Visual Novel translation status
Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "1410/2308 original edition scenario scripts translated (61.1%)"
Amairo IsleNauts - prologue and common route fully translated, Shirley route 10% TL, Masaki 18.5% TL, Konoka 55% TL, bonus 20% TL, prologue patch out
>Aokana - Common route + 3 character routes translation done
>AstralAir - prologue patch released, 33,857 / 64,721 (52.31%) lines translated
Ayakashi Gohan - 49% complete
>Black Wolves Saga: All scripts translated, 55/65 scripts edited
Bunny Black 2 - To be translated
Clover Day's - 100% of the common route + 348/711 KB, 119/743 KB, 92/764, 338/846 and 74/722 KB of 5 routes translated
Flight Diary - 14.8% translated
Gore Screaming Show - Prologue and day one patch released
HaraKano - Ayana Seno's route patch released
Haruka Na Sora - Sora 11.29% translated, Kozue 23.73% translated
Hatsukoi 1/1 - 11409 lines translated
Hoka no Onna - 48.68% translated
Irotoridori no Sekai - New project started, prologue mostly translated
>Ken ga Kimi: 116/122 scripts translated, 101/122 scripts edited
Kiminozo - Common route translation complete
Koichoco - Going through finishing touches
Koiken Otome - 96.62% translated, 88.90% edited, prologue patch released
Kurukuru Fanatic - 87.5% translated
Lovely Cation- 26% of lines completed
Lover Able - 6.84% translated
>Majikoi A-1 - 31.3%
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - Commie project actively in editing
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 2nd project with 2.2 scripts translated
Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 3rd project released ch 1-5
>Monster girl quest paradox - Being translated, new partial patch
Muv Luv Total Eclipse - 25% translated
Noble Works - 54,169 / 57,690 (93.9%) lines translated, partial patch released
Oreimo Tsuzuku - 266/268 scripts translated, 196/268 through TLC+Editing, 121/268 scripts finalized
PersonA - 44% translated
Rewrite Harvest Festa - 22583/30040 (75.18%) lines translated
SakuSaku - 100% translated, 31858/49257 (65%) lines finalized
>Starry Sky In Summer - All scripts translated and edited, 114/177 scripts through TLC
SubaHibi - 100% translated, 2nd editing pass and QC remain
>Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi - 4,009/30,513 Lines (13.1%) translated, partial patch released
Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen - 100% translated and edited, QC and technical work remains
Tsujidou-san no Jun'ai Road - 12/323 scripts translated
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete - 4282/35056 (15.7%) lines translated
>White Album 2 - 11072/35275 (31.38%) lines of closing chapter translated
Witch's Garden - 40435/67201 (60.17%) lines translated, 2221/67201 (3.31%) edited, prologue patch released
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 78.42%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 89.73%, Motoka 32.17%, Common and Kazuha fully edited
Official work
MangaGamer
Euphoria - demo released, 11/27 release
Free Friends 2 - 100% translated and edited
>Higurashi Hou -Onikakushi released, Watanagashi 11/13 release
Bokuten - 66.5% translated, 30.05% edited
>Da Capo 3 - 63.2% translated, 40.4% edited
>Gahkthun - In scripting
OZMAFIA - 89% translated
>House in Fata Morgana - 87.62% translated
>Myth - 65% translated, 45.8% edited
My Boss Wife is My Ex - 100% translated and edited
Kuroinu - Being released as 3 seperate chapters, 18.13% TL 18.13% edited
Supipara - Ch 1 100% translated and edited
>Yurirei - 79% translated, 70% edited
Himawari - TL and editing finished
>Beat Blades Haruka - 83.9% Translated
Umineko - Picked up
>Tokyo Babel - 71.57% translated
Negai no Kakera - Picked up
Princess Evangile W Happiness - Picked up
JAST
Sonicomi - Fully translated, building launcher
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
Trample on Schatten- main scenerio 100% translated and edited, extra content 33% done
Flowers - 100% translated, in editing, preparing to port
Seinarukana- Waiting on LE materials. QA checking.
Django - Waiting on translation.
Sumeragi Ryoko - 100% translated, waiting on test build
Sweet Home - 10% translated
Sekai/Denpa
>G-Senjou - Released
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Grisaia trilogy - 2nd title in TL through end of Nov
Clannad - 2 of 3 QC passes done, 4Q 2015 release
WAS - Kickstarter finished, delayed
Atom Grrrl - 100% translated
>Narcissu 3rd - 62.45% translated
>Narcissu 0 - 19.83% translated
WEE 3 - 7.39% translated
Nenokami - 37.79% translated
Kokonoe Kokoro - picked up
Shizuku no Oto - picked up
Sacrament Sheep - In Beta
Memory's Dogma - Kickstarter reached goal
Chrono Clock - Picked up
Root Double - Picked up
Tenshin Ranman - Picked up
Witch Boy - Kickstarter failed
Darekoi - Picked up
Wagamama High Spec - 2016 release
Mayoi Hitsuji no Kajuen - Picked up
Other
Eiyuu Senki - Nov 12th release
Harmonia - On Steam GL
Little Busters - Picked up
Tomoyo After - Picked up
Muv Luv Trilogy - Kickstarter Started
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
Work being done on a fanTL of Shin Koihime with hopes of getting it licensed
>Wish Tale of the Sixteenth Night - 2731/10293 (26.53%) lines translated
Harvest December - 3DS ports being released
>Norn9 - Released
Kyuuketsu Hime no Libra - Kickstarter preview up
Magical Eyes - Winter release planned
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread
Some funky business going on with mangagamer's top five chart. I'm sure doddler'll be happy to hear that KnS2 is currently occupying both the #1 and the #2 best sellers slot.
As always, post order numbers if you got them.
>>14327483
How do you even keep track of this? I never see people post numbers here, so do you just leisurely buy shit games from Mangagamer just to see up-to-date numbers?
>>14327505
People actually do post them fairly often https://warosu.org/jp/?task=search&ghost=yes&search_text=order+number
I do supply some of my own but I don't get enough autism bux to afford to just buy random shit.
>>14327478
>Gahkthun - In scripting
Soon?
>>14327478
>Da Capo 3 - 63.2% translated, 40.4% edited
Only 2 more years to go.
>>14327483
Speaking of KnS 2, why wasn't the space bar used to forward the text? Do kids in Japan really get paper bags for their New Years allowance?
That Aokana progress is very impressive. (Only 1 route and Extra materials left)
Could we possibly have it released before/during the anime in winter?
>>14327512
Oh and I've also logged a handful acquired via the means of seeing people tweet order screenshots at doddler, but that's barely enough to be noteworthy.
>>14327526
Just skip the middleman and machine translate it yourself, you can have it as soon as you want.
>>14327540
It wasn't a request. It was a hopeful optimistic possibility question.
Couldn't you tell by my tone of voice.....
"You don't have to know Japanese to be an editor" - Some idiot
>>14327480
Shizuku no Oto is out. Please stop forgetting to remove it.
>>14327590
Except like 2 persons in the scene who are not active anyway, none of editors for fantl or commercial projects know Japanese.
>>14327595
This is not SP promotion thread, fuck off shill.
>>14327590
Err, whoever said that is spot on. You don't have to know Japanese.
>>14327604
reading is hard for you, isn't it?
>>14327609
I only contain englishes up to a 4th grade level. (got a 3) Am I qualify for sekai project yet?
>>14327659
Overqualified
>>14327513
Koestl thinks it might be released by the end of the year. I think he overestimates the glacial testing phases at MangaGamer.
>>14327526
It took them four months to translate the most recent route, so no.
>>14327690
Why don't they just hire some no-life like me who will read through it completely in 1-2 days for TLC/testing?
https://aokanatranslation.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/almost-there-mashiro-route-complete/
would you fug originalren
would you wear that in public
If they partnered with someone who uses kickstarter for every single visual novel, that hoodie would be pure kickstarter material.
>>14327695
Do you want to be paid in mangagamer points/pennies? If so I'm sure they'd be happy to take you on.
No wonder Demonbane was so good. It was edited by Colin Crouse. I wonder why the others didn't want to provide their real names. It could possibly lead to greater reputation in translation/localization field of business in the future.
>>14327713
I mean, everything I've ever read/played from MangaGamer was pirated. I wouldn't mind doing work by properly TLCing and checking their work in return.
>>14327722
You're in luck, they're always hiring.
[email protected]
>>14327717
Consider Phlebas as the one who did all the work.
>>14327717
The main reason is because having worked on a Japanese porn game does not look as good on your resume as you might think. Colin has no shame and still lives in his mother's house, so it's unsurprising that he wouldn't care since he doesn't have to worry about getting a job.
144 days.
>>14327917
26 days until dracuriot 120% complete is released.
>>14327690
>>14327513
I wish they'd list the game on their site already. I want to know how much money to put on my prepaid credit card, preferably BEFORE release since it always takes ages to do so. Also, do we have any news on whether or not it will have DRM yet?
So I just finished reading euphoria's demo. It was pretty good, now to wait forever until it's released.
>>14328020
I'd guess the chances are reasonably high that it will. It's a "big" title so even if it delays a cracked version by 24 hours it'll likely increase sales enough to be worth it.
>>14328045
>It's a "big" title
For whom?
>>14328045
Depending on how shitty the DRM is, how busy I am at that time, and how much I want to read Gahkthun, I might just upload it so someone can get rid of the shitty DRM for me. I wouldn't be surprised much if harsh DRM only speeded up the process.
>>14328045
>>14328020
I can't remember if Gahkthun will have DRM or not. I'll try to get an answer when the JP staff get in later today.
>>14328040
The 27th isn't that far away.
>>14328065
>how shitty the DRM is
Isn't MGs DRM just online validation the first time you run the game?
>>14327478
>>Tokyo Babel - 71.57% translated
Tokyo Babel (TL: ~74%)
>>14328075
Yes. They use soft-denchi for all titles: http://www.paltio.co.jp/soft-denchi/
You get a prompt to enter the activation key on first launch where it then activates over the internet. After that you don't need an internet connection, only changing the OS needs re-activation.
>>14328096
>>14328075
Soft-denchi installs something on your PC which then keeps running in the background permanently. I consider that malware.
I'm fine with any DRM that actually works and doesn't make any changes to my system. Installing things and running processes in the background (regardless of what they actually do) are two big no-goes for me.
>>14328171
While I agree with you, for what it's worth you can stop the service when you aren't playing and start it again when you are.
>SakuSaku
chris 4 nov
Editing for Ann's route should be done soon. Tina's route is roughly 25% edited at the moment. I'll make an update post next week.
>>14328096
>>14328171
For what it's worth, we only have ~25 games left with DRM: http://ask.fm/MangaGamerStaff/answer/132479433458
Some of the ones on that list are having it removed soon too.
>>14327478
> >Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi - 4,009/30,513 Lines (13.1%) translated, partial patch released
So, is it machine TL?
>>14327524
Space key hides text window in the majority of visual novels isn't it?
>>14328215
The guy admits he doesn't know Japanese and is doing the TL for "practice". You can fill in the rest yourself.
>>14328253
>>14328215
We had some discussion on this last thread. Please read >>14325806 and the chain of replies so we can continue where we left off rather than repeating the same thing again.
Mostly it seems /jp/ has proven itself incapable of judging translation quality. TL doesn't seem confident of the quality at all, and is translating with a dangerous mindset, but no real issues have been found yet (likely due to only that simple part having been pasted for comparison so far; maybe I'll make a proper extraction tool later so I can give more lines for comparison).
>>14328213
Hey Haro, assuming you know/are allowed to talk about it, what is the average number of games owned by MG customers?
>>14328326
Seems like good enought TL.
>>14327478
You missed that Himawari has entered scripting as well. It's right on MG's blog.
>Himawari: The Sunflower
>Translation: 100%
>Editing: 100%
>Side stories (Translation): Komorebi: 100% / Kagerou: 100%
>In scripting.
>>14328390
I have no idea. I do know there are a few people who basically own the entire catalogue, but they're obviously outliers. I'm sure the bundles would skew the numbers substantially enough to make the average not terribly informative anyway.
>>14327686
Kek. I was going to post the same response.
>>14327695
It needs to be played on a variety of systems and by different people to make sure as many potential issues can be found as possible. Your method is why JAST's release of Shiny Days is so buggy.
>>14328070
Any chance of it ending up on Steam like Yuririei? That always benefits story titles.
>>14328213
>Some of the ones on that list are having it removed soon too.
Wanna tell us which ones?
>>14328440
Couldn't really say. Just speaking personally, the sheer volume of boobs seems like they might be a bit much for what Steam would find acceptable.
>>14328446
Not sure if I'm allowed to specify, but think older stuff.
Umineko is being worked on at the moment after all. Even if MG can't assign percentages to it, they should at least mention what's going on with it, so people quit thinking it's in Limbo.
I know Pygmalion won't be worked on until BDH finishes Fata Morgana, but I thought W Happiness was supposed to have been started soon. What's going on with that? Also, is Bokuten still on hold?
>>14327483
Divine Slice of Life is taking up the #4 and #5 slots, so it must be doing great as well.
The Steam key incentive must be working, because Higurashi Chapter 2 is #3 on the list.
>>14328414
2 and a half months for the materials to the PC port, is that fast or slow in Front Wing's terms?
Seinarukana's trial is out.
>>14327483
So when will they do a boxed release for KnS2?
That's the only reason why I didn't buy it, I dislike buying digital copies of things.
>>14328210
That's cute desu ne~
>>14328673
IF it sells enough digital copies, it'll get a hard copy run. It's entirely dependent on how well the digital version does. Cartagra didn't sell enough digital copies, so it's not getting a hard copy run.
>>14328730
But if you look at the top five chart, KnS2 seems to sell a lot. More than Cartagra at least.
I want a innocent grey bundle with Cartagra, KnS1&2 hard copy.
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>>14328413
Not really. One dumbass says that it's translated by looking at the CGs and making things up instead of reading the text. That makes it accurate because instead of translating what's in the Japanese, the English is a description of the CGs.
>>14328768
The game only came out a week ago, so of course it's still selling well now. Hopefully it's sales keep going strong. A hard copy isn't guaranteed at this point.
Doing worse than Magical Boy after initial rush.
Are we going to see second sp ks fail in a row? Will be best christmas gift ever if it does.
>>14328816
It's kicktraq estimate is dropping by the day as well.
>>14328816
Do you understand that if their second ks is failed than their other TBA games also would be in danger?
>>14328816
Yes please, i want sekai project to fail hard on this one.
>>14328884
Isn't that great?
>>14328884
Even better, then!
>>14328884
It depends how many of them, if any, they planned to kickstart. They might just have to start asking for lower amounts.
>>14328884
just maybe, they could, yknow, announce better games? just a thought
Isn't relevance on Steam how well a game is currently selling? If so, then G-Senjou is currently being outsold by Nekopara.
>>14328816
What is it about their business model that requires them to use a KS for everything
Shiny Days uncensored patch when?
>>14328949
>Isn't relevance on Steam how well a game is currently selling?
Even if it is, you aren't browsing Top Sellers list.
>>14328949
According to steamspy: G-Senjou: Owners: 581 ± 803
>>14328884
>their other TBA games also would be in danger
I just finished fapping man, give me a break
How good is WA2 translation ? Is it a machinetl ?
>>14328801
I'm not even going to bother writing a new post, I'll just copypaste two old posts.
>>14326173
>桜の花 can be a fancy/poetic, somewhat feminine way to refer to a sakura tree. The guy who pointed out that it's "absolutely wrong" likely only has rudimentary Japanese skills.
>>14326664
>Stop being retarded. I know you're shitposting, but people are going to be parroting this for several threads as "proof" the translation is bad.
>>14329072
Extremely.
>>14329085
You've already changed your story once, champ. We're all very sorry that you didn't think up the bullshit metaphor excuse until it was too late. You'll do better next time.
>>14329088
Wow. Why ? Isn't Maruto writing-style super easy to understand and translate ?
don't "under the cherry blossoms" and "under the cherry trees" mean the exact same shit in english
>>14329107
Well blossoms means the tree have flowers.
>>14329117
i mean i guess it does mean it's springtime and shit but practically speaking does anybody actually care
is one of the translations leaving out crucial context or subtext that the other one would, assuming we already know it's spring
What was the proper way to call this type of character again, 強気のあの娘が魅力的 still brings a lot of unrelated shit.
>>14329085
Seems pretty good to my desu.
>>14329107
It's not cherry trees in this context. It's a city that's always covered in cherry blossoms because it has some giant magical tree.
It's just the same guy shitposting as usual. Notice that he's ignored every other valid problem brought up and narrowed in on one thing and trying to handwave it as unusual metaphorical usage, same as he did with shoestring or that Daitosho shit, despite the 'translator' being an admitted sub-beginner.
>>14329129
I don't really care anon, i'll not read this vn because it looks like shit so i was just answering your question.
>>14329136
That's a tsundere tag. Is it even possible to be on these boards and don't know that term?
>>14328976
I love confidence intervals that cross zero.
>>14329150
doesn't the comparison work exactly the same? if the tree covers the whole city so do the blossoms. in fact if you say something like "the city was covered in cherry blossoms" it makes it sound like it's covered in blossoms that have fallen from the trees, or maybe flying through the air.
>Notice that he's ignored every other valid problem brought up
so have i, mostly because i don't know (or care) what the other valid problems are. if you make a bunch of accusations they should all have sticking power. if the case against whoever the fuck this is is really strong you can ditch a shaky point or two and zero in on the really inexcusable stuff.
>>14329150
Don't forget dismissing everything anybody ever says based on that one incorrect accusation. That's the real kicker that lets you know it's him.
>>14329162
>if you make a bunch of accusations they should all have sticking power.
This is retarded.
>>14329164
you eat shit for a living
>>14329163
So kinda like how you guys dismiss a whole translation because you found one wrong line right?
>>14329172
Not at all like that.
so independent on whether the translator is a shit eater, the translation is shit, or the person defending it is a worthless shill -
is the "cherry tree" translation
- a garbage shit mis-translation that someone (several someones) are trying to pass off as a fancy metaphor, or
- an acceptable translation not reflective of many other grossly wrong translation mistakes that were made during the butchering of the work
please respond
>>14329195
Yes.
>>14329198
you're killing me here
>>14329195
>空を見上げれば、とんでもない花曇り。
>When I look up, the sky is completely covered in a spring haze.
>そう、花で、曇っている。空を桜の花が覆っているのだ。
>Indeed, covered in a cloud of flowers. The sky is being obscured by a cherry blossom tree.
You'd have to be pretty crazy to translate that as a tree when it's obviously still talking about the clouds of flowers, unless of course, you were 'translating' by looking at the CGs instead of the text.
>>14329181
why not?
>>14329211
I read that as "translated by CGRascal", and since I just saw something translated by him on Exhentai, I could relate to the sentiment very well...
>>14329211
okay thanks for the heads up
my faith in /jp/'s translation-QC corps has been restored
>>14329227
It's similar to that too. The English is pretty fucking terrible because, besides fucking up tense all the time, he's also just substituting words instead of actually writing English sentences. Like this:
>それは、桜の都会だった。
>That is, a Cherry Blossom City.
>>14329211
You're asking a lot for someone to be able to understand there's such a thing as poetic rhetoric in a language they don't understand.
The problem isn't his translation is shit, the problem is his English is shit. In his absolute failure to coherently explain the situation he's posted the absolute basic expression of the situation. He isn't wrong, but he is a horrible writer.
>>14329242
Then post more lines.
>>14329257
If he's failed to accurately express the same thing in what was a very basic passage, I submit to you that his translation is shit.
>>14329258
I actually deleted that post since I figured I should check the context first to ensure that it actually makes no sense but I couldn't find the scripts in ~10 minutes and I gave up.
>Then post more lines.
What's the worst there is in the 4000?
>>14329136
Himedere?
>>14329281
Context is that they were in a snowy city in the middle of the winter when suddenly they noticed cherry blossom petals falling from a cherry blossom branch sticking out from a gap between two buildings. Protag and his imouto check it out and find a city in spring (as in literally, it's a different season there) on the other side, covered by a giant cherry blossom tree.
ugh sekai getting promotion from muvluv again how much dick sucking Dovac is doing?
What's she trying to say here?
>>14329372
If it's for Narcissu, I don't think most Muv Luv fans would be into it, since the genres are so different. Plus, its KS just ended, so most of its backers are likely still tapped out.
>>14329434
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=overwinter
>>14328171
Softdenchi on KnS 2 was pretty shit.
You can bypass the activation with a single NOP inserted into the exe.
Then, after the game launches, it drops a main.bin in the game folder that's exactly the uncracked .exe of the game. Just make a copy of it and there's your crack.
Well, even with this trivial DRM it still took a week after release for it to go up on torrents and erogedownload. The game files were uploaded by someone after only a few days. So I suppose it worked.
>>14329673
Huh, then I might even be able to just crack Gahkthun myself.
>The game files were uploaded by someone after only a few days.
As in, the game itself? Isn't that completely unrelated to DRM, then?
(Side note: If I do end up cracking Gahkthun, I'm only uploading the crack. Find someone else to do the actual pirating.)
>>14327477
Can you please stop adding the machineTL projects to the list ? It's misleading and dumb.
>>14329211
Stop being a dick. Thispretty stupidkanji pun can't be translated anyway, so nothing is lost.
>>14329100
To understand — yes, to translate — no.
But you cannot understand anything if you don't know Japanese, so its irrelevant.
I've posted some samples from that "tl" few threads back, guy cannot even understand things like ない or 割, its hopeless.
>>14328464
Haven't heard Steam ever complain about boobs. Mainly penetration or genitals that they get all childish about.
>>14328956
Pretty sure their business model is to use kickstarter as the store. By letting people pay up front for how many dakimakura/hard copies/key chains/etc they know exactly how many to print and don't need to print any for future buyers.
Normal companies would instead need to make extra, or guess how many to make, and will either sell too few or make too many. JAST for example went with too few (with the incentive being that people would pay faster).
>>14329840
>Pretty sure their business model is to use kickstarter as the store.
That's exactly what they've said it is, and it's only a matter of time before Kickstarter tells them to shit or get off the pot.
>>14329913
I don't think KS would care as long as past campaigns get rewards fulfilled. They promised to ship shit for grisaia campaign before end of year, lets see how they gonna do it.
>>14328976
My uncle works for Steam, and I can confirm that -167 people have bought G-Senjou so far.
>>14329100
No. The idea of translating Maruto gives me a headache. His text isn't overly difficult to read, but he likes to use a lot of wordplay and clever phrasing that would be a bitch to try to replicate in English. It's the usual problem of Maruto being a good writer, so in order to do him justice the TL would also have to be a good writer.
>>14329919
They're up to nearly a dozen KSes over the last year and a half, none of which have been completely fulfilled, nor are looking like they will be within the next year, and they have a bunch more planned.
>>14329929
> nor are looking like they will be within the next year
They claimed to complete WEE in 6 months.
Not saying they will, as dovac demonstrated his incompetence in managing tl projects many times already, but they are going to last a while on these "just a little bit more and we are there" promises. Software part is steadily getting delivered, so from KS point of view, its all good.
>>14329947
They've claimed it'll be done in 6 months for the last 18 months.
>>14329926
>>14329784
Ok so it's utterly useless to wait for this bakatsuki project. Guess i have to continue my moon rep and learn harder.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/muvluv/muv-luv-a-pretty-sweet-visual-novel-series/posts/1402528 (scroll to the bottom)
Ahhahaha, sekai is now begging other companies to promote its narcissu campaign. I can feel dovac's despair.
>>14329989
It's working, they got a whole 20 new backers today!
>>14329840
Part of the issue is that to date they're clearly getting more money from their kickstartered projects than they would just releasing finished products. They're not just using it as a store, Kickstarter + Greenlight doubles as their main marketing tools. They could chose not to use either but they'd be worse off for it, so it's not terribly surprising that it ends up being abused.
>>14329989
And now Sekai Project is tweeting about Sierra Ops as payment. How sweet.
>little busters being picked
>wtf is this shit its already been translated
>go to doki
>EX translation is kill
>WHY
>visual arts is releasing little busters again based on a fan translation
just kill me
>>14330040
Yep, they make more money selling it through KS. G-Senjou bombed on Steam, if it were a Kickstarter it would have done 100k easily.
>>14330130
Except Sierra Ops is a Sekai game.
>>14330148
Done by the community manager who writes Degica's Kickstarter updates.
>>14330130
>>14330148
>Sierra Ops
Why did this remind of Cafe'x tweet
>Have you pre-ordered the latest game in the AAA franchise #euphoria from @MangaGamer's site yet?
>>14330142
Most things bomb when it is censored all-ages. People should really move on to the patch system and actually make money.
>>14330142
Haven't all of their games had poor to mediocre sales at best? Sakura Shit is the only thing associated with them that's seen any kind of real sales.
If not for KS, they'd already be out of business.
>>14330172
Rating pending huh?
>>14330139
LB is a shitty game anyway.
For the longest time, I didn't know Yurirei and Kindred spirits were the same thing because of the name localization. Lesbian Ghosts on the Rooftop clickbait title in steam store when.
>>14330264
Should've just called it Polterdykes like that one jpsie said.
>>14330223
That's why I like MG's model. While they may not make millions, (almost) every game they translate over makes them money; this is sustainable and a real business model. It's also pretty consistent, I think they've put out a new game every month in the last year? Only thing that sucks about it is likely staff pay, hopefully that changes as they/the market grows.
>>14330281
That's a great name.
>>14330289
They've been putting out at least one game a month, and two every month or so. I doubt that'll last next year as a bunch of long stuff can finally come out, but it would be nice.
Would the save file from the voiceless version of Koihime Musou work with the voiced version? I really don't want to have to replay that entire vn if I don't have to.
Also, do save files from cracked versions work with the new DRM free copies on MG's site?
>>14330441
But how can you make money without Kickstarter?
>>14330515
Nukige, Steam, and Kotaku articles, clickbait or otherwise.
>>14330507
The voiced edition of Koihime Musou had engine and script updates. The crack will likely not work correctly. It's not like you need it anyway. The current version of KM on MG store is DRN free.
>>14330515
By not licensing overhyped, overpriced kamige. And apparently having a very lean budget. Whoever that Japanese financial officer is is doing a great job.
>>14330539
My 2 questions were related, since I was planning to pick it up during the Christmas sale. Looks like I'll have to do a lot of skipping to re-unlock the replay gallery.
>>14330515
They need less than 40k$ to license and complete 2-3mb game, while dovac needs 70-100k$ for 0.3-1mb games.
Low operating costs make it possible to be profitable even with relatively low sales.
>>14330591
The difference is that their numbers go almost entirely to the game, while Dovac's go to his pocket and MMOs.
narcissu pledges dying, their BL kickstarter failed, g-senjou selling like shit, shitty horror doujin visual novel also failed to sell well, visualarts dropping them, and winged cloud dropping them too. Anything else I'm missing on sekai getting fucked?
>>14330828
Frontwing also leaving SP.
Looks like a backers revolt is going to be soon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/world-end-economica-complete/posts/1407174/comments
>>14330848
Nah, man. They're just haters and not part of Dovac's target audience.
I do laugh that Dovac's immediate reaction without even reading what was written is "Don't like it? Take your money and fuck off."
Apparently Aroduc's translating Baldr Sky Zero.
Wait. This is the 3rd WEE translator?
>>14330954
No, this is the third Sekai Project WEE translator.
>>14330917
Even if he is an idiot who drank the kool-aid I can't help but feel sorry for the poor bastard.
>>14330828
Hope it's not just a sign of stagnating market in general.
>>14331046
You can thank sekai and Dovac for crashing the market
>>14327518
The longer the better.
>>14331138
Yeah, they filled kickstarter with shitty projects that no one in their right mind should care about, and then even failed to deliver on their promises.
They're a cancer to the medium just like the fucking Winged Cloud. We just have to pray they die before they end up killing their host.
Is SP interested in kamige at all? Or are they too hard to license?
>>14328065
>>14328045
>>14328020
Good news, Gahkthun shouldn't have DRM.
>>14331238
Playing euphoria hurt my feelings.
>>14331238
When are you going to license BBA?
>>14331220
All ages. Kamige. Pick one
>>14331335
Console/handheld ports aren't quite so rare among popular titles.
>>14331238
That sounds like information worth including in the press release when it goes out.
>>14331364
>MG
>press
Pick one.
>>14331379
ANN still runs their press releases if I recall.
http://www.gog.com/game/hatoful_boyfriend
Uh, so why won't GOG put up other VNs when this is there?
>>14330848
There's among the Clannad backers too. The people who backed physical-only are upset that the physical copies won't come out until after the game launches on Steam, so even non-backers can play it before them. They either want it delayed to match the physical copies arriving, or they want free Steam keys. The problem is that some backers paid for both physical and digital copies, so just giving free Steam keys to people who didn't pay extra like they did will piss them off. And I doubt Sekai's in any position to just refund the difference and make everybody happy.
>>14331394
money
>>14331046
I doubt it's a sign of market trouble. The companies that went off on their own did so because they can make more money for themselves by not giving Sekai a cut. G-Senjou isn't selling well, because it's a rerelease of a fan TL that didn't use kickstarter. There was also the issue of how Sekai initially responded to the cropped CG issue and the lack of news regarding an 18+ version. Witch Boy got a decent amount on KS for what it was, but it's very niche and the goal was too high. Narcissu is also niche (utsuge) and it's timing is bad due to the Muv Luv kickstarter just having ended and the holiday season is upon us.
>>14331455
But the Baldr Sky kickstarter will succeed.
>>14331430
Boy am I glad I decided against backing Clannad due to the lack of communication regarding the translation staff. What a clusterfuck it's turned into.
I said back then that I'd buy two copies of Gahkthun instead, and I intend to stick to my word.
>>14331238
Are u really Good Haro?
>>14331521
Not it's Doddler, he cosplays as Good Haro on weekends.
>>14331521
I am.
>>14331527
But it's monday
>>14331455
G-Senjou was also stealth released into the void. The release date was only given one day prior and the only promotion for it was a controversy that probably put off a lot of the fans of the game from buying it.
>>14331538
Unlike Grisaia and Clannad, they also didn't pretend like they were doing anything but copy pasting in the fan TL with no changes.
>>14331543
>copy pasting in the fan TL with no changes.
They made it worse actually.
>While playing the 1st chapter I noticed that there are many places where there are "?!" instad of "Maou" or "Devil". I'm pretty certain that was not the case in the fan translation.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/377670/discussions/0/490125103627402242/
>>14330848>>14330917
Oh wow, you aren't exagerrating. They really told him to fuck off and take refund.
dovac, are you insane? You are killing your only source of money for no reason. Con artist should never lash out on fools who gave him money, true professional always finds a way to talk them into giving even more money.
>>14331335
ever17, steins gate... I'm sure there are plenty more than EOP me doesn't know about.
>>14331538
It doesn't help that GSnM isn't actually any good from a writing standpoint. No idea why EGS rated it so highly
>>14331394
They started trying to compete with steam
>>14331938
It's not that bad aside from the main twist. And the true ending's final parts is pretty tear jerking. I haven cried at another VN.
>>14332030
Really? Did you not read much other things or did you have some personal factors to tearing at g-senjou.
It was like whatever to me.
LB Kyousuke scene (the rest of LB is shit) and end of Umineko are much more emotional for me.
I like Sharin no Kuni's twist more too.
>>14332076
Cmon, that jail visit scene with all the girls wanting to forgive you while you took the fall was pretty touching. The only other things that have made me tear up is the endings of Final Fantasy X and American Beauty. I haven't read either of what you mentioned.
>>14332097
>>14332030
>And the true ending's final parts is pretty tear jerking. I haven cried at another VN.
It's terribly cliched, especially if you've seen a lot of 80s and 90s j-melodrama. One of the kdrama hits from a couple years ago (Secret) has the exact same scene as the GSnM ending.
Though I must admit Looseboy's fadeout fakeout was quite well done.
>It's not that bad aside from the main twist.
Problem is that pretty much ruins everything Looseboy was building up to.
>>14330917
This is exactly why ks model is terrible for us end-users. Once kickstarter is funded, we are not customers for them anymore, just some annoying liability.
>>14331538
I get the feeling they might've not properly advertised it on purpose to show Akabei Soft 2 how games "don't sell" without kickstarters.
>>14331559
This essentially means that they did not even TLC it, as in they did not hire a normal person, or even use one of their existing members, to read through the novel and play it as a normal person.
Instead, they announce the release date 1 day before its released and rush to release it.
There's no way a TLCer would not notice the !? instead of Maou unless they hired someone with 0 reading comprehension to work for TF2 scrap which is also very possible.
They probably wanted to space this out before Clannad and forced out its release. Nice planning and schedule management, SP.
>>14332209
If it doesnt sell, its because they announced it like 18 hours before it came into the store.
They probably didn't kickstart this to try to prove to its audience that they don't always have to rely on Kickstarter.
Or they believed that G-senjou was good enough or well known enough to sell without kickstarting, unlike their other random crap that REQUIRE kickstarter to make sure they don't lose money.
Or maybe Sekai Project is moving away from the KS and is starting to become a normal business!
Lol jk they didn't kickstart G-Senjou because they didn't do any work on it. Copy Paste fan translation, Replace Maou with !?, go through some very light editing, use Akabeisoft2's new 720p. Done.
Someone should extract the Fan TL script and Sekai Project's script and compare and see how similar it is.
>>14332222
As far as I know it was Akabeisoft2 that didn't let Sekai Project do a kickstarter -- it wasn't their choice. Hence why they might've wanted to botch it on purpose, hoping for Akabeisoft2 to change their minds and let them kickstart their other games later.
>>14332222
>Replace Maou with !?
What? Why would they do that. Does it even make any sense like that?
>>14332257
Hopefully it just convinces them to abandon SP altogether.
>>14332257
>>14332209
I really hate Sekai Project.
>>14332266
>make any sense like that?
>SP
>sense
Pick one.
>>14331238
When are you going to announce Oyako Rankan and Escalayer?
Why is Maria still 'translating' Rance?
>>14332266
It wasn't on purpose. It happened because they were messing the scripting on the game for the Steam release and they changed some code that caused "!?" to appear instead of "maou".
>>14332704
Great QA, as always.
>>14332257
It might just be that they're hurting for money at the moment and wanted a quick buck. Witch Boy failed and Narcissu isn't looking too hot at the moment. And Sound of Drop didn't sell too well either. Now that they can't rely on Winged Cloud to to pump out a new Sakura game every month or so, they had to release something to try and make some money. Press coverage will likely come in a few days when the news outlets get around to covering it.
>>14332576
I don't know why /jp/ cares enough to be angry at them. Sekai hasn't brought over anything interesting so why even pay attention to them?.
>>14332718
People like to complain about things, and SP is an easy target.
>>14332699
> announce Oyako Rankan
Really hope they pick this game after Haruka instead of fucking Rance.
>>14332699
>>14332727
They won't pick up an Alicesoft game for sometime after Haruka anyway.
>>14332718
They're trying to ruin eroge in Japan, too. That's reason enough to be mad.
>>14332718
Its because of sekai there's still no grisaia sequels released, and because of sekai grisaia sequels will come censored.
>>14332743
> because of sekai there's still no grisaia sequels released
No, It's because koestl is a lazy asshole.
>>14332770
Koestl is lazy asshole because he was forced to work again on game he already released long time ago. Stellar logic, dear shill.
>>14332770
They had to wait a month on the data on the next game, because FrontWing couldn't be bothered to get it to them sooner.
>>14332781
> because FrontWing couldn't be bothered to get it to them sooner.
So it's not Sekai fault then, right?
>>14332782
Its dovac's fault for signing contracts which put zero obligations on frontwing side and in addition forced tl team to negotiate every little thing in game text with jp side. Kajitsu wouldn't take so much time to release if it would be typical MG contract.
>>14332785
>signing contracts
It's already been established that dovac's "contracts" are oral agreements. And most aren't even worked out by the time the kickstarters happen.
>>14332727
>Oyako Rankan
Really doubt it. If the next MG localization from AliceSoft isn't Rance, it's pretty much guaranteed they'll do Escalayer. I don't see many MG staff liking NTR that much. Also, Escalayer has a game that shares characters with Haruka.
>>14332793
'Oral' contracts of sucking dick amirite
Thinking of getting a new laptop, and want to make sure it's future-proof for vns for the next several years.
Do the following specs sound sufficient?
Intel Core i7-6500U 2.5 GHz Processor
8 GB DDR3L SDRAM
1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, Integrated Graphics, 1366 x 768
Windows 10, 4-hour battery life
>>14333033
Reminder that Haruka has as much NTR as Oyako Rankan.
>>14333184
>15.6-Inch Screen, Integrated Graphics, 1366 x 768
No. Get a laptop that supports 1920 x 1080
>>14333203
Will it even make that much of a difference for visual novels? Though by the looks of it, 1080p seems to be becoming the new standard.
>>14333198
Only if you choose for it to.
Does Haruka have voice acting?
>>14331335
Chaos Child
>>14333198
I didn't know that, actually pretty excited for it in that case. God speed Arunaru, can't be that many H scenes left now.
>>14333252
>even though the vocals are not extensive, they did a really really good job with them, especially for how heavily repeated a lot of them are. Not much outside of the combat, porn and the key story scenes are voiced, but all three of the girls lack the whiny, shrill attempts at being ingratiatingly cute that are so prevalent in the Japanese female VA community. They really sound that disappointed when I start them into the sex scenes. Come on, Haruka… you need more power… work with me here… On the other hand, hee "Yarimashita, Takamaru-sama!" is also dead on when you win battles and makes me smile in spite of my usual frowny self. Despite the fact that you head the same vocals over and over again for battles, I haven’t become irritated with them yet, and I consider that praise. Of course, this is from somebody who eventually had to turn off Nanashi’s system voice for Duel Savior because her "Auuuu… sayonara desuno…" always made me feel guilty when I turned off the game.
http://tenka.seiha.org/2008/03/beat-blades-haruka-an-introduction-to-ninjas-and-porn/
>>14333264
I more excited about all those torture H-scenes. I'm worried about my dick though, now Euphoria and then Haruka.
>>14333253
Not a kamige
>>14333216
And you can also play Oyako Rankan with minimal NTR as well. I'm pretty sure only one scene is unavoidable.
>>14333252
Haruka has the same VA as Kanami which is why Kanami has a Haruka cosplay sex scene in Rance 03
>>14333311
Moogy said its good.
>>14333323
And?
>>14333323
Moogy doesn't know Japanese.
>>14333352
Nice meme.
>>14333276
2008, back when Aroduc had a soul.
>>14333415
>As stated before, we're waiting for Grisaia to be accepted before moving forward before sending in a proposal to Sony to get the game out on Vita.
This should only take forever, if they have to wait the same amount of time to hear back.
>>14333264
Haruka? Why? It's a shit game, it's only appeal are the sex scenes, and there's nothing special about those either.
>>14331394
Complaints from the userbase. GOG wasn't for visual novels or dating sims, and while they're trying to expand they're trying hard to keep their core base supportive.
>>14333198
It hardly has any, though. Unless you think "Fucked by someone who isn't the boyfriend/husband" is NTR.
>>14333264
About 30 left.
>>14333608
>It hardly has any, though. Unless you think "Fucked by someone who isn't the boyfriend/husband" is NTR.
Umm, yes, that's NTR. At least by vndb tag definition.
>>14333616
You should try reading that a little closer.
