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I see what you did there. :-P

Sounds like fun; but I'm no writer. I'd be up for helping with the reading/judging process. Good luck to all of those that are going for it!

I'll probably pick it up, but I only know what the page already has on it. I'm interested in knowing what people who have other thoughts are though.

Finally gotten a chance to play Dangan Ronpa 2... that game is so amazing. However, it is such a time sink. I don't know what it is but I'll start playing... then I'll realize it's 5am. I don't like the characters as much as one, but it does have everything that I loved about the first one.

I think it's great for people who are already VN fans, but the new changes will make it harder to bring in new people into the fold. I haven't looked too much into the curated stuff though.

True, but the Japanese titles are created by experienced developers which may inflate costs due to the expertise you're getting. That being said, I am very excited for Megatokyo too!

Not too many details really revealed, but some good information; I like learning how companies start. I think it's great that people working on and publishing VNs are getting more and more attention.

It looked interesting, but I'm not exactly sure what it's going for per say for the final product. It's a tad too gory for my taste, but I wish them luck; we need more Lovecraftian influences in the world. :-P

Thanks so much for the feedback so far guys! We only have a few days left for the Kickstarter, so all of my time is all about finishing strong. Even if you can't back, voting on greenlight or even just spreading the word is insanely helpful, we'll be announcing some stretch goals today which will hopefully get us there! Thanks guys!

We are currently on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight Introduction For those of you who haven't seen yet, Culina is a series of games which contain elements of both visual novels and strategy games as you create your very own restaurant. The Spirit of Cooking, introduces the characters, the environment, and the overall goal of the second act. It will play much like a traditional visual novel and is free to play and is available to play on PC, Mac, Linux, and OUYA now at culinagame.com. In the game that we're currently working on, Hands in the Kitchen, the game continues right from the ending of the Spirit of Cooking with the player will actually running their very own restaurant, buying ingredients, creating recipes for it, and deciding how much to charge. Will you raise enough money to prove you can sustain the business? Not alone. Thankfully, the relationships that you have with people will help you and give you strength through gameplay advantages. Do you spend your time hanging out with friends or try to be a better cook? How you choose to spend your time is up to you. We're currently running a Kickstarter to add additional art and animation as well as refine the restaurant gameplay by moving our game over from it's current engine to Unity. It's been going well so far, but we're still only 75% up to our goal. Any ideas you guys may have towards getting the game out there, as well as feedback on the game would be greatly appreciated. Assuming the game is Kickstarted, I'll probably be posting updates fairly regularly here; the community has been really great so far. Support us on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight

If you are just looking in general, you could also check out sites like ebay, you can often find titles there but usually ones that have been out for awhile. Good luck!

I'm a big fan of the project and I've picked it up, but I haven't had the chance to play it yet. I'm hoping after the Culina Kickstarter is over I'll be able to. :-P

The reason I don't use tumblr is exactly for that same reason. I don't have too many art assets in my games (trying to get the most bang for the buck as it where) and sometimes I have to worry that I'll run out of things to share. I agree with you on the facebook thing, but I've seen people be pretty talkative and caring on twitter. I think it just takes a longer time to build up an audience who actually cares. There are people who will just follow to get a follow back; but I'm really happy with how Twitter's treated me so far. As indie developers, it's really important for us to support each other. When it comes to criticism, for people who are working on their first project they may have some issues with that. I think as people come out with more and more games they realize the value of playtesting and getting feedback and being able to use that to create the best game possible.

Thanks so much for that! Yeah, it is really a project made out of love. Persona 3/4 is probably my favourite games, but I found myself rushing through the dungeons in order to get to the story/social links even though the reason I originally bought 3 was because I wanted the JRPGness. However, I did really like how both games worked together to create a cohesive whole and I wanted to see how that worked for other genres as well. I didn't really see any games that were doing what I wanted to play and rather than just complain, I figured I'd do it myself. I just hope that we're able to make our goal. I'm really excited about your project as well, I'm a fan of hybridmink's art too. I'm actually a big fan of VNs on a small screen. The issue is that a lot of people will just port what they did for PC rather than design their UI to be for that platform which can make it really annoying to play. I don't have too much time to play games, so with the short bursts of free time I get I'm usually doing on my Vita or iOS device. That's just me though.

Sunrider is also on Steam at the moment and free, so you can check that out as well. I think others have already talked about it in other forums, but it's worth a try. I think that Shan Gui is a KN, so also keep that in mind if you're thinking about getting it.