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Updates and Discussion for English and Japanese games, visual novels, RPGs, etc.
Previous thread: >>1979864
Lists of Yuri Games:
http://pastebin.com/CzPSSSRy
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4oc1uvr5vl96m/Yuri
http://store.steampowered.com/curator/6864182-Hella-Yuri/
https://vndb.org/g1986?fil=tagspoil-0.tag_inc-1986
Related Threads:
Sono Hanabira - >>1986430
Hyperdimension Neptunia - >>1978514
Atelier Series - >>1864160
Kindred Spirits (Spoilers) - >>1974383
Life is Strange - >>1967578
Recent News:
Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Highway Blossoms is on Greenlight
FLOWERS is 60% edited, release... someday
Mangagamer's payment processor shut them down and they won't be offering steam keys in the future
Overview of some upcoming games here: https://yurination.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/2016-yuri-visualkinetic-novel-western-releases-tracker/
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Because no money! And still no rip.. Sad days.
J-MENT hinted at some information about the Katahane remaster at GLF16 this Sunday so if by a miraculous stroke of luck anyone's gonna be there it's something to look forward to.
>>1986889
Don't forget Fire Emblem Fates is out on Friday in the US.
>Kindred Spirits is only partially voiced
>some of the funniest scenes aren't voiced
That's not the sun. That's my anger.
>>1986921
>partially voiced
I don't get it. What's the point in partially voicing a VN? Either you do it or you don't.
Unless it's an eroge, where you can only voice the H-scenes and nobody would notice.
>>1986923
Well the company is called Liar-soft soooo....
>>1986931
Well, yeah, but we do have a fighting game thread up somewhere.
>>1986931
Let me guess, Juni is dead?
>>1986923
You only have so much money so you put your budget where you think it matters most?
I assume it's some major scenes and the H-scenes.
>>1986923
>I don't get it. What's the point in partially voicing a VN? Either you do it or you don't.
Better partial voiced than not at all.
>Unless it's an eroge, where you can only voice the H-scenes and nobody would notice.
Eroge such as Kindred Spirits?
>>1986923
Saves money.
>>1986892
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Good question that deserves repeating.
>>1986938
>amnesia stuff
What do you mean? In the SF4 story?
>>1986936
>I assume it's some major scenes and the H-scenes.
You'd be correct.
>>1986892
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Because I 100%ed it already.
>>1986892
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Cause it hasn't been uploaded on mega.
>>1986947
What was your favorite scene and favorite couple?
My favorite scene was when Nena and Yuna were gonna measure Ano's boobs. And my favorite couples were Sasa/Umi and Aki/Youka.
>>1986947
So the hot-glasses-teacherxcute-pigtail-student worth my money?
>>1986943
In Alpha 3 Juni and all the other Dolls were mind controlled by Bison, so when he is defeated and his Psycho Drive thing gets destroyed they all break free of his control but also lose their memories
>>1986956
You'vegot the student/teacher association mixed up
>>1986957
So Juni was gay for someone other than Cammy?
>>1986959
Sappho be damned, I freaking knew it.
>>1986949
Seriously, can't anyone bless us poorfags?
>>1986892
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Because I don't want it on Steam and Mangagamer has yet to sort out their shit
>>1986967
If you're going to be a fucking thief can you at least not steal from small publishers?
>>1986967
>Pirating a game from a small publisher, a yuri game no less
You're evil.
I don't think I like megane in this game, she's really lame. I wanted the moe coupling of a cool tall student with the tiny teacher!
>>1986972
>Liar-soft - small.
>>1986967
Please. I live in a third world country. I make what would be $250 per month, and I still bought the game.
>>1986960
Not really, she did get paired with Juli in fanart some times, but it was just because they were the sub bosses you had to fight at the same time and maybe becausethey could charge their power by holding hands, pic related
But now we have a better ship for her, specially considering that Juli is T. Hawk's wife
>>1986982
I do, in fact, pirate all my games. I only own Chivalry and Kindred Spirits on steam. Support Yuri!!!!
>>1986984
>Favorite scene was Kiri proving her gayness logically.
I loved this.
>>1986982
>Like you haven't pirated shit when you didn't have the money. Fucking hypocrites.
I don't blame y'all for wanting to pirate shit if you're poor, but have some patience. You can't buy stuff, so you need other people to buy lots of it to subsidize your playing it free. Therefore it's better for you AND the publisher if they get a bunch of sales in first before the rips hit.
>>1986986
>Juli is T. Hawk's wife
all my what
I thought she was his daughter?
>>1986982
Yeah, I would pirate PC games...before Steam came.
If you can't buy now, soon it will be on a sale and you can get it for almost nothing. There is no reason to pirate PC games anymore.
>>1986987
I own Dark Souls 1/2, CS:GO, BoI, and a couple of other games, but I pirated them first because I had no money, and then bought them when they were on sale, because I still didn't have enough money for full price. Kindred won't go on sale.
>>1986990
>have some patience
Now if they said that in the first place it'd be fine, but they jump on the guys' head like they don't do the same shit and pretend to be some gods who do no wrong.
>>1986976
>implying Kiri isn't moe as hell
>>1986991
It's not really clear, some places say that she was just a girl from his tribe, other say that she is his wife
Maybe things just got confused, since it is canon that he has a wife and that he was looking for "Julia" both in Alpha 3 and SF2, some people could've just assumed she was his wife
>>1986977
MangaGamer is the publisher and they are small. Liar-soft is the developer and they're not a high budget studio. None of their games even had full voice acting until recently.
>>1986976
Someone should photoshop a notebook on the desk displaying either a google search for yuri / how two girls have sex or a tutorial (porn) lesbian video. That would be great and much appreciated
>>1986990
>>1986995
>Patience
Is it really such a surprise when typically games are cracked/hacked/torrented 1-2 days after they're released and Kindred still hasn't been torrented 6 days after it's been out and people are crying for a release?
>>1987000
And the problem with the buying and stuff as well on MG's site.
>>1986937
>Better partial voiced than not at all.
Not really. It's easier to get used to one style; constantly changing between the two of them is annoying and it only amplifies the lack of voicing in scenes that aren't, well, voiced.
>Eroge such as Kindred Spirits?
Yes, if an eroge such as Kindred Spirits only had H-scenes voiced, nobody would've noticed. But it had other, non-H scenes voiced, for a reason I can't quite comprehend.
Although I'm not sure if I would call a game where you can safely censor all H-scenes and still enjoy it an "eroge". It's like calling FSN an eroge.
>>1986892
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Becaus the price is outrageous.
>>1987027
30-45 USD is normal for a full length visual novel.
>>1987029
Not that anon, but that is a bit steep for my taste. I'll wait for a sale.
>>1987021
You can generally turn the voices off, so people with your preference are still catered to. You're mistaken if you think it's a stance that everyone shares.
>Although I'm not sure if I would call a game where you can safely censor all H-scenes and still enjoy it an "eroge". It's like calling FSN an eroge.
It would be flat wrong to say F/SN wasn't an eroge.
If it's 18+ rated in Japan for sexual content it's an eroge.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBRzdVIlTs8
Is this out? I cannot tell if the date is for the preview or the release.
>>1987038
It's out
>>1987037
"Eroge" literally translates to "porn game". As in, the game where porn is the major focus. A game that has two sex scenes on 20+ hours a story is not a porn game, just like a movie that contains sex scenes isn't a porn movie unless it contains nothing but sex scenes.
While FSN is technically categorized as an eroge, I wouldn't call it that because see the above. Just like any other Japanese game where sex isn't the focus of the story.
>>1987049
Eroge does not mean that the sexual content is the major focus. Just drop that misconception of yours.
>>1987049
I think you're confusing the term "eroge"(game containing sex scenes) with "nukige"(game whose content is almost exclusively sex).
>>1987049
The word you are looking for is Nukige.
Eroge = VN with H scenes.
Nukige = VN where the focus is porn.
Yeah, it is annoying that people call both of those eroge, and it also can make it harder to explain why you like something that is an eroge when everyone goes eroge = porn game, but not much you can do about that.
>>1987054
What? Are you saying because nukige are a subset of eroge you're going to carry on thinking they're synonyms?
>>1987054
All nukige are eroge, but not all eroge are nukige.
Hmm now that we're on that topic. Are there actually decent yuri nukige?
>>1987065
SonoHana if you're into their stuff?
>>1987065
Sono hana
>>1987059
No, because nukige is a niche term that not a lot of people know, they use "eroge" to describe every game that contains sex scenes, ranging from FSN's ratio of porn to story to... well, I don't know any popular nukiges, so let it be SonoHana's. And so differentiating between "that porn game" and "that game that has porn but isn't a porn game" is difficult. That's why I'm going to carry on using a different term to describe games that weren't made for masturbating because I don't want to explain a difference between "eroge" and "nukige" for every person who isn't familiar with their definitions.
>>1987065
I think the first few SonoHana games especially can be considered nukige. I heard Sacrament Sheep also has many sex scenes but I haven't played it yet.
>>1987065
Shojokyuu is close enough to a nukige and pretty good
Yuri no Hana series is good for variety of kinks
>>1987069
It's easier to just say the game isn't sex-focused. Telling people the scenes are tame, few, and far between makes them get the idea.
>>1987069
If you don't want to use "eroge", then don't. But don't use it differently to what it actually means, or misunderstand it or disagree when other people it correctly.
>>1987079
Try and stop me, grammar police.
>>1987069
>I don't know any popular nukiges
Rance. Definitely Rance.
>>1987081
Too much gameplay to masturbate to.
>>1987084
Still has a bigger ratio of sex to story.
Of course if older ones count I'd say the X-Change series, pretty much anything by ZyX too
>>1987071
Sacrament Sheep has 4 sex scenes; it's a pretty short game.
>>1987080
It's not grammar, it just makes you look like you don't know what you're talking about.
>>1987080
You don't want to stop and explain that 'eroge' and 'nukige' mean different things to people outside this thread, so instead you want to stop and force us to have long conversations in this thread about how 'eroge' and 'eroge' mean different things depending on which anon is saying them? Can't we waste our time sighing over girls instead?
>>1987065
https://vndb.org/v/all?q=&fil=tag_inc-82~214.tagspoil-0&rfil=
Here is a link showing everything tagged with both "Nukige" and "Yuri" on vndb.
You can sort by rating, popularity, or score.
Notably however that link does not exclude anything. So things like Futa are there. You can add filters that exclude tags or list only certain languages very easily if you wish.
Note that for whatever reason if you want to do a search with multiple tag filters you have to do it from the Visual Novel link on the left. I do not know why this is.
>>1987088
>force
I'm not holding a gun to your head, forcing you to reply to my messages.
>>1987089
Thanks.
>So things like Futa are there
Eh, not afraid of a little bit of girl-cock. Always up for something new.
>>1987089
After adding filters to show only english and remove males/tentacles/futa I am left with this:
https://vndb.org/v/all?q=;fil=tag_exc-133~357~413~687~916~1187~178.tag_inc-82~214.tagspoil-0.lang-en;rfil=;o=d;s=rating
It seems your choices when it comes to 100% yuri nukige in english are:
Sono Hanabira
Sugar's Delight
Some Ninja Rape Game
We all know Sono Hanabira and I can personally confirm Sugar's Delight is pure yuri. The ninja rape thing has a single het tag but that is probably only due to a female version of that tag not existing. Either way I don't intend to confirm.
>>1986977
>implying yuri VNs are made by huge studios
>>1987235
There are few regular posters to this thread that read moon. The regular untranslated /vn/ crowd doesn't seem to hang out here.
>>1987235
The DLsite entry doesn't have a futa tag and she certainly doesn't seem to be one.
>>1987253
>tattoos
absolutely_disgusting.jpg
>>1987256
>>1987256
Flowers updates seem to have stalled. Barring a catastrophic delay, they're going to reveal the OP at GLFes. Hopefully the updates will come after that. Letting us wait like that for Ichigo's teaser clip is evil.
>>1987249
It just doesn't seem like the kind of VN I would like.
I'm a procrastinating piece of shit who never tries new things, convince me to go play Kindred Spirits right now. Please.
>>1987306
Why? Clearly you're set on your ways.
>>1987306
You should try playing Kindred Spirits.
>>1987308
Nah nigga, if I hear about something cool enough I'll go do it.
>>1987310
By now you should have heard enough to go for it.
>>1987314I haven't actually been paying attention to these threads enough to learn anything other than it's a yuri game and that's it.
I do have it installed and ready to go anytime, I just need an excuse to not play some other game I've already played a dozen times.
>>1987310
The characters have their own crack ships.
>>1987317
You mean the characters ship each other together or something?
>>1987316
It would be way easier to hit the start button and find out why you should or should not play a game you presumably paid 30 bucks for than to ask us.
>>1987316
You already bought it? At full price? Then that should be incentive enough. Unless you're some kind of rich asshole. You're not rich asshole, are you?
>>1987320
Yes, some characters outright say they ship certain people together. And some characters are hinted to like or admire other characters so much that it becomes easy to crack ship them as well.
>>1987306
There's a free demo
>>1987256
I think it's refreshing. Makes it a bit more realistic either. You hardly see any girls in VNs that have something "blemishing" their skin so to speak. Earrings are also not that common unless the character is an adult woman.
>>1987256
I'm fine with the tattoos. What I don't like are the glasses. It's hard to find a megane character I like.
>>1987256
Eh, I for one don't really mind that. Hell, I'd see a gyaru character in a yuri VN and wouldn't mind a single bit.
>>1987395
Tattoos are kind of seen as a mafia sort of thing in japan, and that combined with how a lot of yuri leans on cute and fluffy with young lovers it makes it rare for us to see such characters.
Yakuza yuri is something I want now, somehow. Or maybe just a delinquent character in a yuri romance. Fat chance of finding that.
Apparently many hotels and public baths in japan do not allow tourists with ink to bathe in them at all, which makes me wonder if they turn away even people who have things like unicorns on their butts like someone I actually know.
So I heard yurirei bombed in japan, is it true?
>>1987565
No.
>>1987565
It wasn't any kind of big release with expectations of good sales so it seems unfair to say it bombed
>>1987565
It's all speculation on my part but if it truly bombed, it probably wouldn't have gone on to release so many drama CDs and even a pair of manga volumes.
>>1987578
Well, let's be honest here, they release drama CDs for the everything
>>1987581
Tell that to the Qualia fans. Assuming you can find them.
>>1987565
No, but since it's a niche of a niche it was never gonna be a chart topper. It sold decently for what it is though, which is why its got so much side material.
>>1987430
>Tattoos are kind of seen as a mafia sort of thing in japan, and that combined with how a lot of yuri leans on cute and fluffy with young lovers it makes it rare for us to see such characters.
I would say those two are probably mid-twenty, so some tats seem to make sense. And I think anyone worth their salt in Japan can differentiate between tribal style tats and Yazuka tats (which are a lot more elaborate)
>>1987671
Well, also I think that game takes place in America, not Japan.
>>1987671
Aren't yakuza tattoos on the back? Anyway I do remember reading few years back some Japanese spa forbidding foreigners with tattoos so I guess the prejudice is still going on.
>>1987671
>yakuza tats
Nah, that was back then. Nowadays they consider the rather long and rather painful commitment abit too much to bear, and get smaller, more discreet and normal tattoos.
As for places forbidding inked people, I thought they were indeed a significant portion, but not "the vast majority"
>>1986892
>Kindred Spirits is out, why aren't you playing it?
Haven't got my own PC.
>>1986892
I don't even have internet, let alone Steam.
>>1987722
How are you posting here, through telegram?
So I am sure most of you are aware of this already but Kindred Spirits is fucking great.
I said fuck it and dumped 30 bucks on it. Been at least half a year or two since I enjoyed something this much.
What the hell does her shirt say anyway?
>>1987735
I hear carrier pigeons are pretty advanced these days.
>>1987747
>What the hell does her shirt say
I have been wondering this for months.
>>1987747
>What the hell does her shirt say
My favorite theory is "anti-shert".
>>1986889
[Guns and Roses - Welcome to the Jungle plays in the background]
>>1981661
>>1986892
>>1987274
i just reposted some of the flowers visual novel that i fansubbed on my youtube page since people here are talking about the game's release. translations might sound weird in some places but you'll get the gist.
trial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPUd0on9578
Flowers - Le volume sur ete + printemps montage / 70% of ch1 printemps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DasWLMTlpp8
>>1984193
>>1984225
i didn't like the first 2 or 3 games of sono hanabira cuz it was mostly loaded with ecchi and no story, but i posted a play through of the main couple in "Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o - Michael no Otome-tachi", which is a massive improvement from the first game of this series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgYBTEvIPsw
>>1987747
> Been at least half a year or two since I enjoyed something this much.
Same for me. It's definitely not the kind of stuff you read only because you're starved for more yuri, it's simply good and fun to read.
The shirt is probably some engrish stuff that we'll never be able to figure out, but I like this theory >>1987754
Has any Onee-sama found steam keys being sold on any other site? The 15% of offer ends in 20 hours and I'll buy it if there really are no cheaper alternatives.
>>1987800
I strongly suggest to purchase it on steam, especially because of the recent issue with mangagamer and illegal steam keys being sold on other websites. You can still check on isthereanydeal.com, but I think that 15% is all you're getting for now, at least on "trusted" websites.
>>1987807
Well, there's always the *chance* of a legitimate mangagamer customer not wanting their steam key and selling it off in order to get a discount on the overall purchase... but those would be rare and quickly snapped up.
hmm, i wonder if i could sell that huniepop key.
>>1987812
>Well, there's always the *chance* of a legitimate mangagamer customer not wanting their steam key and selling it off in order to get a discount on the overall purchase
Is that even legal? And anyway, since you don't support the publishers by purchasing it like this, you might as well just pirate it.
>>1987821
>pirate it
In this instance, he'd have to buy it, cause it hasn't been uploaded anywhere. Talking about Kindred Spirits right?
>>1987821
>>1987821
>Is that even legal?
I have no idea whether selling the Steam key for a purchase you bought legally and just playing the version downloaded from the site is legal. It's certainly more legal than outright stealing it, though.
>And anyway, since you don't support the publishers by purchasing it like this, you might as well just pirate it.
Not necessarily. If someone legally bought the game (getting a DRM-free version and a key) and sells you the key, it can be seen as the two of you pitching in together to buy the game which the first customer couldn't quite afford on her own.
Certainly less good for the publisher than you buying two copies, but better than you buying zero.
However, buying a stolen copy is shit for absolutely everyone.
>>1987824
I was talking in general, but since you have to buy it it would be better to spend a few bucks more to get a legal key rather than risk with something sold by a 3rd party seller, since you can never know where they really get them from, and you could even get your game deactivated.
>>1987828
I understand what you're trying to say. I suppose that if mangagamer allows you to do such a thing then you can do it if you trust the other person, although I don't know if this is even possible. It probably isn't, though.
>>1986967
I split the cost of the game with my broes (=close friends), and play it through Steam sharing.
Steam sharing requires you to login to someone else's PC, so it's not recommended for strangers across teh intarwebz.
Just PSA for people that looking for walkthrough for Shojokyuu, Sapphism no Gensou and other old stuffs, the foolmaker site now change domain to http://sagaoz.net/foolmaker/
Do Winterwolves games count or does the lack of sexual content put people off? They had planet stronghold colonial defense release recently and in a couple of weeks it will release on steam with 4 yuri choices. Will be buying Kindred spirit now so thanks everyone for the reccomendation.
Super Robot Wars is getting translated and has side lesbians or main lesbian if you play the Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 games using Ibis and Selena.
>>1987629
It looks like one of the people who worked on Kindred Spirits helped make this doujin series. I wonder if MangaGamer could license it, since it follows the cast from the game instead of completely new people like the official manga do.
http://www.seagull-jp.com/date/book/book001.html
http://www.seagull-jp.com/date/book/book014.html
http://www.seagull-jp.com/date/book/book002.html
http://www.seagull-jp.com/date/book/book024.html
Yo. Here's a preview for what the character sheets'll look like. The final would have a proper profile view and character text, but I thought I'd show a style glimpse nonetheless.
Also, the dev blog will go up when the sheets are done.
>>1987993
Probably not since they're unofficial.
>>1988002
Well, that sucks. I read through the one year later official volume, and it mostly focused on new characters that it didn't really have time to really develop and was full of drama right up until the end of the volume.
>>1987998
I'll follow you when it goes up. It'll be fun to track a fellow /u/ dev's progress. It will also help light a proverbial fire up my ass.
Thread dead at this hour?
>>1988008
Yeah, I think it's really fun to be working and watching concurrent projects. You're the Alpha dev, right?
some new images have surfaced from an upcoming yuri vn to be released 2016-03-25: Tsui Yuri ~Okaa-san ni wa Naisho da yo~. (VNDB: https://vndb.org/v13107)
http://dengeki-hime.com/2016/02/19/11819/
>>1988112
Looks kinda cheap and disappointing
>>1988112
>twin sisters
Sold.
>>1988112
Looks promising and I really like the art. Thanks for the info anon, I wasn't aware of it.
>>1988118
>disappointing
>when you had no expectations to begin with
What in the fuck.
>>1988064
>You're the Alpha dev, right?
Yup.
Anyone know where I can download the interactive novels Zombie Exodus, Tin Star and Hollywood Visionary? Couldn't find in TPB or KAT.
>>1988140
Oh, also "A Wise Use of Time" and "VERSUS: The Lost Ones" but I want to play the other 3 more.
Thanks in advance.
>>1988121
>when you had no expectations to begin with
I think all anon have some expectations when it comes to yuri. I do agree it looks low budget and bland.
>>1988143
>I do agree it looks low budget and bland.
I'm not seeing it. Character designs and artstyle already look better than Yurirei and Zodiac.
Someone at JAST teasing LE prototypes.
http://follow.jastusa.com/post/139587543321/jlistinsider-more-le-goods-prototypes-this
According to WC patreon, sakura dungeon is yuri centric.
>>1988162
>centric
Interesting choice of words.
>>1987988
Have you tried reading the OP?
>>1988061
This is /u/. We are slower.
>>1988140
They're like $2. Buy them or play free games instead.
>>1988112
Is this definitely girls-only? (So the VNDB tags can be set)
>>1988163
I've been trying to figure out what's up with that game. Are both protagonists female or only one? If only one is, and all the monsters are female, then it would be half yuri at least. If they both are, then 'centric' suggests that either there are male monsters or there are tentacle monsters and they know some people don't dig that, I guess.
>>1988162
I wonder how "centric" though. And they haven't posted any news about ch2 of the other yuri VN, right?
>>1988143
I think the CG quality looks easily above average for yurige. Not as good as Flowers, but comparable to HakuAi.
>>1988171
>If they both are, then 'centric' suggests that either there are male monsters or there are tentacle monsters
Yeah, it's pretty much the biggest warning sign of exactly that.
>>1988171
Sakura Fantasy had one or two pretty tentacle moments, though like most things in Sakura Fantasy it did not go anywhere.
The first tentacle thing was vines, in front of another girl. I found it tolerable, but your mileage may vary and all.
There was the villain looking lady with purple tentacles, but I can't remember if anything actually happened with her.
There was also a slime dissolving the protag's clothing/armor, but again in front of other girls (sort of, they only noticed afterwards).
Sakura Fantasy was really weird/annoying in that it had a shitload of moments that were... well, just fanservice and nothing else. Like they kept leading up to something really erotic and then stopping before anything actually happened. Chocolate bath had so much potential.
>>1988112
Art is a bit too shoujo manga for my tastes, but I can live with that.
(Not that it matters, it's never getting translated)
>>1988172
> And they haven't posted any news about ch2 of the other yuri VN, right?
Actually they did month after it was released
Wasn't sold as they expected so ch.2 is on the unhold now(more likely canceled)
>>1988163
>>1988172
far as centric goes it is a mistake to ever expect romance from any sakura ___, but sakura fantasy was inoffensive aside from the few who cry about the tentacle scene in the optional patch. nothing sleazy like aj tilley/dharker beach bounce where the lesbian character lusts the mc dick and straightens out.
i do like that the titles WC put more effort into are yuri.
>>1988181
Did they explicitly say that SF didn't sell as expected and therefore they put it on hold?
>>1988185
The only thing I remember them explicitly saying is that they had no idea where the plot was going and therefore hadn't written a second chapter because they didn't know what to do with it. Assuming the person who said that was really who he claimed ot be.
>>1988187
I've checked on steamspy and it looks like they removed the sales data of SF, therefore it's not possible to check anymore how much it sold. I still remember it selling decently, more than Sakura Santa or Sakura Beach, so I believe that the true reason is probably because they really don't know how to progress the story.
>>1988185
I can't imagine any of their stuff can be selling much better, now that they're churning shit out constantly. Surely any novelty appeal the first game or two had is gone by now.
>>1988189
They're still getting more than 10k/mo on patreon.
>>1988190
But Patreon is hardly dependent on what kinda game they make, especially when they're releasing so fast that someone not liking their yuri game won't bother revoking their pledge since the next het one will be around in a month anyway.
Also, them getting that much for the blandest ecchi shit is pretty depressing.
>>1988188
At the time though, it likely would've seemed like a sales decline compared to their other games. Of course, their sales have been steadily dropping for all of the games they release, so I doubt it was Fantasy in particular that caused it.
>>1988173
Overall, I doubt that it would reach the standard of Flowers or HakuAi though. I would certainly love to be wrong, but the development hell it was stuck in doesn't give me confidence.
Making my own vn right now. Legitimate and really weird question: would any of you care if I commissioned vaporwave artists to make the game's bgm? Like, stuff by Apartment and x Future Girlfriend. Yeah it started as a meme but there are some legitimately cool fucking groups now.
>>1988234
At least HakuAi was not a budget title, right? Dunno about flowers. But this new game is a budget title. 4800 yen for DL, 5400 yen for package. (LE more expensive)
That said, it obviously means that it'll lack something. Maybe it's short. Maybe it's not voiced (or barely voiced). Maybe the art is low budget with few CG. Or, a combination of all of that.
>>1988243
Flowers installments are released at 4800 for LE packaged.
Seems safe to assume Tsui Yuri is not a large game. Not just the pricing but the number of characters.
>>1988243
>>1988252
Yes, that's considered budget pricing for PC games, especially adult PC games. Even Yurirei commanded the price of 8,800 yen without tax, a rather common price point for PC games in Japan. It wasn't fully voiced, reused some voice actresses but had quite a bit of content.
Both HakuAi and Flowers were fully voiced, with a few well known seiyuu to boot. Tamura Yukari in HakuAi, Nazuka Kaori in Flowers to name a few.
Flowers is actually priced cheaper than most (5,184 yen for packaged, no LE), but their reasoning was that it was the company's first foray into Yuri and they wanted to make it easier for their existing fans, who most likely have never played a Yuri VN before, to jump in.
HakuAi's vita version has a rather standard price of 6,264 yen. Vita game prices vary but big budget games like DQ Builders can carry this price tag.The PC packaged version carries the full price of 8,800 yen.
Length wise, HakuAi has 4 proper routes. Flowers can be considered one route with some side content. Tsui yuri should have one route? At the very least, I doubt it will have much branching.
>>1988254
>with a few well known seiyuu to boot. Tamura Yukari in HakuAi, Nazuka Kaori in Flowers to name a few
It's mostly because not 18+ senpai.
Anyone know how to get the OST of Kindred Spirits?
Not on Nyaa or Animebytes, and the BGM file is a .xfl.
The in game BGM player is nice but it loops the same song and I would like to toss the songs into my playlist.
Also people on steam start to ask questions when you appear to be reading an erotic visual novel while doing other things at the same time all day.
>>1988317
So that seems to be a raw Adobe format or something, so open it up with a software of theirs and export the tunes individually in a format that can be converted later to FLAC.
>>1988317
If you need only songs and not bgm, I can upload them somewhere
>>1988317
http://www.mediafire.com/?5budvoghyboz3o3
OST dump from yuriproject thread
>>1988277
And I consider that an advantage.
>>1988360
most of these files are broken for me. is it just me?
>>1988317
>Wanting to listen to more Fu~ ha ha~
Absolute madman.
>>1988372
Why wouldn't you want to?
>>1988372
Despite using the same 10 or so songs for the whole game, I never really got tired of the ost. That 'do do do dododo wah~~' one is especially catchy. Only time I felt annoyed was when they played that sad guitar song for like the entire month.
Though I just beat the main story and I'm about to do the supposedly long postgame stories. Do they unlock as you view them, because I went back and picked all the different choices but I only have 20 or so events unlock in just two months.
>>1988383
>. That 'do do do dododo wah~~' one is especially catchy.
That song is why I've had to disable music in order to play this game at all. It's too catchy and too overplayed. It haunts me in my sleep.
>>1988383
Yeah they act like the cherries and unlock more as you go through.
>>1988384
They definitely needed another song that was a bit less upbeat. I still love it, though.
>>1988369
Yeah, keeps stopping like twice as second while playing through VLC unfortunately. Only plays for a split second in a few other media players before ending the song.
>>1988383
This is how I feel pretty much. I would say the weakest point of the game for me so far would be the small number of BGMs, but somehow after 15 hours they have not gotten old to me yet. I still find myself constantly tapping along on my keyboard to several of them.
I can already tell a few of these are going to be stuck in my head for weeks, and almost certainly will resurface every few months. I'll be in my 60s and still going 'GOOO STEADY GOOOOO, IT'S UP TO YOOOU' probably.
Also if you go into the in game music player you can set which song plays at the calender screen. Just mark it with the key button.
>>1988372That part when she went WWE Smackdown surprised the fuck out of me.
>>1988404
>>1988411
Topkek.
I'm waiting on a kindred spirits rip because I have no personal desire to play it, I just want to see what makes it apparently so enjoyable to other yuri fans.So that I can hope to recreate the elements in my own yuri project
>>1988418
I'll be sure to pirate your game anon.
>>1988419
Unless it's free.
>>1988418
I'm waiting too but because I'm a NEET and can't tell my parents to buy a homoerotic lesbian game for me.
>>1988428
Just ask for lunch money or something and top up your Steam wallet.
>>1988436
What lunch money? I don't even go outside, also I'm against Steam so I would rather buy directly from MGG.
>>1988437
What did Steam ever do to you?
>>1988439
they censored muh nudity
>>1988439
/v/ said it's bad.
>>1988439
I don't like DRM. Firstly because it's annoying, secondly because it's not portable, and thirdly because it gets in the way of illegal copies I download.
>>1988437
>What lunch money? I don't even go outside
Okay, camwhore money
>>1988445
You can actually move steam games freely between computers as long as they are properly indexed. Saved a lot of time in formats by backing up the more used games.
>>1988439
A true onee-sama doesn't need to socially brag about her games.
Or leave her house.
>>1988449
How else will you meet nice young ladies?
>>1988449
>socially brag about her games
Steam, essentially, is just a store. Whether you're a social whore or not is up to you.
>>1988445
Buy the game to support the devs then crack the DRM off.
>>1988453
Kindred Spirits doesn't have DRM.
>>1988455
Its not like the DRM is intrusive anyways, besides if Steam ever went belly up so many people use it cracks would be developed quickly. Its hardly a concern.
>>1988453
I would never buy a game with DRM in first place, because that's supporting DRM. If I had money I would buy Kindred Spirits since Manga Gamers offers it DRM-free but I don't have any.
>>1988454
Well not Kindred Spirits, you can get it on mangagamer I know. I meant in general. I don't like DRM either so I'm just saying a way that it's not copyright infringement to remove it if you already bought game anyway.
>>1988456
>Its not like the DRM is intrusive anyways
Wrong. It depends in the type of DRM but there are DRM that are intrusive.
The main problem with Steam dying would be games that use online multiplayer will be rendered useless unless other platform offers to adopt your useless and dead Steam games.
>>1988457
>because that's supporting DRM
Yeah but Steam made it easier for Nips to port/localize their games so I have no issues with supporting them and the devs. Devs also get more money from digital sales through Steam than from retails.
>>1988459
>it's not copyright infringement to remove it if you already bought game anyway
Pretty sure the laws of some first world shitholes think the opposite.
>>1988456
It is still an issue because if Steam decides that you are a Bad Person for some reason (like using too many hacks on multiplayer games, I don't know) they can decide to disable all your games.
I prefer to buy the games from MangaGamer before installing on Steam so I have backup. The new mess makes that more of a pain, alas.
>>1988463
Depends on the country. I think some are leaning in the direction of "yes you can rip it if you bought it as long as you don't give it away"
>>1988445
Steam actually doesn't enforce DRM. You can check if a game has it by trying to open it directly from the installation folder without the client running
>>1988462
I care more about my digital freedumbs than games. I am not a game otaku, I just play yuri games from time to time so I can't give a shit if something that is fucking me in the ass makes developers gain more money in exchange of my freedom. Sorry but if this keeps up in 2050 the Internet will be an absolute shithole worse than real life if it's still alive.
>>1988469
Fair enough, I'm just saying that cracking the DRM off was the best solution and a win win in my case.
>if this keeps up in 2050 the Internet will be an absolute shithole worse than real life if it's still alive
You're probably right. Sony has been trying to sell to people the rental streams of their old games instead of backwards compatibility for some time now. Now that's a truly scary system with little to no freedoms and ownership.
So apparently Winged Cloud, the creator of the Sakura games broke up with Mangagamer over "creative differences" and went back to Sekai Project. Interestingly enough, they used the same reasoning for leaving Sekai Project for Mangagamer in the first place. I'm curious what all the behind-the-scenes drama is
>>1988474
Money.
>>1988460
>The main problem with Steam dying would be games that use online multiplayer will be rendered useless
That'll happen either way. And companies like EA are dropping online games much, much quicker, for example.
>>1988473
Crackers won't always keep up with cracking the lastest DRM. For example, the ultimate form of DRM is, probably because I've yet to see worse, hardware-level DRM. It is extremely complicated to hack a DRM of that level, it takes years to develop and it's not very safe to perform. The upside is that hardware-level DRM can't be patched as software-level DRM gets patched, but as I said it's a pain in the ass to crack, and that's probably where the future goes, hardware-level DRM+software-level DRM. At least 2 years until crackers and hackers figure a way to make ilegal copies of software run on your computer.
>>1988474
The conclusion by most people is that they're complete dicks to work with who keep expecting special treatment while refusing to do any work on their part.
Also, with mangagamer's payment system down, they were probably in a hurry to jump ship somewhere else.
>>1988460
If steam dies the online multiplayer for games from 2000-2020 will almost certainly be very very dead. Or we will be dead.
When/If steam dies it will be a slow death that you will probably be able to see from at least five or ten years off when some other method of buying (or not buying) games competes with it and begins to succeed somehow. Nothing to worry about for a long time.
Of course if you consider the lightweight DRM steam has on some things to be too much or just don't have/want to pay money for things you can just continue pirating, as long as the things you are interested in are DRM free or crackable (which VNs will most likely continue to be at least) and don't mind waiting to get your hands on things that are niche. Well, I guess there also has to be enough support for the things you like to be made and/or translated in the first place too, which is a little relevant here with our niche within a niche thing.
>>1988474
This isn't /evn/ please take your desperation to discuss those topics elsewhere.
Any comments from mangagamer about kindred spirits sales? Are they happy with it?
According steamspy it's around 3700, but I have my doubts
>>1988506
Very happy.
>>1988506
>3700
That's pretty good. I would wait a bit longer to take Steamspy for granted though. That site needs like two to three weeks to get the numbers after the initial release and sales.
>>1988506
Keep in mind the margin of error is very large on steamspy right now, could be anywhere from 2500 to 5000.
I have no idea what would be considered good though.
>>1988508
Even then they're not really accurate unless the volume is quite high.
However, Kindred Spirits placed decently well on the top sellers list. Not a huge mainstream thing like HuniePop, but then, it costs a lot more too. I think it's done well.
>>1988510
>I have no idea what would be considered good though.
4-5 years ago it was 2k for their big projects
>>1988112
I find it funny that twins are way more common in yuri galge than other blood related sisters.
>>1988527
It takes less resourced to draw twins.
>>1988530
It's actually because yuri twincest is the purest form of the purest form of love.
It's like triple-distilled love.
>>1988534
>yuri twincest
>the purest of purest
>not motherxdaughter
Anon pls.
>>1988535
>not mother x twins
Come on now.
>>1988535
>Not onee-san x imouto
Step it up senpai
>>1988537
>no twin mothers x ips twin daughters
Are you even trying?
>>1988538
With at least six years of age gap, yes.
>>1988539
>ips
>not babies born out of pure love
I'm ashamed to share a board with you.
>>1988542
iPS is the purest form of science powered by pure love so I don't see a problem.
>>1988543
Not with that attitude.
>>1988535
Mothers are impure.
>>1988547
If your mother heard you saying that she would leave you without your dinner hotpockets.
>>1988547
Seisai no Resonance disagrees.
>>1988530
I think there's even more fraternal twins (such as in Tsui Yuri) in yurige than normal sisters. And even the ones that are identical such as Ringo and Ichigo aren't drawn the same.
>>1988554
I was joking.
Twins or not, for some reason siblings in VNs often look either identical or like completely different people. I can only remember a handful of games that make family connection between characters easily recognizable but don't blatantly copypaste designs.
