave dovac their latest title, it seems like if they were to do so they'd give mangagamer a more recent title.

>>14888480

I guess the idea to split up top requests according to genre didn't end up panning out.

What'd muvluv end up ranking this year?

>>14891139
>mfw even fuwa folks hate that guy

(*´∀｀*)

Flowers demo updated again.
https://twitter.com/jastusa/status/707109200766353408

>>14882041
is it not good? I remember fapping a ton to the ovas years ago.

>>14891681
It's a good if you like nukige.

>>14888543
Is Doddler even allowed in public? Aren't there children attending the expo?

>>14891822

He'd wouldn't be in the canadian reich anymore so I doubt they could stop him.

Not that it matters since I'm pretty sure that anonymous is kidding.

Doddler's "I'm not a pedo" argument would be better if his avatar wasn't a guy who fucks his loli aunt

>>14891922

What normie is going to know anything about chinese porn games?

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Is this Arial Black?

TFW sumaga TL announced when i was still in high school now i already graduate from university and working.

>>14892024

The font? It's something in the sans-serif family and arial seems pretty similar.

Why do you care about the font though, anonymous?

Are you one of those font-watcher people?

>>14892073
It's just a bizarre font choice and it looks "unprofessional" used in an actual game. Also the Diablo font for the system UI is pretty amusing, but I assume that's what it was like in the Japanese game.

KARAKARA looks set to fail, either because indiegogo is not as renown as Kickstarter or people are getting sick of SP's shit.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/karakara-a-new-visual-novel-by-industry-veterans#/

Sadly, I can't even tell if them succeeding is worse than them failing in this case, where it just gives them free money thanks to flexi-funding.

>>14892089
Why'd they go to Indiegogo again?

And the flexi-fund means they probably won't get much of a spike at the end right? It seems like they could have barely made it if it were on Kickstarter.

Well, it looks like it'll be 80-90% at the worst, so it's probably as good as funded.

>>14892069

I think sumaga is actually the oldest entry on the vntls, considering it's sat there for seven years straight.

>>14892076

What do you font-watcher people consider to be "professional"? I thought you all jizzed over shit like arial and helvetica

>>14892089
Indiegogo never raises high amounts of money. And their rates are much higher than KS.

>>14892116
>What do you font-watcher people consider to be "professional"?

Comic Sans MS.

>>14892098
The H-scenes, probably.

>Rance series
>Baldr series
>Sonohana series
>Dies Irae
>F/SN
>White Album 2
>Shin Koihime Musou
>Majikoi series
>Aiyoku no Eustia
>Diabolik Lovers
With games like DRAMAtical Murder, Key's titles, and Umineko getting honorable mention.

It's safe to say that any titles mentioned are either in the bag (Umineko, SonoHana, Rance), or impossible to license (White Album 2, Baldr, Majikoi).

>>14892617
>It's safe to say that any titles mentioned are either in the bag (Umineko

Are you stupid? MG announced Umineko last year.

>>14892757
I know it was announced already, which is why it's in the bag.

>>14892116
Arial is fine for essays, but it's weird for fiction. It's too formal.

>>14892834
They should find a font that looks like Bible text.

>>14892881
It should look like the original. A bible font would be a bad choice.

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>>14892902
What would be a good match for this font?

>>14892933
Any sans-serif font. Verdana, Tahoma, or one of the new fonts Microsoft introduced with Windows Vista.

If that isn't fancy for you, you can buy ``custom'' fonts for around $1000+.

>>14892617
F/SN is the only one on that list that doesn't seem possible.

>>14892098
I bet dovac went to Indiegogo so he can find out if he can finally get rid of kickstarter. Remember, they fucked him over once and he tried to crowdfund on his own site but it didn't do so well.

>>14893192
MG already said that Shin Koihime Musou was too expensive, but this was several years ago, so things may have changed.

Sekai Project said that for various reasons, Baldr, White Album 2, and the Majikoi games were probably impossible.

Otome games tend to have super expensive voice licensing fees, so Diabolik Lovers might be too expenisive, like Starry Sky? was.

Not sure about the costs of Dies and Eustia, but if they were possible, you'd think they would've been licensed already.

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>>14892971

>>14891222
>redditor ranting about people voting for BL.
What's the link to that rant? And the tweets too? What date are they at?

>>14893356
The redditor deleted their comments, but you can read how people responded.

https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/49e0iv/2016_mangagamer_licensing_survey_results_and_some/#d0r4rd4

>>14893330
Oh boy I messed up. Tahoma and Verdana are swapped.

Was Root Double delayed? I can't see how it could possibly come out this month when we don't even have a bloody release date this late in the game.

>>14891139
> Rance.
> Raping girls.

Does Rance ever rape anyone in non-Kichikuou Rance games? I mean, I thought in all cases they were consensual, or became consensual retroactively. Same shit.

>>14893761
Yes. All of them.

>>14893761
>or became consensual retroactively
How does rape retroactively become consensual? Is this an 'addicted to the cock' kind of thing?

>>14893914
I'm sure it is just pure love that took a while to grow.

>>14893761
Yes, fairly often. He prefers consensual sex but like, his whole idea in sengoku was that he was going to rape all the princesses, which he does. I'm not sure if a full game goes by where he doesn't rape anyone.

>>14892617
Why is Rance in the bag?

>>14893950
>>14893761
No game happens where he doesn't rape someone.

>>14888543
>>14888910
For a moment minori came to mind but it doesn't make sense to me since a title from them should be a major announcement.

>>14894299
Same reason Flowers is.

>>14892617
I doubt MangaGamer is faking the results to hide any licenses they'd made.

Hey guys, sorry I'm a little late. In february I continually asked you to take my survey to help me with my master thesis. Also I promised to share the results with you. As I'm only using a subset of the data for my thesis and I had to use the full data for you guys it's a little quick and dirty (because I'm lazy .. ehm .. busy) -> http://imgur.com/a/7de5r

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>>14894622

>>14894622
You seem to like to say over two thirds each time it is three quarters.

>>14894709

seems like I confused the terms while in a hurry. Well, shows that people are able to interpret things correctly anyways, our generation is not doomed .. yey

>>14894727
I wouldn't worry about the terms, I would worry about your math.

>>14894622
>12% NEET
Jay is kill.

>>14894731

my math is fine, my english is not (not native)

>>14894733
The survey got spread all over the internet from him spamming it. Like 1/4 of the respondents are from France.

>>14894547
He probably meant that MG wouldn't have listed them if they didn't fall into those 2 categories, not that they faked the results.

>>14894749

the more answers the better... the more platforms the better ...

>>14894778
Stop with the ellipsis.

>>14894622
>67% piracy
I think you should have made 2 surveys for that. One for buying official translations the other for japanese version.

How good is Tokyo Babel from a 1-10.

>>14894943
First two routes at 8, while the unlockable route is 6 at best.

>>14894955
So It is based on 3 routes story wise, not character wise? So the ending sucks a bit? I like story routes more anyway, are the characters/main character relatable or decent?

I hear root double is all around very good, so I'm guessing its a bit worse than it. Still might be worth a read do to boredom. At least we are actually getting visual novel's in one month even.

>>14894980
Autist pls

>>14894987
An autist would never say
>we are actually getting visual novel's
Don't compare this retard to us. We know how to pluralize.

>>14894999
You must be new.

I'm getting a real SMT vibe from Tokyo Babel. Besides that looks very shounen.

>So, where’s that leave us for the year ahead? Well, there were a few hints peppered in the analysis above, but we can give you a few more morsels to chew on: continuations and sequels certainly are in vogue these days, so you might want to keep your ears tuned for some spirited additions and some double trouble.

What did they mean by this?

>>14895485
Imopara 2

>>14894980
Cannot believe you just typed all that text in response to some random asshole giving you numbers. They could be bullshitting you. They could be me. I've never played Tokyo Babel in my life. What if I just told you that for the hell of it?

This is why you ask for details in the first place instead of speculating based on some fucking numbers.

>>14895513
So many new idiots responding to the Milf Autist.

That's what's most depressing.

>>14895513
Why would someone lie on the internet?

>>14881602
>Da Capo 3 - 80% translated, 78% edited

Only 2 more years to go.

Can someone translate this?

ちな、eden*の教訓もあって（何がだ）、海外版はエピソード別に出して行こうかと。そのかわりお安くね。日本で発売したものは2エピソード入ってたけど、海外はひとつずつバラ。売れたお金で次作ろうかと。ライフワークみたいだけど。

>>14896561
Asked fuwa:

Senna, eden * also there with (What ') lessons, overseas edition of whether going out to another episode. I cheaply Instead you. I thing that was released in Japan had entered 2 episode, rose one by one overseas. Whether trying to make next in selling money. But like a life's work.

>>14896567
You could ask google directly with same efficacy.

>>14896561
They're just saying that they learned from eden that short and cheap stuff sells better, so they decided to split Supipara into episodes and have the sales of the earlier ones finance the development of the later ones.

>>14896605
I see, thank you.

>>14881602
>Root Double - Kickstarter succeeded, planned March release
Sekai still haven't said anything about the date while almost 1/3 of March already passed.

>>14896713
Why should they care? They have your money.

And besides, didn't you learn from WAS? SP doesn't actually do anything and aren't responsible for anything, so it's not their fault when problems happen. In fact, they suffer even more than you.

>>14896561
>>14896605

Specifically the cheaper you price shit the more it sells, which is why supipara episode 1 is episode 1&2 for the west.

Man, there is way too much to read for someone like me, and I don't even know Japanese. I get why some of you people just sit around in this thread doing nothing. You're unhappy with your lives. But maybe someday you'll learn how much fun you can have when you're not an idiot. I'm living the enlightened life and loving every moment.

>>14896775
> 03:29 AM
> living the enlightened life
> having nothing else to do than post /b/-tier baits on useless /jp/ thread

>>14894622
>540 people answered
>9% have donated to 4+ kickstarters

Somewhere along the way you literally found the SP audience.

>>14897081

care to explain? I know that SP does kickstarters but are 9% hardcore SP fans that support anything SP tells them to?

>>14894622
> Slice of life vns being different thing than moege/charage
What.

>>14897149

in the end genre borders are fluid

>>14896713
Have you missed them not meeting the deadline for just about any of their kickstarters? Root Double is a long game, any number of things could be taking longer than expected to finish. I'm expecting an April or May release.

herkz, xythar and the rest of sjw meme cartel getting triggered by peter payne shitposting is hilarious.

Looking at this list, the most likely HD release MG could have planned this year is Iwaihime.

https://vndb.org/v/all?q=&fil=&rfil=lang-ja.resolution-14.plat-win

>>14896605
Technically cheap stuff sells better. But I'm not sure episodic things sell better. Quite a lot of people prefer to wait out until the full bundle is available.

That is how I'm doing with higurashi. I don't want to wait between releases.

>>14890661
IshidaP jjust likes traveling, though. Last time during Haretaka development (I think around that time?) he traveled to Vietnam.
Read what you will, though.

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Doddler's plans for the foreseeable future.

>Super quick/short update, the programming for Root Double is going smoothly, recently Regista has gotten achievements to work with Steamworks and are currently testing cloud saves and the overlay.

>We’ll have some more updates in the future but in the meantime we wanted to let everyone know that we’re working hard to get the release ready!

More or less likely to be released this month?

Speaking of fonts, anybody know if they're going to change the Flowers one? It's horrible.


>>14897993
This. Plus, if you're doing episodic VNs, you better be damn good with the storyline. For one, it's really annoying to have wait months in between and if it sucks, nobody is going to want to continue and then the story is left hanging because you're out of game dev money.

>>14899182
I really only like episodic releases if it's by complete routes, like Kuroinu or certain Koihime Musou games.

I was looking up info on Negai no Kakera's, and now I'm much more interested in it.

insanity, yandere, and death

What's Moogy translating?

>>14899566
Everything

>>14899566
Nothing

>>14899565
1. What's up with the aprostrophe? It's just Kakera.
2. >no sexual content
3. Nice spoiler box

>>14899590
I forgot to type 'characters'.

>>14899590
>no sexual content
Then how can it have rape and necrophilia?

https://twitter.com/moogy0/status/707702765280059392

1. It's not jast. he said he wouldnt like working with them again. That leaves MG, SP, unaffiliated like conjueror/subahibi project
2. It's probably something he likes, or else he wouldn't translate since hes already making enough $$$ from TL-Wiki cartel embezzlement.

and thats about it

>>14899702
It has to be something he can add lots of swearing to.

>>14899702
What is he good at? It certainly isn't translating. Did he get hired due to his friends?

>>14899702
>It's not jast. he said he wouldnt like working with them again.
That should be their line after he just abandoned the project he was assigned to translate.

>>14899765

Which project was this?

>>14899770
Trample on Schatten, if I'm remembering correctly.

>>14899787

... wasn't he the one trying to persuade Ixrec to drop whatever he was translating and pick up Shatten?
Then he drops it himself?

I haven't been on /jp/ much in like 5 years but see Moogy is still the faggot I remember him being.

>>14899702
http://pastebin.com/bCRXingQ

It's Cross Channel for SP.

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>>14899806
>3rd Cross Channel translaiton

>>14899794
IIRC, moogy got fired because he spent too much time sitting on his ass doing nothing. Which, if true, is kind of a really funny reason to get fired from a fucking jast project.

>>14899565
Negai no Kakera is basically a poor man's Hatsuyuki Sakura. It's still good, it's just not *excellent*.

>>14899830
> Moogy got fired from a JAST project for fucking around and not getting work done.

Holy shit is such a thing even possible?

>>14899702
Why do you assume he is working on a VN?
Last time he was "working on a translation" it was shitty Qualia the Purple manga (which he never finished btw).

Fucking finally. Been stalking this for a while: https://steamdb.info/app/345620/subs/
Can't wait to pirate the shit out of this.

>>14900082
Have fun waiting for the 18+ version. Whenever they get around to releasing that version.

>>14900116
Never.

>>14900082
Really? Did they ever confirm they're going to release the censored edition and the unrated one at the same time?
They'll probably takes ages to release the uncensored version, like with Kajitsu. Don't mind the ero, if they are pulling changes like with Amane's route that's not good.

I had a dream last night that Sekai Project's VNs were horribly edited.

Then I woke up and it was still true.

I will never be free of this nightmare.

>>14899702
It's obviously Rance

>>14900082
> Can't wait to pirate the shit out of this.
And people wonder why there's no good quality translations supported by the original devs.

>>14900465
Fuck off dovac.

>>14899702
He's editing/TLCing the same secret project as conjueror/gare.

>>14897925
Peter Payne is a retard, though. Doesn't take a SJW to notice that.

>>14897925
What did Peter do?

>>14900651
How long until Seinarukana preorders are closed and the game is delayed until 2050?

>>14900465
Fuck off dovac, if it was MG I'd probably chip in if I really liked it, like I did for Kindred Spirits and PE, but for your shitty company I'll never front a cent.

>>14900465
dovac said we are not his customers and he doesn't want our filthy money.

>>14900669
>cosplaying women do it for the attention

>ignore this person who pointed out I didn't source an image I used, she's off her meds

>>14901142

This isn't /vg/, there's no real need to bump the thread. It can last about 3 days before it's finally bumped off.

After thinking about it for a couple days, I wonder if that purple hint is for sona-nyl?

>>14901952
>Meanwhile, down below the ruins, Lily looks at the ‘sky’ which is stained purple.
Makes sense, and Liar-soft probably want more Steam bux after getting a taste of it with Kindred Spirits. It looks like Liar-soft published the PSP version, so they could likely get it on Steam.

I wonder what the orange hit was, if it's a different game.

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I knew it.

>>14902203

The purple thing is a bit more than just that, it's the title color with 紫影(steampunk games have a color naming theme)

>>14900116
Wait you mean that the 18+ version will not be out at the same time ? Why ? What's taking so long for a few fucking sex scenes ? That's why i hate SP seriously fuck you dovac.

>>14902428
Its not taking them long, they purposely wait with the 18 + version cause they hate h-scene and cant put them on Steam.

>>14902428

If the first game is any indication, frontwing's forcing sekai to release them as two separate games(that each need to be independently approved).

steam makes the shekels so you can imagine which version dovac is prioritizing.

>>14902479
Denpasoft exist for 18+ version. I mean i don't see why they can't release the steam version and the 18+ version at the same time on both platform. I don't care if SP staff is full of prude faggot, don't work in the erogame industry if you can't handle a bit of porn.

>>14902495
That's just an assumption though. I don't see the point of separating each version. You will earn more if you release them both instead of just one version.

Dovac only created Denpasoft because people were bitching about Grisaia. Don't expect him to actually care. That's why people who fund their kickstarters are fucking stupid.

I don't think dovacs strategy is very efficient. Delay 18+ version so long every buyer gets upset and pirates it is not really used by the competition.

I noticed that not even dovac cares about atom grrrrl though since the discussion pages are almost dead and no dev posts. I guess only brand names are worth going for to get the cash.

Which one of you faggots was the one saying this was going to get licensed like a year ago again? Cause' you fucking called it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/57909428/chusingura46-1-a-visual-novel-with-moe-samurai-gir/description

Though it looks like it's the vita version and the localization outfit they're using to translate is the company that translated the otomate games, and from what I've heard the amnesia translation was a shitshow.

>>14903282

Oh, and on the subject of new startup publishers that are popping up out of the blue with kickstarters and using gloczus to translate games, it looks like predictions of failure with https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/688648305/beastmaster-and-prince-flower-and-snow/description are soon-to-come-true.

>>14903282
Conjueror's secret project confirmed.

>>14903311
It's definitely not his project.

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>>14903311

More like some adventurous nips have seen dovac's kickstarter jewry and decided they can play that game too.

Just what the english localization industry needed, jews outbidding each other for potential licenses with imaginary kickstarter money.

>>14903327
What makes you say that?

>>14903282
>from what I've heard the amnesia translation was a shitshow
Are you thinking of Norn9? I didn't hear many complaints about Amnesia, Norn9 sounded like the one with most of the issues.

>>14903354

It might have been, I don't follow otome stuff.

>>14903342

It says right there who's doing you dumbass

>>14903282
Another kikestarter ? When will they learn ?
And if it's the vita version it means that they will localize the all-ages version right ? Fuck it.

Someone explain to me what Doddler has to do with Grisaia when Grisaia is SP's.

>>14903386

doddler doddles for everyone

he'd even doddle you, for the right price.

>>14903386
Doddler's being contracted to do the port work, how is this confusing? Did you think Doddler was a full time salaried MangaGamer employee?

>>14903386
Doddler is some kind of freelance even if most of the time he work with MG. He's working for Jast, SP and sometimes fan-tl projects.

>>14903401
What a whore.

>>14903386
Doddler was the programmer back when Grisaia was a fan translation project, the entire fanTL team was brought on for the localization of the second and third episodes, and in Doddler's case, the PSV port.

>>14903327
koestl said it was and that they worked for months on it already.

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>>14903282
>>14903302

That sure is some similar web design, and they're using the same company to translate too. I wonder what the point of this charade is. It seems strange to building separate brands this early in the game, even for a japanese company.

>>14903282
While I'd really like to see the game translated, this looks half arsed at best. I'd also guess the chance for 18+ version is near non-existent if they only do Otome stuff.

>>14903536
So wait, they're the same ones responsible for this monstrosity? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/688648305/unlight-lost-plot
They're also say localization is by Glokzus, which are currently failing a separate kickstarter for an otome game. How deep does this rabbit hole go?

>>14903282
>15 tier: Steam copy
>60 tier: Downloadable copy of the voice pack
>$100 shipping fee for the physical pledges
What a shit KS for a all ages otome VN.

>>14903575

b2g ran both that and https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/688648305/beastmaster-and-prince-flower-and-snow/description

gloczus isn't really involved in any of this beyond potentially being paid to translate if any of the kickstarters succeed.

Seeing that b2g's failed before, that might explain the new coat of paint. Less two brands, more trying to make a clean break from the old failing one.

>>14903586

I would have thought it was obvious by looking at it, but it's not an otome game. They just forgot to edit their copypasta.

>>14903588
What's weird is they keep increasing the cost of each kickstarter, even though they keep failing. There's no reason for a game to cost that much to localize. The beastmaster kickstarter is also way more professional than the new one...

>>14903282
A top contender for the worst VN KS yet.

Is it just me or is the shipping $100 on all tiers to anywhere?

Boy there sure are some wild conspiracy theories about this being an elaborate fraud scheme instead of opportunistic jewry popping up about this now that the news has tumbled through the internet, and for once they're not coming from here.

Still, I'd say this kickstarter is burnt. I wonder what our friend Mr. Funatsu will come up with next when he wakes up in a couple hours?

Apparently Aroduc's the translator for Chunsingura.

>>14903899
Aroduc is a shitter who hates honorifics. A fucking commie dev, if you will.

It does make you wonder a bit. If it costs 210k to translate text and fix all the bugs the poor japanese programmers added, what does it cost to make a new VN?

2 100 000 dollars?

Maybe they should just record a movie instead.

>>14903282
>$210,000 goal

Uh, good luck, I guess.

>>14903939
According to minori, it costs a cool mil.

>>14904019
Million yen, maybe.

>>14903939
Isn't 200k fairly reasonable? Like if you were to get any "real" localization company like XSEED or Atlus to do a game like this, it'd probably cost more than that. It's only cheap because visual novel people are underpaid, well, kind of by necessity due to the smaller market.

>>14904147
Not really, no.

>>14904163

No, he's about right. 5c a character and 3c for tlcing a 1.5mil character project would eat more than half of that. The rest being split between kickstarter's cut, reward fulfillment, licensing and such wouldn't be too crazy.

>>14904263
Ideally, a kickstarter isn't:

>we have no money so give us everything we need to bring it to life

It's to get some of that while gauging interest at the same time, and bailing if there's a clear lack of interest. So no, a 200k kickstarter for a VN is not reasonable.

>>14904281
Or at the very least, not "absorb 100% of our costs for us, and we're not going to tell you what they are."

Plus, literally nobody in the VN industry pays 5c a character.

>>14904281

Ideally, you're lucky if you can find a kickstarter as "benign" as that these days. More often it's a glorified preorder/milking drive.

>>14904293
>Plus, literally nobody in the VN industry pays 5c a character.

Yes but he literally just stated he wasn't talking about the VN industry anonymous.

>>14904298
Learn to read, cow fucker.

>>14904304
>It's only cheap because visual novel people are underpaid

????

>>14904307
Wow. I thought you were just stupid, but you really are illiterate, aren't you?

>>14904316

Whatever you say, anonymous.