/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa
Karakara 3 - Upcoming release
Nekopara Vol 4 - 50% translated and 30% edited, November 2020 release
The Seventh Sign -Mr. Sister- - "Planning release", appears to have been rejected by Steam
Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - "More programming"
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, 2020 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, going to update existing release to HD version
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 60% translated
Island Diary - 100% translated and edited, Winter release
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"
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Sumire - Picked up
>I Walk Among Zombies Volume 3 - Awaiting engine work
>I Walk Among Zombies Volume 0 - Awaiting engine work
Sanarara R - 100% translated, 25% edited
9-nine- Episode 3 - 40% translated
Amatsutsumi - Translation and editing in progess
KoiKuma Fan Disc - 100% translated, editing ongoing, waiting on build from dev, 2020 release
Love's Sweet Garnish 2 - Translation and editing in progress, 2020 release
Kanojo no Seiiki - Picked up
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Amairo Chocolate - 100% translated and edited
Kimagure Temptation - 30% translated
9-nine- Episode 4 - Announced
Slobbish Dragon Princess - Announced
Secret Project 3 - 37% translated
Secret Project 4 - listed
Secret Project 5 - listed
Secret Project 6 - listed
Secret Project 7 - listed

Sol Press/Panty Press
Shitsuji ga Aruji o Erabu Toki - 30% translated, 10% edited
Nukitashi - 100% translated, 22% edited
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - 68% translated, 68% edited
Irotoridori no Sekai - 100% translated, 90% edited
DareSora - Volume 1 Released, info on future volumes soon
Witch's Garden - Picked up
Happiness! 2 Sakura Celebration - 100% translated, 61.5% edited
Jinrui Saikyou Seiyoku no Yome Kouguchi Rinko - Picked up
Hyper->Highspeed->Genius - Picked up

Nekonyan
Hello Lady - Main game 100% translated edited, and TLC, 40% QC, tentative Summer release
Dracu Riot - 100% translated and edited, engine porting starting shortly
Riddle Joker - 85% translated and 75% edited
Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche - 75% translated and 25% edited
Clover Days - 100% translated and TLC, editing and engine porting starting shortly
IxShe Tell - 85% translated and 80% edited
Aokana Extra1 - 45% translated, 15% edited
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Melty Moment - 30% translated
Making＊Lovers: Geki Icha After Story - "we plan to translate the Fandisc as well"
Secret Project #1 - 30% translated

Fakku
>Abaddon: Princess of the Decay - Localization at "40% to 50%", 2020 release

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

Aksys
Collar x Malice -Unlimited- - August 21st release
Piofiore no Banshou - September 10th
Gensou Kissa Enchante - November 13th release

LoveLab
>The Humbling of a Holy Maiden - 60% translated, 50% through programming
>Secret Project 1 - 30% translated, 20% edited

Other
Wanko no Yomeiri - Upcoming release
Taimanin Asagi - Page for the Trial of episode 1 back on Steam
>Trap Legend - Demo released, July 17th release
Venus Blood -Hypno- - Announced, Kickstarted planned for September or October
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>The Humbling of a Holy Maiden - 60% translated, 50% through programming
Shouldn't they actually translate the game before "finishing" programming?

https://twitter.com/Alicesoft_en
I kind of thought they'd make a tweet a day, but they didn't make one yesterday.
What are they planning?

>>24720458
It's a weekend.

>Kinkoi: Golden Loveriche
Are they also working on the FD?

>>24721735
I'm sure they'll be happy to if you buy enough copies of the original.

>Abaddon: Princess of the Decay - Localization at "40% to 50%", 2020 release

I am SO looking forward to this.

>>24715745
I don't think so. Engine work doesn't necessarily require a full copy of the script to do. Obviously you're going to need to test everything out again when the translation is completed to make sure it doesn't break unexpectedly somewhere, but otherwise there's no reason you need to wait until it's 100% finish to begin.

That said I think assigning hard progress percentages to programming work is a bit dubious. How would you know you're 50% done?

>>24721971
Wouldn't inserting the text and wordwrapping ect. count as programming?

>>24721826
If this was Sekai or MG I would agree but NN usually announces the FD's before the main game is out

>>24722102
Well most likely the tools for that are developed ahead of time and the actual insertion process just involves running a few commands in the command line or something. Though obviously there's always the chance something goes wrong at this stage and it needs to be reworked. I mean you need tools to extract the text into a readable/editable format before you can even start, so developing the tools that will perform this process in reverse can logically be done at this time too.

Then again most of my knowledge comes from fan translation projects, official jobs might already have those tools available from the dev but they still have to be modified to suit English text and word wrapping and stuff maybe.

>>24722220
>but NN usually announces the FD's before the main game is out
All the Fandiscs they've announced/done have been small bonus scenarios or kickstarter rewards. The Kinkoi FD is about the same length as the actual game.

>>24722220
Fureraba and Making Lovers had mini fan discs, Hello Lady and Aokana have short ones. Kiniro Loveriche has one in the Medium length category, so it's more like localizing another full VN, which is why I think they'll probably wait on that one.

>>24721735
Conjueror-sama, may he rest in peace, said Kin'iro Loveriche was crap so I hope not.

>>24722378
Conjueror had really shit taste and hated moege and nakige. Who the fuck cares what he thought?

>>24722378
Well it's not sci-fi so of course he said that.

>>24722339
>Hello Lady and Aokana have short ones
I forgot they were doing the Hello Lady one, that one is actually a decent size, like 10 or so hours long. The Aokana one is around 4 or 5.

>>24722398
>really shit taste
>hated moege
Those are mutually exclusive statements.

>>24722339
They said on Discord it's a wait and see on how well it sales. I can see it doing well enough that we end up getting.

>>24722451
Their also doing all of the extra content that was in the Vita port as well

>>24722467

>>24722517
Hating moege covers a multitude of faults.

>>24722517
Hate to see what he thinks of season 2

>>24722517
Nooooo.....

>>24722517
>>24722768
Laffo. Maybe conj was a trannylator. He just killed himself a bit earlier than usual.

>>24715446
>Django - Waiting on translation.

Is the translator okay?

>>24722378
I miss his seemingly wild random reviews.

>>24715452
>LoveLab
>The Humbling of a Holy Maiden
Based anti-loli gang

>>24720458
I'm pretty sure the proper announcement is going to take another week or two anyways. No need to get riled up by twitter posting.

>>24721901
Isn't this the game where no matter who you pick, you get cucked?

>>24723676
>Isn't this the game where no matter who you pick, you get cucked?
It's tagged on VNDB with "Only Avoidable Netorare Scenes."

>>24715446
>>24715452
>Jinrui Saikyou Seiyoku no Yome Kouguchi Rinko - Picked Up
Sol Press dropped all current and future Laplacian VNs so this should be removed too

>>24723676
There is a bad end with NTR for every character. As far as I know, it's quite difficult to get in that route without making bad choices boldly.
There are like 30 in total routes, though.
Events change whether your combination of characters die or not or whether BL mode is on/off.
The last update also added full harem routes.

>>24727160
Man, VN contracts don't seem to be worth the paper they're written on.

>>24720458
Well their spokesperson told /haniho/ that it is a step towards something that they want.
So hopefully its a sign that Alicesoft will ditch MG.

>>24738537
>alicesoft ditches MG
>all of their titles have mosaics again
>sells like shit because people bitch about how the titles are now censored because they decided to solo publish without making a western corporation.
That's just stupid enough for a jap company to do.

>>24739089
>all of their titles have mosaics again
That's a good thing. MG's drawn penises are disgusting.

>>24739246
Kinda curious how you think forced censorship is a good thing when there's no reasonable alternative to remove it compared to say uncensoring a title where you can simply unpack the uncensored assets and repack the censored assets. I'm not speaking to genital quality in the slightest here, just that having it uncensored is significantly better for the consumer because it's much easier to revert back to being censored if that's how you want to experience it, than it is to uncensor the content.

>>24739246
>MG's drawn penises are disgusting.
Besides that one penis in Evenicle which was a huge improvement over the original what else have they drawn? Pretty sure they just use the original assets.

>>24738537
Instead of them ditching, I wouldn't mind seeing mg working on some titles while alicesoft works on others. It's clear mg is too slow to handle every title in their catalog since they also work on other stuff, and Alicesoft have like 3 development teams. So alicesoft showing some initiative to work on their own stuff would help benefit everyone in terms of getting every alicesoft title out in English, especially since mg haven't shown any interest in many of the one-off games, pastel chime, or the tsuma series. If they drop mg and do everything themselves, from a customer's standpoint, not much will really change for the better since they probably won't be much faster by themselves depending on how many localization staff they have.

>>24739714
>half of all alicesoft titles have mosaics while the other half are completely uncensored due to MG handling them and being able to release them uncensored
Not gonna lie, that'd be pretty hilarious to see.

>>24739714
>>24739783

More like half of the titles are properly translated while the other half has memes

>>24740024
>properly translated
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1281125661827104768
You wish.

>>24740338
I meant the MG ones would be properly translated. Imagine if Alice got Sekai's failed translators.

>>24740338
Ludo translating other Alicesoft works truly is the darkest timeline

>>24738537
>So hopefully its a sign that Alicesoft will ditch MG.
What makes you think that'd be an improvement?
I know MG absolutely has their shortcomings and mishaps but just look at the average fan translation nowadays and how they typically aren't even completed. Or the usual from SP where they have literally no QA and might not even complete the translation before shipping. Or the the countless self published English translations on DLsite that are or might as well have been machine translations. Or the typical Nutaku translation that isn't far off.
And even if your complaint is about speed, both JAST and SP are slower or just as slow as MG.

I am not saying ditching MG couldn't be an improvement. But I absolutely do not see it as a sure bet and see little reason to prematurely cum in my pants as if we've all won or something when it could just as easily end up being the opposite.
What makes you so sure it'd be better?

>>24740502
B-But they made fun of me on discord!

>>24740502
>At least they are the least worst from all in the scene
retard

>>24740820
Not him, but who's better? Nekonyan have better licences but always put a shit ton of memes in their translations for no reason and there are months of drought between their releases.

>>24740820
>the scene
Non-eroge localizations aren't much better.
Anime and manga localizations regularly fuck things up. Often severely so, and often even intentionally which makes it even worse.
And the videogame localization business is just a mess in general. It's shockingly common for them to have translators whose grasp of the language is genuinely lacking to say the least, and then they've got English speaking writers just rewrite all the parts that didn't make sense or the parts the translator failed to translate. If they didn't simply want to rewrite shit for the sake of wanting to rewrite shit to begin with.
NISA and Exceed regularly fuck things up. 8-4's track record is fucking terrible. Not even Nintendo's and Sony's in-house translations are free from shit like this. And then you've got other common disasters from minor businesses or freelancers like the case with Binari Sonori for example that are often enlisted for given projects from time to time and typically mess things up.

Now I won't these that these companies or their translators never do good translators. It's just fact that they commonly mess things up, and not so uncommonly mess things up severely.
If they ever ship a product that was actually localized well, you can only pray that they'll repeat that quality a second time. Something you can never be sure of.

So for real. What's so bad about MG that you feel so confident that ditching them would be an improvement, even though you've got no idea who'd take their place?
Again. Ditching MG could be an improvement, but that's with an emphasis on could. I'd rather not take that bet if given a choice, but if it's happening anyway then I can only pray for the best. I won't prematurely jump up in joy.

>>24740486
I don't know if it was because of an editor but I've said before that Raging Loop's translation was fine. At this point would Ludo be worse than Arunaru?

>>24739089
>>24739246
Personally, I don't care if titles have mosaic or not. I'm a censorship autist, but only when it comes to censorship by the localization company, not by the original Japanese company. Even if US law is different from Jap law, I don't mind if titles don't change to accomodate the difference. All of that said, I'm pretty sure that more people want non mosaic releases than mosaic releases. I think a lot of people don't care either way (Nekonyan mosaic releases still sell well as an example), but it's definitely something most eroge consumers would rather have. It used to be the standard with few exceptions, until Sekai came along and made mosaic releases more common, at least as far as I remember.

>>24741207
>Dude

Which fucking editor thought this was a good idea?

>>24741207
Probably not, but Ludo is a bit more meme-y than Arunaru. I've actually read some of his LN translations and he sure likes inserting already dated memes into translations.

I actually think Maria is a better translator than either of them and am hopeful she'll continue the rest of the Rance series.

>>24742154
She probably will but there's still too much for her alone.

>>24742175
Yeah, it's a lot of work.

>>24742154
Maria is one of the better translators around at the moment, but I think the rest of the series is too much workload.

>>24742175
Yeah, I agree. She or another translator will probably have to work with the editor with Rance IX to make sure that the final text is okay (assuming that they don't just retranslate it from scratch). That still leaves 03 and X. 03 is still sizable (according to vndb anyways), while X is will probably end up being MG's longest project text wise.

So why do the krauts have so much influence lately?... there are literally five of them on every company discord

>>24742775
Dunno, who do you mean?

>>24742775

Because they actually deliver and aren't incompetent, bumbling idiots. Frankly, I welcome our new German overlords.

>>24742432
Quof maybe? Though I think he's left visual novels behind

>>24743709
He recently posted that he's working on a vn. Or was.

>>24743709
He made a post a year or two ago complaining that all the projects that he wanted to work on were already taken or unable to be licenced, Rance X was an example he used.

>>24743723
>>24743735
I suppose it's plenty possible it's him, then. For what it's worth I thought his work on Escalayer was bretty good. Though I haven't finished it just yet.

>>24743746
He's definitely improved a lot since his shitty Miel TLs.

>>24741123
Neko is only good for moefags

>>24743814
I didn't necessarily mean "better" as in the games are all better. Just that they're much higher profile games than the majority of MG's catalog.

>>24742775
What influence? Being in a discord server doesn't really give anyone influence.

>>24743814
Honestly after reading the nth Yuzusoft title I'm totally burned out. S*B felt so dull that I had to force myself to finish it.

I think the only title that I'm looking forward to from them now is Hello Lady

>>24738537
>>24739246
>>24740820
You are really a cringe person to have this much hatred over a small company for the past 3 months. To only respond in ad hominems and to show us all your IQ is at room temperature as is your knowledge of anything in this community.

>>24742775
Because of Gundam Wing.

>>24742775
I don't understand your question. Who are these krauts? What does it have to do with visual novel?

>>24742136
DxS.

>>24741123
Nekonyan sort of has the excuse of only doing at least mid-sized VNs unless it's a fan disk. Though, even taking that into account, MG releases mid to long sized VNs at a faster rate.

>>24745357
They're also relatively new, it took MG years to get to their monthly release schedule. No one else releases that consistently either, but I can see Nekonyan getting there eventually if things remain stable and they keep access to the cn market.

Huh, fancy that. Alicesoft managed to self publish Eve 2 on Steam.

https://twitter.com/Alicesoft_en/status/1282783106949406721

Trial version in a few weeks, the full game presumably down the line.

>>24745625
Hopefully that means they have actual confirmation from steam that it's accepted rather than just hopes and dreams

>>24744373
I smell a shill, do they even pay you?

>>24745390
I doubt NekoNyan will survive for long. Their whole business model is based on getting licences for cheep while promising the developers big shares of the Steam Chinese money.

>>24745785
It seems to be working so far based on Steam sales. The only real threat to the business model is if Steam China becomes operational and the Communist Party has an active role in curating it. Either that, or the US government forcing Steam to no longer pander to China, which probably isn't going to happen.

https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1282786897291612161
Steiner and Quof

>>24745836
>Steiner
That's going to be a no from me.

>Ludo working for Alicesoft
You can't fucking make this shit up

>>24739308
>it's much easier to revert back to being censored if that's how you want to experience it
Having to go looking for the original Japanese game and for tools that work with the engine, which might not even exist, it's not easy, and even if it were it's not something your costumers should be forced to do.
Is it so hard to believe some people just want to easily get the same content the japs got but translated? That is, without ugly redrawings or low quality art that was never meant to be seen.

>>24745836
Steiner is fine when he's not the sole translator, and I trust Quof.

>>24745836
I don't think I've read anything by Quof, is he /jp/ approved?

>>24720458
>'Evenicle 2 - Clinical Trial Edition' will be released in the following weeks on Steam! A free-to-play, extended demo of Evenicle 2 that lets you play all the way to the end of Chapter 1 for many hours of fun!”
Well this I didn't expect. Is that chapter all-ages though or did they actually get it approved by Valve?

>>24746006
Sansha Mendan had some questionable stuff, but I haven't read anything by him since then.

Today is a great day for all Alicesoft fans. Mankograbber get their just rewards for their incompetence.

Wonder why Alicesoft decided to start handling their own localizations. Evenicle 2 is a great starting point, though.
Hopefully it goes well and leads to stuff like Haha Ranman, I really enjoyed that and think the English crowd would as well.

Shame they aren't taking Rance into their own hands though, with MG being delayed for 100 years.

>>24746006
Escalayer was fine, aside from a few personal nitpicks.

>>24746036
You do realize MG still have Rance?
>>24746043
>Wonder why Alicesoft decided to start handling their own localizations
Most likely because they saw the sales numbers of Evenicle 1 on steam.

>>24746043
Either they saw how well the first game did and are cutting MG out, or they're cutting MG because they're taking too long with Rance (who don't have anyone to work on Evenicle 2 anyway). Or both.

>>24746043
Definitely speed. Hopefully, programming isn't going to be an issue since it's going to be done in-house, but infamous Japanese coding and all that implies.

RIP MG

>>24746043
>I really enjoyed that and think the English crowd would as well.
What did you like so much about it? I think it's one of their worse titles, and trying to 100% it is a nightmare with the random zodiac bullshit.

>>24745836
I'm glad we seem to have avoided the worst case scenario of them using in-house translators whose English is barely above gtrans

>>24746128
Probably helps that they have a foreigner as an employee there to tell them that would be a bad idea.

>>24746090
To be blatantly honest with you, I liked the girls and the art/H-scenes. The tiles are some esoteric nightmare fuel, I'll agree.
After the letdown that Heartful was, I wasn't expecting much, so maybe that's the source of why I liked it.
Interested to see where Alicesoft will go after Eve2 though, since the only other well known titles in their library for the EN crowd are Daiteikoku, and to a lesser extent, Pastel Chime, Tsumamigui 3, and Oyako Rankan.
In an ideal world, they'd take Rance into their own hands.
>>24746071
I wish they could cancel their current licenses with MG, honestly. Wouldn't be surprised if was a mix of how well Evenicle did on Steam and MG taking far too long.

>>24746043
It's probably so simple as they saw the huge success of Evenicle on Steam at full price and wanted to cut out the middleman.

>>24746088
With Rance, they're probably still good for another 5 or so years, but it may be a big blow for the long term of MG. Maybe they'll manage with nukige.

>>24746088
For real though that should hurt. Though I am guessing that MG is already at full capacity and have the immediate future and all of 2020 or even 2020 and 2021 covered.
But if this is the end of their Alice Soft partnership then that'll likely suck for future years.

That said I wonder if that means we'll get more Clockup titles or something instead. Or maybe new Waffle titles.
A new partnership like that of Astronauts or something would be incredible but if that was easy to come by then someone would have probably partnered with them already.
Personally I really, really want to see Silky's titles localized but maybe Sekai Project already threw a wrench in that somehow.

>>24746159
>I wish they could cancel their current licenses with MG
In what way would that help? You want Ludo to tackle all of Rance on his own and you think that'd end up swifter and better?

>>24746159
It's definitely both. Remember how Alicesoft came over for AX or whatever it was and Rance X was announced out of nowhere? They clearly want to cash in as soon as possible for some reason.
>>24746242
This should be a lesson to them

>>24746288
>This should be a lesson to them
I freaking doubt it. If taking too long was a lesson that they could learn, they probably would have after Flowers or the countless other licenses that they don't bring out anymore.

>>24746288
Alicesoft was struggling prior to the release of X from what I recall, it may be incorrect though. I assume they may be struggling again. Of course, it could be their foreigner telling them that western fans are unhappy with the current state of affairs, too.
>>24746285
>In what way would that help?
Presumably they wouldn't get caught up needing additional resources for a fucking year since they actually know the code.
In actuality, I just want to see MG take a hit for their pisspoor management.

>>24746288
>for some reason
Probably the same reason oldie vn companies keep dying or going into gachas. Selling vns in Japan doesn't even make enough to keep companies afloat anymore and they're desperate for any cashflow.

>>24746352
Isn't Alicesoft already in gacha? I thought that was why TADA left.

>>24746350
>In actuality, I just want to see MG take a hit for their pisspoor management.
In short. You want things to get worse for everyone just because you dislike MG and think it'd be worth it? Fuck that.

>>24746378
TADA demoted himself to focus on the Rance series. I'm pretty sure he's still part of the company though.

>>24746350
Ideally, going to the West will help them stay afloat, but this feels like a Hail Mary to be honest. If they announce more titles in the next few days, then that will definitely be the case.

>>24746430
He retired.

So will Mangagamer go all in on BL and otome games now to try and save themselves? Or will they return to the Nukigamer days?

>>24746430
He retired after Rance X. I don't think it's really because of Gacha that he left. More like he completed his life-long ambition and wants to get out to enjoy not stressing over a game for a while.

>>24746430
He retired after X.

>>24746454
>>24746463
>>24746465
Isn't he technically still a consultant for Alicesoft?

>>24746461
They'll start begging Eushully to let them license games.

>>24746475
I don't know if he's considered a consultant. He does drop in from time to time, but according to him, he does consider himself retired.

>>24746461
Definitely Nukigamer. I don't think that BL and Otome or even Yuri are stable enough markets.

>>24745746
I do it for free.

>>24746264
>But if this is the end of their Alice Soft partnership then that'll likely suck for future years.
Evenicle 2 is really the only potential cash cow that Alicesoft has outside of Rance, though. And MG still has Rance.

>>24746043
>>24746350
Prepared to be Monkey Pawed into Oblivion instead of 100 years it may be 200 years lmao.

>>24746264
I would just go with more Clockup and try to gain another partnership with a company that does VN/Gameplay titles that would not be hard to debug for.
>>24746605
That's key here. I would hire another Programmer to help speed this up if Rance is being a pain to get working on VN.

>>24746605
They got the space Nazi game.

>>24746605
Dohna Dohna is on the horizon and is a gameplay title. It's even a sidescrolling fighter or some shit right? That would definitely be successful if it got on steam.

>>24746714
Yeah, well, good luck getting that on Steam.

>>24746522
BL and Yuri are not stable. Otome would be even Magical Girls because that would be to the female audience.

>>24746714
Not him, but isn't Daiteikoku is kind of a money void? I thought it pretty much bombed in Japan, but maybe that's a myth or an exaggeration.

>>24746724
Turn-based RPG, if I remember correctly.

>>24746739
I think it made bank in Japan, but it sucked hard that it tanked their reputation for quite a good while. So, it didn't bomb per se, but it did leave an impact.

>>24746739
It did fairly well, but there was a lot of negativity about it that seems to have put the Dai series on a hiatus.
I think the EN audience would be pretty fine with it though, in all honesty.

>>24744461
The krauts are a few germans that have a site for visual novels that popped up a while ago. It was very silent around them but now some of them swarm all the publisher servers for information and join basically every discussion on twitter even if they are not invited. Very bothersome but thats how it is.

Sacred called them out a while ago but they still do it like no tomorrow

>>24746739
>>24747012
It was so bad that during the Rance X development, Alicesoft were reassuring people that it wouldn't be like Daiteikoku.

>>24746701
The threat of Alicesoft taking Eve II is the only reason why MG brought additional resources into Quest. Without this, Quest would probably still be years away.

heyo, its one of the krauts, im glad youre referring to us as krauts (based) instead of regular autistic germans (unbased)

Krauts here for the overtake.

>>24747266
Are you implying the Rance localizations will slow down now that Alice Soft took Evenicle 2?

>>24747507
Obviously they will. It is just Tulipgoddess working on Rance now as a TL. MG is in shambles and they desperately need new staff.

>>24747266
I think MG with Doddler severely underestimated Rances game engine and the fan-tl they bought for it. Which sadly meant they had to go through it again and basically ask for the source code and dedicate their best talent to get it out. This was the only thing I can fault them for. It was never intentional of MG to slow the process down and not to make money.

>>24747532
That doesn't have to do with Evenicle 2 though does it? Isn't that just because Arunaru left which is a different thing altogether?

>>24747532
How do you know for certain?

>>24747560
Doddler works on Rance games?

>>24747597
No. I think the most he's ever done for an Alicesoft game was beta test which he did for Evenicle and Rance 6.

>>24747597
There is literally only 2 programmers in the VN sphere.

>>24747631
Just because you only know two (because you're either a newfag or only pay attention to e-celebs) doesn't mean that's true.

>>24747648
If I believe it therefore it's true.

>>24747507
Revert to the mean.
>>24747573
The hold up with Rance games has never been the translation speed.

>>24720458
>>24745625
QD taking over their twitter is kind of cute desu.
I don't even care if it's some PR guy pretending to be her. It's cute.

>>24747532
>and they desperately need new staff.
Until they start paying more they won't get anyone even half-decent. The translators are moving over to light novels because they get paid more.

>>24747532
They need to get out of games and concentrate on VNs. The only issue they had with Rance was an inability to program games.

>>24747736
It reminds me of when Sothis took over the Fire Emblem Heroes twitter.

>>24747889
>They need to get out of games and concentrate on VNs.
What? We need more games!

Have any of you guys ever been not ready to proceed with an h scene in an eroge? Its a strange feeling but I can't bring myself to click ahead to it for some reason.

>>24747755
That's what the VN industry is like overall. Honestly. It's just not enough money to do much to pay or to get licenses etc.

Steam page for Eve 2 is up. The Steam page mentions that there will be mosaics.

>>24749263
Lmao I bet this is all Quof's fault given that every single title he has worked on officially has been released with mosaics.

>>24749423
>every single title he has worked on officially has been released with mosaics.
Escalayer?

>>24749438
Oh yeah you're right. I was super excited for that but it was such a terrible title that I completely forgot about it 3 days after reading it. I retract my previous statement then.

>>24749263
>The Steam page mentions that there will be mosaics.
Oh crud. Then probably all titles they localize will have it.
Now the dream for uncensored Haha Ranman and other titles is outright dead. And it's a shame for Evenicle 2 too.

>>24749906
Well the dream isn't dead. If nobody buys it they'll all go back to MG and Evenicle 2 will get an uncensored release on MG's store. That being said, apparently people prefer censored titles over uncensored titles so it might as well be dead.

>>24749906
It could still have a patch or be uncensored on another storefront like JAST or MG. There are ways to go around it.

>>24749937
Only some titles look bad uncensored. And yet the good art when uncensored is simply on a whole other level to the censored stuff.
Now fuck Fakku and all that, but just look at the uncensored manga they've got and try to tell me that it looks worse than the censored releases of the same works. It's generally the same with eroge.

>>24750079
If they were going to do this they would've announced it already. The first thing that venus blood company did was announce their titles would be available completely uncensored on a third-party store and unlike a certain frontwing published title, they were actually completely uncensored.

>>24750079
>It could still have a patch or be uncensored on another storefront like JAST or MG. There are ways to go around it.
Why would they leave mosaics on Steam and yet patch it for other storefronts?
They can get around it yes, and they've apparently chosen not to.

>>24750109
Yeah but people prefer mosaics in VN's because
>What if the uncensored art looks bad!
I don't get it myself but that appears to be the general consensus in all VN related discussions.

>>24750164
>appears to be the general consensus in all VN related discussions
That's news to me and I've been around for some time. Granted that I practically never delve into /vn/ because I hate /vg/. Is that really the consensus there?

>>24750237
Well the overwhelming consensus is that every VN should be released without mosaics with a mosaics toggle in the menu, but after that the vast speaking majority would prefer titles with mosaics over titles without mosaics.

>>24750109
It looks the same in manga because the censorship there is barely noticeable and the artists have to learn how to draw genitals:
https://exhentai.org/s/10ad47643d/1516386-74
It's not the same for eroge with it's huge mosaics.

>>24750259
That's still stupid though. Now I don't really like to waltz around on a high horse but I'd chalk it up to ignorance truthfully. If titles without mosaics were just more common I doubt that'd opinion of theirs would be as common either.

>>24750237
Some like the uncensored art even if it's mediocre, others hate them because the underlying art is usually subpar, the majority sit out of the conversation since it turns into the same old shitposting after a few posts.

>>24750300
Well yeah, ever since Sekai Project popularized mosaics in official releases, more companies have stepped up and began releasing mosaic'd titles because it's faster, easier, and cheaper to do so because they've realized the average customer doesn't care about how censored a title is. See moenovel titles which have sold extremely well despite cutting out massive amounts of content and rewriting even more. As a result I've stepped away from the scene almost entirely and only bother with 1-2 titles a year because somehow the translation, content, and localization quality has managed to massively drop over the past 10 years.

>>24750312
>because the underlying art is usually subpar
Only sometimes. Just going by recent titles Maggot Baits is absolutely excellent uncensored. And Escalayer is good uncensored too.
JAST's uncensored titles are good too.

>>24749906
Alicesoft PR guy on /haniho/ mentioned that if enough people complain on the Steam reviews, they might try to fix the issue.

>>24750477
>they might try to fix the issue
Thank god. Now I can only hope this actually gets some results.

>>24750477
>if we get enough downvotes we might care enough to unfuck our product
Well I mean, they have great business sense I've gotta give them that. Put in the lowest amount of effort possible until people catch onto your bullshit and force you to put some effort into your titles. Just like almost every other modern day VN publisher.

>>24749263
Now I am going to buy it. No more uncensored art. I hope this becomes standard in all VNs.
>>24750477
No they do not care it's the classic PR excuse.

LMAO fucking Monkey Pawed! Hahahaha!!! You will get your mosaics and you will enjoy it.

>>24751583
Yes I will.

>>24751725
As will I. Definitely buying the game.

>>24751583
I won't, but I know the reality is most people don't care. Or if they do, not enough to make it a dealbreaker. Shit like Nekopara sold fine with mosaics.

>>24751484
>I hope this becomes standard in all VNs.
I don't.
https://exhentai.org/s/4a18d4c20d/1490674-106
https://exhentai.org/s/2930e24391/878401-106

https://exhentai.org/s/462edbcd30/1490674-1702
https://exhentai.org/s/a8cfce3172/878260-1343

https://exhentai.org/s/2bbf28cf45/1506203-47
https://exhentai.org/s/13078cbf34/878260-1556

>>24752114
>Or if they do, not enough to make it a dealbreaker.
I mean what it means is that even if everything else ends up being equal quality to the previous releases, it'll still be inferior due to the mosaics. Now it HAS to be better in order to actually be superior. Equal doesn't cut it any more.

I eagerly await the day when VNs will finally be free from H content.

>>24752664
Never? H content is the only reason the industry is still hanging on.

>>24752690
If the industry dies it will be free from H content, so that's fine.

>>24752723
Why do you want the entire industry to die? You could just play console releases if you hate H content so much.

https://blog.jlist.com/featured/love-physical-visual-novels-then-get-sonico-totono-fast/

>>24750278
Eroge mosaics have been massively toned down in the last 5 years especially. You can't really cheat with genitals like you used to be able to

>>24750477
lmao

>>24753082
Yuzusoft would beg to differ with you anon. The artist literally draws nothing and instead just puts mosaics there and tells the company to make it look like something is actually there. This was confirmed by NN themselves.

>>24751583
Part of the problem seems to be that the Steam release isn't region locked from Japan. This makes a non-mosaic release impossible, unless they release a demosaic patch through a third party or something like that.

>>24753114
I don't know why anyone bothers drawing the shit when it's just going to be covered up anyway.

>>24753159
because if for some reason it's no longer covered up now you look like a really shitty artist because you half-assed your drawings.

>>24753173
>because if for some reason it's no longer covered up
In some hypothetical release for foreigners. They don't give a fuck about you or what you think.

>>24753190
>japan suddenly repeals censorship law
>those drawing you sent to a developer a few months ago are now released without mosaics
>people are now mocking you for not even doing your job because you left your art unfinished
>studios stop hiring him because he clearly can't draw genitals which are now an important thing to consider because releases are now uncensored

>>24753190
It could also get lower censorship on art books released in Japan, like the Amakano one.

>>24753221
>>those drawing you sent to a developer a few months ago are now released without mosaics
>>people are now mocking you for not even doing your job because you left your art unfinished
This situation is implausible as any company would have the art finished rather than release it with a blank void there.

>>24753244
You have a lot of confidence in japanese companies despite them constantly putting in the absolute minimal effort required for their releases.

>>24753269
I still find it implausible. I think it would hurt the company's reputation and sales more than it would the artist.

>>24753280
I find that very unlikely given the fact that companies willingly work with sakuragame, or do it themselves in the case of moenovel.

>>24753300
Are we talking about foreign releases (which I covered here >>24753190) or Japanese releases, which is what your hypothetical scenario was about?

>>24753159
Apparently, according to Eroge, it's because people can generally tell when the parts under the mosaic have been half-assed.

>>24753319
Japanese companies refuse to provide the original uncensored art assets to western publishers because "it'll make them look bad" in japan. This has been confirmed with Minori and Miel both publicly stating this. so they clearly care about what happens in the west because if bad stuff gets out then they'll "be shamed" in japan. They don't care how shitty of a job a translation is because they can always claim
>well they never showed us the translation we assumed they were a good respectable company
and people will believe them because japanese companies love to shed the blame for the actions and using it to make a quick buck, but they can't do this with uncensored art because then people will KNOW it was them.

You're using logic when speaking of a nation who believed their emperor was god in physical form and thinks that genitals are the bane of humanity. So please don't use logic, since they sure as fuck have none.

>>24753373
Honestly, your top half is more or less correct, but your closer is pretty stupid.

>You're using logic when speaking of a nation who believed their emperor was god in physical form
Not an uncommon idea among various nations around the world though, this isn't just a Japanese thing.

>thinks that genitals are the bane of humanity. That's literally because big-dick USA decided to impose their censorship laws onto them. They have a goddamn festival worshipping a giant penis, they don't give a fuck about genitals outside of it being the law to censor them.

Anyone here reading kastelcord who knows the current status of the Muramasa translation?

>>24749423
Why do you spread lies? Chii-chan wasn't mosaic'd at all...

>>24753704
Quof didn't do chii-chan in the end. He finished it and they didn't like his work so they threw it out and hired 3 new people to translate it which is what they used for the finished product.

>>24753676
Someone posted this two weeks ago. The "stated by him" is referring to moogy. The "editing seems to have reached maou hen" is referring to moogy complaining about a joke which seems to be from that part of the game given what he said about it.

Wait, so there is now CoffeeFlux Darakuen, the secret Darakuen 2 and Kastelcord?

Why are there literally 3 JOP discords?

>>24753822
Paranoia. One general group, one vetting room and then where normal members who are in the system are and then the final room for the ultra paranoid users of the revolution.

>>24753722
True. Meru finished it for him, Quof likes to drop games midway... or maybe he did it for Escalayer to quench the workload.

>>24753873
Reminds me of the nth rooms in Korea. I hope the people in the last room get sexually abused by the cartel too.

So why did Alicesoft drop MG?

>>24754553
They wanted to cut MG out of the Evenicle 2 royalties because Evenicle 1 made MG a shit ton of money.

>>24754573
So are the planning on releasing an all-age ver with an off-site patch?

>>24754645
No it's going to be a global adult only release with mosaics and no way to remove them. The PR guy said if you reviewbomb the demo and official release they'll sell it uncensored on a third-party store, but that if it doesn't get review bombed it'll remain mosaic only.

Oh no, I cannot see uncensored penis, game is literally unplayable now!
#boyccot #peniscenocide

>>24754553
Because MG is slow as fuck and can't work on Evenicle 2.

>>24754553
Didn't want to wait until 2030 for Eve2 release from mankograbbers I reckon.

>>24754799
I need to see a penis and imagine myself sucking it as a feminine woman. It must be uncensored. All penises can not matter until my video game penis does!
#penisholocaust #thegreatSchlongforward

>>24754553
Do you not realize it, you were being psyopped by MG. Alicesoft wants to give us purity with Mosaics, free from being uncensored and pure nasty filth from that heretical Mangagamer. It's for those real good old boys who go to church every week and read the Gospels. Go home have a nice fap to that trap in Evenicle 2.

The absolute state of the shitposting in the vnts..

>>24755238
MG shills lost their mind now and trying to sabotage AliceSoft with mosaics shitposting.

>>24755442
Come on now, anti-mosaic shitposting has always been a thing.

>>24756066
It hasn't always been a thing. It only started up when Sekai Project came into existence.

>>24756077
While I don't think there's any JAST title with mosaic on it, I'm pretty sure I saw a few when MG did some (nukige) titles with mosaics.

>>24753221
That's a weird scenario you've developed there. Even if nobody was required to censor things, that doesn't mean they're required to not censor it. I expect even if article 175 is altered plenty of new games will still be released censored. It's not called "voluntary self restraint" for nothing.

>>24756757
Only MG titles with mosaics are Ammolite titles and Minori titles IIRC.

How come VN censorship is all mosaics rather than lines like ero manga?

>>24755442
So I have to gladly accept the titles being keeping their mosaics now or I am an MG shill? Fuck off with that.
I wish Alice Soft the best of luck I genuinely do and I hope this ends up being great. It has great potential. Especially if other companies follows suit.
But the mosaics thing is a very disappointing step down.

Your MG hatred is fucking unreasonable if you take any kind of criticism towards MG's competitors as the spawn of MG shills.

>>24752846
>If you’re a fan of physical visual novels, hurry! Once these titles are gone the games will be digital sales only!

Sad!

>>24753159
In one of MG's blog posts one of the artists actually drew them and hoped that one day, somebody would see it. Now, that's dedication.

>>24757017
That was before she did Maggot Baits too so that probably helped its uncensored art.

The krauts are absolutely based

https://twitter.com/BishoujoNEWS/status/1282783630885113859?s=20

>>24757113
Based on what?

Reminder that this faggot is the kraut spammer

>>24757192
He's right you know

>JAST follows Alicesoft_en but MG doesn't

>>24758005
MG doesn't even follow regular Alicesoft, why start now?

>>24758396
Did they unfollow them?

>>24757192
He look like a hapa monster.

>>24758849
It's weird because they follow almost all their partners. They follow TADA but not the official alicesoft account.

>>24758960
You haven't even seen my final form yet.

>>24751583
90% of the time mosaics are better because no effort was put into the genitalia.

>>24753128
>the Steam release isn't region locked from Japan
It is though and people are crying about it on the forums.

>>24760163
So much this holy shit

>>24760551
As far as I can tell, the people in the forums are crying about how it doesn't have a Japanese language option, not that it's region locked. The first Evenicle is region locked, but not Eve 2.

>>24761224
>region locking
>localization
>censorship
>westernization
cringe!

>>24746043
I am more curious about what they would do if Valve decided to ban it after they get a hold of the full version for review, since it seems only the demo is being put up for now.
The main reason why the first sold so well is because of Steam so without Steam they would lose 90+% of the sales.

>>24755442
What's wrong with making sure it goes to a more Diverse and wider audience? Maybe you need to read Mosaic porn scenes for the story instead of being a little chronic masterbater.

>>24761224
>the people in the forums are crying about how it doesn't have a Japanese language option, not that it's region locked. The first Evenicle is region locked, but not Eve 2.
Oh really?

>>24761494
I'm assuming you have to get approval of the full game before you can get far enough to put a demo up, right? Has any game ever gotten banned after releasing a demo?

>>24764850
Yeah. Some titles had demos up but they weren't able to put the full thing up. Can't remember what titles they were though.

>>24764850
Yotsunoha by Sol Press got a store page and a demo up just fine, but later had their Steam build of the full game rejected. Not sure when but they took down the page and took down the demo eventually too.

So is anyone going to hurry up and rush their Chinese translations soon?

>>24774069
Sekai has been releasing Chinese only translations for a few months now.

>>24715446
Can you finish Chaos;Head Noah already please? Why's absolutely no one working on that shit?

We lost guys.

>>24774445
I don't get it. Elaborate.

>>24774518
It's earlier in the chat, but there is this new german guy and his website that basically shits up every publisher discord and invites random people from everywhere to their server. Apparently this behaviour is not only shunned but encouraged.

https://twitter.com/sacredge0/status/1030038502799486976?s=20

And don't get me started on the VBF drama back then...

https://twitter.com/sacredge0/status/1043948532003213318?s=20

>>24759781
>>24774445
Maybe change your filename before you try to toot your own horn, retard.

>>24775012
>This account owner limits who can view their Tweets

Escalayer looks great uncensored. Why are people shitting so hard on uncensored CGs all of a sudden?

Hi, Hata here.

This thread is beyond me, but nice publicity.

>>24775369
>Not the first post from this IP.

Your point?

Back on topic and stop with the krauts.

https://twitter.com/shira_vn/status/1283455441226235906?s=20

>>24777339
Did mg lose another one? I can't see the advantage of going with a lesser known publisher unless it's something mg wasn't willing to do.

Is there any reason to like MG at this point?

>>24777364
I don't think any company has an exclusive deal except for Nitroplus. MG probably have their hands full with Kyonyuu Fantasy to accept more Waffle games.

>>24777399
They still have access to Clock Up and Moonstone as far as we know. Not sure how well Maggot Baits and Sakuranomori Dreamers did for them though.

The times of slow JAST are over, believe me.
Partnering with FAKKU was just the start, also that flowers teaser...

I'm waiting for another Django post..

>>24777634
Partnering with Fakku will save JAST
It was the smartest thing they've done in a long time
too bad MG is trash

>>24777634
>>24777650
We get it, JAST acknowledges your existence so you fellate them. You don't have to do that here, staying on your discords is fine.

This is the third Venusblood HOLLOW Translator.

Does anyone know who he is and what he worked on?

>>24777692
He worked in a mansion. Possibly a maniac one.

>>24777670

How much of a newfag are you? Or are you just that oblivious and dense? Do you not understand how this game works yet? You kiss ass and hopefully more stuff comes out.

Personally, I don't care how much asskissing is done as long as stuff is translated and released in a timely manner. Instead of being an uptight faggot, you should be appreciative of the effort being exerted or not say anything at all.

It wouldn't surprise me if the MG shitter is dovac himself. I mean he's done it before.

>>24777723
Staying close with the fanbase is what the new boss of JAST does best. It's what JAST has lacked all these years. And this is exactly why things accelerate at high speed now.

>>24777723
I've been here much longer than you, Mr. "Please translate this song for me"

>>24777634
>The times of slow JAST are over, believe me

>Sumaga- Upcoming release

>>24777759
>And this is exactly why things accelerate at high speed now.
Releasing 1-2 actual games and some bottom of the barrel short nukige in a year is not "high speed".

>>24777819
Are you satisfied? This is why Sumaga and other stuff doesn't come as quickly as you want it. You shouldn't forget about it though. JAST will localize all the nitroplus titles. Eventually.

>>24777759
>the new boss of JAST

Huh?

>>24777866
https://twitter.com/merumeruchann/status/1283349883198603264

Hmm, apparently all stores are bad.

>>24777866
Won't mention his name but he is a very hard working person that sits in the office 12 hours a day wracking his head about how to get this car back on the road.

They also have a very capable project manager.

>>24777909
I wonder how much of that is those third party stores sell poorly, and how much of it is their Chinese sales from Steam completely dwarf their sales to English speaking customers. Either way that's not a good look.

>>24777364
Shira VN is DMM, so they probably cashed out a lot.

Fruitbat is announcing a VN tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/FruitbatFactory/status/1283447781936570370
Most likely the VN that got leaked by Steam awhile back.
https://steamdb.info/app/1113660/

>>24778129
Seems like a strange choice of vn to cash out a lot on. I don't really see this appealing to many people.

>>24778253
They probably had to pick a game with exclusively adults since Ryuusei World Actor got axed the last time they tried.

>>24778337
Is this just not happening at all? I want to read it.

>>24778337
I wonder if this means they abandoned RWA and the rest of their own catalog. A lot of the stuff under DiGination looks fairly Steam viable. Though, I felt that way towards RWA since it wasn't set in a high school.

>>24778337
>>24778359
They are retarded. For some reason they refuse to release outside of Steam. Like what do they even get from being Steam exclusive Doubt Steam gives them a bigger cut, and how is no money better than at last some money. Any publisher with a brain would release on all the stores.

>>24777534
Maggot Baits did well enough to get a physical. Sort of. I doubt the costs of mass producing specialized USBs are any less than mass producing CDs, so the quota for a physical was probably at least the same.

>>24777634
My personal issues with Fakku aside, I'll believe JAST getting faster when Sumaga and Django actually release.

why is the vn thread so autistic
anyone who posts discord screenshots should be instantly banned

>>24778878
kraut-fagging is fun

>>24778878

It's the new cool thing to do. /vn/ made it trendy months ago. It was only a matter of time before /jp/ caught up.

HI MANGAGAMER DISCORD EPIC PUT ME IN THE SCREENSHOT

>>24777339
Wait what? This is happening? And in just a couple of weeks no less?
I've wanted this translated. Did not think it'd happen like this though. Nor this year.

How are these guys though? Are their translations ok?
I wanted to give Marco to Ginga Ryuu a chance but I haven't done so yet. I haven't seen people shit on its translation yet though, not that I've been really looking for critique. But does that mean they're ok?

>>24780902
It's going to be censored unfortunately, Waffle does pretty good genitals too.

>>24780902
>Are their translations ok?
They're readable, but they could really use a decent editor to make their translations flow better.

>>24778337
>Ryuusei World Actor got axed the last time they tried

>>24778410
Also, it's not like a non-steam release is a detriment even in the unlikely event it goes on Steam later (see Evenicle).

>>24780994
>It's going to be censored unfortunately, Waffle does pretty good genitals too.
That is a real shame. Really.

>>24777692
>Venusblood HOLLOW
I suppose this is a perfectly suitable title, but the fact that it got changed at all really riles my autism.

FUCKING FLOWERS FINALLY

>>24780902
They are pretty good. They did Master Magistrate which is phenomenal and a breath of fresh air. Marco to Ginga Ryuu is not from ShiraVN though, it's from TokyoToon and ShiraVN helped on the publishing side.

Other than that they did two Utawarerumono Ports and Ryuusei World Actor which never saw the light of day.

Other than the mosaics this company is completely trustful.

>>24781567
>They did Master Magistrate which is phenomenal and a breath of fresh air.
That translation sucked ass though.

>>24781567
Can't trust a company that forces censorship on its customers. Nutaku, Sekai Project, all of 'em.

>>24781585
Can't blame a company for not planning to go to Jail. ShiraVN is Tokyo-based. They have to completely obey japanese censorship law.

>>24781600
Oh man somebody tell ninetail that the Jap FBI will be kicking down their doors to arrest them any second now.

>>24781579

Elaborate. From the people I've talked to that have actually played Magistrate, they didn't notice any major problems regarding its translation while playing it.

https://youtu.be/UCZbp_0SkYY

FUCK YES!

>>24781628
An anon was blogposting it on /vn/ and almost every single screenshot he posted read like shit.

lol these shills.

>>24781536
>>24781666
>>24781679
Holy shit just fuck off already.

Just following the purpose of this thread. Shitposting about new releases~

>>24781725
That's not the purpose though, head over to /vn/ if you want to do that.

>>24781567
I smell a Hata post.

Time to shill flowers like there is no tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/aaeru_?lang=en
Still more followers than moogy lol

>>24783188
More followers than Hata as well.

>>24783283
>>24781975

Who's this Hata fellow that keeps being mentioned?

>>24783188
What happened to her, last I remember wasn't she working on some machine TL project.

>>24778131
>This is our last full translation by Conjueror

;_;

>>24784711
Probably died, she had some incurable sickness.

>>24784112
happa nigger who shills and spams in threads >>24757192

>>24784711
I think she was working on a proper retranslation of Flyable Hearts, but was eaten by roos in the outback

When JAST releases Muramasa I can finally drop this shitty hobby.

>>24787220
Wow, language! Do we really use the N-word for yellow people here?

>>24791247
Fuck off Ramon.

>>24791496
holy shit is that you thorben?

Fruitbat Factory released a new VN after they teased it yesterday. It's Jiangshi x Daoshi. The game was in development for 6 years by now and now its out on itchio and Steam.

Translator: Conjueror (rip)
Editor: Gareblogs

Free games always good, even though they are episodic.

It doesn't have ero but its pretty lewd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDs5jEAIGs

>>24793291
I've been meaning to ask, is Fruitbat considered one of the "bigger" VN companies? Is it because of consoles?

>>24793348
Well, Conjueror did quite a lot of stuff for them. They are not as big as the top 3 but they are more valuable to the VN-Market than Cherry Kiss for example.

Seven Days, Seabed, Enigma, Jiangshi x Daoshi, Chuusotsu, Orange Juice and Miniature Garden are surely from him.

Else they helped with Noratoto and Eiyu Senki.

The rest are some random Gameplay titles that could be in a NISA Lineup as well.

Also, yes, Console-ports play a big part.

https://fruitbatfactory.com/

>>24793348
They seem to deal exclusively with doujin VNs but Conjueror worked with them to release cartel-approved works like Chuusotsu and Seabed. Their rep is probably solely because of that.

JAST had two releases this year, and two more coming this month. Is this a new record?

>>24795863
Gayshit, Cuckshit and Dykeshit.
Might as well be 0.

>>24795888
Actually I forgot about the gayshit, so that makes it 3 releases.

>>24796634
Does that shitty RPG really count when no one played it?

>>24795888
Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo absolutely counts.

>>24796760
Yeah, it counts as cuckshit.

>>24797147

Yeah, and?

>>24795863
I think it is. Because I do not remember a time they were this active.

>>24797147
>genre defying deconstruction of the eroge-genre as a whole
>cuckshit
my nigga do you think that eroge are just for fapping or some gay shit?

>>24800382
Who are you quoting, Mr. Cuckold?

>>24800382
It's baby's first meta game. The cuckshit is the only good part.

Welcome to the start of the end.

>>24803203

Frankly, it's about damn time DeepL got the recognition it deserves. It's the future for the scene as far as I'm concerned. I fully embrace.

Can people stop derailing threads?

Also the pureworks Kickstarter for White Wings released. Game is available in 9 Languages and it looks like MTL for English. Can someone confirm the rest?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185680/White_Wings/

>>24803835
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185680/White_Wings/

"Also, don't worry about the quality of localization.
The target languages of the translators we hire are their native languages. "

nothing to worry about then apparently lol

Digging through the Jiangshi x Taoshi files on and off steam, the most likely reason it got banned originally is a scene where Ling Ling appears topless (in a sort of walk-in comedy scenario). Given Ling Ling is described as "looking no older than nine", I'm not shocked steam banned it before, even if it wasn't sexual. They edited a few cg but I'm fairly certain that's the one that did it.

https://blog.fruitbatfactory.com/2020/07/17/when-jiangshi-met-daoshi/
>Drenched as the game is in Chinese lore and the supernatural (as well as bizarre humor), Conjueror mentioned it was the hardest game he’s had the pleasure of translating.

>>24800565
The game is 7 years old my guy, what the fuck you mean babbys first meta game?

>>24803203

>>24804948
https://fruitbat-factory.itch.io/daoshi

Maybe that scene is still in the itch.io version.

>>24806210
They released an uncensor patch for the Steam version.

>>24805097
>The game is episodic, and after 8 years of development there are currently 3 complete episodes.

I admire the dedication especially since the first two episodes are free, animated and voiced (not sure at what costs).

Fruitbat Factory is /ourguy/

>>24806467
No honorifics, Cartel staff and All-age kusoge.
Not even close.

>>24806490
The cartel staff is literally dead.

>>24806501
Conjueror gave Umineko a 5/5. He was by no means cartel.

>>24806490
>All-ages kamige.
That's a good thing.

>>24777339
Isn't Shira just a loc company? As in the JP studio/DMM has to do the port while Shira only does the script?
I haven't checked out their other stuff but at least with Utawarerumono that lead to a shitty port, no updates to the game and minimal communication.
Hard to see this as an upgrade over MG and people like Doddler handling the port.

>>24807378
>Hard to see this as an upgrade over MG and people like Doddler handling the port.
I don't think it was Doddler who worked on it but the original Kyonyuu Fantasy had a very common bug where CGs wouldn't load and it would just be a black screen.

>>24807378
They did Master Magistrate on their own.

>>24808701

Yeah but >>24781579

>>24810465
People here say that about every translation though

It looks like that monkey Chuee is working on Irotoridori.

>>24813010

Why are you shitting on /ourguy/ Chuee? Make of him what you will, be he at least delivers results. That should mean something but apparently you idiots would rather wait decades for mediocre shit to come out as long as it has perfect translation (in your minds at least).

>>24813129
Sucking his cock won't get you anything.

>>24813129
Isn't he the guy that said the only good translations are from official companies?

>>24813319
I think that was kiriya aoi back when he was still just a sekai project shill.

>>24813368

>>24813408
Alright well there you go. All the shit they say blends together.

>>24813434
He also had a spreg out on /vn/ when people called him out for that post and for working for Sekai