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Confession: I cried girly tears to this last chapter of Sakura no Uta that I read. Because.. Sca-ji is such a fucking winner and I can't even believe it. Lino, return to the Skype group so we can all read Sakuuta together!

Root Double is a 50 hours game, TL+ED will cost them 36k$ and it will be done by Lemnisca, they did good TLs previously, or so community say. [85 EGS]For the whole TLC/Re-TL/QC Muv-Luv wanted 57,5k$. It was supossed to be done by Ixrec/Alternative Projects and some other "experts" The length of ML/MLA is approx 80 hours [90 EGS]Libra on the other side will need 80k$ for translation, length of the game is approx 20 hours, forgive me if I'm wrong, saw only 2 reviews on EGS listing 12h and 15h. Translation is done by people inside. [70 EGS]TL;DR Root Double - 50 hours - 36,000$ - 85 EGS Rating ML/MLA - 80 hours - 57,500$ - 90 EGS Rating Libra - 20 hours - 80,000$ - 70 EGS Rating(Low amount of votes tho, might be not too accurate) Would also add Clannad/Grisaia etc. but I don't see a point... I still would like to play Libra and give it a chance, maybe if it'll be on sale on Steam for 20-25$ I'll consider buying it. Good Luck with the Kickstarter. Yowza! 20 hours?!?! Erogamespace is mistaken! Libra gameplay, the FULL uncut version, is 60 hours. The Steam version will be 15% shorter than that with the H-scenes removed. We have stated that that version will be around 50 hours. Also, could you please pass us a link where you saw this incorrect information on EGS or elsewhere. Thanks. UPDATE: We looked at EGS and found what we believe you were referencing for gameplay time. This just means that 2 people played the game for 11-15 hours. Maybe a player chose only one path and sped through the game like crazy, or another played Libra for 11-15 hours, quit, then decided to write a review. In any case, the full game is 60 hours. I suppose we could account for players with superhuman abilities. ;-) You mentioned that you've managed to cut costs a bit. What's the new initial funding goal? We'll be making the new, reduced (sodium) budget public next Thursday when we launch. ;-) Wait a second! 10 hours were cut due h-scenes? I'm not an expert regarding adult version of these games but that sounds a lot! I thought most h-scenes could be read in a couple of minutes so this strikes me as odd surprising news... I'm guessing these numbers are based on line counts. H-scenes are deceptively long when counted this way, because there are actually a lot of lines in an H-scene, albeit short lines/lines that are skimmed through extremely quickly. To quote an example, mare's route in Eternal Heart is about 5400~ lines, with another 1200~ lines of H-scenes. Based on line counts, nearly 20% of the route is H-scenes. I ctrl-ed through the scenes themselves so I can't say how long it would actually take reading them, but I wouldn't consider cutting the h-scenes as cutting 20% of the route, despite that being the case line count wise.

*splashes holy water on everyone* Begone evil spirit of Sekai Project. You are corrupting everyone and causing them to fight and argue pointlessly.

Hello every one , I'm Esther hope u like my work used: photoshop My Art room http://esther-fan-world.deviantart.com/ tumblr http://esther-36.tumblr.com/

Which novel? Would you like to share? Its about a girl who appears in the guy's dreams. Would you like to read? Yep! Confession: I've always thought I'm the youngest one here, but I'm 16. Give me some time. I will write it tomorrow I told you this like 3 months ago that i am younger than you I apologize, my kouhai. Never thought people will forget me so fast.. You are forgiven, my senpai Guys, I'm younger than both of you. U FOCKIN' W0T M8 I have not ONE, but TWO kouhais! WOOOOOO

Hi there guys just wanted you to take notice that you've reached and went beyond the acceptable amount of nested quotes. Please use nested quotes with caution. Fines may be handed out if further nested quotes insanity keeps happening. Collected funds from the fines will be used to bribe an IPB developer so that he can do something about this stupid feature.

*squints incredulously* You realize what the target audience for eroge is... right?

In which way? My Chiitrans colors words exactly like JParser. Did I miss a feature? O.o The only way I could explain it is with a picture. So here is a reference: http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/Thezalor/Text hooker comparison 1.png Chiitrans could understand that "掃除してくれていた" was all part of one word. But TA broke up that one word into three parts: "掃除して" "くれて" "いた". Which is just a pain in the ass. It is in this sense that I think that TA is weaker with compound conjugations.

*Mugi uses Phoenix Down on thread* I just got a PS3 again (it's broken, so I have to return it for another one though q.q), and along with it I got P4 Arena Ultimax and Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax. I plan on getting Blazblue and Guilty Gear Xrd at some point, and I also have MvC2 on here

That void you're feeling, people usually try and fill that with food. It's a nutritious way of dealing with feelings of emptiness, loss, pain, regret, failure, etc etc. It's why everybody's so healthy.

Double the reproductive system, double the fun as I use to say <3 #Futanarisarethebest #woulddieforfuta #futaloversunite

Kara no Shoujo: The Second Episode Licensed by Mangagamer Summary "To become my true self... I'll become one with them." Prewar-era Japan. Deep in the snowy mountains of northwestern Japan there exists a settlement called Hitogata, the Village of Dolls. On the night of the festival honoring the clay idol Hinna-sama, a girl is murdered. The villagers all blame Hinna-sama's curse. One outside the faith has joined in the festival of Hinna-sama, and brought the painful death of the curse down upon themself. October, 1957. Two years have passed since Kuchiki Touko's abduction from her hospital room. Tokisaka Reiji's younger sister saves a man who had tried to commit suicide. He, too, is the most recent victim of "Hinna-sama's curse". Reiji begins his investigation, clinging desperately to the hope that Touko can be saved, and at the same time, a strange religious group said to have dissolved six years ago begins to move again to put a certain plan into motion... The curse will be carried out, whether by the gods or by human hands. Ending Guideline / Suggested Route Order Kara no Shoujo: The Second Episode is a linear story with eleven endings. There are no individual heroine routes. There are seven gameover endings, four endings, and one true end. You have access to all gameover ends, but only one ending on your first playthrough. The other three endings and true ending can only be accessed upon getting this ending and starting your second+ playthrough. You also need to get Bad End #2 "To Search for Toko" to get True and Obsession Ends. Route Guideline *Due to the mystery nature of this VN, it is strongly advised that you make your first playthrough without a walkthrough to avoid spoilers! You can do it! *Though, to avoid being locked into Bad End #3, you have to make sure you visit Yukiko at least 3 times during your Free Time before 1/9 First Playthrough I have included Save Points in the walkthrough for Memories of That Day below since all Bad Endings can branch from it. End (Ending 08) Memories of That Day Bad Ends (Endings 01 ~ 07) 1. Hinna-sama’s Curse 2. To Search for Toko... 3. The Holy Prophet 4. Disappearance 5. Yukio 6. Karen 7. The Two Yukaris Second Playthrough Must obtain Ending #08 "Memories of that Day" and start a new playthrough to get these following endings. Also must get Bad Ending #2 "To Search for Toko" to get True End and Obsession Ends There are extra dialogues and scenes scattered throughout the story this time, so pay attention if you are control skipping! There are H-scenes for Yukiko, Ayumu, Nanako, and Meguri. Ends (Endings 09 ~ 11) Normal End True End Obsession Attribution This Kara no Shoujo 2 (kns2) walkthrough is based on info attained from a source with some adjustments made by Eclipsed.

Danganronpa 1 is out now! http://store.steampowered.com/app/413410/ ~~ This is a leak from the Steam Helpdesk. Steam recently implemented a new feature of letting you remove games from your account, which lead to a pretty huge leak of Steam licenses. This is proof that DR1 and DR2 have their licenses on Steam, this doesn't mean it's necessarily progressed but definitely it's at least proposed at this point. It's highly likely that unless it gets cancelled or something that we're getting DR1 and DR2 on Steam- this should up the "BUT I HAVE NO VITAAAA" crowd. My source is this thread (I KNOW it's a "HL3 leaked?" thread): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1151754 More specifically, this post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=188122664&postcount=132 Leak itself: https://steamdb.info/search/?a=sub&q=danganronpa

We at Retro Sumus are currently developing Ameba, a detective adventure in the form of a western-made, western-set visual novel. The story takes place in Madrid, Spain, as the main character is a veteran senior officer from the Policía Nacional. Here is the teaser trailer for the project: And here is our first interview with SegaZine last year showing some character sketches... http://retrosumus.com/2014/11/our-first-interview-character-designs-revealed/ ...and our second interview, with the Dreamcast Junkyard, where we showed the first screenshots of both Ameba and Xenocider, our 3D on-rails shooter also in development (nothing to do with VN's at all). http://retrosumus.com/2015/06/ameba-xenocider-screenshots-interview-dc-junkyard/ We have been sharing our progress (on both projects currently in development) in a series of videos we call the Dev Diaries: Also, we showed our first very early demo a few days ago at RetroBarcelona, the biggest indie/retro event here in Spain. Not a great video but, for now... So, why the Dreamcast, a 15+ year old console? Well, we're developing the game for PC as well as Dreamcast and Saturn This is my second thread here so I hope I'm doing this right! You can follow us on: http://facebook.com/retrosumus http://twitter.com/retrosumus http://youtube.com/retrosumus http://soundcloud.com/retrosumus

Well, that was a bit of a surprise... after people's iffy ratings of the trial, I'd honestly expected this VN to be disappointing, in general, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that the VN as a whole exceeded the expectations I'd had for it previously. What were those expectations? I thought it would be a mere variation on the usual 'human goes to another world, gains ultimate power, defeats the evil, and gets a harem' theme that defines most VNs that have a protagonist go to another world... with a strong taste of Japanese nationalism. However, it wasn't anything of the sort. Oh, the protagonist is indeed a kamikaze pilot, as advertised... but his outlook is a lot more interesting than you would have expected from someone willing to smash himself into the side of a ship with a plane. In fact, his view on patriotism in general is pretty negative, despite his own insistence on his duty. He is short-tempered, quick to get in a fight... and just as quick to drink and party with those he was fighting with a moment before (if they weren't trying to kill each other). He is definitely a soldier, because his point of view is written in a very similar way to that of various historical fiction written by Vietnam and WWII vets (outside of some certain areas). It does retain that uniquely Japanese 'emotional surrealism' that is a part of all otaku literature, and he spends an indecent amount of time philosophizing in his head for someone who is essentially an iron-skulled grunt by nature. His description of his feelings about WWII resembles a great deal several first-person accounts written by soldiers on the Japanese side, and it is quite obvious that the writer of the story did at least some research on the matter. One thing some of you should keep in mind is that, despite the fact that a lot of girls fall in love with him, this protagonist is not a ladies' man and he generally doesn't indulge, except with his chosen heroine (he's definitely monogamous, lol), so you needn't worry about the kind of careless going back and forth between various women that defines a lot of 'go to another world' protagonists. If you were looking forward to a harem story, you'll be disappointed though. This VN is a lot darker than it shows from the front, much as Grisaia was designed to be much darker than it seemed at first (has the same writers, so it stands to reason). While there is a lot of light-hearted stuff in here, there is also a lot of bloodshed, slaughter, and betrayal as well. This is perhaps one of the grittiest 'trip to another world' VNs I've ever read, and I honestly was impressed with the degree to which the writers and artists were willing to dig into the down and dirty aspects of the war. The issue that will, on some level, inevitably come to the mind of anyone who reads this VN all the way through is the zombies... to be honest, the artistry of the zombie designs in this VN is a bit ridiculous, in the sense that they actually went to the trouble to make them look graphically disgusting (torn off ears, exposed muscle and sinew, etc etc). There are even dragon zombies, which are pretty freaky as well. Story-wise, this VN has pretty much just two pitfalls... it requires you to read between the lines on a lot of issues, and there is perhaps less detail to the endings than you might wish. Frequently, you'll be directly prevented from knowing the thoughts of certain characters at certain important moments, simply to keep you from spoiling the heroine routes or to give impact to later scenes. This is actually a well-used technique, but it also makes the dog-people chapter a bit hurried toward the end, because of how much isn't touched upon deliberately to make Aira's path more powerful. The endings... honestly, Yukikaze's and Aira's are good. However, Ria's and Meltina's endings are kind of lacking. In Ria's case, this is inevitable, for reasons that become obvious at the end, but in the case of Meltina it is just a little frustrating. Ria's path is unique amongst all of them in that it is almost entirely told from the heroine's perspective, outside of some scenes near the end. Indeed, the protagonist's on-screen role is very limited, and the most important scenes are always away from him, with Ria on her own. You are required to play Yukikaze's path first... and the reason for that is pretty obvious... she's the main heroine. The heroine paths are all distinct toward the end, but it is Yukikaze's that has the most straight-out, easy to understand impact. Ria's path has a lot of impact for another reason... but it also has the weakest ending/epilogue (though Meltina's is also a bit weak). The music in this VN is really good... but it is also a mix of rearranged and slightly altered themes from several chuunige that I recognized... surprisingly this doesn't matter all that much, because the music is extremely well-used, frequently with an artist's touch for timing. Visually... if you liked Grisaia's everyday visuals, you'll probably like the everyday visuals here. The protagonist in this VN is deliberately made to look like a somewhat ugly guy in his late twenties, so that is a change... and as I said before, the zombies in this VN are pretty hideous (in a 'good' way). For some reason, they reused Michiru's mouth design on a number of characters in this VN, and I found myself considering them to be morons from first meeting, even i they weren't, lol. Unfortunately, this VN won't be for everyone... people who want a moege won't have much fun with this, and there is perhaps a bit too much moe for those who want something really dark. At the same time, people who can't stand zombies will hate this VN, because zombies make a lot of appearances (and one of the heroines is a 'special' zombie). The fact that the main heroine is a bit overly idealistic/emotional at times will also be a letdown for someone expecting her to be a classic warrior princess. However, this is also a VN that brings a lot of disparate elements together to create an interesting whole... In other words, for me it was a good ride... for you? Honestly, there are a lot of points in this VN that will bother at least some of the population, and there is a lot of subtle criticism of certain WWII issues that might offend others or make them feel like this is a purely ideological piece. Indeed, there is a definite sense of 'Gundamness' around some of the themes, but I honestly found it enjoyable and stimulating, overall. Edit: I'm finding it kind of funny that some people are joining vndb just to give 1 scores to VNs to drag the numbers down... Anyway, what I really wanted to add a few points... first, a lot of people are going to be tempted to see Visra as the US... but it is actually a lot closer to if you added Nazi Germany's leadership to America's industrial and natural resources, with an even stronger dose of 'ethnic cleansing'.

Played this for an hour or so and it's been literally nothing but constant abuse at all times. Nothing more to this vn at this point. Does anyone actually like this crap?

The protagonist was somewhat lost on me, until he started to trashtalk other people's cooking skills. As someone who likes to both cook and express contempt, I suddenly had a connection to this character.

Which novel? Would you like to share? Its about a girl who appears in the guy's dreams. Would you like to read? Yep! Confession: I've always thought I'm the youngest one here, but I'm 16. Give me some time. I will write it tomorrow I told you this like 3 months ago that i am younger than you I apologize, my kouhai. Never thought people will forget me so fast.. You are forgiven, my senpai Yay! It's my fault though, I'm shit at remembering names and stuff.

Which novel? Would you like to share? Its about a girl who appears in the guy's dreams. Would you like to read? Yep! Confession: I've always thought I'm the youngest one here, but I'm 16.

I only have the english patch (you can disable ero-scenes with it) but not the gore one :/ if you want i can upload that one.

From a garbage show, no less.

There’s nothing wrong with recognising the fact that some stuff is too niche to really succeed down normal publication routes. You bring up MG but it took many years, and a focus on mainly nukige titles, to actually bring some amount of stability to the company. And even then Steam probably changed the game for them. Sekai's going for a faster growth, but doesn't want to adopt as much risk. You may not like them shedding their responsibility of risk-taking, but others are fine with it. The idea that using Crowdfunding every time is wrong is actually a statement that is quite wrong (ignoring the fact that this is based all on perspective.) I'll go into a bit of detail below. People use kickstarter because creating ambitious games (most of the time) costs money (the quality of Indie games has increased dramatically since Kickstarter.) People fund companies on kickstarter because people recognise that ambitious games (most of the time) costs money. They want this quality and they are willing to pay to get it. People also realise that traditional means of publications are not always the best sources of revenue generation for niche games. There is nothing wrong with this, it’s a statement of fact. The top-down isometric RPG has been revived via Kickstarter, and yet Spiderweb studios was happily succeeding in this space beforehand. The fact that Spiderweb studios was succeeding in this space doesn't negate the arguments that Kickstarter has rejuvenated that sector, or that the general rule has been 'it's virtually impossible to get an isometric CRPG published via normal channels.' Many people who are anti-kickstarter don't have the benefit of being a hardcore fan of a genre which was dead for a decade, and only recently revived (in dramatic fashion) because of Kickstarter. I keep telling people, become a fan of a genre of games which are extinct, hang around for a decade with nothing new to play, then witness Kickstarter result in multiple, high quality releases for the first time in God knows how long, and maybe your perspective may change on the issue. I'll bring up Harebrained Studios again, Harebrained Studios has used Kickstarter 3 or 4 times, but people don't care. Because of them, we're going to get a turn-based, mouth watering, strategic RPG with mechs set in the classic Battletech setting. They wouldn't have been able to create such a game without kickstarter because the audience they're targeting doesn't generate enough sales for them to create such games. That doesn't mean they've failed as a company, and in fact, Harebrained studios is one of the beloved Indies of the RPG industry. And the RPG fanbase definitely don't consider them 'dishonest.' So continual use of Kickstarters is not 'wrong' at all. It depends on the circumstances. It doesn't mean every company who continually uses Kickstarter is a totally cool company, but I haven't really seen actual logical arguments as to why this kickstarter (for an excellent all-ages VN) is 'the work of the Devil.' I see a lot of people trotting out the same, tired, Kickstarter lines though. Sekai produces 18+ versions of their games of DP. Furthermore, all ages is becoming a thing more because of Steam than Kickstarter. SP should have released their 18+ versions quicker, no doubt about that, but you can't say that they aren't there. The fact that there are versions which are censored shouldn't concern you when there is the option to purchase the 18+ version. Everybody has their unique thought and perspectives on things, and if they wish to purchase an all-ages version then that is their prerogative. They may be getting an incomplete version of the game, but that's their choice. Killing it? Hyperbole. I'd love to hear the explanation for this. No actually, it isn't. And you're not entitled to nice things in the first place. I could say 'the fact that my neighbour is living means I can't have a 50 inch, ultra HD television set. That means my neighbour's health is my business because if he were to suddenly die in mysterious and violent circumstances then there would be nothing to stop me entering his house and taking it.' But there is, actually, a whole bunch of laws and social constructs. Your right to nice things comes provided it doesn't disrupt society's order, and you pretty much have no say on what people choose to spend their money on. And nor should you, because that opens a Pandora's box you really don't want to go down.

*squints incredulously* You realize what the target audience for eroge is... right? Doesn't change the fact that having a strong male cast is pretty awesome. Most of my favorite characters from VNs have been male characters (and not limited to protagonist).

It is based off a garbage character/

Happy Holidays :3

In this example, Chiitrans gives you only the translation for souji suru, not for kureru or iru. It only tells you that the whole conjugation consists of -te --> -te --> past. There is no way as far as I see to look up kureru or iru (and with this to look up the special -te meaning of these words) when it's part of the conjugation of another verb. I think the conjugations you like in JParser are the ones defined in the Conjugations.txt. I think you can add even more, like for example specifically define a "-te iru" with a definition like "progressive form" or something and JParser would then use this and add the "iru" to the conjugation of the -te-verb and not as its own word.

That's not how TA works, I'm afraid. TA needs a dictionary in EDICT format. What dictionaries your Mecab installation uses is irrelevant. Mecab is only used for parsing. If you want this dictionary to work with TA, you need to convert the CSV format into EDICT. All the dictionaries you have imported into TA will be used at the same time for both parsers.

Instead, they are giving licenses to Dovac Kickstarter for VNs are bad because it corrupts the idea of Crowdfunding. It's for Indies and Startups to finance their first ambitious project. NOT for established companies to support their every move! If you need to ask for money every fucking time you want to do something, your company is an epic fail economically. MG and JAST don't do this because they are not troll companies like Sekai Project is. That said, I can't blame Dovac for being a greedy businessman and choosing the option with the most profit. If I had no soul, pride or conscience, maybe I would do the same.

I don't understand you figurefags. Putting aside my skepticism about figurines in general, in my opinion this one looks like garbage =o

I mean, they're kinda right

If they were doing this on their own then it would definitely be a fan translation. People deserve to get paid for their hard work if it's of good quality.

If you wonder why I'm covering her now, it's because I realized that before writing about Sanae, Youmu, Sakuya and Reisen I'll have to cover their superiors... And while doing the Scarlet sisters first would make the most sense, Yuyuko is too interesting for me not to write about her first. Yuyuko is the 1000-years old ghostly master of the Hakugyokurou- the shrine that overlooks the netherworld. As its mistress, she's has absolute authority over the world of the dead, and is amongst the most powerful beings in the touhou universe- with the ability to instantly kill anything that lives. When killed by this ability, humans will bypass judgment and their souls will be sent to the netherworld, regardless of how saintly or evil they were in life. Her soul is unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation, as it- and her body- are currently being used as a seal on a powerful and evil youkai tree, the Saigyouji Ayakashi, that lies in the gardens of the Hakugyokurou. In life, she commited suicide for the sake of sealing that tree. She has forgotten about her exact cause of death... And, ironically, she was the perpetrator behind the events of Perfect Cherry Blossom, where she tried to revive the Ayakashi. Many touhou characters boast a very long lifespan, but even amongst the ones that have lived for thousands of years, she's known to be one of the wisest- and one of the best at hiding that too- she shows a playful, good-humored, whimsical personality, but truthfully, she always knows exactly what's happening, always giving cryptic hints to her servant, the straightfroward katana-wielding half-ghost garderner, Konpaku Youmu, one of the protagonists we'll be covering soon. In serious works, she's used as a cunning, powerful, wise being with a terrifying power that's an unpredictable wild card. She's not human or youkai- and that shouldn't be forgotten. She's a ghost. And if gensokyo were to crumble to dust, well, it wouldn't particularly concern her now, would it? In comedic works, she's a hungry ghost that eats everything, including other characters. Because maymays. And I leave you with a song about Yuyuko from C-Clays. Look forward to the post on Youmu!

You truly have the most charming priorities here.

Good News Everyone! Pending approval of Kickstarter, we plan to launch the "Libra of the Vampire Princess" campaign on December 10, 2015. We know you've all been anxiously awaiting this news (we have, too)! All in all, we're at a point where we (MiKandi Japan and XERO) feel the project has reached our target for supporters and momentum. So, the time has come to "put the pedal to the metal" and steamroll through the holiday season to victory! This is a crucial time, so please stay tuned for more announcements! Ever thankful for your support, MiKandi Japan and XERO PS: If you haven't caught the preview of our campaign, we urge you to stop by our Prefundia page and check out all the goodies! We have quite a few surprises to be revealed on launch day, too. Here we go!

I hate forced/linear routes. It's so dumb especially in modern visual novels. Choices are important to me no matter if it's the 1st playthrough or subsequent ones. I wished I grabbed the save file first, but I was already done with Chisato and Isara's route by the time someone came up with it.

Here, fixed that for you.

Alpha screenshots. Also, we have a little surprise coming up in the next few days courtesy of The Dreamcast Junkyard...

Yoga sure is nice... *Has a nosebleed*

Yes, but keep in mind that this might not work if the person who called you an idiot has had sex with her.

I don't think one questionable choice is reason to accuse the entire staff of being incompetent (with the accompanying blow to morale that would bring). I think it's better to judge their work as a whole (as seen in the first gameplay video), rather than obsess on one particular aspect. To say as a potential backer, "I have no confidence in your translation after this desu fiasco, even if you fix it, because it shows your staff is incompetent. Not funding this!" would be quite the melodramatic turn.