/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
>Koikuma - Through QA, Steam page up, 2018 release
Dracu-Riot - Through 1st round of QA, fixes from QA next before more QA, in "icebox"
Nanairo Reincarnation - In QA, on track
Baldr Sky - 50% translated
Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - 100% translated
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - 50% translated
Riajuu Plus - Release "within a couple months"
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 33% translated
Creature to Koi Shiyo!! for Otome - Waiting on a third party
Miko no Kanata - Picked up
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
Tenshin Ranman - QA and engine work next, in "icebox"
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
G-senjou no Maou - Denpa version announced
Nekopara Vol 4 - Announced
Rewrite+ - 35% translated
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Senren * Banka - Picked up
Ninja Girl - 100% translated
Island Diary - Announced
Love Duction - 100% translated, needs engine work
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Sumire - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 2 - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 3 - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 0 - Picked up
Re;Lord Volume 2 - 100% translated+edited, awaiting engine work
Majo Koi Nikki - 100% translated+edited, awaiting engine work
Harumade Kururu - 75% edited, awaiting engine work, 2019 release
9 -nine- - 100% translated, 0% edited, awaiting engine work
Tokyo Chronos - Kickstarter ongoing

Frontwing
>Loca-Love - Kickstarter up, November release
>Sharin no Kuni - Targeting a December release
Lilitales - Picked up

Sol Press
>DareSora - Volume 1 Released
Sakura Sakura - Demo released, upscaling finished, QA started and expected to take a month
Yotsunoha - Q3 release, starting QA, demo Released

Nekonyan
Sanoba Witch - 100% translated, 80% edited, October 26th release
Hello,good-bye - 60% translated, 25% edited, November release
Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~ Mini Fandisc - Fall release, 50% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai - Early 2019 release
Melty Moment - Aiming for a release next Winter
Hello Lady - Early Q2 2019 release
Aokana - Summer 2019 Release
Two more announcements before the end of the year

Cherry Kiss
Harem Guild - Upcoming release
Nekura Ijimerarekko o Tasuketara Natsukareta - Picked up
Tenshi to Akuma to Elf ga Oyome ni Kimashita - 1/3rd translated

Fakku
>HemoImo - Fakku release planned. No longer waiting on devs; requires additional scripting and UI editing before release.
Love Cube - Picked up

Other
>Neighbor - October release, Steam page up, demo released to backers
E-Gene - 1st entry planned for Fall 2018
London Detective Mysteria - Fall 2018 release
>Seven Days - Kickstarter started, December release
If My Heart Had Wings Flight Diary - Announced, work ongoing
Magical Charming - Release planned
Song of Memories - 2018 release
>Venus Blood Frontier - Prefundia up, Kickstarter going up around September 20th
Angel Beats - 50% translated
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - On Steam Greenlight
Tayutama 2 - Future release, R18 patch planned but may not be ready at launch
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>Baldr Force Standard Edition - Released
Huh?

>>19896240
>Baldr Force Standard Edition - Released
The absolute madman

>>19896341
https://nyaa.si/view/1075869
https://nyaa.si/view/1075746
https://vndb.org/r59591

>>19896422
Any word on the TL quality?

>>19896442
Seems good.

Could anyone give an overview of Baldr Force? I mean, in relation to wether if it has aged well or if it is needed to understand or enjoy Baldr Sky, etc.

Thanks.

Could anyone give an overview of Baldr Force? I mean, in relation to whether if it has aged well or if it is needed to understand or enjoy Baldr Sky, etc.

Thanks.

>>19896575
It doesn't have H scenes, so it's sgit.

>>19896579
The h-scenes in force are pretty shit anyway.

>>19896442
It's Aroduc, of course it's good.

>>19896681
It's not Aroduc.

>>19896685

No porn, no read.

>>19896681
>>19896685
Someone just go ask him

>>19896341
>all-ages version
FAIR JANAI

>>19896341
>>19896356
This patch came out of left field and was dropped on /vn/ of all places by a guy going by SteppenWolf !!gzHoNZ02Yfn >>/vg/228082868
>>19896776
>>19896749
>>19896579
Most likely the reason he used the SE was because EXE's engine was one big mess even Doddler and Aroduc didn't wanna bother making work IIRC. It also has bigger resolution: 800x600 in SE vs 640x480 in EXE.

>>19896341
>>19896356
This patch came out of left field and was dropped on /vn/ of all places by a guy going by SteppenWolf !!gzHoNZ02Yfn >>>/vg/228082868
>>19896776
>>19896749
>>19896579
Most likely the reason he used the SE was because EXE's engine was one big mess even Doddler and Aroduc didn't wanna bother making work IIRC. It also has bigger resolution: 800x600 in SE vs 640x480 in EXE.

(；´∀｀)

>>19897081
yeah it was mentioned that he'd love to do the +18 release but couldn't due to the clusterfuck that is glorious nippon coding called 1000 times over. I wouldn't let an official company off the hook if they did some bullshit like this since they have access to official developer tools but it's fan-translators with hacked together tools doing the best they can do with what they've got. I don't blame 'em one bit.

>>19896575
It's good, but it aged really bad in term of the gameplay, but in a sense, it's better to go force->sky not to feel a terrible downgrade. I went sky->force and it was painful. You don't really need it to understand sky, though zero references some parts (Leviathan, mostly).

>>19896240
Moritake announced that his recent bara RPG (腹が減っては雄交尾もできぬ) will be getting an English release.

https://twitter.com/fore_st/status/1040851713777795072

https://moritake.booth.pm/items/1012635

>>19897585
>Plunning

>>19897651
I don't believe he speaks English, its very broken when he responds to people. Meru reached out to him a few months back about releasing his stuff in English: https://twitter.com/merumeruchann/status/1008659997020995584

MangaGamer's Top 5 Chart:

1. Sisterly Bliss ~Don't Let Mom Find Out~
2. Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome
3. Treasure Hunter Claire
4. Evenicle
5. Neighbor Watching

Sisterly Bliss is now 2 weeks in a row on 1st place.
Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome ranking 2nd due to last week's otome sale.
Treasure Hunter Claire still in chart since its release date (20th July).
Evenicle too is in the chart since 31st May (pre-order).
Neighbor Watching, 3rd party title by UMe SOFT currently ranked 5th.

>>19897884
Evenicle being there for so long makes me wonder how it will do on steam if they decide to put it there.

https://twitter.com/Denpasoft_pr/status/1041074191590715393

Denpasoft is starting to publish their titles on Steam.

>>19897701
Meru is a good girl. Translates Flowers and adds in honorifics.

>>19898203
I'm glad it's her that got HaruKuru, it would be a big mess if it were a normal Sekai Project translation.

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/09/highway-blossoms-18-adult-patch-now-free-to-download-on-steam/69107/amp/

https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/09/glare1more-visual-novel-launches-uncut-on-steam-without-adult-patch/69168/amp/

It seems like on the 18+ patch some are doing it as DLC and see without. I do not know if there is a difference. But it seems like no matter what though some regions will always be effected if the scenes are in or not. Still good news though.

>>19898200

>>19898200
MG have said they are going to be playing the situation carefully, but I'm still surprised they haven't made their move yet. They have so many titles that could be potential hits on steam.

>>19898246
That's your average Sekai Project buyer and the only reason why they are still afloat is thanks to drones like him.

>>19898251
I would gift my normie friends Alicesoft titles if they were on Steam. It's fucking impossible to convince other people to sign up for another website to get games.

>>19898251
My guess is they are talking to Steam about the DLC 18+ patch vs uncensored release version and about the region stuff going on. Either way I agree with you completely. Hopefully within this week they make a few huge moves and announcements for Steam. I can imagine a Euphoria, Rance and Kara no shoujo release. Those would easily sell about 5k copies maybe even more. Nukige and 18+ is easily Mangagamer territory that they can win out over time.

>>19898224
Be careful of Glare1more. Its publisher is the Japanese dev who did a terrible translation of Ayakashigami and then had Steam forum volunteers try to edit it to appear readable.

>>19898251
I think they're trying to improve relations with GOG for now. MG got burned by Valve even after doing everything right. I mean they even got their games pulled even though they specifically put the content through an official rep. Japanese related material gets more harshly treated there for no fucking reason I can think of other than racism. That's not to say they're not trying to put their games on Steam. That would be foolish. It's just that they're not as enthusiastic about it and not in a particular hurry.

>>19898299
If MG's Steam rep hasn't changed, then they might not be able to. He or she seems conservative and has given them bad advice before. Even Doddler pointed out that they may not want MG to release anything that can't stand on its own without sex scenes.

>>19898305
>GOG only
I would like to believe you Anon. But Steam is where the userbase is at. Mangagamer may drop a few titles on GOG here it will get some sales, but it does not have the 18+ stuff now that Steam introduced. If you can have potentially 6k sales and have a userbase that will buy from you on a storefront. Then it's worth the effort to be patient and go through the process and to figure everything out before jumping in completely.
>>19898300
Thanks for talking about that.

>>19898336
>Even Doddler pointed out that they may not want MG to release anything that can't stand on its own without sex scenes.
This is good advice I would release safe games at least for now and then move onto the controversial stuff later. Either way MG has to release something. They have a good library right now to export some games that fans would like.

>>19898305
MG accidentally put a new all ages version of Maidens of Michael on the MG website in place of the adult version, so I think they're trying to get it back on Steam. The update was from 8/30.

>>19898224
Difference is if Steam auto-blocks them in multiple countries.

>>19898392
I think it's actually up to the devs to set up the region locks. And if they don't they'll be held accountable if that country complains.

https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/1041177684829646848

To no one's surprised DareSora bombed.

>>19898495
Yeah, licensing plotge is just stupid.

>>19898522
It's because it's episodic and has no ero.

>>19898522
Anon, you do realize DareSora volume 1 is only like 45 minutes long? Who would want to buy that?

>>19898543
Name a plotge which performed saleswise to their expectations or better.

>>19898543
Honestly, I don't think the length is the biggest problem rather everyone is afraid of buying something that will never be finished.

>>19898553
It's basically the Supipara situation all over again.

>>19898552
Kara no Shoujo sold good enough to get hardcopies. As did Umineko.

>>19898552
The House in Fata Morgana. The amazing word of mouth it good let to it doing really well and getting a hard copy.

>>19898553
I can see Sol Press trying to kickstart the rest of the series at this rate.

>>19898586
Kara was kickstarter with porn. Was kind of guaranteed to do better than terrible.

>>19898665
My mistake. My brain connected it to Karakara. (Should have reacted when it was used as an example of a story VN)

Is Sol Press gonna put their VNs on other storefronts?

Baldr Force's release is how all fan translations should be done. If you don't announce shit, nobody can prevent you from releasing your patch to the public.

>>19898612
Two hard copies

>>19898495
I'd read it if it was actually a whole game.
>mystery
>episodic
Seriously?

>>19898824
It's told with each volume being a different week in the story. There's also some weird magic stuff going on where people who die either get revived or get replaced every week like some kind of universe reset.

>>19897904
The art is Senran Kagura fanbase bait, so it should do pretty well.

>>19898909
I think any gameplay titles MG has would do well there, since it would attract RPG players.

>>19898552
Dies Irae honestly

>>19898789
By all intents you are right. There's two problems with this though

-Generally fanTLs kind of want to build up hype for their releases. It's so that people will know that the thing they've been working on for months, even years has been completed. Releasing something to no fanfare and out of nowhere looks good as a nice surprise but without hype, there's the likelihood that any interest in it will be lost and that feels bad when you've worked on something for a long time. I think the best example is coco who TLed Ikikoi and Ayakashibito. Her releases never really got attention so she bowed out of translating until /vn/ sent her a bunch of thank you emails like years later

-The other problem is the possibility that someone else ends up working on the same VN you were working on. This is a pretty big one in a million chance but it's not a complete impossibility. Imagine you were working on some long as fuck 30 hour VN keeping it a secret for a long time and then some other fanTL group, or even worse an official localisation company, announces they have been working on the same thing. Maybe they're even further along than you. It would suck pretty hard. Again, this is a pretty big long shot since there's so many VNs out there but if it happens with fansubbing and scanlation, it can happen with VNs too

>>19899121
And the danger is something like Baldr Sky happening.

>>19898200
Know what MG game would get a sales boost if it were to be put on Steam?

HAPYMAHER

BAMBOO OR DODDLER, I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS.
RELEASE HAPYMAHER ON STEAM SO IT GETS THE SALES BOOST NEEDED FOR THE FD.

>>19898924
Rance in particular seems to be an (in)famous character, and there are people clamouring for it on Twitter. His series might reach partial memege status like Kindred Spirits or Princess Evangile.

>>19899491
This too.

>>19898586
Doddler crying about KaraShoujo's sales helped too.

>>19899604
Didn't help Sorcery Jokers.

>>19899611
Even chuuni fans didn't think Sorcery Jokers was very good.

Any news from JAST?

>>19899941
two of their titles are almost done. Totono and a BL one. one requires a tiny bit more translating and the other is 100% translated and 50%+ edited.

>>19899941
Totono seems to be their priority. It's 100% translated and 50% edited.
Sweet Pool has nearly completed translation. .
Flowers 3 is still in translation.
Machine Child may be getting closer to release, they started promoting it on twitter again.

Tokyo Necro translation when? Moogy and Makoto wouldn't let us down would they?

>>19900071
moogy is too busy controlling the scene from the shadows and makoto is dead

I kind of miss Softhouse-Seal stuff

>>19900217
I do too, those were my favorite titles.

Baldr Force is so fucking bad. I finished ayane and minori's route and I don't know if I can keep going.

>>19900391
B-But Conjueror said it was a kamige!

>>19897081
>>19897151
>>19897081
Things just got even weirder.
I tried the patch with the EXE version on a whim and for some reason IT WORKS.
MC is unvoiced of course, resolution is 640x480 BUT IT WORKS YOOO.
Now let's see if the porn shows up and the script changes from SE are reverted.

>>19900168
We are controlling the scene.

>>19900391
All-Ages is nothing to bother with. Keep the TL for the uncensored version if someone picks it up. TLing some dark porn should be something that people actually want to do.

>>19900461
Based.

Game was working fine, but now I'm getting this error. Any help?

>>19900546
This is not your helpdesk, frogeater. Mail them or ask on their discord.

>>19900512
>dark porn
https://exhentai.org/s/b82edc71d4/122707-523

Yeah

>>19898552
Rance

>>19900578
It's just scat. Everyone should have played at least Euphoria by now. It's 2018.

>>19900461
Post here when you'll get to the porn.

>>19900461
>>19900730
Seems like I've hit a script change already.
It crashes right after this.

Now, if I had the engine tools I would make a side-by-side comparison of what was changed and see if I can revert it, or at least make it not crash.
Let's see if Aroduc is willing to give me basic tools at least.

When is Frontwing going to release a VN thats not episodic shit?

>>19901538
You're right. Other than SubaHIbi which they bought from TLwiki clowns and Island which is all-ages shit, everything is fucking episodic.

>>19901575
One of the things people have been asking for in there surveys is a standard vn with routes. I thought Loca Love was going to be that but thats episodic so I don't know what the fucks going on.

>>19896241
>look up HemoImo
>Full title is My little sis got hemorrhoids so, I stuck a suppository up her ass., My Sister's Discipline Log

JAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

>>19896341
>>19896776
>All ages

>>19901538
Well, there's Lili(tales?) but that's for doujin HRPG fans. Frontwing is definitely too reliant on KS and their overall presense in the West is only slightly more than Fruitbat Factory, but assuming that they are only using their Western business to bolster their Japanese business rather than being completely reliant on the West, they should be stable enough. Don't forget that Island did well.

>>19901985
I personally don't care since I'm not a big fan of NTR or scat. Each to their own though.

>>19898495
>>19898824
RIP Sol Press Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

Only two more years to go!

>>19901052
Well shit.

>>19903090
Wasn't it in beta before it got frozen? How come it needs so much more work if it was already in testing? Seems to be more than slight bugs or issues that would come up from test runs.

>>19901052
Force tools are already on tlwiki.
https://tlwiki.org/?title=Tools#BALDR_FORCE_EXE_tools

>>19903221
Beta testing is just TLC isn't it?

>>19903240
A beta is normally where you test something to pick up any bugs or issues before release. TLC work should come way before that.

>>19903240
Beta testing of any software in my experience is about trying to break the game. Do anything that a customer might or might not do in the game and see if it triggers a technical error. With VNs you also need to be on the lookout for script issues (typos, grammar, etc.). You don't even need to know Japanese to do it.
TLC can be done without even opening the game, but it has to be done by someone who knows Japanese.

>>19903221
>>19903143
>>>/vg/228241760

How come nobody ever translates anything made by Black Cyc?

>>19903992
kusoge

>>19903992
People don't like translating nukige

>>19903992
I think JAST was trying but somehow it didn't happen.

>>19903992
Perhaps MG might end up doing something by them. If I'm not mistaken Ranba Amuse owns them and MangaGamer has already released Tsui Yuri.

>>19904004
They revealed a while back that Black CYC had issues getting their engine to work correctly for a western audience.

It was something to do with punctuation or special characters or something like that.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/778990/Futanari_Princess/
https://archive.is/NnUqe
We officially now have porn on steam and it's fucking futa of all things has scat and some stolen art.
https://archive.fo/im1GG
Crazy times we are living in. If this is allowed then certainly Euphoria can be or even Rance. Valve is free market in it's definition.

>>19904028
Based MangaGamer using Tsui Yuri to get to the Black Cyc licenses.
The snake visual novel from them seems interesting just by looking at the gallery.

On another note, not even a week and steam's adult store is already filled with stolen visual novels. If you notice you don't even need to log in to see it, which shouldn't be possible if there was any quality control.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/778990/Futanari_Princess/

>>19904202
I love free market.

>>19904214
This is more than likely a test. Fake visual novels will be taken down though obviously. But this does mean that Valve will allow porn and controversial porn.

>>19904214
Not only that, Futanari Princess doesn't even have an age gate. That's going to cause alot of trouble.

>>19904303
I wonder if that is a troll, a test or a genuine mistake.

>>19904322
More than likely a troll and a test. It has stolen art and it also is showing what Valve will allow.

>>19904322
The adult market is now automated, it's all regulated by a system, it shows how flawed Valve's ''tools'' are.

It's not like the first time, just look at this for example.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/857440/Hentai_Puzzle/
It's using stolen assets, it has been released 4 months ago and it's still not removed (look at the amount of reviews). You will see many more titles like Futanari Princess or generally MTL shit being dumped on steam without any consequences now that steam has opened the gates.

>>19904214
This got removed because the dev of the original game complained to steam. The art was stolen.

>>19904226
Well, if Steam is okay with toddlercon and scat; it's apparently okay with practically everything.

>>19904370
This is why I think true AI is impossible.

According to steamdb Hard Work is selling mosaic free in Japan. Think denpa will get in trouble for that?

>>19905094
Lets report it and get them in trouble.

http://archive.is/qcSSl
28 countries are restricted(only major ones is Germany, South Korea, China, Japan and Russia) for adult games and it looks like a DLC for adult content might be the best option to bypass the restrictions.

>>19905563
Shame fearmongering is so popular in the world. If they could just send an e-mail if they break the laws, it would be easier. But instead you have to pre-censor in case, or get a fine.

>>19904202
>>19904214
It got deleted.

If you google Steam right now https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/405380092961882122/491326818515812365/ohmy.png

>>19905793
Nice.

>Sengoku Rance - 100% translated and edited, in beta shortly
Jesus what a bunch of incompetent fucks, this was ready to be out like half a year ago. I was ready to buy but they're doing everything they can to get a middle finger and day one pirate.

>>19905850
Ok.

>>19905850
>this was ready to be out like half a year ago
how would you know that

>>19905850
Is this your first experience with MGs gameplay titles? This wait isn't anything out of the ordinary as far as beta testing and scripting is concerned.

>>19905850
It's common knowledge that MG stalls some releases for profit reasons.
Yes, that sucks, but money is money.

>>19905917
It should be common sense. Dumping all your big releases at once/close to each other is a guaranteed way of them all eating into each other.

>>19905917
But if that was the case, why don't they just delay announcing it reached 100% TL to avoid pissing off people like anon here >>19905850

>>19905950
Because people would still complain. Haven't you seen how people complained about how slow Maggot Baits was going?

>>19905955
They would, but surely it wouldn't be as bad as when people are aware are the thing is done and is just sitting there purely for business reasons.

>>19905975
I don't think it would matter if they are already willing to pirate because of slowness. Also if it got out that they were fudging numbers it would even more reputation damage.

>>19905950
Most people just wait patiently or realize that scripting can be a bitch. You don't see anyone accusing MG for holding Bokuten for half a decade.

>>19905975
It's possible business reasons are why SR is being stalled, but that's not really something we can confirm. It could be bugs for all we know.

>>19905955
I would be surprised if Rance and a few other hidden announcements are the reason why things are going slow. Compound this with Steam 18+ going on and well it's most likely going to be a few months before we see anything happen.

>>19897081
SE is 640x480 too isn't it? Unless my settings are fucked or something

>>19904202
Futanari Princess has now been removed from Steam entirely.

>>19905850
>buying something that was fan-translated 9 years ago

>>19906102
The fan TL is riddled with awkward grammar and weird symbols popping up so I'm actually looking forward to a proper release

>>19906102
Considering it's something I still play several years later, why wouldnt I pay for an official version I can read? The KR mod makes it fun too, as does netplay. It is surprising I've gotten more from my time from an H-game than modern AAA, or most indie releases though.

>>19906109
Yeah no, aruanaru, won't read your nameshit.

>>19906218
Apparently the MG version will not be compatible with the KR mod

What was the original "nameshit" translation that Arunaru did that got him the reputation?

>>19906247
Maybe KR if you were bothered by the terms Demon Lord and Demon.

>>19906247
Sukisuki

Can an anon break my heart and tell me that Da Capo 3 fandisks are never going to be translated. I thought it sold well enough to warrant that but I guess I was wrong.

>>19907010
They are not going to happen. Learn Japanese.

>>19907010
DC3 sold fine, fan discs in general are just a tough sell. They don't do that well in general.

How often am I supposed to be able to make it to the boss on E-5 P2 because this route is slaughtering me.

>>19907010
DC games always have like 10 FDs too so theres very little chance

>>19906109
>proper release
MangaGamer's "proper" release ain't some folded 1000x superior official purest cut translation.

For example MG translations have Dark Lords as "Fiends" and if you play their Evenicle trans you'll notice their English translation doesn't always match what the characters are saying.

>>19907824
Th MG version would be unironically better than the fan translation of SR for a variety of reasons. The original tl of SR has
>Both majin and akuma as Demon
>Leazus
>A misspelled Maginot Line
>Color
>A FFA mode that crashed on occasion
And that's just off the top of my head.

Which Rance game did Ludo/Steiner "translate" again?

>>19908604
Rance? None. He however worked on Panyon and Widenyo iirc.

>>19907010
>Da Capo 3 fandisks
Why not the extended editions of D.C.I and D,C,II, where there are new routes instead?

>>19908823
Because D.C is shit.

>>19898612
Rather than getting a hard copy due to popularity I'd prefer a digital version of the art book instead.

>>19896240
>Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no - 17% (11618/68206) translated
Can't wait for a liberal rewrite of this when there are scenes like this:

>美綺: 「センセとアタシは友達なんだからさ、もっとさ親しい感じで呼んでよ」
>司: 「吐き捨てるように呼び捨てか！？」
>美綺: 「美綺でも、みさきちでも、みさきちゃんでも、みさみさでも、みさぴょんでも、好きなよーに」
>美綺と呼ぶのはちょっとはばかられたし、かと言って美綺さんもかしこまりすぎてた。
>司: 「呼び捨てとみさみさはちょっと……。みさぴょんもそういうあだ名のダチがいるんで」
>美綺: 「うーん、しょうがないなぁ。じゃあみさきちかみさきちゃん、さぁどっちか選んで選んで」

https://twitter.com/jastusa/status/1041967147461660675

>>19909113
Is that worth playing even if you aren't into tentacles?

>>19909096
Explain.

>>19909125
Yes the gameplay and story are generally good.

>>19909131
Heroine complaining about how MC addresses her (last name), offers several options - Misaki, Misakichi, Misaki-chan, Misamisa, Misapyon. MC thinks dropping honorifics completely would be too much, but -san would be too respectful considering their relationship, Misamisa and Misapyon are nicknames, which should be used by friends of her age. So they cut down the choices to Misakichi or Misaki-chan. Obviously the whole scene needs to be rewritten by the "translation" team.
Plus you lose out on Sensei~ moans from all the heroines during H-scenes. What a joke.

>>19909182
>Obviously the whole scene needs to be rewritten by the "translation" team
Why? They can leave the nips nicknames.

>>19909096
It's not like they are the first TL group that drops honorifics. Aroduc already did this a decade ago.

>>19909698

>>19909182
There are scenes like that in a lot of VNs that chose to drop honorifics. Newton even lets you toggle between honorific or no so you can see exactly how they had to rewrite dialogue in cases like that, though usually hearing the voices makes it obvious anyway.

Pic related, originally they were talking about referring to each other by their given name but since translator pulled the old "swap name order and have everyone refer to each other on a first name basis no matter what" trick they had to think fast.

>>19909182
>>19909740
why are these people such weird ideologues

>>19907010
Doddler tweeted a few months ago how some titles who even do well for MangaGaer's standards won't get a hardcopy due to super expensive voice actor licenses. He most likely meant Da Capo III since it's the only title that sold well enough but didn't get a hardcopy.
While the Da Capo III fandiscs aren't as big as Da Capo III, they still have a big amount of voiced characters.

In short, with the steam boom over, fandiscs generally selling less than the main visual novel and expensive voice licenses, the chances of them licensing the fandiscs is quite low.
The same thing applies to Koihime Musou.

>>19910174
There might be a new "Steam boom" because of the relaxed restrictions, but I only see nukige and sex-heavy gameplay titles really benefiting from this. Kagura Games is bound to grow even more, MG will probably benefit the most in the short run depending on how many titles they can get on Steam (Even if they refrain from pure nukige, that still leaves Rance and Evenicle.), and Steam reliant companies like Sekai, Frontwing, and Nekonyan will be more pressured to license nukige or near nukige, assuming Steam doesn't backtrack. Sol Press might be held back by its LN half to license titles that are too lewd.

>>19910507
It all depends how fast they can put their titles on steam before it gets overrun with cheap OELVNs and MTL HRPGs.
Just like with Nekopara, now is the time to cash in on the new adult market.

>>19909740
>I know it’s a lot of extra work and that it’s just going to make the final product worse, but I’m still going to do it
Amazing logic.

>>19910507
If Rance gets released on Steam, MG can use that Rancebux to do more passion (BL) projects, though.

>>19910968
BL sells consistently enough that I wouldn't consider that genre a passion project as far as MG is involved. Same with Otome and Yuri. Chuunige and most plot/charage are what I would consider passion projects.

>>19909096
You know it's gonna end up becoming "Misaki, Missy, Mickey, Lil' Misa"

>>19907433
Unless it's Princess Evangile's

>>19911600
>Mickey
Actually laughed at this one. It can't be so bad, RIGHT?

>>19911606
it'll be worse, they're discard the whole section and replace it with memes

>>19909740
Why do so many translators hate honorifics so much?

>>19911624
The fansub cabal spent years instilling the idea that retaining any Japanese words in your script at all meant you were a bad translator and used at the time contemporaries like TV-Nihon and Hadena to point to as examples. The stigma has remained to this day.

>>19911634
It really feels lazy and off-putting to write those sans' and kuns' though.

>>19911703
Doesn't it feel even lazier to just outright remove them?

This is a public service announcement from /vn/.

In case you actually thought Ludo/Steiner/DistantValhalla had actually reformed his ways, you should know that his boss at J-Novel Club had to personally intervene to stop him from renaming a cat named "Nyantaro" to "Garfield" and adding lasagna jokes into Isekai Smartphone.

Ask quof about it.

this is the state of the losers who do j-e translations for weeb media, god help us

>>19911703
What's lazy is people wanting a worse translation because they refuse to learn a few Japanese words.

>>19911726
Isn't quof like a steiner 2.0 anyway?
He parrots moogy and co too.

>>19911753
>Isn't quof like a steiner 2.0 anyway?
In what way?

I wonder if ESLs prefer having honorifics more than native speakers. It seems like they tend to prefer more literal translations too.

>>19911858
What are you basing this on?

>>19911870
he's basing it off of the bullshit the cartel feed each other in discord

>>19911858
I don't see why being ESL would make them prefer honorifics, seems pretty unrelated.

>>19911858
Not ESL, but I prefer honorifics.

>>19900391
Those are the two worst routes by very far. Keep playing because the rest is pretty nice. Honestly anyone who prefers ayane and minori routes to anything else in the game must have some fucking mental problem.

>>19911858
ESL, and I don't like honorifics since I don't see them often in official translations.

>>19911858

>>19911726
Clearly the correct approach is to rename it Mewtwo.

>>19911893
>sempai

>>19911893
Reminder that sempai is the correct spelling as ん takes on an M sound when followed by a B or P sound.

>>19911905
So suki should be spelled ski because that's how it's pronounced?

>>19911753
You gotta suck it up to the cartel if you want a job.

>>19911914
No because that's not how it's pronounced and if you think that is how it's pronounced you're either deaf or retarded.

>>19911858
Translations do not need to be literal, but they should be translations and not rewrites. Removing honorifics is signaling that you will favor rewrites over translations. After all, you CAN'T translate honorifics.

And since you are rewriting now, you may as well just keep going. Rename the cat, rename the food, rename the city, rename the pop idol, rename the "obscure game like kancolle or touhou".

Sure your product will be excellent as a 3rd grade reading material, but it won't be for Japanese fans.

>>19911950
If you think su in 素晴らしい and 好きな人 are pronounced the same, that's just bad.

>>19898789
how are you supposed to magically find people with all of the required skillsets to translate a vn in complete secrecy?

also coco is even pronounced ded by the op ;;

>>19911944
I'm still pissed he dropped LxC1 calling it nonsensical when he translates even more nonsensical shit. He's still a good guy though.

https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/1041199444098613248

Oh hey, a vagina that looks like a vagina

>>19912083
You could do a small throwaway project beforehand to find the people and try to get them to work in secret on another more substantial project after.

they should release a translation of don quixote that removes those lazy spanish honorifics, they really take me out of the story

>>19912130
Who cares? It's All Ages shit.

When is the MG site redesign going to happen? It should be a top priority for them.

>>19911600
>mickey
Reminds me of Mackie.

>>19912186
Literally toggle the honorifics on

>>19912186
At least you can turn that off. Evenicle on the other hand...

>>19911726
Oh but it gets worse.
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1039943444620369920

>>19912195
Off by default, so many people will read it like that.

>>19912110
That just goes to show how bad LxC1's writing must be for Harem Guild, Nekura, etc to have better writing than it.

>>19912270
He gave LxC1 a 4 on vndb when he usually gives run-of-the-mill nukige 6.9, he must have thought it was terrible.

>>19912270
>>19912298
What if, listen, quof just has shit taste?

>>19912306
There may be some games he likes that are shit but I usually end up agreeing with him on games he thinks are bad.

>>19912175
It's expensive so to save money they're having Doddler do it. He's very busy with multiple projects though.

>>19912328
>It's expensive
Is it? I don't really have much knowledge on the matter but I doubt it would cost too much money.

>>19912343
Doddler very cheap, gets paid in games.

>>19911753
Quof's a good boy now. He learned what we need. ???? = 呼び捨て

>>19912343
Cost of hiring a pro webdev isn't cheap if you are doing a full store redesign. There was some tweets like a year or so ago where Doddelr said he was learning wedev stuff on the side and he works for pennies.

>>19912363
Kirby?

>>19912126
>a vagina that looks like a vagina

Gross.

>>19909892
>have everyone refer to each other on a first name basis no matter what
i want everyone that does this to die violently

>>19912555
Yeah, I pretty hate it too. Constantly caught myself doing a double-take asking myself "who the hell is this random Schoolboy A and why is he on such intimate terms with my childhood friend" and such

>>19912368
It's almost like these aren't normal American games about normal American characters set in normal American high schools or something.

I knew they were going to do this. I bet it'll be $9.99 as well. Freaking Jews.

>>19912840
Blame the shitters who actually pay for those

>>19912840
I wonder if that will give them a way to stop the patch from working on the base game if you didn't get the patch from Steam.

>>19912840
Of course they will. It's $20 on Denpasoft and $10 on Steam.

>>19912840
For Sekai it actually makes paid DLC, especially on Nekopara, much more viable now that they can put it on the Steam storefront (as people buying Nekopara usually won't know Denpa exists). Their conversion rate for new sales should increase significantly. That said, in light of the new Steam policy, I'm guessing Sekai will likely pursue paid R18 DLC more often than they have in the past (as might developers such as Frontwing or Jast who never have explicitly pursued free patches historically.)

>>19912964
It wouldn't be worth it for them to try to re-add DRM to Nekopara now as they have been selling the patches on Denpa for years and a small percent of Nekopara sales will still be a lot of sold patches.

>>19913362
The people that don't know Denpa exists probably won't know the Steam sexual content filter exists either.

>>19913384
For the moment atleast, while R18 titles remain hidden behind the filters, R18 DLC for all ages games shows up on the list of DLC even if you have the filters turned off. If you mouse over the DLC with the filter on, it will tell you that the content is "excluded by preference." and give you a similar warning if you try to click through.

>>19911858
Burger here, every cartel-member should be thrown into a mass grave desu

>>19911621

>>19914291
Sounds like a man with a short career

>>19910174
>and expensive voice licenses
The voice prices must be through the roof considering MG could somehow afford the original Luckydog1 voice license.

The Japanese company can't even afford the voice license anymore. They had to cut the voices out of most ports and recast them for the remake. The only port that kept the voices was done by Prototype (who still had to change some smaller characters voices for cost reasons).

>>19909125
Absolutely worth just for the gameplay alone. Its a great SRPG and also theres a surprise with the kickstarter that will surely make you buy it.

>>19912083
Ask my discord (；´∀｀)

>>19912175
Never. MangaGamers Site looks like its from the early 2000s and so are their "descriptions"

As expected of a japanese run company.
But why does their blog look way more modern? I'll never get it.

>>19914792
Because they're using a wordpress blog which is free and very easy to set up. Storefront software isn't as simple.

>>19914815
The issue is that the MangaGamer shop isn't only bad on a technical standard. The descriptions, texts, explanations and payment methods are from the stone ages too. They claim to be a 2008 founded company, but it looks like a 2000 and earlier made website.

Also these fucking descriptions which I cannot even find anymore because the hierarchy of the site management is completely nonsensical.

https://www.mangagamer.com/support.php

Why is "What are visual novels" under SUPPORT which elsewhere is just technical information.

>>19914838
>>19914838
>The issue is that the MangaGamer shop isn't only bad on a technical standard.
At least they give you proper download links on their store page. I remember the
Denpasoft store redesign made it so all your links were locked to being email only.
I hope they learn from that mess with their own redesign.

Looks like the Fureraba FD is coming out in November

>>19915265
I doubt it. They haven't even started on anything other than the TL. I'd say it'll be out in December.

>>19915323
Well it's a really small FD so I could see it taking only a month or so. Especially considering they'll probably start working on it a few weeks before Sanoba Witch comes out.

>>19915323
You need to realize they don't need any time for QA.

>>19914997
Thank god denpasoft is on steam now. This was pure cancer.

>>19914997
It is actually just frontend that sucks. When we got our reviewcopy of Evenicle it was a onepack-rar download, DRM-free, full-speed download and via a code. That was amazing service, but that doesn't change that the site looks shit.

It's actually a gold nugget covered in a turdshell.

>>19915343
I know that at least two of their "QA Team" (well at least for Sanoba Witch) are the people who did the QA work for Maitetsu, so you can expect great things.

>>19915436
QA in Maitetsu was totally fine at least based on the text. I didn't find any typoes. The shipping and in general how they handled the QA was abysmal though.

>>19915445
What? QA which doesn't see missing voice lines, cut-off text, and doesn't realize there's something wrong with the sprites and CGs based on the text?

>>19915452
I just talked about typography here.

>>19915457
Didn't the h-scenes read like complete shit?

>>19915457
QA is not supposed to check the written script, but read through the game.

>>19915467
They don't check for typoes? Today I learned.

Fuck off Hata.

>>19915485
That's not what I said.

>>19915522
Oh wait so are you saying Maitetsu had no QA otherwise they would've detected the glaring mistakes?

>>19915534
No, read what I said. I think they simply read through the script in notepad or something. And I think this is really common. Otherwise you can't explain releases like Dal Segno where they use completely different honorifics in the text than the ones you can hear. If anyone doing the QA actually read through the game and listened to the dialogue, there is no way on earth they would not catch that.

>>19915644
Oh wow. If i had the choice I would definitely read through the game. I don't know who would voluntarily do it via notepad if they have the game too. I wonder if its just because you can check the script with tools easier?

>>19915430
It's DRM free and full speed for all titles, but it's only one pack if the total file size is less than 2GB (which happens to be the case for Evenicle, which is only 1.2 GB because SLC likes file compression). Since they don't do file compression for most titles, large size VNs can be split up to 3 parts, though I think you can download all the parts at the same time without too much issue.

>>19914838
>Anime tab
That never fails to crack me up.

>>19911726
Why the higher-ups can't stay silent and let the translator have their ways translating stuff?
It should be up to the editor to correct stuffs.

>>19916109
Shut the fuck up, retard.

>>19912223
Lol, good thing the only thing he actually did for the Stein's Gate TL was the OP/ED lyrics

>>19916140
And even then, he implied on his Twitter bio that he translated the whole thing.

>>19916331
He has frequently said it was mostly Blick. Again and again. You can't really accuse him of trying to steal credit here.

>>19915436
time for more missing lines in H-scenes

>>19916331
Ha, he recently admitted that during the Alicesoft drama circa 2013, he barely knew japanese and was in no shape to translate anything, and that incident happened at least a year after his involvement with the fan project for SG. He seems like someone who'll keep bullshitting as long as he can get away with it, make a groveling apology, and then do the same shit again.

>>/jp/thread/S19698294#p19712669

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTGz42dnXDU

Lets watch this garbage andmess up the chat. it has TTS

Is white album 2's translation ever gonna finish?

>>19916478

>>19916528
fuck you

>>19916526
a lot can change in 5 years, anon

>>19915467
That might be covered by beta-testing instead though there's still things like >>19915644. Even if they read the VN, they may not pay too much attention to the voices for the sake of getting through it.

As for why Maitetsu never noticed that the sprites weren't nude, either Sekai outright hid that fact or it's because the beta testers never bothered to compare it to the original Japanese release. Doddler isn't exactly a great programmer, but he seems to be thorough when doing comparisons between the original and Western releases.

>>19916581
True, but I was talking about his involvement (or lack of) in the Stein's Gate script specifically

>>19916589
Quality assurance is the same as beta testing in this context.

>>19914291
and this is one of the key differences between an actual professional and Chuee.

>>19916526
Funny how he didn't talk about his supposed mental problems leading him to "forget" what he translated.

>>19916530
i've seen people say it's mtl anyway.

I didn't know that Please Bang My Wife was getting a sequel.

>>19916761
And I don't give a shit

>>19916728
It was MTL for 5 years and then magically it was "fully re-translated"

>>19916728
It is not. I know the guys who work with it.

>>19916810
I also know the guys who work with it and it's MTL.

I am the guys who work with it and it's MTL

>>19916827
You are gay

>>19916774
Then why didn't you ignore my post?

>>19916761
Has anyone actually played this game? Is it good?

>>19917417
I did. It's shit.

>>19917417
It's trash compared to Marina.

>>19917417
I didn't. It's shit.

>>19917432
Though the English title implies netorase, it's mainly about cheating. I don't think they should be compared.

>>19917621
I thought they were both netorase.

>>19917636
No, only the very last two H-scenes are netorase. The main part is about husband finding out that his wife is cheating on him, and interrogating her. She describes the cheating, but leaves out some details as the reader can see in extras.

>>19916530
It's been 48% for almost a year now, it's dead...

It's a shame nobody will ever license it for the west since fan translations have essentially died.

>>19918156
>since fan translations have essentially died
Hasn't Baldr Force been released this week?

>>19918608
And despite that, Aroduc is still dead.

So is Force worth playing in the AA edition or should I wait to see if someone can figure out to patch it with the H?

>>19918156
I don't think fan translations are going any faster or slower than they were before the Steam craze honestly.

>>19918784
Just removing Aroduc takes out at least 1-2 a year. Ixrec's gone too.

KS for Venus Blood should be coming up Sept 20, presumably at midnight EST (about 6h and 32 min)

Also, Sekai's having a panel in AWA at Sept 22 3:15 (EST) while Denpasoft is having a panel at 8PM the same day. I wouldn't bother making a new thread just for them after this thread dies since there's a decent chance that they will only announce EVNs.

>>19918784
Unless you like NTR or scat, it may be a good idea to just do Baldr Force all ages.

>>19918851
Any news on whether or not FAKKU has a panel? If not then I presume Quof's Orcsoft title will be announced at Kumoricon instead.

huh Evenicle 2 is this year, translation 2021/22?

https://twitter.com/Aru_Naru/status/1042573810594021377

https://twitter.com/jastusa/status/1042572882218373120

>>19918895
>>19918901
would be nice if we knew if it'd be free from censorship or not.

>>19918926
Since they don't mention it anywhere I feel like it's safe to assume they are keeping the mosaics.

>>19918926
>>19918933
JAST version and the Steam patched version will be compactly uncensored. You can get the new demo that has a uncensored scene at JAST right now https://jastusa.com/venusblood-frontier-demo

Venus Blood Frontier will come to us. God bless JAST and all of its appreciation for demon lolis.

Also obligatory.

>>19918948
Doing things wrong on purpose is still doing things wrong.

>>19918965
Well if you miss your honorifics. VBF isn't a game in a japanese setting so they'll be gone likely.

>>19918895
How's it feel to get my rejects, Aru?

>>19918851
>Unless you like NTR or scat, it may be a good idea to just do Baldr Force all ages.
There's no regular sex scenes at all?

>>19918895
>Still doing Rance 10 at the same time
The absolute madlad

>>19918946
just because they say "uncensored" doesn't mean actually "uncensored" anymore. Subahibi was marketed as uncensored on both frontwing's AND JAST's platform, even though it was absolutely censored.

>>19919189
They've stated no mosaics.
https://twitter.com/Intl_Ninetail/status/1002123152967651328

>>19919249
That's nice and all but doesn't answer the question of if content will be removed.

>>19919316
Oh that's what you meant. Well if you can't trust their word on it, you'll have to just wait and see. As you said and gave an example for, even if they state it's uncensored content-wise, that doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

I heard from contractors who still work for sekai haven't been paid for months. Guess they're in deeper trouble then just firing staff.

>>19919383
I wish. Sekai Project has always been lax about paying people. This isn't new or different from business as usual.

So what the fuck is up with Damekoi?

Why has MG been dead on that? I know they were working with a new engine or something, but that was 6+ months ago.

>>19919821
They are on the remastered version. I have a feeling it will not be until the beginning of next month we will hear anything about what they are up to.

>>19918895
They are crazy if they think they are going to reach the goal. Barely anything reaches over 100k unless it was extremely popular already

I want the game, but I don't want that cunt to get any money. What to do, what to do. I guess the kickstarter will fail with or without my support. $148k is unreal.

>>19920487
Arunaru is extremely expensive I suppose.

Is Frontier even good compared to the others?

>55% of the kickstarter is being spent on things that aren't translation
I know this is the case with every kickstarter but man, this shit is dumb as a service

Okay, who of you fuckers did this?

>>19921463
Probably you. Now fuck off back to where you came from.

>>19921414
Physical rewards are the only way they can get people to fork over extra money. The top tiers are really cost effective at covering a big chunk of the goal most of the time.
I do wonder what the 20% dev costs consists of. Data hosting fees and advertisement? Or have they separated out programming and testing out from the translation section?

Someone just bought one of the 2k fees. Guess putting your actual characters in the game is a cool feature people like to fund?

>>19921499
It's my OC pls do not steal.

>>19921515
I'm not stealing (；´∀｀)

>>19921524
Hata a lewd

>>19917124
Because I wanted to show how macho I am

Fucking nazis again

>>19922927
This isn't your blog.

>>19920487
I think it will at least make the base goal because gameplay even if barely. If they keep up their momentum for the next couple of days, then they'll be at about 50% by the 60 hour mark. That's not too likely to happen, but I would say that the KS would be set if it did reach 50% in 72 hours.

>>19921499
inb4 meme character is slapped in. Incidentally, if one of the most expensive tiers were taken, that's more than 7% of the base goal.

The third 2000$ goal has been pledged. People are really eager to be a part of a game I guess.

>>19922974
>>19921499
Just remember that someone put in 10k for the Nekopara OVA for their OC neko to speak a line. So isn't that surprising people are splurging on OC.

>>19922974
Probably not going to happen, but if the rest of those were taken somehow, the KS would be almost 50% funded.

>>19923042
>Just remember that someone put in 10k for the Nekopara OVA for their OC neko to speak a line. So isn't that surprising people are splurging on OC.
Honestly if I had the spare money, I would go for one of those tiers as well. OC sounds really tempting.

>>19918867
I double checked and there's still no info about a Fakku panel in the AWA schedule.

>>19923622
I don't understand the appeal of such rewards, but since it just leads to more playable battle characters than cringe worthy scenes, I don't mind.

>>19923766
Did Fakku have a panel at AX?

>>19923766
>it just leads to more playable battle characters than cringe worthy scenes, I don't mind.
I don't like it. Localizations shouldn't add their own things to the game that weren't in the original.

>>19923792
But in this case the localization is done by the developer themselves, and the character will be drawn by the original artist.

>>19923792
You could ignore said character when it comes to gameplay. It's not like a backer made character will have an actual impact on the story.

>>19918968
As long as he localize the tentacles correctly. Us foreigners don't know about tentacles, but we know aboug spaghetti.

>>19923792
I think it is accepable when done well. I still remember years ago playing Sword Girls and they had OC cards added as a bonus, and those were done by random nobodies on the internet who couldn't even get the cards to look like they belonged to the game.

Out of principle I refused to use the card for the entire year or two I played.