Visual Novel translation status >Aiyoku No Eustia - 17.73%

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
Wagamama High Spec - July 25th release
>Ley-Line: The Borderline of Dusk - In QA, fixing Engine issues Summer release
>Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - 75% translated
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - Picked up, Kickstarter finished, Winter 2018 release
Riajuu Plus - Release "within a couple months"
SakuSaku - Engine/QA work ongoing, Fall release
Grisaia no Rakuen - Roughly 1/3rd of the new work on the R18 version is finished
Hoshizora no Memoria - 100% translated, Kickstarter finished, Fall 2017 release
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - Kickstarter finished
KaraKara 2 - 100% translated, late 2017 release
Miko no Kanata - 2017 release
Nanairo Reincarnation - Early 2018 release
Baldr Sky - Combined release of Dive 1 + Dive 2 in mid 2018
The Bell Chimes For Gold - 62% translated
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
2236 A.D. - 100% translated, Engine/QA work ongoing
Maitetsu - In QA, Denpa version announced
Nenokami - Part 2 2017 release
Kokonoe Kokoro - 100% translated, engine work
Creature to Koi Shiyo - 100% translated, engine work
Tenshin Ranman - 99.01% translated, Denpa version announced
Koikuma - 74.19% translated, 2017 release
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released, Q4 release
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Fatal Twelve - 72% translated, Kickstarter finished, demo released
Her and Her and My 7 Days - 70% translated
Girls in Glasses - Picked up
CyberRebeat - Picked up
G-senjou no Maou - Denpa version announced
Re;Lord ~Herford no Majo to Nuigurumi~ - 100% translated
Nekopara Vol 4 - Announced
Rewrite+ - Picked up
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Dracu-Riot - Picked up
Senren * Banka - Picked up
Ninja Girl - Announced
Island Diary - Announced


Frontwing
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger - Vol 3 July 28th release, Indiegogo project finished
>Subahibi - Late August release, Kickstarter starting on the 17th
Sharin no Kuni - 20% translated
Island - 100% translated, 40-50% edited, 2018 release
Momoiro Closet - 2018 release
2 upcoming secret announcements


Visual Arts
Little Busters - Late August release
Angel Beats - 50% translated


Degica
Muv Luv Alternative - 2017 release
Muv-Luv Photonflowers - Translation started
Muv-Luv Photonmelodies - To follow Photonflowers
Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
Kiminozo - Picked up


Aksys
Collar x Malice - 7/28 release
Bad Apple Wars - 9/29 release
Code: Realize fandisc - 2018 release
7'scarlet - 2018 release
Kokuchou no Psychedelica - 2018 release
Haitaka no Psychedelica - 2018 release


Fruitbat
Seven Days - Late 2017 release
SeaBed - 70% translated, Late 2017 release
Chuusotsu! 1st graduation - Kickstarter finished, demo released, late 2017 release


Other
>Mahoutsukai no Mita Yume - Released
Dies irae - Released, uncut patch late July
Tayutama 2 - Summer release
Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro - Sept 5th release
Danganronpa V3 - 9/26 release
Chaos;Child - September release
Magical Charming - Fall release planned
428: Shibuya Scramble - 2018 release
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - On Steam Greenlight
Harumade, Kururu - Seems to have an English release planned
Moenovel is working on another new title
Monmusu - Announced
Taisho Alice - Volume 1 released
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

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>Mahoutsukai no Mita Yume
Apparently the translation is so terrible it's not worth paying attention to. Found this screenshot on its Steam forum.

Take note, guys: THIS is a true bad translation.

>>17330459
Libra/IMHHW tier.

>>17330476
Both Libra and Konosora had FAR better translations (relatively speaking of course; not saying they're good but they're not quite this bad).

>>17330459
The future Baldr Sky translation.

Thanks again, Doddler.

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>>17330459
?????

>>17330476
Libra's wasn't great, but it's very readable if you are a native English speaker or just know English well.

>>17331152
Not enough exclamation marks.

>>17331508
I now that Terry Pratchett taught us that multiple exclamation marks are the sign of a diseased mind, but I have no idea what that many question marks might mean.

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It's going to be another December without angels isn't it /jp/?

;_;

>>17331920
It's July.

>Tsujidou-san no Jun’ai Road Update #8
>Total: 25.93%

Roughly a month in, Symphonic Rain is averaging roughly 2.5k on Steamspy. Of those sales, the majority appears to be Chinese sales, as opposed to English or Japanese players. Looking at achievements, 68% appears to have reached the opening, while no individual ending has reached 20% completion (Fal good ending is at 19.1% of owners, while the later routes are down around 12%.

Also roughly a month in, Libra is looking to be around 2k on Steamspy. Its 23 reviews to date are nearly evenly split between Kickstarter backers and purchases on Steam. The Kickstarter itself had roughly 2.3k backers, though it is hard to estimate how many Steam keys were redeemed from the Kickstarter as more than 1000 backers for physical tiers (and the physical version went out well before the digital version), and another 250 backers hadn't joined a tier with a digital key at least before Backerkit. It's hard to estimate at this point how Libra has done relative to their expectations. Looking at achievements, 93% of owners have started up the game, 62.5% have played an hour, 20.2% have played 10 hours, and 5.4% have played 30 hours.

Dies Irae looks have stabilized around 45k owners on Steamspy. It is still getting 50-60 concurrent users on a typical day, so a fair amount of people are still playing through it. That said, the main thing to note is of the 157 reviews thus far, just 12 of those reviews were written by individuals who purchased the DLC on Steam itself (with the remainder being either Kickstarter backers or people who have only downloaded the free common route.) Obviously regardless of if it has been considered a success or failure though this point it should get a considerable boost once the anime airs this Fall, and aside from its Steam performance there is also the upcoming Vita release.

Sayori posted that Nekopara is up to 1.5 million sales worldwide (probably in part from the considerable boost of the Humble Bundle, as it hit 1 million not too long ago). Volume 3 is closing in on 150k on Steam so the series remains an exceptionally strong seller despite the decline of most other VN titles.

>>17330459
>Apparently the translation is so terrible it's not worth paying attention to.
That screen is scary, who the fuck worked on this?

>>17329929
Shame on you OP. Once again you are promoting a machine translation in your thread, well 3/4 of the fantl section is already full of dead projects or google translation.

>>17333138
Well it is an official release. Not really something you can fully ignore compared to someone on fuwa saying they are going to translate something.

>>17333138
Which of the projects are dead?

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Top 5 Ranking: https://pastebin.com/CPH5gHCg
Popularity Sort: https://pastebin.com/STMq6SUB
Full Data Point List: https://pastebin.com/rs9TYjPP

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

Can't wait for Higurashi

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>>17333394
Can you imagine, Anon? 6-8 are already translated and edited and they're just sitting there.

>>17330459
Zero Wing tier. Its like I'm back in 90s. Who released it?

>>17329929
>Trinoline
Can we expect something as good as eden* from Trinoline?

>>17334334
YOX-Project

>>17332022
Less than 6 months until it's another year without angels ;_;

>>17331278
On a scale of 1 to 10, anon, how fucking retarded are you? It devolved into actual nonsense, repeatedly. Knowing proper English seems like it would be a hindrance when reading Libra.

What are the chances that 18+ Dies actually comes out this month?

>>17334935
14, 88 %

>>17333394
You could even... read them already!

>August 2017
>Sweet Home still in script debugging

Are all hope lost?

>>17335438
I'd be fine with the old translations but those versions are crap. I can't give up the ps3 cgs and voices this far in.

>4 updates total on the official side
Nice """industry""" you got there

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>>17335641
07th mod are doing amazing work.

Also amazingly they work like 10x faster than Mangagamer. Last patch was done less than a week after ch5 released.

>>17330459
Whoever translated this has the same skill in English as I do in Japanese.

>>17335784
Don't flatter yourself, anon

>>17335681
Should have been here last week if you wanted actual updates.

Although it is sad that one company can outdo the fantranslation's side worth of updates by itself mostly because the others are JAST and JAST-lite.

>>17335767
>they work like 10x faster than Mangagamer.
Well duh, their programmer doesn't spends all his free time playing games instead of working like doodler.

>>17335767
>Also amazingly they work like 10x faster than Mangagamer.
All they are doing is tweaking an auto insert script to work with the new ep. Not exactly comparable to porting the ep across into unity.

>>17335853
https://github.com/07th-mod/higurashi-console-arcs

>>17335641
I respect your opinion. But to me it would be impossible to read it any other way than with the original sprites, the photo-filtered non-anime-ish backgrounds, and the original music.
It's just R07's trademark on these works. Otherwise, it doesn't work for me. The original sprites have a lot more soul and character than any later remake. The original music fits in perfectly. The photographic backgrounds give another whole different feeling than the anime ones.

I think the new steam versions were nice in respecting the audience's choice in graphics and language. Although it's a let down when Umineko didn't get the voice acting. If I were to replay Umineko, I would definitely want to enjoy the top tier voice acting from PS3 version. I'm sure that's a common complaint.

Anyway, many opinions have been written about this. But it is strange that a rerelease was done without getting rights for the voice acting and it screams a bit of cheap cash grab on my mind. I just hope the work was done with adding these in mind, in the future.

>>17335916
Yes and that is just taking the translated PS3 scripts and inserting into the current engine with a few tweaks. It requires more work than the normal eps but Even doddler said he made the engine to be customisable to allow shit like that.
https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/485088074783670272
It also took more than a few weeks going by the release history since the original work started in feb.
https://github.com/07th-mod/higurashi-console-arcs/tags

>>17335962
Voice acting isn't in the new releases of Higurashi either. There's a mod that adds it to that and Umineko.

>>17335820
>Well duh, their programmer doesn't spends all his free time playing games instead of working like doodler.
Well duh, their programmer uses doddler's engine to work on and doddler himself said he'd make the game easy to mod.

Higurashi releases aren't behind schedule you child.

Also, I have some news for you. Free time is not time you spend working. Just in case that wasn't obvious. Because you know, you were obviously working when you made that post and not making use of your free time.

>>17336131
>Higurashi releases aren't behind schedule you child.
But they are, you mong. They were all supposed to be out by the end of this year which obviously will not happens because Doodler is a lazy faggot.

>>17336165
>But they are, you mong.
Are you perhaps living on 2018 or are you just time travelling?

>>17336171
It is just someone with a grudge against Doddler. They have been trying to stir shit up for the past month or so and the new tactic is to complain about his work on Higurashi since they failed with the Aroduc one.

>>17336210
Nah that's some other cuck who will look for any reason to complain about doddler. I'm just sick of waiting 6 fucking months for each 5-15 hour higurashi chapter

>>17336312
Then how about putting the work in for them instead of acting like a entitled child.

>>17335962
>The photographic backgrounds give another whole different feeling than the anime ones.

Yes, it makes me want to throw up. Makes me dizzy. Makes me angry. And in all other senses send me the vibes of lazyness and incompetence.

I'm glad I can stare at the text and sprites enough to forget there are backgrounds in 07th releases.

>>17336416
I'm trying to give them my fucking money

>>17336446
Was it necessary to re-expose again your shitty opinion on the matter?

>>17335681
It's called revealing updates on a set schedule. There will be off weeks.

>>17336532
People praising photographic images with filters have no taste. One google and one click on the filter button and you are done. The value is equal to that of a machine translation.

>tfw don't want to finish reading Higurashi with the fan translations because my friends told me it's shit
>tfw already only 3 more chapters to go
This sucks, man. It's been a while since I've read such a good story.

>>17336699
The MG version of chapters 6-8 is just a translation check and editing of their previous release of those chapters. The answer arc's translation was much better than that of the question arc.

kkk kikestarter when?

>>17336727
Yeah so why the fuck is it taking so long?

>>17336821
Already explained multiple times. If you think localizations only need of translation and editing I have some news for you.

>>17336821
see ->>17336165

>>17335962
R07 can't draw for shit. I can't believe people prefer those hamfists. Although, for some reason, his costumes are quite good.

>>17336860
At least his hamfist drawing are better than that Pachinko nightmare.

>>17336877
Pachinko Beato looked like an angry dude so it was correct.

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>>17336881

>>17336860
Most say they prefer the faces. I can't imagine it is the hands that pull them in.

>>17336821
After translation and editing comes scripting which is the insertion of the text on the original engine. On Higurashi case, all chapters are being ported to Unity (a new engine) so it may take longer than usual.

If you've been following these threads, you should already know that some people simply can't understand that and feel entitled to immediately demand to have the game available without any regard for others.

>>17335962
Oddly enough, I found the voice acting in Umineko to be distracting. The cast is perfect, but given just how much text there is, I think it slows down the pacing (and the pacing of Umineko is already its largest problem). As slow as Ep1 and Ep2 are before the first Twilight, I cannot imagine how much worse they would be if I had to read George and Shannon's voiced aquarium date. Also Maria's UUUUUUUUUUUUs are annoying in text-- I cringe at the thought of listening to each one.

Seacat general shitting up this thread once again. Sad!

>>17336980
>take longer than usual
Of course it takes longer when the programmer is just playing games instead of actually working.

>>17337406
The cherry on top is that he isn't even having fun

>>17337406
>programmer is just playing games instead of actually working
Is this becoming some kind of meme now or do people not understand how freelance contracts work?

>>17337406
Oh wait, I forgot you're by his side 24 hours per day and can confirm this is true. Doddler doesn't need to have any fun. He should work like a slave 24/7 just to inflate your autistic ass with even no need for rest. Fuck other projects and he's real life work too.

>>17337441
For autistic reasons, someone is trying to push the invented idea that doddler is lazying around specially on Higurashi. Higurashi chapter 5 wasn't even released 3 months ago and doddler is working on multiple projects.

>>17337447
Canadians deserve no sympathy.

>>17337465
>doddler is working on multiple projects.
The last time I checked he was working on complete P5.

>>17334408
It's not very good imo; I dropped it after reading 2 routes. There's a lot of forced melodrama and silly conflict. Sirone's (the android's) route is probably the only one worth reading.

>>17337785
Is it a case of trying to pander to the western audience?

>>17337692
Which demonstrates your inability to inform yourself.

>>17337790
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "pandering to western audience", but that might actually be the case. At the ending of every route there is this strange English segment to close out the route, and it's really awkwardly worded. Like it was written by some old Japanese guy with no sense of English.

>>17337822
Then when doodshit going to start working on Higurashi?

>>17337907
When I asked him he didn't give me a reply. Sad!

>>17337850
I'd say Grisaia: Phantom Trigger is a good example of western pandering. They make it very generic and throw in every cliche that they think the western audience wants. In the end you end up with a very unoriginal story that you feel you've already seen before.

>>17337465

It's a couple of r07 thread retards that migrated to this thread for some reason. They're furious that their ten year old game isn't being given the absolute highest priority.

Why is there a lack of programmers in the scene? Doddlers great but seeing the number of releases getting stalled at scripting and porting is sad. Is it that hard to attract them to the scene?

>>17338292
If you have a degree (comp engineering/comp science for example) and/or previous experience in the field, landing an actual job that pays well even at the starting level is pretty easy, and I don't really see why one would find working on stuff like visual novels to be the more attractive alternative, unless maybe as a side job that you do during your free time since money is never enough.

>>17338329

Cant they pickup some hobbyists then? people working on emulators and shit?

>>17338390
They either don't fit whatever standards/requirements the companies are looking for or, more likely, nobody wants to do that shit.
That and I have this hunch the pay fucking sucks, but it's just my impression and I may be wrong.

>>17338390
>>17338292
The people working on emulators can have some spotty qualifications (and code standards can sometimes be lacking on those projects) and basically do that shit in their free time. If you look at the progress of the non-crowdfunded emulators you can see the progress on them isn't really that fast, while the only the higher income crowdfunded ones end up with people quitting their day job.
There are also more problems like how different engines can require someone to know multiple languages (and put up with poor Japanese coding practices) as well as needing to know about how Unity works for the porting work.
The pay is probably also a big factor since I can't imagine it is good or else far more people would be in the scene across all the publishing companies. Instead they end up sharing people like Doddler and the small few others who are around.

>>17337785
I thought there was a true route (the android in this case) but it appears that's not true. All routes are available since the start. Am I correct?

Regarding the pandering to western audience, I think that takes away one of the reasons why Visual Novels started to gain name outside of japan. We liked what the developers made for their japanese audience so why change the products to something that another audience feels more familiar with? This takes away some of the uniqueness of japanese Visual Novels.

https://twitter.com/FrontwingInt/status/887125709583298562

i'm ending it

>>17339266
At the very least, it probably throws out the initial August estimate, as between the 30 day campaign and time for Backerkit, the Kickstarter going up today was already pushing what would allow an August release.

Denpasoft's been down for a few hours and there's been no announcement or update. I am willing to bet they've been hacked.

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>>17339475
https://denpasoft.com/
If only

>>17339475

They're just migrating to shopify. You guys aren't very good at stalking dovac anymore

>>17338831
The true route, ironically, is actually the character with the most forced conflict. You unlock it after playing the other two (one being the android), which are both available from the start. The other route is really fucking insufferable, because rather than writing an enjoyable route, the authors just want to drill this fucking theme into our heads over and over again. And once I saw the crap that was in the true route, I just dropped it right then and there.

Regarding pandering in Trinoline, I've read very few VNs that were released with the western audience in mind, so I really can't say how much it panders.

>>17338080
It's not even a couple, it's just one retard who is spamming his hatred on every fucking thread.

>>17339266
Pushed back to 2018, trust me.

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Dal Segno just got a patch.

Chuusotsu just hit it a stretch goal in backerkit. Only one more stretch goal to go, for a physical artbook as an add-on.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/215814918/chuusotsu-1st-graduation-a-visual-novel-with-philo/posts/1940237

So far the stretch goals have added to the game: 4 new CGs are being made for it, it's getting a new opening, and it's getting a 1-2 hour long side story.

>>17341415
acutally issues 1-3 were fixed on 7/12/2017 patch

>>17341415
Thanks, Doddler!

>>17341415
Its shit, who cares?

>>17341510
>Its

>>17341508
I think it's Circus themselves, not Doddler.

>>17341415
>uninstall then reinstall
Seems a bit excessive. Wouldn't a recheck be a better option if they are worried about corruption/conflicts? Saves downloading the whole thing again for people with data caps.

>>17341553
They're probably just covering their bases by telling people to reinstall. You could try a recheck and see if it works okay.

>>17341552
Fuck, Doddler!

>>17341605
Heh, just kidding. I love ya, man.

>>17341415
finally eric can start reading this

>>17341605
I think you're looking for the BL thread.

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People do it for e-peen.

>>17341651
Where was this?

>>17341905
https://twitter.com/ClydeMandelin/status/878288836974878722

OP please start linking past threads

>>17331920
Is that WA2?

>>17342085
We have literally two archives

>>17341553
My understanding is the adult patch is incompatible with the all ages update. Updating on steam though will overwrite some of the adult patched files if it's installed, causing the game to be unstable. Fully reinstalling and then applying the adult patch again is the easiest way to ensure you're error free.

>>17342471
But linking them it's more convenient

>>17342673
This isn't your standard general thread. Also the OP is big enough as it is without adding in extra crap.

>>17330459
Why don't they just get an editor to re-word it...

>>17343597
Yea a simple editing pass could probably clean it up to be readable. Is hard to even tell if they even used one if that is the state of things.
>"Motherfucker! I'll kill you!"
>He shouted such an unbelievable thing and reached for something under the bench.
>It's a metal bat!
>"Really?"
>He Swung it downward!
>"No way! Wait!"
>"Die! Fuck you!"
>They must be on drugs! That's why they're being so violent.
>Having such a dangerous thing in the first place...
>Ugh!
Just something quick and dirty I did and it probably reads 10x better.
How accurate is the translation itself? Broken English aside that is.

>>17343597
Sign me up at least I could word it better than they could.

>>17339266
So is the Steam release also delayed? Or is it only the Kickstarter for the physical version?

>>17345067
The Kickstarter includes digital Steam keys, so the Steam release won't come before the Kickstarter campaign ends and they have time to take care of the Backerkit stuff.

>>17342526
just verify the files and redownload the adult patch

I wonder if the Steam version of Princess Evangile having an ESRB rating puts a kink in them trying to create an uncut patch for the original, as it does look like they'll have an uncut patch for Princess Evangile W Happiness.

>>17347374
Why would it? It would be classed as external content and so not part of the package being sold. Do nude mods for other ESRB rated games get them pulled on steam?

I hope doodler will not ruin Evenicle.

>>17347642
And why would he be working on Alicesoft titles? MG has a separate programmer for them.

>>17347652
>MG has a separate programmer for them.
Great! Now I can expect autumn release!

>>17347580
There is a difference between a 3rd party mod and an official content patch distributed by the publisher. Not quite the same, but the ESRB rules have already been the reason why MG has removed a couple all ages titles with Steam ESRB ratings from their storefront (and had to distinguish between the Steam and MG storefront versions of Gahkthun).

>>17347702
>the ESRB rules have already been the reason why MG has removed a couple all ages titles with Steam ESRB ratings from their storefront
That was because they weren't allowed to sell non-AO rated games on a site that advertised and sold adult games. Steam's porn is all offsite.

>Tsuriotsu project by the ayakashibito translator
Are you fags going to ignore his or her projects once again? It's fucking hilarious that /vn/ of all things is the only community that reached out and showed appreciation.

>>17348288
I'm fully expecting him/her to drop the project once all the moege austists keep pestering him/her 24/7 on why he/she isn't spending all of their time doing nothing but translating.

>>17348288
Probably waiting for more progress before putting it in the OP or vndb.

At least she found a hacker and editor now.
It took her 3 years to do Ayakashibito and she was a student then. It's going to be slower now that she has a job

>>17348405
It was included in the OP this week (although it isn't on vndb yet), I believe he was referring to it not being discussed otherwise.

>>17348413
>I believe he was referring to it not being discussed otherwise
Not really much to discuss right now. Is nice that she is back, but we don't know what kind of pace they will be going (just that they now have a job), if they will do partials, if their Japanese got rusty over 3 years of being inactive and so on. We can only really wait and see until we get some more updates from her.

The Denpa page seems to be back up. It just has a login screen along with a countdown set for midnight the 24th. Considering the countdown, I expect they'll relaunch the storefront with Wagamama High Spec, as the Steam release is scheduled for the 25th. It does seem they are changing the platform to use Shopify, as looking at the page info it is using plenty of Shopify elements.

>>17348485
One unfortunate side effect to changing platforms is we probably will no longer have a sort that is based on long term sales.

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Chapter 6 when?

>>17348514
When it's done.

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>>17348514
We are one.

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>>17329929
So Sakura Sakura (by Hiqosoft) is getting an official translation.

>>17347682
December at earliest. Probably next Feb like Haruka.

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>>17330459
Himeya tier

>>17349076
https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/887872656300589057

A new company is working on it, although not much information to go off of now (the obvious questions of course being the usual translation quality and will there be an uncut release). They are running a Kickstarter starting August 1st.

>>17349076
Wonder how many will shun it due to trauma induced by the Sakura series.

>>17349216
They also seem to want to do manga and LNs so it could be possible that they are going to all-age it.

Then again, Mangagamer still has that anime section.

>>17349216
>will there be an uncut release
I asked, and the answer I was given was:
>I can neither CONFIRM nor deny this
So... Maybe?

>>17349508
>>17349527
Unlike something like Next Ninja which was looking for a low effort cash grab in a hot market they knew little about, there seem to be people involved who were already within the general otaku community, so I wouldn't be surprised if they do pursue R18 releases. For what it is worth, the Hoshimemo translator noted that he is going to be working on "some upcoming titles" (but not Sakura Sakura) for SolPress, so they seem intent on trying to start with a bang and get multiple projects up and running quickly.

>>17349774
An actual competitor to the market might be good, can't be worse than SP, right?

It would be amazing if they can go once a month like MG can, but I highly doubt it. Maybe if they get enough successes.

>>17349817
>can't be worse than SP, right?

As bad as SP is there are already plenty of equal or worse options. MoeNovel, E2, that shit at the start of the thread, etc.

>>17349817
It could easily work out the other way if they have their own problems trying to get off the ground, especially with Sekai's recent improvements.

Although as a new competitor, their challenge will be that the market they are trying to join is already quite crowded (especially if you include the parade of OELVNs), and Steam is hardly the promised success it used to be. At the very least their launch title probably won't be a big hit, being an older title (that will be SD unless there is a remastered PC version made for the Kickstarter) that isn't particularly well known (although a wild card is being called Sakura Sakura which could help or hinder it.)

>>17349833
MoeNovel been focusing on making OELVNs based on one of Pulltop's old titles and E2 is literally a scam. I would hesitate to actually call them translating competitors. YumeHaven likewise has only done Shuffle too.

SP, for all its faults, is an actual localization company that has put out multiple titles, making it more of a competitor than the others listed.

>>17349846
>unless there is a remastered PC version made for the Kickstarter
I'm not sure about the extent, but the Japanese dev's twitter account mentions renewed screen-sizes for the occasion (at least according to GT)
https://twitter.com/hiqosoft/status/887874263415308288

>>17349817
They're new, so they don't have much money. I expect them to be like Fruitbat Factory and pursue mostly cheap licenses.

Plus, them already talking about going into manga and light novels makes me think they're not very dedicated to VNs and could end up spreading themselves too thin.

>We had a very productive meeting with KeroQ today, and we're in full swing to get launched very soon! Look forward to a launch date shortly!
Subahibi soon.

>>17350778
With the website oriented towards LNs and a company name of Sol Press, I'm guessing that their initial pursuit was LNs but they were ready to move forward with a VN first. Nevertheless, Sakura Sakura probably wasn't the cheapest VN out there to license (nor the most expensive), and it remains to be seen what the other VNs they are pursuing.

>>17350979
Sakura Sakura is almost a decade old, so it likely wasn't too expensive.

>>17343597
Here's my quick edit of it.
>"Motherfucker! I'm going to kill you!"
>He roared in outrage as he reached for something underneath the bench-- shit! It's a metal bat!
>"Really?!"
>He charged towards me, swinging it down.
>"Wait! Stop!"
>"Fuck you! DIE!"
>My words were pointless. It was clear that he was in the midst of a drug induced psychosis. There would be no reasoning with him. After all, he was the kind of guy who stashed murder weapons in public places. Just my fucking luck.

My thoughts of why this edit are appropriate.
1) The first sentence is a threat. While "I'll kill you" would be a simpler translation, it actually comes across in English as a conditional phrase or as more intellectual than "I'm going to kill you".
2) Unbelievable is used in English with a generally positive connotation or as a descriptor for things we think impossible or unlikely. The meaning the author wants to convey is that he is shouting something that defies the common senses in a negative and violent way.
3) "It's a metal bat!" comes across as a "No shit, Sherlock" statement in English. While Japanese can have ambiguity regarding subjects/objects/etc, this is not present in conventional English. The reason to say "It's a metal bat!" is a surprise or panic reaction.
4) I am guessing "Really?" is honto. I decided to add an exclamation point to capture incredulity at the action. However, I might have just went with "Fuck!" since the point is that this is a surprised utterance.
5) I added words to clarify what is happening. Here the original author is actually being retarded since his protagonist is basically standing still for what must be 4-10s of action (reaching under a bench to grab a bat, closing distance).
6) MC is trying to get the guy to stop through conversation. We would not say "No way!" in a pleading sense.
7) English would begin with the insult and end with the threat.
8) Turned the rest of the mess into something to get across those points better.

I want thoughts on this approach to editing or translation as I plan to work this liberally with anything I TL. Acceptable or not?

>>17351261
Is mixing multiple exclamation or question marks (?!) fine with grammar nazis?

>>17351316
Just two are ok

>>17351316
What wrong with interrobangs? It's an actual punctuation, if not a standard one.

>>17351261
If you think it's good then give 'er.

>>17351316
Were they in the original text?

>>17351316
It's valid grammar for fictional works. This is why ESL shouldn't comment on grammar.

https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/888136498935025665

Sol Press confirmed they are planning an all ages Steam release along with an R18 patch for Sakura Sakura, and hinted strongly it will be a free patch.

>>17352966
Well, at least they seem to be off to a decent start. I don't think anyone will care about their VN, but if Libra got funded with good PR, this can too.

I hope they succeed, if only because their color motif is different from all of the other VN localization companies.

Interview about Fata Morgana.

http://mybacklogbattle.tv/post/163222063651/an-interview-with-the-house-in-fata-morgana

Song of Memories ( https://vndb.org/v16974 ) is listed as getting an English release.

>>17352966
Let's hope the translation is good.

>>17353689
No more fat Morgana.

>>17354748
>coming to PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe this fall, and that Switch and PC ports are in development for release in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

>>17352966
Well starting out good so far at least

>>17355043
Something tells me it's a big publisher. Maybe XSeed or NISA?

>>17354748
Another dogshit like Root Letter?

They seem to have put Denpasoft back up early.

>>17356376
A quick look, at the website, the titles seem to be mostly in the same order as the old long term sort (at least for now, the release of Wagamama High Spec next week should let us see if it remains sorted). Beyond that, they kept most of the same layout but changed some things around such as adding the ability to see multiple images of a title on the main page, a search function, and spots on the game pages for FAQs/Tags/Reviews. Tag wise they are using Mosaic/Uncensored to indicate which titles have mosaics removed. Then of course there is the obvious change of it now using Shopify.

MG's otome title is out of testing, and without any other obvious next title I'd expect it to be their next title after W Happiness

>>17357100
what about HIGURASHI?

>>17357551
Never

Does anyone know anything about someone translating Iwaihime?
I am really confused why I could not find anyone translating, as it is really high quality.

>>17357596
There's literally hundreds of things worth translating

>>17357596
It's getting a console port, so I expect a major publisher to pick it up.

>>17355043
Actually when I think back. It's most likely PQcube

>>17357596
I like it as well. But more than likely someone will pick it up. It will be obvious that someone will translate that soon.

>>17357100
Kuroinu chapter 2 and Space Live are both out of testing as well.

More Empress titles when?

Lol they have the balls to invalidate everyone's paid downloads.

https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/6ou5yy/you_cant_download_your_games_from_the_new/

>>17360873
That should be the first thing they do before the site is up, rather than something after the site is reopen.

But then again, it's SP, so it's expected.

>>17360873
Of course this would happen. People are lazy, expecting them to sign up again would be dumb overall.

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Yesterday i was sitting and reading my favorite VN again and i was wondering why the fuck i can't learn how to Decrypt goddamnt BGI, i'd sell my soul to satan if just could be able to open and translate Himanatsu .

>>17361537
If you can prove your translation ability and willingness you can find someone to decrypt anything

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>>17361562
Call Me Newfag here in /jp/, but while being a VN lover i spend all my time on /a/ not caring about where and who should i bother to ask "Hey , wanna start a new project? decrypt me this shit and imma translate it for you"

>>17361623
You basically need to prove you can translate either by doing a chunk scripts in just notepad or showing some past stuff you have done. There are so many projects that fall apart because the translator over estimated their ability and so it puts off the people who have ability from helping (you can still find plenty of people willing to "edit" and such if you just ask of fuwa).

>>17361934
This. Just use VNR or whatever's function to copy to clipboard, that gives you all the text you need to work with.

>>17361949
>>17361934
Probably i could be Overestimating my Translation Skills, but since as a ESL i managed with this same way to learn English to a point i can write with it almost correctly , i'm pretty sure that if i were able to have all the text all at once and not having to write it down sentence per sentence would both Improve my Moonpanese skills and
be able to translate Himanatsu completely.
But i'm pretty sure that the translation is only one little part of the work, and since i'm not familiar with decoding or patching a game, i'm not going to pretend to know what i'm talking about.

>>17362119
This >>17341651 is probably a good hint of what to do and expect if you are seriously considering translating.

>>17362119
ESLs shouldn't translate.

>>17362209
I think they can translate just fine and have an editor clean it up. A lot of professional game translations are done by a Japanese native

>>17362171
Well there i should see if i can really manage to translate something like this.
I've played this game several times since it came out in 2013 i know its both a mid-famous VN, and a long one , it has 4 Heroines in total which one of them has even 2 Routes all for herself.
Basically i would need only the programmer to get first my hands on the scripts more quickly, Since my tries to get hold of the scripts with some decoders just ended in plain failures.
But since i've played this game i know its a Game that deserve a translation, and i'd suggest anyone who wanted to read some comfy Supernatural Vn to read it.

>>17362209
The translator being ESL can be generally fine for a fan translation as long as they are getting the correct meaning across. The editor being ESL is another matter though.

>>17362221
Like someone mentioned earlier if you can't access the script directly then use a texthooker/something like VNR to copy across the exact lines into a text editor where you can translate it. Then upload a copy somehwere (showing both the Japanese and Translated line) and then either post here or hongfire or fuwa so people can scrutinise it while mentioning you are looking for someone who can work as your programmer.
As long as it looks like you are good enough someone will likely, at minimum, extract the scripts for you to work with (since BGI isn't an obscure engine) and if you are lucky they might say they will also offer to reinsert them as well.

>>17362227
Well translating from Jap in a comprehensible way is a thing i'm MORE than sure i can handle.
Not so sure about my own grammar, that could probably demand the work of an Editor, but here you have yourself the means to judge how bad my writing in English can be.

>>17362216
>A lot of professional game translations are done by a Japanese native

Damn, that dude must be pretty busy.

>>17362250
It should be pretty easy to find an editor if you actually get the project off the ground

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>>17362221
I adore the shit out of himanatsu. The countryside atmosphere is comfy as hell and is still stuck in me even though its been like years since I read it. Not to mention the wonderful makura art.
Perhaps you can do like 100-200 or so lines to establish some credibility, and as a simulation for yourself to calculate the scale and impact it'll have on your life. You can then either try to recruit a hacker by making a blog post or post here, even. Maybe finding an editor the same way as well. If you can prove yourself, it's surprisingly easy how helpful people can be to spread the word!
The only thing I'd worried about is since KeroQ is working with FrontWing to localize Subahibi, down the road perhaps Himanatsu from Makura might get picked up as well even if you didn't start working on it. Considering how much effort you will be putting in on this if you ever go through with it, I can't tell if its a good thing or not for you, or the people who's going to become your editors. I'd just get too paranoid and avoid the potential official titles if I could.
I hope you're serious and brave enough to go through with it despite all that, editors/hackers may come and go, but as long as you're staying and making progress, the project will most definitely succeed. Good luck!

>>17362464
Since now i'm the Himanatsu's ESL, I will try to show myself a bit more in these threads to get some advice while i try to translate it, i have some Lines already translated but i'd see if i can at least translate it to a ten minutes play or something to begin with.

>>17362535
I'll try my best till they decide to pick it up or they just forget about it, i'd rather send for free the translated work i'll done to help them to finish it faster and finally have again hope to see some other media about this VN.
As many VN enthusiasts , my priority is having a VN i adore to be more known and loved.

>>17362570
It's a huge project though, you should start with something smaller

Here's my suggestion
https://vndb.org/v14556

>>17362216
>A lot of professional game translations are done by a Japanese native
Those translations often leave alot to be desired. MG's early embarrassing translations came from Japanese natives.

>and have an editor clean it up
And editor doesn't make up for lacking fluency in English.

>>17360873
The site will in fact not have download links for previously purchased items. However, the download link provided in your checkout page and the email sent to you will contain a download link that will work permanently. So as long as you keep your emails, you will always have the download link for that item, or you can save the link from the checkout page.

Apparently, the reason for this is that they are using a managed service provider for the store and a different one for the database, and they do not provide an API to pull your personalized download link data to put on the order page. A support ticket will be able to retrieve and resend you download links for your past orders, however.

TL;DR: No more DDL from account page, save the links from checkout page, or the email you receive which contains the download link. I still don't fully understand this decision, but as long as you aren't the OCD type who deletes all your emails, you should be fine.

>>17362742
If only SP could communicate this themselves when there's people complaining about it

>>17362742
This is fucking terrible. Way below the minimum level of service you expect from a digital download store.

>>17361537
The tools on TLWiki work for this game, I tested it to make sure. The steps are pretty simple.
First you need to download ExtractData. The version on TLWiki will suffice. Use that program, open the .arc files in the game's directory with it, and then dump them. You want to dump them all and delete the useless ones later (images, most likely) or you can sift through the scripts to see what you'll need. I haven't done that.

After that, you just need to use the BGI tools. The regular dumper/inserter will work. All you need to do is make sure you have python installed. Open a command prompt in the same directory as the script files, and type "py bgi_dump.py" followed by the script file you want to dump. That should work.
I'd upload the dumped scripts myself but I didn't dump them all, I just did a few to test that it works with this version of BGI.
My suggestion to you is to dump whatever arc file has some bits of the common route, TL that, and see if you can use that to get a proper hacker or to gauge your dedication.

>>17363005
Thank you anon, I will try to follow these steps when I get home from work , hoping to not screw something up in the process , if I can get the scripts I'll continue my translations right away at full speed.
Since it's quite a large VN I'm guessing I'll take definitely a large amount time to translate it, but if I can really stick to my guns , I want to end up translating at least The main route completely before asking someone if he want to patch it up.

>>17363855
Godspeed

>>17362742
Sekai fucks up their customers regularly by lying and generally being piss poor at everything they do. Why do they still have kickstarter supporters?

So uh, what happened with the Yosuga no Sora TL? Was somewhat excited to read it this year..

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Ok little update from the other day.
I managed to extract the files, and like
>>17363005
Suggested i got the Scripts from the Arc. Files Using the Extractor and simply opening with a .txt file, i was looking around understanding which were Events-Images and Scripts files , and even the Audio files, i didn't use Python or BGI tools since i'm just following the game and meanwhile looking every script is there.

Dunno if i'm doing this right (or at least right enough).
Anyway, i was checking the events/image files and all of them after Extracting them turns into Black .bmp files, is that an issue that can be fixed by using Python?

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>>17371960
ask in the new thread

>>17363572