/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
>Ley-Line: The Borderline of Dusk - October released
SakuSaku - Delayed
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"
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
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 - voiced 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
Sharin no Kuni - December release
>Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol 4 - Winter release
>Momoiro Closet - Spring 2018 release
Island - 100% translated, 40-50% edited, 2018 release
2 upcoming secret announcements


Visual Arts
>Little Busters - November 1st release
Angel Beats - 50% translated


Degica
>Muv Luv Alternative - Released, R18 patch still to come
Muv-Luv Photonflowers - Translation started
Muv-Luv Photonmelodies - To follow Photonflowers
Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
Kiminozo - Picked up


Aksys
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
SeaBed - December 26th release
Seven Days - Late 2017 release
Chuusotsu! 1st graduation - Kickstarter finished, demo released, late 2017 release


Other
>Ayakashigami - Released
Tayutama 2 - Summer release
Danganronpa V3 - 9/26 release
Dies irae - Released, uncut patch late September
>Tokiiro ni Moyuru Kokoro Akaneiro ni Moyuru Kioku - October 12th release
>Chaos;Child - October 13th release
Magical Charming - Fall release planned
Song of Memories - Fall release planned
>Hemoimo - Roughly 50% translated, Steam page up (placeholder release/title/etc.)
428: Shibuya Scramble - 2018 release
>Sakura Sakura - Kickstarter finished, demo released
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 related to astronomy
Monmusu - Announced
Taisho Alice - Volume 1 released
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
---
>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>>17676757
>>Eiyuu*Senki - October 24th release
Just 3 days before Mario Odyssey.

>>17676761
>Muv Luv Alternative - Released, R18 patch still to come
I'm curious to see how the translation changes are but not sure I can justify dumping $50 on it.
Maybe i'll wait until that R18 patch to buy it so i'm another statistic for that timeframe and hope my drop in the bucket helps keep R18 standard.

Is MLA digital only?

Any news on Angel Beats?
Has it stopped being translated?

Top 5 Ranking: https://pastebin.com/pmduMKAp
Popularity Sort: https://pastebin.com/74Fp8ebW
Full Data Point List: https://pastebin.com/EeU3MzLw

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

>>17677014
It's $40 with a 10% discount in the bundle with the first game. If you already own the first game, then the bundle just gives you Alternative for the 10% off, so basically $36, which isn't bad a a title as long as Alternative.

I read in another thread (>>17660108) that To Heart 2 fantranslation has been completed.

https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/10250-to-heart-2-for-pc-translation-project/?page=12

>>17677519
I've already read both is the thing, just curious about the fan translation/official differences.

>>17677641
Have a section of the script.

https://curiouscat.me/koestl/post/202725468

>>17677014
>Maybe i'll wait until that R18 patch to buy it so i'm another statistic for that timeframe and hope my drop in the bucket helps keep R18 standard.
>Paying for a game that not only has already been translated but has also removed the porn aspect to sell it at a later date.

You're a good person anon. Your sacrifice won't be forgotten.

>>17677805
I don't think they could realistically charge for it considering how little of it there is.

>>17677805
>has already been translated
>Ixwreck fanfiction
>translated
No.

>>17676757
>Eiyuu*Senki - October 24th release
I'm frankly surprised that JAST didnt take forever for this one this time

>>17677014
Not saying it's a poor translation but whenever Takeru says "duuude" in the new TL it really sounds out of place. Kind of reminds me of Ixrec overusing "incidentally" in his later translations.

>>17678530
If it sounds out of place then it is a poor translation.

>>17678615
Ixrec's Takeru is just less retarded than Koestl's Takeru desu.
Not everyone likes retard MCs after all.

>people defends Ixrec's fanfiction
Shameful display desu.

>>17678716
But Takeru is a confirmed retard. To depict him as everything else is falsification.

>>17678777
You have to match your subject with your verb.

Fuck Dovac.

Fuck Doddler.

May they both eat shit forever.

i wonder if hapymaher will be a christmas release

>>17678981
seems like doodler working on it so I would expect chrismas 2018 at the very best.

>>17678530
>whenever Takeru says "duuude" in the new TL
oh no

>【宗像中尉】「貴様を理解してさえいれば誰でも良い。\n付き合いの長さや深さ、年齢性別は一切関係ない」
>Fan: 【1st Lt. Munakata】「It doesn't matter as long as they understand you.The length and depth of a relationship have nothing to do with age or gender.」
lol Ixrec

Thanks to the split release of Muv Luv Alternative, the initial launch for Kickstarter backers along with the general release show up quite distinctly on the daily concurrent users chart (just charting the highest concurrent users on any individual day). It seems to be off to a relatively strong start on Steam, and unsurprisingly there has been a surge of people playing the original Muv Luv on Steam as well within the last week. Of course, its Steam performance will be complemented by the already huge Kickstarter and the upcoming Vita releases (the ESRB pages of which went up within the past few days).

Aside from that, it will be quite interesting to see how the Steam version of Dies Irae responds to the upcoming airing of the anime beginning next week. The Steam version of Dies Irae has managed to get quite a few people to download the free portion (nearing 55k Steamspy), but it still only lists 12 reviews being from individuals who reviewed it after buying the DLC on Steam.

>>17677571
I can't believe this. It was one of the oldest titles on the OP.

>>17678141
The majority of it was already translated by Fruitbat Factory.

>>17679945
How long has it been since it was removed from the OP anyway?

But either way, I'm glad the translation is out. I've wanted to play it for years.

>>17681019
A year or more. I was quite sad when it was removed.

>>17676757
Princess X comes out on Halloween.

https://www.jastusa.com/2017/princess-x-release-date-announced

Can somebody recommend me a good h-vn with a good story too? I need my fix

>>17682143
Euphoria

>>17682143
Kyonyuu Fantasy

>>17682143
Rondo Duo sort of has a plot. It's a pain to get since it's such a huge file size though.

If you don't mind gameplay titles, there's Rance and Marunomi.

>>17682119
I've heard that it has a load of band endings, including yandare and NTR. Are there any good endings or just bad ones?

>>17682077
Why was it removed?

>>17678530
>Not saying it's a poor translation but whenever Takeru says "duuude" in the new TL it really sounds out of place.
He did it again? Koestl is so fucking annoying when he put memes and foul language in his TL. What the fuck is wrong with him.

>>17683388
Because it's a machinetl.

>>17683388
It got removed when the 100% Beta patch was released, while the additional editing/polishing wasn't tracked.

>>17682119
JAST should be careful with using SoundCloud. They seem to be on their last legs.

>>17682119
2 releases in 1 month JAST?

Who sacrificed a loli to cthulu to make this happen? Whoever did, forgot to include Sumaga in the ritual.

https://groupees.com/jastusa4

Jast bundle, yo.

Is the Eustia tl legit?

>>17685004
Nah, it's better if you learn Japanese.

>>17676757
>SukiSuki - In Beta
Be nice if MG gave a statement about this. Even if it is "we can't talk about this at this time" would be enough to show that work is still likely happening behind the scenes after the bankruptcy stuff.
Is the only one we can't really be sure of if it is even going to happen any more (it should be fine but reassurance is nice) as everything else stuck we kinda know is down engine issues/lack of programmers being a bottleneck.

>>17685472
They're not going to post about their infighting regarding naming publicly.

>>17682759
vndb probably would have put in an all bad endings tag if there weren't any good endings.

>>17684841
It's like JAST sucked up some of the speed Sekai used to have.

>>17685011
It's usually better if you learn the original language, but that doesn't really answer the question.

If I didn't really like Stein's;Gate, is there any chance I'll end up liking Chaos;Child?

>>17686364
No, they are both all-ages kusoge.

For all the Bocchi Musume shilling about how even guys can enjoy it so far game seems to me like shitty twilight inspired women self-insert garbage. Also Ema a shit.

>>17686389
But PQube is releasing it as Pegi 18. Did they censor anything?
But I imagine some of the games wouldn't be able to pass even that, especially concerning sexuality - that tends to trigger people more than violence.

>>17686571
But anon, it is for me since it's too triggering for women.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198243300976/recommended/640990/

>>17686573
I don't care about rating. I care about the "no sexual content" tag.

>>17686571
It's funny.

>>17686608
Maybe I should buy it just so retards like these can have less of a voice.

>>17686805
Don't you get it for free if you're an employee?

>>17686819
I'm not an MG employee. I have a real job. loooooooooool. Anyway, I doubt even the beta testers get the game for free.

>>17686608
>6h common route
>complains it's too long

>>17686841
You don't understand, a lot of otome games just have you pick the route at the start and don't even bother with a common route

>>17686876
Why is that? Are female players that desperate to get into "action"?

Kanishino translation confirmed?
https://vndb.org/v604
https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/72grn0/to_heart_2_x_rated_pc_full_translation_and/dninccz/

>>17687141
>Kanishino
Not happening. ToHeart2 translator hates lolis.

>>17687183
Look closer. It's Beichuuka who started it, not ittaku.

>>17684564
Soundcloud is dying?
That'd suck. I've admittedly never used it much but the times I have browsed it I've typically found quite good stuff.

>>17687141
this time it will take him 20 years

>>17687576
They have been struggling to get investment money to keep afloat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40907724

>>17687594
Again, look closer...

>>17686962
Most otome games don't even have "action".

It just doesn't pay off to get too elaborate with those games. The market isn't really big enough.

>>17687185
qhp for the god of love say NO!

Why does it feel like everything is delayed? Have we hit the maximum speed of which releases are coming out? Seemed like it was exponentially getting faster and now... nothing.

>>17678948
Hi Aroduc. Looking forward to the seasonal anime rundown.

>>17689182
JAST just announced 2 release dates. JAST, two. I don't think we've ever seen speed like this. I can hardly handle it.

>>17690093
I mean, that's still only 2. For JAST, that's amazing but for everything else, it's annoying.

Though that hemorrhoid imouto VN is out soon.

>>17689182
MG is doing most of the work on the official side. Making them go even faster would force them to grow bigger, but I don't think the VN market can quite accomodate that. Or they could go full Sakuragame, but no one wants that.

Sekai has enough licenses that it could release as consistently as MG, but they have to get their shit together. It's pretty unlikely this late in the game though, and since Nutaku doesn't seem like it is subsidizing them anymore, they aren't in a great spot. They might go even slower than they are doing now and outright die off, but I'm probably just being over optimistic.

>>17691050
>Sekai has enough licenses
About that.
Don't you have to pay for licences up front typically? Meaning you'd have to actually release a product for a chance to make any returns?
So what's up with Sekai Project's ridiculous backlog of completely untouched and unfinished titles?

Assuming they paid for all of them. And haven't gotten any sales for any of them. Shouldn't they have lost ridiculous amounts of money until they can actually get sales and make some returns on the investments?
How does this even work?

>>17692226
Many of their more expensive products (Hoshizora, Ley Line, and Grisaia) are paid off by kickstarter backers, so stalling them isn't a huge issue. They usually seem to sell half-decently on top of the kickstarter, so actually releasing them is arguably just extra profit on top of the profit they already got. There are a few clear major flops like Wagamama High Spec, but they are probably doing okay as far as their smaller releases and OELVNs go. Nekopara sales in particular probably let them work slowly without worry of bankruptcy, and if all else fails, they can always resort to a bundle for quick cash. It's not sustainable for too long, but it'll work for a while.

Baldr Sky tanking won't be the end of Sekai unfortunately. They need to start consistently failing kickstarters before they are at risk. Them not doing a Baldr Sky kickstarter only shows that Sekai is healthy enough to last a hit from one or two overpriced licenses tanking.

One thing I find unfortunate is that Key Visual Arts trusted them with Rewrite, which means that they are probably in good enough terms to let them keep Clannad in the forseeable future even though Key Visual Arts has started self-publishing. I'm kind of hoping that Frontwing will pull Grisaia away from Sekai at some point in the future though.

>>17678091
The new "official" translation is fucking horrible.
Why is it that there are so many people here who think just because a translation has some corporate stamp of approval that it's going to be better than a passion project that was done by fans? There are so many VN's where the fan translation was better than the "official" translation that came later.

>>17692441

go to bed ixrec

>>17692388
>Them not doing a Baldr Sky kickstarter only shows that Sekai is healthy enough to last a hit from one or two overpriced licenses tanking.
They are doing a Baldr Sky kickstarter.

>>17692511
They are? I thought they already announced the release date.

It's not too late for a physical edition kickstarter, but they usually wait to announce the release date until then.

>>17692441
>Why is it that there are so many people here who think just because a translation has some corporate stamp of approval that it's going to be better than a passion project that was done by fans?
cuz even MTL is better than ixwreck fanfiction.

>>17692441
This is Fuwatard logic here.

>>17687183
>ToHeart2 translator hates lolis
>translated most of Clover Day's
hmmm

https://majitranslations.wordpress.com/progress/maji-koi-a-3/

RED ALERT! RED ALERT!

THIS PAITIENT IS STILL ALIVE, REPEAT, STILL ALIVE

>>17693353
>majikoi spinoff #12312312412
I can hardly contain my excitement. Oh joy.

>>17692441
Yes, tell us how horrible the translation is without giving any examples. This has been happening a lot recently, hasn't it? There was the dust-up over Subahibi, and no examples have ever been provided. I've seen people trying to spread the same kind of thing about the new Little Busters release, again with no examples. And now MLA too? What is the point, exactly?

>>17692574
Sekai has shifted their focus of kickstarters towards funding of physical release and goods rather than funding localization. Most people don't even notice the difference, and it means that the transparency they're supposed to offer to backers need not extend to their actual main operations. They really seem to not like people knowing what's going on there.

Either way, it's very likely there will be a Baldr Sky kickstarter, just because of how big it is, but probably closer to launch.

>>17693736
>There was the dust-up over Subahibi, and no examples have ever been provided.
You weren't here then huh? Because some anons posted egregious errors in that tl. Not that I'm saying that's bad because subahibi is huge, but people harp on Ixrec for lesser things ya know?

>>17693880
I saw all of it. There were a handful of errors which were all inconsequential to the plot. There was nothing on the level of what was being accused.

>>17693880
And besides, what I'm referring to is that the person who was accusing the translation of being an unedited mess never produced anything to substantiate that; not the question of whether the translation had any errors at all.

>>17693736
>What is the point, exactly?
To make people learn Japanese. While learning, they'll shitpost in the untranslated VN thread and complain about VNs they only half-understood and say all translations are shit when they themselves misunderstand lines way more often than translators do.

>>17693839
Sekai has claimed that they've shifted the focus of Kickstarters, but the money is still going to funding the licensing, translation costs, etc. Dovac used to straight out tell people that, until he told the wrong person that they were going to be lying to everyone for money and it blew up in his face.

>>17694073
>when they themselves misunderstand lines way more often than translators do.
This is a danger in language learning, especially for beginners, that I think a lot of people aren't aware of.

>>17692388
>One thing I find unfortunate is that Key Visual Arts trusted them with Rewrite, which means that they are probably in good enough terms to let them keep Clannad in the forseeable future even though Key Visual Arts has started self-publishing.
SP did a good job with Clannad so I guess it's understandable if VA doesn't want to do Rewrite themselves for whatever reason.

>>17693936
He bitched about the credits page not crediting everyone in a way he understood or agreed with. That's as close as he got.

>>17694231
>for whatever reason
Ixrec "translation" was dogshit for rewrite.

>>17695086
>dogshit
The translation isn't shit just because he mistranslated a stupid joke with no plot relevance.

>>17695209
If something like that was the only problem VA could have just fixed it. They didn't even offer it to SP and are having it retranslated from scratch.

>>17695232
You think SP doesn't have the script? I wouldn't trust them to say the least. They aren't Mangagamer for one.

>>17695239
If they want the script completely retranslated, it makes no sense to give them the old one. If it doesn't need something like that and only needs minor fixes, then VA could have just fixed it themselves and there's no need to farm out the work. But they did, which makes me think it's actually being retranslated, and thus SP doesn't need to old translation. At least that's how I see it.

>>17695263
I think they are just shitting on Ixrec, same way they're doing with Aroduc.

>>17695275
You're missing the point, which is why would VA give the project to SP when they are able to self-publish now.

>>17695280
What about Little Busters though? Are you saying doki's tl is better than Ixrec's?

>>17695282
Here's some information about it:
>To FBF: How is it working with VisualArt’s? Did they give you lots of freedom on the localisation, did you have regular contact to discuss how things should be translated?
>Jakke: VisualArt’s has been pretty hands-off regarding the localisation. We’ve been able to do the things we wanted to do, and they’ve been very open to all the suggestions we’ve made regarding things that could be improved with an English localisation in mind. They also check things at their end and have pointed out if there’s some issue in the translation.
>To FBF: What translation changes did Fruitbat Factory have to make now that they’re making their translation official?
>Jakke: I don’t think we had to make many changes. There were a few in-jokes that we changed because they felt tasteless on closer inspection, but not many. Mostly we re-checked the older translation with a higher standard of quality in mind. The translation was started quite a long time ago, and our standards - and skills - have gone up since then, so I think we were able to make a lot of improvements.
https://kazamatsuri.org/exclusive-interview-visualarts-prototype-and-fruitbat-factory-about-little-busters-english-edition/

>>17695293
>I don’t think we had to make many changes.
Forgot to note that "had" is italicized here. That changes the meaning of what is being said.

>>17693662
Seething

>>17695275
>I think they are just shitting on Ixrec, same way they're doing with Aroduc.
You think VA just took the script for free?

This pretty much confirms that sekai already licensed this: http://www.canxdensoft.net

>>17695623
Cool. Another game for their backlog. Cant wait for 2050 when they finally release it.

>>17695623
Uguu

>>17695623
Could be worse. It could be old Sekai who didn't do adult games.

>>17695953
It could be steam only if the Japanese side really wanted it to be. Don't get your hopes up.

>>17695623
https://vndb.org/v21903
Probably just a cheap doujin Sekai picked up on a whim.

Speaking of which, a lot of the cheap doujins they announced last year still aren't out yet. That's pretty laughable.

>>17695623
Could somebody please make a Japanese guide to English localizers? Something pic to tweet to Japanese people/companies.

Just to note, the schedule for AWA looks to be (times Eastern US)

Sekai Project - Friday at 3PM
Denpasoft - Friday at 11PM

>>17696401
Yay, 3-6 new projects and maybe a confirmed release date for 2 old ones from a year ago

SP's backlog just ridiculous at this point.

>>17696627
They need to get more titles to translate their existing ones though. They have negative cash flow it seems.

>>17692226
With the drop in funds coming in for newer VN releases, I would expect Sekai to purse more royalty heavy deals over large initial lump sum type deals. That said, the unfavorable deals, along with their initially higher localization costs at the time, seems to mean they have (or will) lose a fair bit of money on early licenses that missed the Steam craze such as Wagamama High Spec.

>>17693839
>>17694219
The change in the announced focus of the Kickstarters happened after Root Double almost failed and thus it seemed likely any other big Kickstarter would have the potential to fail if they made it an all or nothing type situation with a $120k+ goal. Frontwing has somewhat followed suit for the same reason. As to what the money is going to from the Kickstarters is hard to estimate, aside from the Japanese developer will end up with some kind of a cut and the physical goods will have some costs.

>>17696627
Can't even give release dates any more lmao. Sakusaku never

>>17696930
I guess it's why they pulled all their status updates from their website. Even they know they're not reliable whatsoever.

>>17696930
rip

Excluding OELVNs and doujinshi crap no one cares about SP only released 2 (two) eroge in 2017 so far, Chrono Clock and Wagahai. LMAO.

>>17696908
Considering how they go to cons using first class I wouldn't be surprised.

>>17697009
I wouldn't say Chrono Clock was released.

18+ Dies never

18+ Eden never

>>17696627
Even JAST's backlog pales in comparison, and that's saying something with how slow they are.

>>17697115
They aren't ever going to beat JAST in slowness to finish things on their backlog while things like Sumaga, Django and Schatten are still on the list.

>>17697085
If the patch isn't out by Saturday I will be upset.

We are getting that porn patch for Dies Irae tomorrow, right?

>>17697085
Over a year between them announcing it and even starting translation. What a joke

>>17697817
Haha. No.

With Hadaka Shitsuji being announced for Oct 27, I would expect certain titles already in scripting or beta to be postponed until 2018 regardless.

>>17698549
Why would a fag game have any impact on the sales of other eroge? They're not really overlapping

>>17698570
It won't affect the sales of the other upcoming titles, but with the following MG release not being until sometime in November, it does restrain what MG will get released before the end of the year.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/691150/Saku_Saku_Love_Blooms_with_the_Cherry_Blossoms/

October 2nd release for SakuSaku.

>>17698549
>With Hadaka Shitsuji being announced for Oct 27
Great, another gayshit and only mouth after previous. FagGamer.

>>17692441
Fuwanovel logic. The thing is even the opposite is true. There are fan translations that are horrible and some even take years to where the fan version never happens and we never hear from it again. Rarely will you ever have good or even great Translations.

>>17695623
I can not wait, it will be out 20 years from now.

>>17698549
>With Hadaka Shitsuji being announced for Oct 27

>>17697009
>Chrono Clock 85% translated and Menu in Japanese

That was just bad.

>>17698760
They could still release a nukige in mid-October.

>>17699837
It would be a random 3rd party title, not something on their release tracker.

Sekai Project promoting Fata Morgana swag at AWA. They must really have netorared the dev from MG.

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/913750794016575488

>>17699857
Kuroinu chapter 2 finished beta awhile ago.

>>17699876
They are probably saving that for when there is nothing else to release. I wouldn't expect it before Hadaka Shitsuji at least.

>>17698760
There will probably only be 2 or maybe 3 other titles for the rest of the year.

>>17699866
Just knowing that the TL of their new game won't be half as good as Fata Morgana is disgusting.

we need more princess maker

>>17699866
They grabbed the upcoming NarKarma EngineA over the Summer from the Fata Morgana developer.

>>17699866
I just visited they're booth it was totally empty of people looking or buying. It's pretty embarrassing to see.

>>17700750
Any good booths there?

>>17700750
SP should start using shills as well.

>>17700750
They are booth?

>>17699837
If they were releasing another title that they are publishing themselves in mid-October (as opposed to a third party title), it is likely it would be up for preorder now.

https://twitter.com/Moenovel/status/913720288952635392

Moenovel is teasing "exciting things" for the Fall.

https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/913843263173419008

Sekai is streaming their AWA panel.

>>17701037
Neko-nin ExHeart was pretty shit.

Sekai is putting SakuSaku for just $20 on Steam. I guess they are trying for a low price to get traction compared to WagaHigh's $40 (although I would guess at least a $10 markup on Denpa).

They announced that they somehow got a deal with GOG to release VNs on that platform.

>>17699866
SP specifically giving a shoutout to MG on their panel because of this, that's kinda funny.

Wake me up when they stop talking about EVN shit.

They got https://vndb.org/v20922 from Cosmillica.

>>17701107
>all-ages

They also picked up https://vndb.org/v21903 which seems to be their last announcement. Not a surprise considering >>17695623 along with the two guests they had.

>>17701107
>all-ages
>Short (2 - 10 hours)
Wow lads. More douji garbage from Sekai.

>>17701121
I would think the R18 version will likely be one of Denpa's announcements tonight.

>>17701124
At least they might actually be able to get this one translated in a reasonable time frame...

Maybe.

>>17697085
Have they given a date on when?

>>17701147
>The patch is now scheduled to be available at the end of September.
Post from last month.

>>17701037
There was literally 10 people at their panel for a room of 500 seats. Pretty damning evidence of their popularity dying off.

>>17701130
No one cares about this game

>>17701199
I'd give them at least 3 years. I don't think they are unpopular enough to collapse just yet.

I do wonder how the companies currently partnered with Sekai will react once it disappears. I'd imagine that it would be a legal mess if Sekai hasn't released Baldr Sky by then for example.

>>17701147
Well they got 1 day before September ends, I wouldn't be surprised if the anime finishes by the time they release it.

>>17701199
The funny part is that 10 out of 500 is still their target group that they are willing to go with loss on sales just to ensure they buy all-ages games on Steam.

Maybe they should start charging real prices for all-ages games soon as they only have a few fans, and no normies buying.

>>17701107
Sweet, more yuri.

>>17701567
WagaHigh was at $40 on Steam, SakuSaku looks like it is going to be $20. With those two releases it should be possible to make some comparisons between how much the higher price on Steam contributes to the sales of typical moege (although it obviously won't be exact, since the two titles won't necessarily have the same amount of appeal, not to mention the estimates we get are hardly exact). I imagine that the Denpa price for SakuSaku will be cheaper than the $45 for WagaHigh as well, and comparing their Denpasoft sales will be trivial, since the best selling sort uses long term sales and with neither having a Kickstarter it will just be seeing where the two end up by comparison.

>>17701051
The tweet announcing the GOG partnership notes that they'll be bringing "some of their titles" to the platform, so it will probably be selective in what ends up there. It does seem like it will be difficult to estimate what kind of sales Sekai finds on the platform (which will also be true with their upcoming console releases).

Not too interested in this game personally, but good news I guess.

https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/913905380534693889

>>17701871
Oh not just that, they're posting about several updates on Twitter.

>>17701871
That, along with several 100% TL'd titles, is probably coming out next year. Nothing to get hyped about, even if people actually wanted that title.

I think Retarnia and Imopara are the two titles more likely to be release this year.

>>17701904
You forgot Evenicle.

>>17701904
>tfw all the titles I've been hyped for since last year ended up getting pushed out in favor of fujoshit

It burns

Whomst been playing Space Live? What do you think so far?

>>17701989
A place to talk about OELVN would be /v/ or plebbit.

>>17702002
OP included it in their post, so I don't see the problem.

>>17702011
If you don't see the problem in including a title which is not being translated in a visual novel TRANSLATION status thread, then you are pretty stupid.

>>17701950
Evenicle is kind of cutting it close since it hasn't started beta yet, though it's still possible depending on how much priority MG puts on it.

>>17702076
It technically is translated though, even if the English release is coming out first.

>>17702094
It's clear that it has to be released this year. Next year is SR and RQ. I think they even mentioned they were going for end of year release in alicesoft general.

>>17702076
You're the first person to ever be this much of a dick to me on /jp/. Hope you're proud, faggot.

https://twitter.com/haertsisnoob/status/913961924232142848

Denpasoft panel stream

Denpa + Fakku partnership announced, though no farther details yet.

>>17702094
Provided that they have time, I wouldn't be surprised if Evenicle follows Rance VI and being released just before year's end.

>>17702099
It's kind of in a grey area along with titles like GGN and initially the LoveKami spinoffs as Japanese developed titles made for a Western audience. Regardless of what one considers though, it's Steam launch looks to be lackluster thus far and probably will go down as a miss unless the Chinese audience picks up on it.

https://vndb.org/v15134

Denpa picked up Love Duction.

>>17702612
Looks like the "leaker" was correct, although a few months late

They also grabbed the R18 version of that things Sekai announced earlier, which wasn't a surprise. They are now in Q&A though, so seems to be the extent of the announcements.

>>17702612
I imagine that Maitetsu will be going through this partnership and they were working out the details by AX since they announced R18 Maitetsu then. With Nutaku's support dropping off though, it is probably the strongest partnership they could make and it easily gets around their historic content issues.

So after today how many titles does Sekai have in the backlog now? Just how large will it grow?

https://twitter.com/Denpasoft_pr/status/907731822683070465

What does this even mean???

https://denpasoft.com/blogs/announcements/announcements-awa-2017

Their post for the panel seems to be missing some of the things they actually announced at the panel (or at least it is missing Love Duction). Aside from that, they noted about their Fakku partnership that they have some upcoming announcements related to that (which imagine they'll be Maitetsu will be going through it and Teaching Feeling).

>Denpasoft is pleased to be teaming up with FAKKU on their new game distribution platform and will be releasing games on both Denpasoft and FAKKU as well. We’re excited about this new partnership and will be making some announcements soon to highlight this new relationship!

>>17702612
Let's see how long Fakku money can keep Sekai alive.

>>17702795
Clearly, all of Wagamama's assets will now be legally usable for Tyranobuilder.



Seriously though, adding a create your own scenarios option is way more trouble than its worth for a visual novel.

Again no Dies Irae patch or even a singe info why it isn't there yet. Nice job, light.

Looks like the free common route + DLC character routes strategy ended in disappointment for Light. SubaHibi was also a bust. Do we know anything about how Alternative is selling or do the kickstarter backers just obscure any data out there?

>>17703202
Dies Irae still has potential to do well even though the DLC looks to have been a bit of a dud thus far, largely dependent on how popular the anime ends up and how well the console sales do. That said though, the free + paid DLC release strategy certainly doesn't look to be the strongest way to proceed for full length VNs.

>>17703202
>Looks like the free common route + DLC character routes strategy ended in disappointment for Light.
What makes you say that?

>>17703202
>Do we know anything about how Alternative is selling or do the kickstarter backers just obscure any data out there?

An updated graph from the one posted earlier this week, showing the daily peak concurrent users from the initial Kickstarter release on the left and the general release to the right. It has had a relatively strong response thus far by that measure, peaking at 160 concurrent users without much help from Kickstarter backers and looks like it will maintain a considerable amount of activity for some time. It has also shown a considerable response on SteamSpy as well, although it is too early to try and use that data to try to make an exact estimate. It is hard to determine how it is doing with expectations (Subahibi for example didn't have comparatively horrible numbers, just high expectations), but it appears to be doing decently thus far.

In addition to that though, Muv Luv itself is up to 18-20k thus far on Steamspy which is a respectable amount, and those copies would have been sold with the promise of Alternative (regardless of if the purchaser gets around to playing Alternative or not). It also seems to be well positioned to find success on consoles (Vita initially, but it wouldn't be at all surprising to see it ported to additional consoles with time).

>>17703245
Yeah, I was under the impression that we couldn't tell how many people had actually bought the DLC because the numbers of free downloads and purchases are conflated.

>>17701048
Something I noticed even when looking at Danganronpa V3 was most people said they would pay between 30-40$ for a good long visual novel. But have trouble paying 50$ or more. This was all due to it being 60$ on Steam.

>>17703435
There may be some other snag as it isn't a typical method to judge a release from, but Steam lists just 12 of the 204 Dies Irae reviews as being from Steam purchasers (10 of which are in English), which appears to exclude Kickstarter backers along with those who reviewed the title without purchasing the DLC. The other relevant VN with such a release method is ChuSingura 46+1, where 32 of the 785 reviews are from Steam purchase (18 in English). By comparison to another non-DLC release, Muv Luv Alternative already has 32 English reviews from Steam purchases (and 100 total from Steam purchases, most of the non-English reviews being Chinese), along with 59 reviews from non-Steam purchases (mainly Kickstarter backers).

Of course, Dies Irae success or failure won't be apparent until after both the anime and console release, so it is hardly going to be a definite at this point (unlike Subahibi, where there was a comment about the disappointing sales and there is no foreseeable event to bring it significant promotion)

>>17701051
GOG is such a joke Sekai deserves them. GOG has went back on a lot of things people went to them for, especially return deals and refunds. It's also not surprising how they did not consider Visual Novels an actual game genre even though it has been around for years. Steam benefited so much from GOG's failures that it's almost ironic.

>>17701980
It does suck but then again it was to gain an audience for more sales in order to help fund other projects.

Are there any Visual Novels work reverse traps?

>>17703019
I would give it a month or two. I have to strange feeling that they are looking over the visual novel again and will be coming out with the patch soon.

For what it is worth, Fakku was asked on Twitter if they'll be carrying titles with mosaics with their Denpasoft partnership, and responded that everything they carry will be mosaic free.

https://twitter.com/FAKKU/status/914075945329291265

>>17703553
That's what vndb tags are for.

>>17703664
At least that serves as a strong motivator for Sekai to go mosaic free even if it may be a hassle on their part.

Fakku panel seems to be 7:15 (EST) today. I wonder if they'll have VN announcements related to the partnership.

where the FUCK is Dies Irae 18+ patch?

>>17705077
They got their kickstarter money so they ran away.

>>17705100
I gave money to MG, they went to shit.
I gave money to Light, they went to shit.
Clearly, I should never buy anything ever again.

> All these good otome games.
> Vita only.

Why does this always happen? Also, why the heck do the majority of them have deeper plotlines than most male-oriented eroge?

>>17705185
>otome
>good
Pick one

Translate this, anti-honorificfags.

>>17705327
Kouhei... poop

Nearing a day after release, Space Live has thus far only managed to peak at 9 concurrent users. Not that concurrent users is directly tied to long term sales, but by this measure it is likely going to be the worse launch performance for a MG title on Steam since Myth and Stargazers last year.

Eden - 302 (During the Summer 2015 sale, day 1 peak of 130)
Higurashi ch 1 - 268 (During the Summer 2015 sale, day 2 peak of 255)
Ozmafia - 246 (day 3 peak)
Kindred Spirits - 228 (day 3 peak)
Go Go Nippon - 181 (during a sale, launch peak not available)
Remembering How We Met - 174 (day 2 peak)
Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome - 109 (day 3 peak)
Higurashi ch 2 - 88 (day 1 peak)
Umineko - 75 (day 2 peak)
Princess Evangile - 66 (day 4 peak)
Princess Evangile W Happiness (day 2 peak)
Higurashi ch 3 - 65 (day 2 peak)
Higurashi ch 4 - 48 (day 1 peak)
Higurashi ch 5 - 46 (day 1 peak)
Tokyo Babel - 40 (day 3 and 6 peak)
Fata Morgana - 33 (day 2 peak)
Dal Segno - 33 (day 4 peak)
Da Capo 3 - 31 (day 2 peak)
Cho Dengeki Stryker - 30 (how long that happened after launch not available)
Himawari - 28 (day 1 peak)
Supipara - 26 (day 5 peak)
Gahkthun - 22 (day 5 of being on Steam, originally released months before the Steam release on MG)
The Shadows of Pygmalion - 21 (day 2 peak)
Space Live - 9 (thus far)
Myth - 8 (day 1 and 3 peak)
The Stargazers - 5 (day 5 peak)

The translation of the Ai route for Tsujidou-san no Jun’ai Road has been release.

>>17705432
As expected, I guess. I suppose there's a chance it might get memed on and become a big seller, but I seriously doubt it.

Several months later, Bokuten is still at
>port in progress
>progress
Thanks, mangagaymer.

>>17705444
Most boring girl desu

Wait for Maki

https://twitter.com/gravitypriest/status/914278839236354048

Fakku games slide from their AWA panel, they have MG/Jast/Nekoworks/Denpa all involved.

>>17706151
So SP was bragging about something everyone will get.

>>17706158
I'm guessing it will be a lot like the Nutaku situation, where MG/Jast will quietly get some extra sales with their back catalogue, while Denpasoft will be more involved with the partnership.

It's been 5 fucking months since the last higurashi chapter.

>>17706151
Neko Works H? That's the one with Ishikei doing the art for a new game, isn't it? Guess it makes sense with Fakku already releasing Ishikei's work.

>>17676757
>>17644606
...?

>>17706714

>>17644606 is last week's update thread.
>>17676757 is the current one.

>>17706729

>>17706737
There's an update status thread each week. There will be a brand new one tomorrow too.

>>17706741
That's pretty retarded and a waste of threads, but whatever.

>>17706737
The threads are done weekly with the next one coming out sometime tonight or tomorrow. Unfortunately as the last few weeks have been quiet they haven't reached the bump limit and for some reason people have posted to the old one mid week keeping it around.

>>17706745
Normally they get archived before the week is up. That not happening was rare until recently, but by this point a new weekly thread is a standard procedure.

>>17706745
how new?

>>17706749
>people have posted to the old one mid week
I sometimes do this because I mistake it for the current thread.

Funimation thinks visual novels are sexist garbage.

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/09/hajimete-no-gal-english-dub-lambasts-visual-novel-fans-as-misogynistic-creeps/40324/

>>17706828
Criticizing a dub is one thing but from all the buzzwords I would normally only expect to see in several posts of shitposing I really hope the author wrote all of this ironically. Even the linked Sankaku article is better compared to that.

>>17706828
>a dub is shit

wooooowwwww

>Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road
Ai route patch is out

>>17706812
You should sage nonetheless. I blame the removal of visible sage.

>>17705327
This is plain bad.

>>17706828
This is why you have Subs over dubs.

>>17706737

Don't worry, soon we'll have a third one

>>17705327
Just remove the offending text.
>Kouhei: Then you have to call me Kouhei.
>Aeka: Kou... hei...
>Aeka: Kouhei...

>>17707795
Or alternatively, change the lines.
>Kouhei: Then you have to call me Kouhei.
>Aeka: Kouhei...? Well, I'd love to, but I'd feel a bit rude...
>Kouhei: Don't worry, it's fine with me. Come on.
>Aeka: Kou.. hei...
>Aeka: Kouhei...

>>17707808
>but I'd feel a bit rude
Why? This doesn't make any sense.

>>17707795
>>17707808
that kind of localization wouldn't make sense in this context, because from a Westernized standpoint calling people anything other than their first names (at least in a familiar, peer-to-peer context) doesn't really happen

>>17707815
>Well, I'd love to, but are you sure?
There you go.

>>17707817
It's common knowledge that Japanese people often address each other by last name. The meaning of honorifics isn't. Anyway, conveying an aspect of a foreign is not the same thing as leaving untranslated foreign terms in a text.

>>17707830
>Anyway, conveying an aspect of a foreign culture
Left out the last word there

>>17707830
>The meaning of honorifics isn't.
lol

>>17707830
>The meaning of honorifics isn't
Lmao.

>>17707835
>>17707846
I have yet to be convinced that the majority of people who think they understand the subtleties here actually do understand them.

>>17707830
>It's common knowledge that Japanese people often address each other by last name
NISA wiping sweat from forehead.jpg

>>17707849
>majority of people
The only people you know are the cool guys from your cartel.

Just as a note, the thread for this week is up

>>17707536

>>17706070
This. What the fuck are they waiting for.

>>17708637
Doddler since he is still working on it it seems.
https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/913939049882071040

>>17707830
If you assume a person playing visual novels have read a manga, then they have already read how honorifics works. Because they are filled with translation notes in the end teaching newcomers to manga how it works. (Heck, they even tell you to read backwards...)

>>17708699
At last. Now i want a release date.

>>17676757
>Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "2181/2308 original edition scenario scripts translated (94.5%)"
Which routes it adapte ?

where is the Dies Irae r18 patch?

>>17712874
this >>17705100