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That has to be the most impressive necropost I've seen to date on fuwa.

Strictly speaking, Visual Novels aren't so much becoming popular as getting closer to mainstream media in the eyes of readers and gamers, rather than just being the smallest portion of the otaku market. This is mostly because of the release in recent years of a disproportionately large number of non-ero VNs, which lowered the hurdle for playing them for a lot of people. However, on the other side of things, that also means that VNs will never be much more popular than they are now...

They are?

The last GM standing Q&A: Link to the thread: Would you rather read the chapters in a PDF document? Click here! Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: (Word count, 4439) The Last GM Standing Chapter 4 (Word count, 3984) The Last GM Standing Chapter 5 (Word count, 4491) Eclipsed woke up, feeling a strong sense of weariness wash over him. It was dark and cold, making him long for a warm bed to rest in. But there was no such thing anywhere in sight. He was lying in a cave, completely alone. Outside he could faintly hear the sound of a fierce battle... What was going on? Forcing his body to stand up, he sluggishly moved towards the cave's exit, trying his best not to fall over from sheer exhaustion. His vision was slightly blurry and his hands were aching so badly, it made him want to scream at the top of his lungs. Of course, he did not have the strength for that. The spectacle that waited for him outside was so shocking, it made him completely forget about his own problems... .... Satsuki and three other members from Team Nosebleed were making their way towards Kaguya's temporary base. They had gotten word that Kaguya's forces had just returned from a battle from their comrade, Valmore. Valmore himself had lost his clone in the same battle, and was now using his real body to join into the ambush. Kaguya's forces were badly hurt in the battle, and since Valmore needed no time to heal because he had taken no damage to his real body, they were able to deploy the ambush nearly right away. It only took them a few hours to locate Kaguya's new base, and they were now really close. However, what greeted them once they arrived at the base's location, was not what they were expecting at all. .... Maxel saw the enemies approaching from a mile away using his improved magical vision. It looked like four members from Team Nosebleed were approaching. On top of that, a few members from team Kaguya were stationed outside the small cave; the location of their temporary base. "..." Maxel held up four fingers and pointed towards the horizon, then he held up three fingers and pointed towards the nearby cave. "You know, the way you never speak really freaks me out Maxel." Answering his mute teammate, Babiker from team Down raised his weapons and nodded. "Alright. You move in first, stay a little away from the cave. Start by attacking them with magic and I'll jump into the close combat battles once everyone has been thoroughly confused." A smile filled with bloodlust appeared on Babiker's face as he tightly gripped his two weapons. They were metal rings, about 40 cm in diameter forming a half circle, with a grip at the back. The sharp metal rings were formed into the shape of the sun and the moon. The moon one was shining in a faint blue light, and the sun in an orange glow. "Sound good?" Babiker asked as he looked over at Maxel again. "..." "I ... I don't know what I was expecting..." Shaking his head, he turned away from Maxel and faced towards the cave before them. As the two members from team Down charged towards Kaguya's base, another great battle was about to start. _________________________________________________________________ Team Down, Maxel vs Deep Blue, Valmore, Satsuki and Kingdomcome, Team Nosebleed A blinding light shot down from the sky, striking the group of approaching team Nosebleed members. The light was so bright, all four instantly shut their eyes and came to a complete stop. "..." Moving his hands around, making different symbols in the air, Maxel quietly chanted a spell. The pillar of light had formed a large cylinder shape around the battlefield, and everyone trapped inside were completely blinded. Making several arrows out of pure light, Maxel lifted them above his head and sent them towards his targets. Suddenly sensing something approaching from the left, Deep Blue brought his hands up and made a shield of ice around himself and his teammates. He was unable to see, so he crafted the shield like an igloo, forming cover all around them. Just at that moment, something hit the shield hard, and Deep Blue felt his energy drain as the barrier fought back the attacks. "What the hell is going on?!" Someone shouted. It was a female voice, belonging to Satsuki. Knowing the situation was quite dire, Deep Blue quickly took the command in the battle. Because he was the only one in the group well versed in magic, he would be the only one who could sense oncoming magical attacks. "Kingdomcome, shoot as many bolts as you can in this direction, NOW!" Grabbing a hold of Kingdomcome's shoulders, Deep Blue turned him so that he faced towards the location of the mystery attacker. "Shoot, NOW!" Doing what he was told, Kingdomcome fired a great deal of bolts from his crossbow out into nothingness. "Satsuki, Valmore, run in opposite directions! Just... Satsuki, you move to your right and Valmore, you move your left." Doing as they were told, they started moving sideways in a clumsy fashion. Deep Blue was trying to make it as hard as possible for the attacker to both protect himself and attack them all at the same time. "HEY! I am seriously just going to keep running? Give me something to kill!!!" Ignoring the shouting Valmore, Deep Blue started preparing for a counterattack. Kingdomcome was firing completely blindly, so it would be fairly easy to avoid for the attacker. But, it should at least have distracted him a bit. "First we have to do something about this light... I should be able to stop the spell if I manage to wound the caster." Thinking to himself, Deep Blue started preparing a spell of his own. It would take a while to prepare it, and so during that that time, Kingdomcome would be a sitting duck. And, sure enough, just seconds later Deep Blue felt an oncoming attack moving towards Kingdomcome. A lance of light collided with his chest, painfully cracking through his barrier. The barrier absorbed enough of the blow to not make the wound fatal, but Kingdomcome was knocked to the ground, and was no longer capable of shooting at the attacker. "Just a few more seconds..." Another attack was just about to hit them when Deep Blue's spell was finally ready. "Everyone, GET DOWN!" As he shouted that, he launched the spell. A massive magic circle appeared before him and the air around them instantly fell below freezing. A ray of blue light was launched from the magic circle, and anything in its path was frozen instantly. As the spell reached the attacker, the light blinding them suddenly faded. Once again having regained his vision, Deep Blue quickly tried to get a grasp of what was going on. A large area in front of him had been completely encased in ice. A few meters to his left was Kingdomcome. He was still breathing and it looked like he was still capable of fighting, but he was clutching his left side, clearly in pain. Satsuki was nowhere to be seen, and Valmore was fighting someone from team Kaguya. It seemed the people from Kaguya's team had wasted no time as the light perished, and had attacked them. Question was, where had the one who made the light pillar gone? .... "..." Maxel hurled a spear of light at his opponent, giving away his hiding place in the process. The spear was blocked by a wall of ice, but he just followed up the attack with two more. His opponents were scattered, leaving only one target. No one would be able to protect themselves from the relentless attacks made by the most powerful magician on team Down for too long. The third spear made a massive crack in the wall of ice, and Maxel started running towards his target to finish him off. Forming an axe of light in his hand, he closed the distance in seconds, and struck at the wall of ice. It broke apart, making small shards of ice fly everywhere. Maxel charged at Deep Blue, striking at his chest. Deep Blue dodged and retaliated with a spike of ice aimed at Maxel's leg. It was obvious that Deep Blue was tired from blocking all the previous attacks, and so his own magic was slow and fairly weak. Maxel knocked the ice out of the air and swung his axe at Deep Blue once more. It collided with his left arm, which was cut clean off. "BLUE!" Valmore shouted and was running towards the battle, trying to make it in time. He had abandoned his battle with the team Kaguya member in order to come to his comrade's aid. But, it was too late. Maxel lifted his axe and struck at Deep Blue's head... Valmore ran as fast as he could, and used the momentum from his charge to strike at Maxel with all his might. The pickaxe Valmore wielded flew through the air and collided with a magic circle created by Maxel. The shield wavered, but didn't break. Blood from Deep Blue's head being cut off was everywhere, and Valmore screamed in anger. "You piece of ... Die!" "..." Maxel said nothing, but made a symbol with his hands. Shortly after, a small golden magic circle appeared in his hands, and a bolt of light shot out, hitting Valmore in the chest. It wasn't powerful enough to knock him to the ground, but it was enough to make him lose his balance. Maxel followed up with an axe swing. The weapon of pure light moved towards Valmore, who was defenseless because of the previous attack. His throat was wide open, and if the axe hit, he would be dead in seconds. But, right before the axe hit, a blue crossbow bolt collided with the weapon, making it shatter into pieces. Kingdomcome had made it back on his feet, and was aiming at Maxel. "..." As Maxel fired several bolts of light at Kingdomcome, Valmore had managed to get his footing again, and jumped up in the air. Maxel was distracted attacking Kingdomcome, and as Valmore swung his pickaxe downwards, it hit Maxel's head with a loud crack. Maxel suddenly stopped moving, as dark red streams of blood trickled down from the top of his head. His body twitched a few times, before it collapsed on the ground. The exhausted members from team Nosebleed took a few seconds to catch their breath as they surveyed the battlefield. They had finally taken out one of the attackers, but many still remained. Needless to say, their ambush had been an absolute failure... Team Nosebleed, Deep Blue (REAL)- DEAD END Team Down, Maxel-DEAD END _________________________________________________________________ Nimbus and Dergonu, Team Kaguya vs Valmore and Kingdomcome, Team Nosebleed "Now Nimbus!" Shouting while he charged towards his enemies, Dergonu lifted his giant mace above his head. Chanting a few magic words, Nimbus held his hand out towards the mace, and a bolt of deep blue lightning shot forward, enveloping the weapon. The electricity started swirling around the top of the mace, making holding the weapon completely safe for Dergonu. "They are attacking again. Kingdomcome, cover me." Valmore ran to the left, away from Dergonu, as Kingdomcome started shooting crossbow bolts at his target. Dergonu used his mace to knock the oncoming bolts down before they hit. The mace left a crackling trail of blue lightning when it moved through the air. Dergonu quickly started chasing Valmore, but was interrupted by another wave of projectiles. Valmore made a big right turn and rushed towards Dergonu's back. As Kingdomcome was shooting at his front, it was impossible for Dergonu to block both the projectiles and the attacker from the back. Or so one might think. "Don't get cocky!" Shouting in an angered tone, Dergonu spun around quickly. The mace he was holding created a small circle of electricity, which started rotating quickly. Turning his head and looking behind him, Valmore noticed that Nimbus was muttering something to himself, most likely strengthening the power of the magic. The rotating circle of electricity knocked down any oncoming projectiles, and simply being near it made Valmore's skin itch. Dergonu suddenly came to a stop and with a big swing, he struck at Valmore. Valmore still hadn't taken much damage in the previous battle, and was able to dodge the massive mace with the skin of his teeth. Sadly, the magic that was protecting Dergonu still had not dissipated, and made a counterattack impossible. "Valmore, get back!" Hearing the voice of his comrade Kingdomcome, Valmore did as he asked and jumped away from Dergonu. "Scatter!"As Kingdomcome shouted that, the bolts fired from his crossbow suddenly started detonating mid air, firing smaller spikes all around them. The circle spinning around Dergonu was unable to stop all the small fragments, and several of them dug into his body, damaging his barrier. It didn't seem like the impact was very powerful, so the spikes didn't break his skin, but at the very least his barrier was damaged. "You little prick!" Shouting, Dergonu slammed his mace into the ground, and a great blue wave of lightning traced over the ground, moving towards Kingdomcome. "Like I'll let you do that!" Valmore, who had been standing a few meters away, jumped in between the attack and Kingdomcome. The electricity hit his body and it felt like his entire body got lit on fire. Fighting through the pain, Valmore shook his head and clenched his pickaxe hard in his right hand. "T-This is nothing you bastard..." Trying to shake of the damage done to him, Valmore took a unsteady step forward. "Tch." Clicking his tongue, Kingdomcome aimed his crossbow up in the air and fired several shots up into nothing. As the bolts had moved a decent way up into the sky, he snapped his fingers, and a loud explosion made Dergonu and Nimbus look up. From the sky, hundreds of smaller spikes were raining down towards the two. In return, the attack had drained nearly all the remaining strength in Kingdomcome's body. He wasn't very good with magic. The crossbow itself was the thing that let him fire so many bolts without loading in ammo. It was a weapon charged with Nosebleed's energy. But in order to use more flashy attacks, the user had to charge his or her own energy into the weapon, something that completely drained Kingdomcome. In his already wounded state, two such attacks was the limit. Meanwhile, the spikes were raining down over the two team Kaguya members. Nimbus managed to make a shield above himself before the spikes hit, but Dergonu was not as lucky. A chunk of the oncoming spikes dug into his skin, making his entire body scream in pain. "Guh ...." Letting out a pained sound through clenched teeth, Dergonu fell to his knees, using his mace to keep his body somewhat steady. "Raaawr!" Charging at Dergonu, Valmore lifted his Pickaxe up high. As Valmore attacked Dergonu with all his might, Dergonu had no choice but to use his arm as a guard against the attack. The twin-tipped pickaxe bore deep into his arm, and left two gaping holes in the flesh. Blood poured out from the open wound as Dergonu grasped it and screamed in pain. Sadly, after having taken a lot of damage from the attack he blocked for Kingdomcome, Valmore was not able to dodge the lightning bolt approaching from his side. Two thick lightning bolts hit his chest from the side and tore his torso open. He was lifted off the ground and his body split in two, each piece landing a few meters away. Kingdomcome, who had almost lost consciousness because of exhaustion, was lying still a little further away. Dergonu had gotten to his feet and moved over to the immobile foe. Lifting his mace awkwardly with one hand, he finished off the team Nosebleed member. After, he once again fell to his knees. Blood loss and pain was pushing him to the brink of losing consciousness. Team Nosebleed, Valmore (REAL) and Kingdomcome (CLONE)-DEAD END _________________________________________________________________ "Looks like Maxel is out huh? Never thought they would actually manage to take down that mute bastard. Well, whatever. Time to make myself useful." Approaching the battlefield quickly, Babiker stealthily moved towards the centre of the action. His feet did not make a sound despite his swift pace, and he readied his weapons for battle. Coming to a stop next to a fallen team Kaguya member, he checked to see if he was dead. It seemed like he was still breathing. "Seems like you have had a bad day kid." As Dergonu heard the sudden voice, he instinctively reached for his mace. "Left hand - Moon, first strike!" As he shouted that, the blue blade wielded in his left hand shimmered, and he smashed his weapon down into the mace at an incredible speed. The mace was completely destroyed on impact. "Right hand - Sun, first strike!" This time attacking with his right hand, Babiker was about to finish of Dergonu, when a blue light coming from his side made him jump backwards. Something hit the ground where he had been standing, and exploded in a mass of blue sparks and black smoke. "Heh. Looks like he wasn't alone, huh? Name is Babiker. I'll be severing your spine today. Nice to meet'cha." As Babiker introduced himself, Nimbus fired another set of lightning bolts at his target. "Whoa! How rude!" "Insolent pest!" Speaking in an angry tone, Nimbus held out both his hands and created a big magic circle, sending several small rays of lightning towards his opponent. "Heh. Right hand - sun, fourth strike." The blade on his right hand glowed brightly, and Babiker simply mowed down all of the rays like they were nothing. He then casually cracked his neck and sighed. "You know, I've been waiting for my turn to fight for days now. But now that I am out here, I have to say ... This is kind of boring." "Well then, let me end your boredom quickly." Moving his hands around in the air in a skillful manner, Nimbus drew a sigil in the air in blue writing. The sigil started glowing, and soon after, a crack in the air itself appeared in its centre. Holding his hand up towards the sigil, Nimbus' hand was enveloped in blue lightning that oozed out from the cracks. After a few seconds, Nimbus pulled out a longsword made out of pure lightning from the air, and the sigil disappeared right after. "I'll use this to turn you into dust." "... You might not want to fight me in close combat buddy." Ignoring Babiker's taunting words, Nimbus charged, holding the sword out in front of him. The blade was light as air, and created out of pure energy, making it a very strong weapon. Nimbus struck at his opponent a few times to test out the weapon. It was so light, wielding it was almost a task in itself. But in return, attacking with extreme speed was a simple manner. Launching a flurry of attacks against Babiker, Nimbus advanced forward. The weapon made a crackling sound as it moved through the air. Each time he struck at Babiker, he moved a little faster as he got used to wielding the weapon. Babiker started parrying using only his left hand, but after a while, he started using both weapons to deflect the onslaught of sword strikes. The two clashed against each other for a good minute without either landing a decisive hit. "Eyyy, not bad! But still. You're kind of slow." Babiker avoided the oncoming strike by moving backwards, and then readied his left hand for a counterattack. "Left hand - moon, eighth strike!" As his left weapon glowed with incredible intensity, Babiker struck at Nimbus, the blade moving so fast, it was pretty much impossible to see it. Still, Nimbus just barely had time to react, and held up his own weapon to parry. But even though the attack seemingly came from the front, suddenly a strong impact to his side made Nimbus scream in pain. He walked back a few steps and looked at his opponent in surprise. "An afterimage. My attacks are ranked from one through ten. The one's above seven are usually so fast, most people can't see them. I have to give it to you though, you almost got it." Nimbus' side was throbbing, and warm blood was slowly oozing from a cut left from the attack. "Well then, let's see if you can get this one." Bringing his right hand forward and closing his eyes, Babiker prepared for another attack. "Like I'll let you do that!" Nimbus leapt forward and swung his sword at Babiker with all his might. Babiker simply moved to the side and retaliated. "Right hand - sun, ninth strike." An overwhelming force pushed Nimbus forward, as something heavy struck his back, despite the fact that Babiker was right in front of him just a second ago. His entire body was screaming in pain, and he was completely unable to do anything as he was thrown forward. The sound of bones cracking and his own screams were the only things he could hear. Nimbus never got up again... Meanwhile, Babiker was clutching his own chest, barely able to stand upright. "H-Heh... Guess I forgot to mention that my own body can barely handle more than one attack above eight..." As his knees gave in, he lost the strength in his body and hit the ground with a thump. Team Kaguya, Nimbus-DEAD END _________________________________________________________________ Satsuki had gotten separated from her teammates after the pillar of light went out, and had ended up right outside the cave where Kaguya had set up a temporary base. The entire battlefield was consumed in chaos. Ice, lightning, screams and explosions. Satsuki simply sat in silence looking at the spectacle, uncertain of what she should do. "For starters, let's try to find Deep Blue and ..." Before she could finish the sentence, she sensed a presence behind her. Spinning around and facing its origin, she saw a male warrior from team Kaguya. He was using the wall of the cave for support, and looked quite weak. "Huh... Guess I'll deal with you first." Drawing one of her hatchets, she moved towards the opponent and tried to hit him with her axe. Surprisingly though, as the axe was about to hit, a thin layer of fire blocked it, and a sudden increase in heat made Satsuki take a quick step back. As she once again looked at her opponent, she noticed that his eyes were completely red; blazing, like a fire was lit in them. "Seems you won't go down that easy. Wait ... whoa..." As she glanced at his hands, she noticed that they were badly burnt. In fact, the entirety of his arms were completely charred... How had he been able to deflect her attack in such a condition? "Did you get lucky..?" Trying to attack him once more, the same thing repeated itself. She got close and was about to hit him, when a sudden increase in temperature made her jump backwards. It was as if he was literally on fire... "It... Burns..." He muttered, and lifted his hands before his own eyes. "The ... Contract... Is... Not... Over..." Suddenly, his upper body erupted in flames. "W-What the hell?!" Taking another step back, Satsuki looked at the scene in shock. .... Something was clawing at Eclipsed's sanity, forcing him to move against his will. His upper body was enveloped in flames, but for some reason, it didn't hurt. What was going on?.. His right arm started moving even though he wasn't doing anything. A fireball flew towards Satsuki, and she was barely able deflect it with her axe. Two more followed, and she repeated her previous defense. Now, both of Eclipsed's hands were moving, and the fireballs were more frequent, sending four or five at a time. Satsuki was having trouble deflecting all the attacks, as they increased in numbers. Feeling his legs move, Eclipsed started approaching her and struck at her with his charred left arm. She sidestepped, and cut at his extended arm with a hatchet. Despite the fact that the weapon hit, he felt nothing. A small cut was made in his charred arm, but no blood came out. "Seems your barrier isn't working anymore." As Satsuki said that, she struck at Eclipsed several times. Some of the attacks hit his torso, some hit his arms, and some hit his shoulders. Still, the cuts did not draw blood. "Just ... Just die you monster!" As Satsuki took a big step forward, she used all her strength to strike at Eclipsed's neck. The hatchet approached with great speed, but before it hit, it caught fire and melted in her hand. "T-This is just insane..." "Must ... Honor... The ... Contract..." As Eclipsed said that, he took a step forward and wrapped his arms around Satsuki. As the scorching heat started burning her skin, she screamed at the top of her lungs. But, there was no escape from the death grip. Slowly but surely, her body caught fire, and she started losing consciousness. As they stood there, the flames flickering like a bonfire, Eclipsed opened his mouth and chanted: "Shimmer, spear of Helios! Flicker, and pierce all that stands before you, burn down all resistance and turn flesh to ashes!" As the chant was finished, the ground under his feet broke apart, and a spear of pure fire erupted from below. Enveloping both people in the blazing heat, the spear lasted for several seconds, and once it perished, nothing was but a pile of ashes. Team Nosebleed, Satsuki (REAL)-DEAD END Team Kaguya, Eclipsed-DEAD END .... "Seems the fire spirit truly did drive the kid mad, huh?" Kaguya muttered to himself as he gazed at the battlefield below. He was sitting on a throne in the air; the throne was simply floating there, not supported by anything. He had lost two of his warriors in the battle today, but was not able to do anything. If he attempted to approach the battle, a hooded creature with yellow eyes would stop him. "So the rules at the start were complete bullshit..? All that about letting us fight in any way we want..? Seems we are being saved for the big finale, huh?" As the sun set on the battle, and the moon peaked out, a cold breeze swept across the battlefield. Another day had passed. Many had already lost their lives, at the end was drawing near... ________________________________________________________________ Deaths this week: Team Nosebleed: Valmore (REAL), Satsuki (REAL), Deep Blue (REAL), Kingdomcome (CLONE) Team Down:Maxel Team Kaguya: Nimbus, Eclipsed, ________________________________________________________________ List of currently remaining members!! #Team Nosebleed: Members Nebjula (-1life) , kingdomcome (-1 life) #Team Down: Members, Babiker, Fred the Barber, FinalChaos , Kawasumi , #Team Kaguya: Members, Dergonu, Gijimu, Greenshadow622 (- 1 life) , Jade ___________________________________________________________________________ TO BE CONTINUED!

Pretty much this. Indeed there has been a greater influx of VNs being released in the West, but I wouldn't really call that becoming popular since they're just catering to the niche of people that exist here. It's still very hard for VNs to target people in the gaming community because it's such a different format. As Joey himself said, most of the really popular titles are VN/gameplay hybrids because they combine elements people here are familiar with and thus they're easier to get into, but the actual strictly story based titles only sell okay with a few exceptions like Nekopara or the Sakura games (but let's be honest, we all know the story is not the reason those games sold well).

Coeus, The Fallen Prince – The long lost Titan Coeus, once known for his intellect and reason was cursed for delving too deeply into the forbidden arts of the ancient bloodlines. Because of his lack of the necessary precautions used by Nun’s people, Coeus was overtaken by a spirit known as the Devourer. When he acquired the curse, he did not tell anyone. Over time, his mind slipped due to the hunger of the curse. It needed souls. One day he lost control and killed an Anunnaki, draining it of its essence. Marduk was outraged and Kronus investigated the situation. When Coeus lacked reason and attacked the others, Kronus knew something was wrong. He seeked the council of Nun and Nun decided Coeus should be destroyed. Kronus, pitying his son, decided to instead imprison him. Marduk did not like his decision but agreed when Kronus allowed the Anunnaki to build the facility to guarantee he would never escape. Nun never knew he was kept alive, locked underground and chained for 1500 years. But now that the rift is unstabilized, the quakes have broken the chains on the prince. He is still imprisoned but how long could the facility last without the beast restrained?

Penspinning is pretty fun. Though most of the time my pen tends to fly away, but that's a minor detail

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[GxB] [Suspense, Romance, Friendship] Mature content Full Game released: https://letigame.itch.io/up-until-the-end Story This was supposed to be an ordinary day, in an ordinary life. But it isn't. You were in the town library, reading a good book when,,,,You don't really remember. You know you passed out. When you wake up, you are surrounded by flames! Will you get out of danger? Will you create bonds with your companions? And maybe, will you find love on the way? Characters Some screens Features You incarn the namable protagonist. There is no sprite for her, since I wanted the player to identify to the character. - ~ 105 000 words- One romanceable character- Multiple endings- Original Art - Free ( Pay what you want ) The demo is approximately 20-30 minutes reading. About This is a game entirely made by myself and tt is the first visual novel I'm making, but I hope you'll enjoy playing it ! I don't work very fast because of my job so thank you for your patience Full Game released : https://letigame.itch.io/up-until-the-endWhat is new in this version : Release of the full game! Finally, after 4 years of development I’m happy to say that the full game “Up until the end” is released! I hope you’ll enjoy it Thank you again for your patience! Progress Story : 100%Sprites : 100%Backgrounds : 100%CG : 100%GUI : 100%Sounds and Music : 100%Programming : 100%First Proofreading: 100% Second Proofreading: 100% Beta Testing : 100% Edit after beta testing : 100% Please give me some feedback ! -Did you enjoy it overall? What did you like the most in the demo ? -Who is your favorite character and why? -Who is your least favorite character and why? -What do you think of the protagonist ? Can you relate to her ? -What is your opinion of the artwork? -What do you think of the story so far? -Was it something that bothered you about the game? -Did you find any typos or spelling mistakes? -What would you say needs the most improvement? -Do you think you'll play the finished game once it's released? - The protagonist doesn't have a sprite. Did it bothered you? Did it help you to relate to her or would you prefer her to have one? -Any other comments? Thanks Feel free to share any comments, advices or questions ! I would be grateful to know your opinion:) Links Tumblr : https://www.tumblr.com/blog/letigame Twitter : https://twitter.com/LetiGame Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/UpUntilTheEnd/ Updates: 30/04/2016: Demo released. 30/06/2016: Backrounds and Erika sprites. 24/07/2016: Matt sprites. 13/08/2016: New version of the demo released. 22/10/2016: New backrounds, new question for the survey and 47 000+ words count. 20/10/2017: Story and proofread COMPLETE. And update of the presentation cards. 12/11/2017: Programming and improve of Erika's sprites. 21/11/2017: Programming and refine of the GUI. 30/11/2017: A lot of programming. 09/01/2018: Improvement of Matt's sprites and programming 09/01/2018: Improvement of Amanda's sprites and background of the main menu + some programming 11/02/2018 : Version 1.2 of the demo released! 07/03/2018 : Progamming and drawing of a background and a CG. 24/03/2018: Progamming and drawing of two characters sprites + 3 background and a CG. 17/04/2018: Progamming and drawing of two CG. 16/05/2018: Drawing of 3 CG and 6 backgrounds, a little programming. 19/06/2018: Some programming, drawing of 6 CG and 4 backgrounds. 02/07/2018: Drawing of 4 CG and 1 backgrounds, a little programming. 16/07/2018: Drawing of 2 background, 4 CG and some programming. 30/07/2018: Programming, drawing of a lot of CG and some backgrounds. 26/08/2018: Polishing code, sprites, backgrounds and CGs. 22/09/2018: Polishing code, sprites, backgrounds and CGs. 17/10/2018: Polishing and testing. 02/12/2018: Polishing and testing. 05/01/2019: Polishing and testing. 03/03/2019: Testing finished, polishing while first betatesting. 12/05/2019: Polish and edit while first beta test. 24/08/2019: Edit while proofread. 07/12/2019: Proofread done, release date of the full game coming! 14/12/2019: Release date announcement! 29/01/2020: Release date announcement! ( Day) 23/02/2020: Release date approaching 28/02/2020: Release of the full game!

hey guys! i dont really know if here is the appropriate section,if it's not tell me ,i'll move the topic to a more appropriate place :v . i've been wondering if any other members of this board are also into any kind of juggling. and of course,if it's the case for anyone,i'd like to see whant you can do speaking for myself ,i'm into yoyoing since two years ,and before that i also tried penspinning (even if it's waaay too hard ^^' ) . i'll leave my more recent video here ,hope you'll like it . have a nice day !

So a youtuber that I sometimes watch (The Animeman) uploaded a video talking about why visual novels have been getting more and more popular over these past few years, in the past there were nearly no vns on Steam or other online stores and such, so why is it that they've been experiencing such a boost in popularity?. This is the video in question: I watched it and thought about sharing it with everyone here on Fuwa to see what you think about it.

Hi guys! After some posts and wandering around this forum both in threads and chat, I think it's time to introduce myself to everyone, since I actually never did to begin with. I remember my first post being a shitty question about starting a fan translation project, even though I don't know japanese (typical noob post, lol).That post encouraged me to learn japanese though (I'm taking classes right now). Well, I go for the pseudonym of Aizen pretty much everywhere I go, since I'm a hopeless fanboy of his ever since I watched Bleach's Karakura Arc. Bleach was in fact the first anime I ever saw (which was actually only a year ago) and since then it's my favorite of all times. I discovered anime around a year ago, and ever since then I've been hooked to every genre available (yes, I find interesting genres like otome and yaoi too). The first time I knew about visual novels was while watching Seitokai no Ichizon, when the protagonist was playing a bishōjo game in one of the scenes. I though those kinds of games only existed in anime, but after a little research I found out that they were very real, and that there were hundreds, maybe even thousands of them. My first visual novel was A Profile (which I actually absolutely despise now), and from there I tried other titles (most of them are pretty famous; Katawa Shoujo, Majikoi, Grisaia no Kajitsu,Noble Works and Kara no Shoujo for example). The first time I became interested in translations was while I was playing throughout the Noble Works game. I knew it was translated, but what I didn't know was that the translation was done by fans, and let me tell you that I thought that the work they did with the game was incredible. I looked for the group responsible for the translation (which is The Oxford Comma is Superior subs) and I was impressed by their dedication and effort that they put into the project (I actually look up to them). Seeing this amount of dedication made me want to contribute to the community too, and it has made me want to learn to become a better writer, to improve my english, as well as learning how to extracting game's texts (I still find it pretty difficult but I'll sort it out little by little) and learn how to design websites (Oxford Comma Subs' website looks sick in my opinion ). Summing up; I hope I can become a known contributor to the community in the future, that the team I'm currently setting up (Luna Translations) someday achieves the godly level of The Oxford Comma is Superior Subs , and I'd like to inmerse myself in this community as much as I can (pretty much being up to date with the Visual Novel Translation Scene, involving big companies like Sekai Project and fan translation teams like Rinjibou Translations for example). Finally, I just want to thank everyone in this community. People here are very friendly, and even though I'm a little bit of an airhead sometimes I hope we can all get along well. I'll end up with Aizen's Shikai release, which is badass: Kudakero, Kyōka Suigetsu.

I think it's a bit late for to post this here as I already posted two times in this forum but whatever. Hi, I am Caio000, I am mostly a lurker who sometimes feel a urge to post something and so I decided to introduce myself here just to say hi however this will be a long post, when I decide to talk about myself I tend to talk a lot so I apologize in advance if this post is too long. I am somewhat of a antisocial who feels lonely easily, as you can see from my profile I live in Brazil but not the Brazil I wanted to live in but this doesn't matter here, my interests are mainly anime, light novels, games (especially JRPGs), visual novels, family trees (especially the messed up ones, the more messed up the better) and history (please ignore the fact the last two has nothing to do with the others). My tastes are varied and I can pretty much read anything that has at least a nice story although I love good and awesome stories my standards are somewhat low and a have a liking for harem stories (I know, it's a trash liking) since I read Koihime before that I was indifferent at best. My interest in the 2D world goes back to my childhood, even though I didn't know what anime back was then I liked them better than others cartoon and was because of anime I became interested in visual novels. I discovered visual novels because of my cousin, when I was younger and didn't have a computer I always watched my cousin play games in his computer, there was time he played True Love which interested me (by the way, I was quite surprised when he reached a h-scene and I became so nervous I left the room). Years later when I had a computer I remembered about True Love (VNDB) and decided to play it myself, after search it in internet I discovered visual novels I became immensely interested in them. I guess my first visual novels after this was Narcissu which I read in 2012 or 2013, it was translated in Portuguese but I eventually became frustrated with the lack of visual novels translated to Portuguese and decided to learn English reading visual novels translated to English and taking my English lessons in school seriously (I become one of the best in English of my class). Since then I read many visual novels however I started paying for them relatively recently when Sekai Project started publishing them in Steam (moenovel doesn't count) because of the regional pricing and because I finally realized how wrong piracy is (piracy is too much common in my country), I plan in future pay for the visual novels I pirated. The only visual novels I played untranslated were 0verflow’s visual novels because I had to know all about this family tree no matter what even though what I knew of Japanese was the little I learned in some video classes I downloaded (I dropped it in the third or fourth class), in the beginning I used mostly machine translation but eventually I used only JParser to translate word per word, I was a bit surprised the much of Japanese I learned using it. Currently I am doing an actual course of Japanese to stop being a peasant who only reads visual novels in English and became one of these elusive elite who talks about Dies irae, Muramasa, Sakura no Uta and such(though when I learn enough Japanese I am more likely to drown myself in moeges than anything else). In this forum I am usually lurking around the Visual Novel Talk reading people comments on news, principally if it's news that'll make people salty. It's quite entertaining (I am actually trying to forget I am a bit salty too). I guess that's it... Maybe this post is a "little" too big. Is it okay post something this big here? I apologize again for it. Anyway, although I probably won't post frequently here よろしくお願いします。

Guys, I think we were all wrong about Katanas after all.

They are because of Fuwanovel. DOES NO ONE READ THE DAMN MOTTO

Finished Kara no Shoujo over the weekend.

Popularity is a double-edged sword, to be honest. Yes, the medium as a whole does have alot of good things to offer but on the other hand, precisely because its niche, It can offer what it currently does. Take a look at Western gaming in general, and alot of the titles that get ported over from Japan. Many of those said titles go through a "localization" process, which at best can be labeled "Liberal", and at worst is outright censorship. Yes, i do want to see VNs more widely accepted, but at the same time, i'd rather it stay niche if it means there is less of a need and a possiblity for PC culture to come in and attempt to ruin the medium.

Devils Devel Concept... if you don't mind that the god complex is justified.

Well it's not like all the games that sell well in Japan have a good story either.

Well, I feel like it was more about him talking about whether VNs are indeed games or not, but it was an interesting video either way. I totally bought Nekopara because of the story! Ahh, the story of a young man starting his own bakery, standing on his own feet for the first time in his life! It simply does not get better than that! Oh, such an inspirational tale it was!

False. Really, really false. Next person has never seen Love Live.

drag people to this thread. We need more people following this. These updates are getting serious mayne

That looks top-tier I'm saving that Also, nice backstory

After watching blazing teens, I was super into Yoyos, although that was when I was a kid. No idea how good I'd be now Was a pretty good show btw. Most of their tricks were legit, with a bit of effects added in cuz y nut Also I must say, your skills are pretty next level. You'd probably beat the finalist in this show in a super saiyan/draon/fire move or something

I used to dabble in penspinning a few years back when I was in secondary school, though I'm pretty rusty now. Pen modding was pretty fun, and modded pens can be sold for quite a sum (~$50).

I appreciate it! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, even if you think it's trash, haha. And it's okay, I just wanted to do my own thing.

Welcome, welcome, Aizen It's good to see people interested in the fan-translation scene Best of luck to you, see you around

HAH Good luck You're gonna need a lot of it

Welcome to fuwo!

I'm looking forward to the sequel where all the dead combatants travel through hell together Dante's Divine Comedy style.

Welcome to Fuwanovel. About Aizen, I knew him from TV Trope and then I learned that he was Bleach villain. For the Bleach itself, it was one of 'Big 3' shonen manga along with Naruto and One Piece that had very long running, and as of now one of the three (Naruto) was already finished. Anyway, nice user name if I may comment, and I think it's still not late if you want to introduce yourself here (I speak from my experience that I introduce myself when I had 41 post here). And for your translation group, good luck and if you need some help in VN don't hesitate to ask us (Although I couldn't help with VN Translation business here though). Oh, last thing I hope you enjoyed yourself here.

Welcome to fuwa Aizen (even if you are not a new member ) Why do you hate a profile now? I'm kinda intrigued xD

Hahaha, awesome! Well, if it is trash, then I'm sure you'll let me know. I do hope you can enjoy it for what it is though. It's about an hour long, I'd say.

welcome have an ost

Well, I have already seen you around a bit, but I'll still say it: Welcome to the forum, nice to meet you Good luck on your projects! (Aizen is indeed one of the most badass characters in Bleach. If you haven't already, pick up the manga. It keeps going where the anime left off.)

someone called?

Sorry you feel that way. He's quite spot on - I wanted something simple and fitting so not to be a distraction from the actual game elements.

How many times has fuwanovel gone down and we're not sure what's happening? Not only that, but we're left with no way to shitpost our memes and spam the forums. Things just can't stay this way. Well I have come up with the perfect solution for this problem: fuwanovel.rip ! fuwanovel.rip, if it were to exist, would be a tracking website that lets you know if fuwanovel is down. "Can't you just use sites like this for that purpose already?" well, yes, you can, but fuwanovel.rip is not JUST a tracking website. Here are the features I believe would truly make fuwanovel.rip something we MUST obtain: Every time you refresh the page, a random fuwanovel meme image appears. This is to ensure fuwanovel members can get their meme fix even when fuwanovel is down. There will also be a random quote from forums showing up, to remind you of how great fuwanovel is. Post selection will be done with the help of fuwanovel_txt In case there's no sign of fuwanovel being up, there will also be a selection of great videos that will randomly appear so you can be entertained while you wait. More features can be added with the input from our community as well so we can make fuwanovel.rip a second home when fuwanovel.net is down. Let's not let our memes be dreams, let's make them come true. I'm sure @Tay and @Nayleen can understand how vital the implementation of this idea is.

Dammit!, more time to read porn games

I understand exactly what you mean by it not feeling anything like the first arc after that arc ended, but I personally liked the direction the series went spiritually. I'm interested in the implications behind having virtual reality gaming and what it would do to general life. Between immoral things (Elfhiem Arc), gaming tournaments and everything that happened in GGO, as well as for Mother's Rosario I feel that was the Author's intent with the series, not to make "The adventures of a Virtual Reality gamer in the game" but instead the actual implementation of VR into "real" life (in the story). That's why we have Kirito going into development of this software, and I believe all the newest arc is based around more development stuff, isn't it? The author also shows a more developed feel with Accel World, which is a same universe story, just years in the future far into, instead of Virtual reality, the development of Augmented Reality. So to summarize/tl;dr. the series aims to tell a more technological based story instead of action/fantasy. Am I saying it's wrong to dislike it for that reason? Not at all, it's just something I find interesting about the series. If you don't want to see that shit, then yeah, you DO have the right to complain about the shift in focus the series took after the first arc.

Well shit. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted (Babiker, I'm going to give you the haunting of a lifetime!).

I kinda liked the plain/ugly textbox. If it was all fancied up I think it would have detracted from the austere feel of things. Most of the time I agree, though

Hello, Lady Bradyon Veda Dies Irae Vermilion Bind of Blood Electro Arms Zero Infinity Soranica Ele Devils Devel Concept Kajiri Kamui Kagura Silverio Vendetta (refer to my blog for recent posts on this one) Akeiro Kaikitan (same setting as Nanairo) Draculius (a bit old but really good good) Evolimit Bullet Butlers Ikusa Megami Zero Ikusa Megami Verita Madou Koukaku Hapymaher (there is slice of life, but the VN as a whole isn't about the slice of life) Jingai Makyou Muramasa Tokyo Necro Ruitomo Sorcery Jokers Shinigami no Testament Gensou no Idea Sousei Kitan Aerial Satsukoi Sinclient Tiny Dungeon (series) Tenshi no Hane wo Fumanaide I could go on forever like this...

Thanks a lot for the praise... It really means a lot to us. I'm so glad you enjoyed the story we put our heart into making! And thanks for the support everyone, it's really motivating us to make something even better for for the next parts!

Define "read". Then consider if these figures can be accurately extrapolated to the Steam userbase. Then consider if Steam users consume fiction in games the same way they might consume it in other contexts. I think Frontwing would be right in assuming that their target audience is more likely to appreciate a puzzle game with fanservice shots as a reward than a moe nukige.

As a tech junkie, you don't simply 'upgrade'; you stick to whatever works the best as long as possible. The fact is W7 still beats the rest of the systems when it comes to performance/utility. While W8 is a pain to use, W10 might be more lightweight, but it doesn't work It's hilarious an OS can be riddled with system breaking bugs and people 'don't mind' that. Modern standards went down the drain.

It sounds like you need to spice things up!

Make sure you don't work for this guy: http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/16/game-developers-must-avoid-the-wage-slave-attitude/ The money quotation IMO is: "You can’t 'make fun' on a schedule, under budget, on time with a bunch of people who are all grumbling about what a miserable time they are having finishing a game together." Since the second half of that sentence is actually predicated on a failure of the first part, I'll just paraphrase this to: I don't know how to make games on a schedule, under budget, on time. - Alex St. John Although I do also really like the part where he explains that making games is not "an actual job", and that's why you should feel privileged to be shat on as an employee in that industry. I've literally never seen a better exemplar of everything that's wrong with American white collar businesses. I hate the "love your job" mentality that pervades modern middle-class moralizing morons like this man. It doesn't make anybody any happier. Hard-working people don't get to eat dinner with their families for months because a bunch of idiots, like this clown, fail to predict how much work it would take to make, say, Madden 2016, despite having gone through exactly the same experience year after year for decades, with Madden 2015, Madden 2014, ... And then this guy comes along and tells them that, simply because they're working on video games, this is some massively privileged position that deserves their undivided love, and if they want to work on them they should be willing to throw away everything else in their lives. I guess fussing with the deployment scripts for the eightieth time so you can rev the service backing your game is doing God's work, or something. Screw that, and screw him. Now, don't misunderstand. If at all possible, you should find a job you like. It makes the hours go by a lot faster, and you'll even enjoy your time there most of the time. But unless you're in the 0.01% of people who actually live to work, rather than the remaining 99.99% who work to live, you probably are better off if you don't love your job and you realize that that's ok.