/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa
Karakara 3 - Upcoming release
>Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - "Back into QA"
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - Fully localized, in engine work
Re;Lord Volume 2 - 100% translated+edited, awaiting engine work by the developer
Harumade Kururu - Awaiting engine work, upcoming release
Rewrite+ - Main game 60% translated, Harvest Fiesta 50% translated, November 2020 estimated release
Love Duction - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Hoshizora no Memoria (retranslation) - In QA
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 40% translated
Island Diary - 100% translated
Riajuu Plus - 100% translated and edited, awaiting engine work
Creature to Koi Shiyo!! for Otome - Waiting on a third party
Miko no Kanata - 100% translated and edited, awaiting engine work
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
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Sumire - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 3 - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 0 - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated, Editing and programming started.
>9-nine- Episode 3 - 10% translated
Amatsutsumi - Translation and editing in progess
KoiKuma Fan Disc - 100% translated, editing ongoing, waiting on build from dev
The Seventh Sign -Mr. Sister- - "Back into QA"
Love's Sweet Garnish 2 - Translation and editing in progress
Kanojo no Seiiki - Picked up
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Nekopara Vol 4 - Translation started, 2020 release
Amairo Chocolate - 30% translated
Kimagure Temptation - Picked up
>Secret Project 3 - Listed

Sol Press/Panty Press
Shitsuji ga Aruji o Erabu Toki - 30% translated, 10% edited
Nukitashi - 98% translated, 7% edited
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - 74% translated, 68% edited
Irotoridori no Sekai - 70% translated, 46% edited
Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato - work starting shortly, upcoming release
DareSora - Volume 1 Released, info on future volumes soon
Witch's Garden - Picked up
Happiness! 2 Sakura Celebration - 48% translated, 38% edited
Jinrui Saikyou Seiyoku no Yome Kouguchi Rinko - Picked up
Hyper->Highspeed->Genius - Picked up

Nekonyan
>Hello Lady - Main game 100% translated and edited, "Fandisc content translation nearly complete - Editing in progress", tentative Summer release
>Dracu Riot - 100% translated and edited, engine porting starting shortly
>Riddle Joker - 85% translated and 85% edited
>Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche - 55% translated and 16% edited
>Clover Days - 100% translated and TLC, editing and engine porting to begin shortly
>IxShe Tell - 65% translated and 60% edited
Aokana Extra1 - Translation started
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Melty Moment - On hold until after a newer Hooksoft title is released
Making＊Lovers: Geki Icha After Story - "we plan to translate the Fandisc as well"
>Secret Project #1 - 15% translated

Fakku
Abaddon: Princess of the Decay - 2020 release

Visual Arts/Key
Angel Beats 1st Beat - 50% translated

Aksys
Collar x Malice -Unlimited- - Summer release
Piofiore no Banshou - late 2020 release
Gensou Kissa Enchante - late 2020 release

Aniplex.exe
ATRI -My Dear Moments- - June release
Adabana Itan - 2020 release

Other
>Yumeutsutsu Re:Master - Released
>Yumeutsutsu Re:After - Released
>Haramase no Kuni - Released
Project Sakura Wars - April 28th release
Utawarerumono Remake - May 26th release
Ouka Sabaki - Partial "Early Access" release on 9/17
Taimanin Asagi - Page for the Trial of episode 1 back on Steam
The Humbling of a Holy Maiden - Announced
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

Fuck MG.

>>23576682

I wish.. Do you think they are tight?

>>23576732
They're definitely tight on money.

>>23576533
>Hadaka Shitsuji fandisc - Picked up
>Luckydog1 - Picked up
Mangagamer totally forgot about these didn't they.

>>23576828
Good.

>Tenshin Ranman
I really want to know what the fuck is going on with this one. Is NN going to take it over or is it never going to come out?

Support the krauts!

>>23577111
You're not fooling anyone, retard.

>Gin'Iro, Haruka - Common + Bethly + Hinata + Momiji routes translated, , overall 62.57% translated, Common+Bethly+Hinata routes patch released

2 more routes to go. It's the only active project of fan tl which is not a machinetl so i'm hyped.

>>23577199
Why would you want to read this garbage?

>>23577871
I like the girls and high budget romance VN is cool. Why the hate? Did you read it?

>>23578317
>Did you read it?
No, but I wasted my time reading Hoshi Ori.
>high budget
If it's anything like HO it's definitely not high budget

>>23578339
Fuck you are killing my hype anon. I guess i will take a look at Hoshi Ori before Gin'Iro then.

What happed to the translation of Popotan? Seems to have disapeard from the internet.

>>23578753
It was never a thing in the first place.

........

>>23578758
This was one of the scarce traces of translation I could find https://fuwanovel.net/2013/02/popotan-project-looking-for-more-translatorshacker/

>>23579041
There are thousands of failed fuwanovel translation projects and most completed ones are MTL.

>>23579061
Damn, I was hoping getting into Popotan. It seems I got to learn jap or make do with text hooking.

>>23576533
>Django - Waiting on translation.

Is the translator okay?

Any VN where you get to fuck Flandre?

>>23579452
He's just being very diligent in his preparations.

>>23576828
Hadaka was a meme title that traumatized overly sensitive tumblr users after it was fan translated, which might explain why it didn't sell well officially. It didn't really have a fan base despite it's notoriety. BLfags (in the west) seem too squeamish against torture and such. The same could be said of most eroge players, but there's enough people interested to play titles like Euphoria or Maggots Baits that they sell well enough, and extreme content doesn't deter gameplay eroge fans in the slightest (Evenicle and Venus Blood Frontier).
Though, I haven't played Hadaka, so the issue might not be the extreme content and simply due to it being bad. On the other hand, the whole Lucky Dog situation is a clusterfuck; I don't even think that MG has a translator for that title right now since apparently the original fan translator machine translated.

>>23579452
Jast is still waiting on the translator to be born

>>23576533
Does anybody know anyone in the Chaos;Head Noah translation team to see if it's actually still ongoing? I really hate it when translation teams are vague about progress.

>>23581096
I think they have a discord and a twitter
The group is called comittee of zero.

I need to fucking learn Japanese seriously I can't fucking take it anymore. Being an EOP is the ultimate form of cuckoldry.

>>23581096
>>23582501
To save you the trouble, they say they're still working on it but there's no ETA. Progress seems to be slow since everyone has other real-life priorities.
It seems like engine work is the main thing holding them back, and translation is going pretty smoothly but I don't know for sure, just speculation.

>>23583424
Go ahead then.

>>23581096
One person in the group said just 5 days ago
"Noah is *not* going to come out before R;N and DaSH, you can be sure of that, so you definitely should read at least C;H PC before"

>>23580037
in the past 10 years, BLfags in the west have gone from the kinds of people who shipped shota incest on main and no one gave a shit to being the kinds of people who lose their shit over shit like a three year age gap between two adults and calling stuff incest because the characters said they were like brothers once. Some of the most popular ships in the past are things that you'd get harassed for liking now. It's wild how much things have changed and makes me wonder if edgy BL has a big enough audience in english speaking communities to even bother with any TL in the first place.

>>23583424
The best advice I can give is to just do it. Right now. A lot of people talk about learning or spend several days trying to research how to learn. They procrastinate until they lose motivation. Go start learning kana and radicals right now, seriously right now, then about a week later grab an Anki deck or whatever else and start learning kanji, vocab, and grammar. Harness your anger/frustration/motivation while you still have it. Your initial burst of motivation will fade with time, but by then you will hopefully be studying out of routine more than anything else.

The hardest part is the very beginning. You know nothing and are being bombarded by overwhelming amounts of information from all sides. If you can stick with it for a month or two you should be able to get over the initial hurdle and establish a foundation that makes all future learning easier.

>>23583860
ありがとう

I wonder if Eushully will ever bother bringing their stuff overseas. Seeing as how SofthouseChara died before even bothering I don't have much hope. With Himegari Imperial Meister shutting down I wonder if they can even stay afloat for long.

>>23579463
Touhou Kenchinroku pt. 3 I think

>>23578339
>>23578371
I found Hoshi Ori perfectly enjoyable if not particularly memorable, myself. It was a solid romance story.

>>23585387

I'm interested in picking it up, but it being a long read kind of puts me off. How long is it compared to Hatsukoi?

>>23586363
Not him but its probably around 25 hours from common route to a heroine's after story if you read on a decent pace. Its really not something you can read one after another unlike Hatsukoi, its a good way to get yourself burned out.

>>23586716
>decent pace
More like snails pace. The common route is only 3-4 hours long and the longest heroine's route (Rikka's) is 8 hours~ long.

>>23588545
It feels much longer than that since nothing ever happens.

>>23586716
Hatsukoi itself can put people off reading tone work's titles but for a different reason with half the routes being full of really terrible drama. Though the funny thing is that made it a more memorable title for people.

To no one's surprise, Otakon got cancelled. Even if things started stabilizing by a couple of weeks it'll be hard to run an event as big as a convention any time soon.

>>23582501
>>23583431
>>23583463
Thanks guys. I was wanting to play through the entire Science Adventure series with some friends and wanted to start with Noah instead of the original, so I was asking in case it was close to release or something like that. Since it isn't I guess we will start with the OG.

>>23583424
>>23583860
What a lot of people don't realize is that right now is possibly the best time to start learning Japanese unless you're an essential worker. You have months to sort a schedule and keep a routine to learn it. I also started learning about a couple weeks ago and have got the routine down. Just 2 tae kim lessons + review 2 of the previous day and the 2k/6k core 20 cards infinite review.

>>23591083
>2k/6k core
lol

>>23591262
Go on anon, give me your speech about how it sucks, and what I'm doing is wrong even though it's highly recommended for some unknown reason.

>>23591296
You can do what you want, but I'd heavily recommend you switch to vncore, or at least have vncore as your main deck if you don't want to be complaining in a few weeks when all 20/20 of your new vocab you've learned are wasei-eigo and business/work related terms.

>>23591467
I have bonafide novels I want to read as well, I'm not doing this only for otaku stuff. Though I'll use this as my secondary, thanks anon.

what is KF

>>23591575
Kyonyuu Fantasy?

>>23591467
>vncore
Which deck are you talking about? I found multiple that seem to be for VNs but none titled "vncore" specifically.

>>23591832
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1434910726
I think this is what he was talking about. First thing that pops up when you look up vncore.

>>23591832
https://mega.nz/#!GiAQzY7C!ZDTQH1Kl23E-UaVAWJWFKPe4Jx_Qk1moAvj2OnPNPto

>>23591876
I found an archived thread that said "Don't confuse it with one on the Anki site with a similar name which is bad."

>>23591888
Thank you!

>>23584249
Considering they did say something akin to "Fuck you, baka gaijin", I wouldn't be surprised if they opted to die off rather than accept dirty foreigner money. That was a long time ago, but I doubt things have changed on their end. I'm more of an Alicesoft fan, so I wouldn't be too disappointed, but the more good gameplay titles the better. Hopefully, Dualtail is already at work localizing another Venus Blood title. Frontier was fun despite its issues.

>>23583499
Despite memes about yuri being the "purest form of love", yuri titles with extreme content are popular enough. Sisterly Bliss and Nurse Love Addiction aren't Euphoria tier, but they go somewhat further than you would expect at first glance.

What the fuck is taking MG so long with the survey results? Did Haro quit or something?

Who translated Higurashi (the new release)? It reads like shit.

>>23593165
I think it was Trantez (Batman) did the first few, but he got fired or something because he was so shit and got replaced by someone else who's name is escaping me.

>>23593154
yeah seems like it's taking about a month longer from last year so far. not sure what's going on there.

i'm a bit curious to see how high Amakano ended up scoring.

>>23593560
>i'm a bit curious to see how high Amakano ended up scoring.
Below Muramasa, White Album 2, SakuUta, Fate, Rance, Evenicle 2, Mahoyo, Higanbana and 12 console exclusive otome games.

>>23593745
of course.

When is the Konosuba VN gonna get translated?

>>23593154
The lack of convention season may have something to with it. Releasing survey results in May or possibly June is definitely unusual. Maybe during the next status update, even if I probably claimed the same about 5 status updates ago. At the very least, it would be weird if they did it after July. That's likely when some of the bigger titles are bound to be announced, assuming they announce the "planned for AX" titles then.

>>23593745
I wouldn't be that surprised to see Rance 03 on the list. Evenicle 2's probably going to win though like last year.

>>23584249
Wait, SofthouseChara is shutting down and Eushully's DMM webgame is also shutting down? That's a bit of a surprise to me. Though I often did find SofthouseChara's titles to be a bit trashy

Nukitashi when xev, you fat nigger?

>>23596367
Can they even find translators? I understand playing workers in pennies, but taking advantage of contract loopholes to not pay them at all is just awful. Sol Press hasn't reached Sekai Project or JAST USA tier of stalled projects, but they're getting there. Though more likely, they'll crash and burn before they get to that point unless they shape up. Meanwhile, despite MG having the occasional stalled title, they almost always release something per month while Nekonyan seems to be doing a decent job of releasing a title every few months. Maybe they'll get to the point where they can release something every three months or something like that.

>>23576533
>Shin Koihime Musou - 100% translated, 33% (36360/108888) edited
Are we sure this is still going? We heard from the original project manager some days ago.

>Original manager here. Unfortunately, things obviously didn't work out. I don't know if anyone from the old team is still working on it or if what has been translated and edited is still saved anywhere.

>I just wanted you all to know I personally apologize this didn't go according to plan. If I get in touch with the other members from back in the day, hopefully we can at least give you all something after all these years of you guys waiting.

>I want to personally thank you for your continued support, and I'm sorry the translation and all that never came to fruition. -The Retro Goat

>>23600012
It was MTL anyway, it might as well have never existed in the first place.

>Kiminozo - Picked up

updates WHEN

>>23601717
likely dropped

>>23601740

/jp/ likes to be the barer of bad news, huh. I swear, this place is cursed.

Any idea when Makoto's Muramasa translation is coming out?

>>23602794
Probably some time after it's announced.

>>23602794
Haha good one anon! Such a translation doesn't exist.

>>23601753
It's been years and Age's partners have shifted a lot. You could argue Degica promised that during the KS but since Age have stopped being partners with them, the promise no applies.

At least for Degica, the yuri VNs from Kogado seem profitable enough. Though to be fair, they sell RPGmaker and various indie games, so if they wanted to sell yuri VNs at a minor loss, they probably could.

>>23601753
You have Coronavirus.

>>23605231
Funnily enough, I did already actually have it and I also gave it to my whole family. I suppose it was only a matter of time because I'm an essential worker.

It wasn't too bad, and 2 of my family members didn't even get symptoms. Being out of work for a few weeks sucked, but at least I cleaned up my visual novel backlog somewhat. Used that time to go through Damekoi and Uta 2. Damekoi was pretty great.

>>23600030
I think I remember this project. They were largely going to use the fansub some guy had posted on youtube. The guy in question didn't know kanji. They were going to expand on and edit his existing work.

After years, the editing has been a crawl. My guess is they realize the "translation" was a joke, but don't want to admit it. The fact that even the old "manager" claims not to have a copy of the script makes me suspect he knows it was trash.

Will Mahou Arms save Sekai Project?

>>23595769
Most anime VNs never get translated, don't hold your breath for it. Doesn't matter how popular the anime is.

>>23583424

>>23613512
I thought the whole point of that image was that the section was untranslatable, not difficult to read.

>>23613512
Yes I can

I wonder if JAST will release something this year.

>>23616503
Supposedly on May 5th.

As slow as JAST are, they usually release something once a year. That's not a high standard, but still.

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

Can you imagine learning Japanese buy reading boards like these?

>>23618008
I used to post a bit in futab and it wasn't too bad for my learning experience. You pick up some things on Japanese image boards that you simply won't find elsewhere.

>>23616503
They released Togainu no Chi and Fallen Maidens II.

https://twitter.com/luneman_etc/status/1253151650774003714
Some info about Lewd Elves again, place your bets on who will be the publisher.

>>23620877
>Togainu no Chi
JAST BLUE
>Fallen Maidens II
Sorry, I meant something that more than 2 people will play.

>>23621381
>place your bets on who will be the publisher.
Still FAKKU.

>>23621381
>place your bets on who will be the publisher.
Fakku + KaguraGames
While Lune approached MangaGamer first, there is no way that they have deep enough pockets to compete with Fakku. While JAST could outbid Fakku, they are more interested in releasing decade old titles which are already fan-translated and BL stuff. Plus it would take them 5 years to release it too and the Lune guy wanted it released in 2 years or less.
The Lune guy also mentioned multiple times that he wants Lewd Elves to be on steam and Fakku/KaguraGames already managed to release Oral Lessons With Chii-chan on steam together with a Chink translation.

>>23621959
Speaking of FAKKU, I'm surprised at their lack of announced games. I remember early last year someone was live posting things from their panel on twitter and said they had something like 10 unannounced games they were working on.
Also I don't think Chii-chan being on steam matters that much since it's one character who has massive tits, MG also has their big tit nukige on steam. The problem with Sukebe Elf is that a steam employee will take on look at Nol's sprite and decline the game.

>>23622049
It's always possible that those projects were stalled or cancelled because eroge weren't as profitable as expected.

>>23611125
God damn it

>>23622049
>FAKKU

Didn't they fuck over somebody last year? Was it fan translators?

Ouka Sabaki/Master Magistrate full release June 12

>>23631644
that reminds me of MG's first Early Access VN on steam.

>>23631167
It was a hentai anime site called Hentai Haven.
They got into some legal trouble and Fakku offered to help in exchange for control of the website. The plan was to go official with the original owner getting some royalties and such.

As soon as Fakku got control of the website they booted out the original owner and stopped answering him.

>>23621959
It could possibly be JAST + KaguraGames.
They mentioned last year they were partnering for a number of titles starting with Eiyuu*Senki GOLD. Perhaps this could be the second title they collaborate on?

JAST announcement https://twitter.com/monoceros_plus/status/1256122028991475712

>>23633340
JAST's priorities will never not confuse me. Amayakase was awful and I'm pretty sure it sold like shit too, I don't expect this one to be any different.

>>23576533
Wanko no Yomeiri ~Inu no Shippo e Youkoso!~
Release Date: 13 May

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1233200/
https://vndb.org/v22788

>>23576535
ATRI -My Dear Moments demo is out.

>>23634228
So, Nekopara but with dogs.

>>23634228
>dlsite
God

>>23634336
Adabana Itan (English name: Adabana Odd Tales) demo is also out. Both Aniplex titles are planned for June. We'll see if the brand name of Aniplex is enough to make the titles sell well. As much as I like the fantasy titles of Liar-soft like Gahkthun or Forest, I have enough qualms with Aniplex to avoid Adabana.

>>23634425
DLsite has been translating a good number of indie games for at least a few years now. I assume it's been a profitable venture for them. Their translations are probably good enough to not be a negative factor from what I've read, though that isn't exactly a high bar.

Seems as though the rules changed for VNs on Steam once again so if you get rejected for lewd content once then that's that and you can no longer resubmit. If that is true I wonder how much longer the platform remains viable for VNs.

https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1256130866667032576

>>23638782
I mean publishers already cut out a bunch of content to put it on steam, why not just cut everything and make it a CG viewer like some of those $1 steam games and have a patch that restores everything? You're already cutting content out, the amount doesn't fucking matter since you need to go offsite to get a patch anyway.

>>23638834
With all ages stuff getting bans over school uniforms that seems to be the safe way to go. I wonder how much longer it takes for things to get worse though; we're not even 2 years on from Gabe's "anything goes" announcement and things are worse now than they were before he stepped in.

>>23638782
Doddler just confirmed InnocentGrey refused censoring their titles for Steam.

>>23639761
A bit strange considering the direction they went with Flowers.

>>23576535
Riajuu Plus has been announced for May 8th.

https://twitter.com/Denpasoft_pr/status/1255620392032579584

>>23576533
Angel Beats translation is out from the same guys who were doing that great fan TL of summer pockets! Really excited for this. A lot of the problems with Angel Beats should be mitigated by the VN format. https://twitter.com/alkatranslation/status/1256312400283701250

>>23640292
>who were doing that great fan TL of summer pockets
It read like absolute shit and was filled with mistranslations.

>>23640472
It read great. Miles better than the official translation. A shame they didn't get to finish it. Are you mixing them up?

>>23640527
Okay, shill.

>>23640681
soulless vs soul

>>23640681
Thanks for that. Confirmed right side reads much smoother.

>>23640472
>>23640681
>filled with mistranslatins
Both of them say the same thing.

>>23640292
>>23640472
>>23640527
>>23640681
>>23640744
>>23640903
>>23641653

Good news for potentially either side. Angel Beats was done by a different translator as opposed to the one who did Summer Pockets for us.

And if you liked our translation of Summer Pockets, we'll be using it as the base for our Reflection Blue translation, with our Angel Beats translator doing all the new content.

Recently banned from Steam:
https://steamdb.info/app/1116850/
https://vndb.org/v21465

This too:
https://steamdb.info/app/1275220/
https://vndb.org/v11766

>>23645535
Summer Swim looks like it was submitted with an R18 build judging by the opening that they uploaded to Steam, so that isn't surprising.

As to Kizuna Kirameku Koi Iroha, the publisher went with an all ages build and a seperate R18 patch for their previous release, so it was unlikely to be all that explicit. It is always concerning to see a relatively generic looking title with a CERO C console rating for one all ages build get rejected.

>>23640681
I forget that the only proper way to translate Japanese dialogue is to make the characters sound like soulless robots, because any attempt to make the dialogue actually sound colloquial will make someone throw an autism fit.

>>23644966
How about you guys translate something that isn't complete shit?

>>23646720
There is an anon translating the school bus game

>>23644966
So assuming there's no official release of Reflection Blue, you'll be releasing a patch of the full game? Thanks for your work by the way.

>>23646720
Key games are the best

>>23646899
Nice joke. Where are you retards coming from? Did someone post this thread in your discord server or something?

>>23646899
This. Key has always been my favorite VN company.
>>23646918
Eat shit faggot.

>>23646955
>Eat shit faggot.
No, I'd rather not play Key games, thank you very much. But you can continue eating shit all you want, it's fine by me.

>>23646720
>>23646918
>>23646984
The visceral hatred towards Key you get from some autismos here has always been proof to me that their games are actually good.

>>23647015
If you love Key so much why aren't you playing the new game that just came out? Or does defending Maeda Jun's shitty writing and concepts take #1 priority?

>>23647118
If you mean the Angel Beats translation, I'm currently installing it.

>>23647199
Enjoy your dose of keyaids then.

>>23647243
I shall, thank you very much.

>>23647243
And there we go. Feels good to finally be able to read this great visual novel by Key, the greatest visual producer.

>>23647015
The characters look like potatoes.

Can someone tell me what exactly was / wasn't changed with the Muv-Luv uncensor patches? I know the fortified suits in Alternative are still censored with the patch, but aside from that I've seen people saying that other things are censored with some people saying the twizzlers scene was still censored and other people saying it wasn't.

>>23638782
>Steam no longer allows you to resubmit applications after rejection on grounds of objectionable lascivious content
So Rance is thoroughly, now and forever, dead on Steam?
That said, why this exception for lascivious content?

>>23650999
I couldn't tell you. What I can tell you however is that this lack of a "definitive" version is really what has put me off of Muv-Luv all this time.
Official release? Flawed.
The fan-translation? Flawed.

No version with the best of both worlds.

>>23651103
Official release has the better translation, whatever else you might say about it.

>>23651120
>Official release has the better translation
Yeah, but it's censored.

>>23651166
It's as censored as the fantl.

>>23651174
How did you come to this retarded conclusion?

>>23651095
Who knows? Evenicle 2 might be okay though since Evenicle 1 passed (even if you argue that it shouldn't have). It wouldn't surprise me if after the first game of a series goes through, Steam would be less thorough about their standards of future games in the series. That would explain how the sequels to Kyonyuu Fantasy can seem to easily release concurrently on Steam. Either that, or the specific person who's in charge of deciding whether games in that series are Steam-approved just doesn't care.

>>23651095
Who knows? Steam likes to change its own rules all of the time.

Evenicle 2 might be okay though since Evenicle 1 passed (even if you argue that it shouldn't have). It wouldn't surprise me if after the first game of a series goes through, Steam would be less thorough about their standards of future games in the series. That would explain how the sequels to Kyonyuu Fantasy can seem to easily release concurrently on Steam. Either that, or the specific person who's in charge of deciding whether games in that series are Steam-approved just doesn't care.

>>23651225
>Who knows? Evenicle 2 might be okay though since Evenicle 1 passed
That didn't help KnS.
>>23651225
>That would explain how the sequels to Kyonyuu Fantasy can seem to easily release concurrently on Steam.
Games that don't have school settings, feature girls in school uniforms or have loli characters usually have no trouble getting onto steam uncensored.

>>23650999
The official release has censored upskirts, no suit nipples, no nudity/hscenes, cropped CG's, a censored soundtrack with the removal of 2 or 3 tracks for legal reasons and 1 new song added to replace them. The directors cut patch restores H-scenes and nothing else. It doesn't restore the censored upskirts, it doesn't bring back suit nipples, and the soundtrack is still changed. It still has mosaics in the H-scenes because
>if we removed mosaics in the restoration patch we'd have to create a brand new patch to sell in japan because selling titles without mosaics is illegal there and we don't want to spend the time and resources doing this so it'll remain with mosaics
according to Anchor themselves.

>>23651174
No it's not. The only censorship the fan TL has is mosaics. Content wise the fan-translation is far superior simply because it has ALL of the content, so if you can live with the heavily outdated engine and rougher translation it is the best version to read for the full muv-luv experience. Whether getting the entirety of the original is worth the lower resolution and notably worse engine is entirely up to the reader. In my case I prefer the version that has the most content, even if it's janky or uglier than the remastered release with less content.

>>23651286
So Twizzlers isn't actually censored with the DC patch?

>>23651303
No idea, once I installed the DC patch and saw it didn't restore everything in extra/unlimited I went back and reread the original releases instead of reading the official releases. The translation isn't that much worse and the title ran fine on my system and I'd rather not deal with a half-assed official release.

>>23651234
>Evenicle 2 might be okay though since Evenicle 1 passed
It'll be a coin-flip if that makes it. They judge each game in a vacuum, that's how KnS1 made it just fine but KnS2 was banned. KnS1 released in the early days of their anything goes policy, as did Evenicle. Things are way harsher now that they're banning the all age builds of VNs for having school uniforms like LocaLove 2.
Kyonyuu Fantasy's and all those Cherry Kiss VNs don't have a problem because every character has huge tits and they're not in school. That's it.

>>23651670
but they were in school in KF1. for the first 5% of the title anyway.

>>23651793
I don't really think a knight's academy or whatever is the same thing as a high school. Also there was no school uniform.

>>23651835
They receive training so they can go work out in the real world and if they don't do well they don't get to graduate and it's all done in a classroom setting. Seems to me to be exactly the same as high school.

>>23651103
It is a shame rUGP is so unfriendly to unofficial modifications otherwise someone could have ported over some of the older uncensored content to the new version or back ported the script to the older version by now. I remember reading how the old versions were only translated through everything being manually hooked making it an extreme pain.

translation patch lacks proper line breaks?

>>23653603
They work fine for me. Did you launch using the patched siglusengine.exe? should be in the 1st beat folder, not the general angel beats folder.

>>23655206
thanks, I was playing via cracked siglusengine.exe outside the folder

It's still incredible how absolutely fucked MuvLuv was despite getting so much Kickstarter bucks and enthusiasm behind it. This industry is so awful

>>23658738
New thread up with the updates for this week

>>23651286
>you should read xwreck fanfiction because of upskirts and nipples
Absolute state of anti censorshipfags.

visual visual

>>23657825
>It's still incredible how absolutely fucked MuvLuv was despite getting so much Kickstarter bucks and enthusiasm behind it.
You could say the same for a lot of Kickstarted VNs.
Just remember that Dies irae was originally promised to launch with 18+ content added to Amantes amentes (as in a kinda definitive edition). When it turned out that they lied they backpedalled and offered to also do Acta est Fabula as damage control which was released much later.
Then there is Sekai Project's Kickstarters which is enough said by itself.

novel

>>23576533

The other thread's autosagging, time to use this one.
Keep the drama in said other thread please.

>>23698175
JAST is a really strange one in terms of censorship discussion. They often cut swathes of content out of their titles which requires an unofficial third-party fan-patch, but that "unofficial" fan-patch is (almost) always available on day 1 with no mosaics and no compatibility issues with the official release. This brings discussion of their censorship to a strange place because their censorship is undoubtedly a bad thing since cutting content out of titles is bad. However if you're capable of purchasing said title, then you're also able to acquire a patch that restores everything. I don't think it's something that should be encouraged because it sets a positive precedent for censorship by showing it's okay to censor products at a public level even though you're capable of getting the full experience with an "unofficial" patch that is on the same level of quality as the official title.

However with most modern VN publishing companies being so pro-censorship, it's hard to boycott JAST titles because at the end of the day you end up with a completely uncensored product at the same time the censored product launches which is essentially what customers want. It's an objectively reasonable compromise that provides both parties exactly what they want however I can't help but feel it's a step in the wrong direction and sets a bad tone for the western VN industry as a whole. They shouldn't be praised for doing this but they also shouldn't be boycotted so long as the patches continue to restore every bit of content and continue to be the same release quality as the official title while being released at the same time.

How well does this pay? Can I get hired with around 30 chapters of translated manga? Any alternatives?

>>23698960
None of the localization companies likely pay all that well, but Sol Press is that one localization company that seems to have translators actively avoiding them for contract related reasons.

>>23698960
There was a somewhat recent controversy with them abusing a contract's loophole to not pay someone. They all pay dirt cheap, but Sol Press actually has a recorded case of not paying at all.

>>23698960
Sol Press has the lowest pay out of all publishers, on top of that you sign a shitty contract where you lose 70% of your pay if you miss your deadline.
If you are a new translator without any experience, Xev will make you sign a contract which says that you have to translate at least 3 titles before getting any money. If you want to look up more there was an old Fuwa thread where they recruited new translators to work for free.

>>23698960
>Fluent speaking and writing ability for both the Japanese and English languages.
English is a given, but why would you need to have to know how to write and speak Japanese for translation?

>>23697345
Is translating "Denpa" to "Gamer Brain" fine?

>>23703148
Is it supposed to be Denpa there? Because in the Japanese version, Miyuki does also call out Aoi with having a Gamer Brain too.

Someone over at /vn/ is supposedly starting a ChronoBox translation
>>>/vg/290754958
And someone else seems to be trying to translate Dark Blue
>>>/vg/290696348

>>23703148
The translator confirmed it was TLed from ゲーム脳 and not denpa. The original tweet was misinformation.

>>23698651
Isn't some of Jast's concern that physical builds are at an increase risk of having problems compared to digital releases?

>>23576533
>Amayui Castle Meister - Rough patch released with 63% of dialogue translated
Is it actually alive?

>>23704395
Shouldn't really pay heed to those until actual progress is shown.

>>23704395
What is the guy who translated Mayumi working on at the moment?

>>23713367
He was working together with NTRanon on NTR Homestay which is 100% translated right now, but he suddenly disappeared late last year without saying a word. https://pastebin.com/5chdQzuY
It's in editing right now, but I'm pretty sure editor-kun has went MIA as well.

>>23714274
>NTRanon lost his NTRbro
That's so sad...

>>23714274
F

>>23691281
Found it.

>>23600012
>>23600030
>>23607579
I looked this up myself, as someone who played SKM in Japanese many years ago, enoyed it, heard about the translation, and was fucking appalled at the quality and hoped it would die.

The projects not dead. Apparently there's one guy still working in editing, who doesn't post updates, and who had to restart the editing process because it was shit, so it's almost dead but frankly not dead enough. It's a shoddy machine translation of a game that's been completely obsoleted by comprehensive remakes but they just won't die.

https://twitter.com/sekaipro_chris/status/1258528800003903490

7 years of lies, scams, and failures.

>>23722062
>couple of guys bumbling around.
well at least they admit it?

>>23722062
Reminder that people still give them money

debutopia when

>>23653603
God almighty it's a good thing she's dead already because that scope is going out the back of her skull.

>>23723785
It's probably just chambered in .22lr, she'll be fine.

>>23723811
Look at the magazine, that thing's .50,

>>23723827
Magazine appearance doesn't mean much, could've been retrofitted to house .22lr rounds like how some pmags and GI .223 mags are converted into .22lr and you can't tell those apart from regular mags when they're inserted since it's mostly internal changes with a modified feed ramp, externally it's near identical to an unaltered mag while sitting in the magwell.

So I just came across a link for Yuki Koi Melt and found out it's translated, and it came a week ago in fact. Checking out on vndb I read that the common route and prologue are cut from the Steam version to avoid the school theme. This is a new level in hilarity, so how the fuck does the unpatched steam version work? You start and you already got the girl? Worst yet, only ONE route is available unless patched. Would anyone even think about playing this unpatched?

>>23724924
>this is a new level in hilarity
Some game got put on steam and you literally couldn't play it, if you didn't have an uncensor patch the 'new game' option was unavailable.

>>23724934
Holy shit. Wouldn't that count as a non-working game worth a refund?

>>23724965
Apparently not, I assume everyone who actually bought it was aware that it was pure smut and that it needed a patch.

>>23724974
Yeah, at least for VNs most of the userbase would probably be aware enough that something is missing.
Imagine if some other game did that kinda shit though. Like a game that has no violence can be "ABACABB'd" by using a patch, thereby bypassing the ESRB age gates. Mods are one thing (made by 3rd parties), but uncensor patches typically are on the dev's own webpage...

>>23724965
Not if it advertised itself as a CG viewer or something.

How far into my translation of Chronobox should I get before I "claim" it's being translated on VNDB or something?
I'm at 730/23550 right now

>>23727830
I don't think it really matters, but 10% translated would probably be a good starting point.

>>23727830
when you release a 25% partial patch so that people can read it and confirm it's being translated and not machine-translated.

>>23727948
Well I've already posted a sample in /vn/ and received some very good feedback for the translation itself if you want to check it out
honestly I need to find an editor since this is my first translation project, but ive been improving slowly

>>23728042
I don't mean to speak of you specifically, just in general. It's just that a few dozen lines gives a general idea but until an actual patch comes out, you could just be cherrypicking your best/most understood lines. So try to avoid drawing any offsite attention until you have something to share. A lot of people have gotten their hopes up about potential translations that never materialize in any capacity despite being announced and the ones that do often tend to be machine quality.

>>23728091
Yeah that's very true. Honestly though I'm a little hesitant on releasing a partial patch, it's one of...'those' games, I guess? A partial patch sort of takes away from the magic? I'm unsure how to explain it.

>>23728153
Then keep a relatively low profile and only bring up the translation if you're interested in feedback on what you've done or advice on what you're currently on.

>>23728153
According to vndb there's three trial versions that share no content with the actual game, so you could always translate one of those. I have no idea what the content included in them is though or how long they are and one seems to be web only.

>>23728219
yeah I was actually considering translating the trials! problem is that they're actually plot related, so if I did release them, i'd rather do it close to when I was going to do a full release
>>23728207
oh I didn't plan on doing anything more, i'm trying to kind of keep the hype to a minimum because the translation will probably be kind of awkward, due to it being my first one

>>23728238
Yes anon, first times are usually awkward.

>>23728238
It's quite a bit more minor, but you could also translate the character bios from the Japanese website since vndb seems to lack bios for most characters.
http://product.hobibox.net/nobrandxxx/character.html

>>23728328
Maybe! I was kind of surprised that the vndb page is rather empty, though I guess the game isn't that well known?

>>23577871
Gin'iro though is actually really good. The romantic progression is amazing. It really takes its time developing the characters and their relationships which is exceptionally rare. A lot of games either throw a bunch of h-scenes at you with nothing in between, or shitty drama that ruins the whole route. It's pretty much the best game if you just want a pure romance game.

>>23727830
When you get to 10% or 25% or some obvious milestone like that put a TBA english translation on vndb, you don't need a release to do that. If you are fantranslating it and aren't doing it through something like patreon you don't really need to do samples, just dump it when you're finished. You can still post dialogue samples in whatever community you frequent and see how people like your translation without actually doing a partial patch.

Anybody know the price might be for Totono on Steam?

>>23734163
Unless JAST has a paid patch, it should be the same as the JAST version ($35). On release, it'll likely be 10% off just like in JAST.

>>23734163
https://sukebei.nyaa.si/view/3014603

A little info about Totono. When you pirate the game it comes already pre-installed. Means that every pirate is playing the same choices and events. You'll better buy it or you expose yourself from the screenshots and endings you post. In the actual JAST Game they are tangible and everyone gets a different experience.

One of the few games you should buy.

>>23738426
I don't play cuckge.

>>23738426
>You'll better buy it or you expose yourself from the screenshots and endings you post.
Oh no, people on 4chan will know I pirated a game, what should I ever do?
>In the actual JAST Game they are tangible and everyone gets a different experience.
Post proof.

>>23738471
Some people here use disgusting places like reddit, twitter or even discord. Just warning them, before they expose themselves or even post about it on the JAST Discord itself.

>>23738487
You're trying way too hard to fit in. Your original post was from a new IP and was telling everyone in the thread to buy the game, it doesn't get more obvious than that.

I'm an ambiguous being.

>>23738426
>Means that every pirate is playing the same choices and events
literally what the fuck could that even mean?

>>23738426
I'm all for buying a game that's done well but the situation doesn't sound like an impossible to pirate thing. Just pirate the installer instead.

>>23741230
I'm pretty sure he's talking out his ass anyway.

>>23741220
Guess you don't know what Totono is, my friend.

>>23738426
>Means that every pirate is playing the same choices and events.
What? What do you mean? Are the choices randomly generated upon installation or what? Or does the installation itself have options for you to customize when you install it? And if so to what degree does it affect the experience?

I've never really had my eyes on it much before, but is it by chance more interesting than I thought?

>>23743827
It basically amounts to nothing. Like at one point in the game it will ask you 10 questions generated from a selection of 30.

>>23743827
>>23743909
And it's only a select few choices/pieces of dialog that are random, not the whole game like that anon is making it out to be.

>>23743909
>>23743924
>Like at one point in the game it will ask you 10 questions generated from a selection of 30
So during installation you'll do some survey kind of thing, that then affects what 10 of these 30 questions are integrated into the game? Have I got that right?

>>23743988
No, it's just random.

>>23743996
So a random seed is generated upon installation? Is that it?
Or did >>23738426 make it seem more interesting than it is? Does it even matter if it's pre-installed or not?

>>23744141
>Does it even matter if it's pre-installed or not?
Not at all.

>>23744319
Then what is >>23738426 going on about? Is he just spouting bullshit?

>>23744389
Yes, he's quite obviously trying to prevent people from torrenting the game.

Everyone here is trolling and you know it. Why don't you test what anon said and see it for yourself.

The point is that the game generates a random seed upon installing which changes up small variables unless JAST has removed that piece of original code, because it was too hard for them to program without Doddler.

The questions you get basically generate a new and completely unique heroine for every player. When people end up with the same heroine with the same attributes, birthday, age and names (the Kanji are random in the japanese version) you know that they started the game from the same source installation - they pirated it.

>>23744575
But who cares?

>>23744584
Noone does. Just thought I'd tell you.

Surely it is easy to prove that everyone with a pirated copy has the same attributes, no?

https://otakuoverdrive.com/2013/07/29/galge-review-kimi-to-kanojo-to-kanojo-no-koi/



Bros it's real...
Anon is actually jesus.

Why hasn't anyone listed what attributes and names they got with the preinstalled copy? It shouldn't be hard to compare it to others.

>>23744729
That review says nothing about it though.

That Lunasoft HRPG with rape seems to be approved by steam and co published by KaguraGames.
https://twitter.com/KaguraGames/status/1258634051067535360
Guess everything is fine as long as a school or a skirt isn't seen.

>>23744865
Kaguragames censors and rewrites their gameplay titles to put it on steam and they don't offer a standalone patch to fix it. Probably rewrote the rape to being consensual.

>>23744575
>The point is that the game generates a random seed upon installing
So >>23743996, >>23744319, >>23744408 just straight up lied? Or was otherwise ignorant?

>>23745274
Other way around.

>>23745274
Dunno why this nigger tries to refute my statement. Why don't you just check?
I have a JAST Version. Someone should themselves and post their pirated stats.

>>23745299
Comparing it to an legitimate version is pointless, all you would need is two people to pirate it and see if they differ.

I've got the preinstalled download, what do I need to look for to see the randomly generated data?

>>23745392
Data relating to the heroine. Age, Name (Kanji should be random if they are not localized out)- If the Birthday is the same then it's red flag for preinstalled variables.

what kind of retarded larping is going on in this thread?

Pls translate something Eushully, I'm dying without my regular Eushully dose here.

>>23746016
Learn Japanese.

>>23746021
I did try. But kanji killed me.

>>23746200
Never gonna make it.

>>23746200
Define "try".

>>23746262
Downloaded a teach-yourself book and read it for 2-3 months. Can read kana and understand simple sentences and questions. Still obviously not enough to read vns.

>>23746243
One day...

>>23724924
They got Subahibi on Steam by cutting out everything other than the first chapter and relegating it to a patch. I don't get why more companies don't do this given Steam's arbitrary review process.

>>23749436
because then they can't charge for the patch.

>>23745316
>all you would need is two people to pirate it and see if they differ
Can't this be tested rather easily by just deleting the save files and then copying the entire folder for two separate instances and start one new game in each?

>>23749453
I'm sure they'd make more money from releasing a game on Steam with a free patch than they would having Steam reject the game.

>>23750284
yeah but they don't want more money, they want all the money. See Sekai Project charging $20 for the game, $20 to add voices, then another $20 for H content.

>>23750292
Sekai doesn't even have this problem, do they? A Steam rejection can really fuck over some of the other ones.

>>23751584
New thread up with the updates for this week.

>>23746016
>regular Eushully dose
But there was never a regular drip of translated Eushully titles.

>>23752888
Yeah well I just re-played all the translated games for the 100th time again. But I really really want some new Eushully translations.

>>23576682
fuck you

Why do they even bother with adult games on Steam? Patreon is all the rage right now.

>>23576533

>>23576533
Aiyoku can't be translated fast enough