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@HoplessHiro @frc_ @Huang Ling Yin Just to notice you with the new FreeMote v1.3 release. https://github.com/UlyssesWu/FreeMote/releases/tag/v1.3.0 As I mentioned before, the new version is faster than ever, Dullahan Load feature allows you to drag&drop your compressed and encrypted "dx***-krkextract.psb" directly to PsbDecompile to get json result, and FreeMote now can pack/unpack known shell types (lz4,mdf,psz) - now FreeMote should be able to replace psbtools totally Click the link for full release note. If you have found a bug, you can open an issue and I will look into it (when I have time). And now you can use FreeMoteViewer to view motions (timelines): Some examples to explain the workflow: You have a LZ4 shell packed, encrypted (key: 123456789) PSB (dx.psb). To unpack it, purify it, edit it, encrypt it, and then pack it (if needed) - In short - You can process a PSB without EmoteConv, just to set params in resx.json to control compile process (pack or not; encrypt or not etc.). Or you can use EmoteConv to get pure PSB at first for editing convenience.

I'm sitting here all day waiting for a VN (Ever17) to slowly skip to the next choice over and over again so I can see everything/progress down a different route (Don't you hate having to do that?) So I thought I'd make a another thread while I'm alt tabbing in and out and waiting. I think I fell in love with Mare S. Ephemeral from Hoshimemo a little bit (and Chinami too). I just keep thinking about her, her petulant "betsu ni" and her cute little shoulders. Recommend another loli I might like just as much to cheat on her with? I'm hoping for another high quality nakige like Hoshimemo. (Is Hoshimemo a nakige? A moege? I cried a few times thanks to the drama of the moment and the sound track, but it was never really THAT sad). Edit: From searching the forum and poking around other threads, there seems to be some sensitivity towards lolis and reaction towards people that create "I love lolis" threads or create lots of threads just to post images of them. I'm hoping my thread is relevant, because it's basically - "I like this character because she's smol and adorable, could you recommend another VN with a character I might like for the same reason?" If I have tripped over some taboo or triggered rage, please don't hesitate to delete my thread and let me know :>.

08/17 - Fukami's new hscene released! Just extract patch3.xp3 from the 7.z directly in the game folder, overwrite the old patch3.xp3 ( if it exists ). Patch3.xp3 is a separate patch until it's completed. You still need the Full Main three heroines + Reina patch (Hachi, Hibiki, Paulette and Reina, named patch2.xp3) + the restoration patch ( bandaids removal or heliosaurus restoration, named patch.xp3 ) Maitetsu 18+ Demosaic Patch - Fukami v0.3.7z

08/18 - Fukami's new hscene released! Just extract patch3.xp3 from the 7.z directly in the game folder, overwrite the old patch3.xp3 ( if it exists ). Patch3.xp3 is a separate patch until it's completed. You still need the Full Main three heroines + Reina patch (Hachi, Hibiki, Paulette and Reina, named patch2.xp3) + the restoration patch ( bandaids removal or heliosaurus restoration, named patch.xp3 ) Maitetsu 18+ Demosaic Patch - Fukami v0.4.7z PS. Added a support section in the OP post. Not necessary, but if you really want to buy me a coffee, will always be grateful :). Doesn't affect the release of the patch. More details on the ko-fi webpage.

Ithaqua Labs, named ominously after a Great Old One from the Lovecraftian Cthulhu mythos, is one of the more unique studios on the EVN scene, not following closely the tropes and aesthetic of the Japanese VNs. While their fantasy and horror games did not really break into the mainstream of the visual novel market, they definitely stand out among the generic romance and ecchi visual novels most often found on Steam. On June 14 this year, the two-man team added another interesting title to their catalogue – Perceptions of the Dead 2, sequel to a collection of 3 short horror stories which was Ithaqua’s earliest VN project, dating back to 2015. Before I go into details of the new release, it’d be a good idea to take a closer look at its prequel (which, by all standards could be considered as a short prologue to the “proper” story told in PotD 2). Read the full article at evnchronicles.blogspot.com

Don't worry about the criticisms. I'm with you when it comes to Mare, she's just precious. [Favorite]'s other loli heroines are also lovely, but those VNs haven't been translated. Yet. As for what has been translated, Kuro (Cro) from Chrono Clock is the only one that comes to mind. I'm into the supernatural loli archetype.

I'm playing it. It's got quite a lot more going on than I actually expected it to.

Well, there is a slight difference. The Mikandi folks are native English speakers, and they had ample, well-founded feedback from the community early on that they should have been able to read and understand, to signal that they needed to axe the loc team they had and hire someone competent (who would have been delighted to get the kind of money those clowns got...). The situation with Japanese companies venturing into English localization on their own is a little different; they don't really know who to trust. Honestly, I worry every time I see a US-based localization company looking into localizing into other languages (Chinese, etc.). I sometimes wonder if, even when those companies are producing quality English localizations and are intending to produce a quality Chinese localization, they're doing the same thing to Chinese readers that Hikari Field, Sakuragame, and now Hobibox do to us English readers.

I just created this account to express my thanks. I started playing yesterday and so far I am really enjoying it. And your work, together with the restoration patch, makes it the best it could be. Thank you!

1- Chaos Head is one of my favorite VN, I don't have that much memory about the interludes, but they are more or less all important. It's a very complicated VN, and the fact that you have fiew information on each interlude is weird. but as I come closer to the end, it made sense. 2-Yes and no, the real point is to understand how instable the MC is. You can check how this instability evolve as the story progress. If you really follow the story, you can more or less understand that the story is pretty crazy (New Gen serial murders which are more or less connected to Takumi, people trying to deduct you then set you as the serial murder, the upcoming of Shogun, the upcoming of the bloody Rimi, the girls holding D sword in the street, the drama with the little sister... All those event have an impact on Takumi. A lot of people blame Takumi for being a coward, but I'd like to see how they would react if all those shit happened to them). The delusion is more a way to check this instability than to have a real purpose. 4 I agree about the lack of information about the characters. That's because Chaos Head is linear while Chaos Head Noah allow you to enter a route for all the main heroines, and discover their history, how they became gigalomaniac etc. I remember you don't have that much information about Rimi, but you have enough for the story to make some sense.

What you are looking for are utsuge (depressing) VNs, sadly or luckily depending the way you see it there is only 1 VN like that: Narcissu. There is nothing like narcissu or 1 litre of tears aside from that, trust me I've been searching for years now... Shiori's route on kanon is a joke, don't even bother. I can recommend you a few depressing VNs that I consider masterpieces or really good ones aside from narcissu, but they have some sci fi or fantasy elements on them: Tomoyo it's a wonderful life (Don't read the all ages ver they ruined the ending, go figure people don't like sad stuff so they made it happy ) <------this one is probably the only one without fantasy elements... kinda Fata morgana and then fata morgana another episode <----- a masterpiece without a doubt, specially the another episode Kira kira but only the normal ending of kirari's, don't bother reading the rest. Hello world natsumi's route Oh yeah and Gin'iro. You have plenty of vns there to read

@cro-mag. Well I guess you were right. The D-Sword in building moment with the villain was actually pretty well executed. I am just gonna take your word for it and finish this up lol

You can play both 0 and Extra first since they're super short and then 2 and 3.

@cro-mag I'm going to be a pussy and not read your spoilered comment yet, even though I'm excited to do so. I just get _really_ paranoid of spoiling stuff and I'm currently on the hype train and will probably play Ever17 straight through until I finish the whole thing some time tomorrow or the day after. Second Ever17 playthrough synopsis:

Shigure planned to have them all get together with him though so why would she wait? My guess is that she will bribe the catgirls with tuna then switch place with one of them when they all plan to have sex with her brother at the same time. Shigure will probably just dress up like one of them and try to use the confusion to get him to insert it from behind and use the fact that he deflowered her to make him take responsibility.

Where is Shigure??? Why are you all fucking furries

The Broadcast Club is, in fact, not dead and is still alive and kicking. Thanks to various IRL happenings, it took us way longer than we ever intended to produce this latest episode. We're endeavoring not to have a repeat going forward! Apologies for the half year wait since last episode. This week we talked about the rather sensitive topic of Music in visual novels. No guest this episode. As usual, you can find it on our blog. http://thebroadcast.club/2018/08/16/episode-11-music/ If you prefer to watch/listen on YouTube, we have a channel now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQNlbCE_XF8 Make sure to follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/VNBroadcastClub ----------------------------- Discussion Topics How do you all feel about music in VNs? Is the soundtrack important to you, or does it not make a huge difference? Are there any VNs that you feel had an especially effective soundtrack overall? What are some of your favorite tracks? Any least favorites?

Welcome to Fuwanovel, and sorry for the belated greeting. As for your project, I would say that you did well done job on the graphic so I hope that you'll project will be successful. Hope that you'll enjoy yourself here.

Thanks. Things just need to be redone and reworked. A botched TL project shouldn't stay a botched one. The quality is not up to snuff and the last thing I personally want is to be looked down upon because we aren't getting paid or are considered "n00bs". Both official and unofficial TL projects require weeks and weeks of work for very little in return, especially in real life. It's demoralizing and tedious at times both with the team and as individuals. We could quit, but those would just be excuses for our own selfish reasons. Nobody gets rich off of doing this and it's not exactly something I want on a resume for a job offline. It's more than "just a hobby" when people are counting on you to deliver a translation deserving of VNs as a whole. For how long we've been working on it, it's no longer an excuse to say that "we are just starting out". I want to get this right and I want people to be critical of our work. If our TL is shit, tell us why. The people that take the time to point out our mistakes (especially those that are brutally honest) are the ones that deserve the best TL possible because it shows they haven't given up on us. They're still taking the time to tell us that our work is pretty shitty and want better. I'm not perfect, but I want to strive for perfection. It's why our team is redoing things and not leaving things as is. Because you guys deserve better than that. Unfortunately, reworking lines aren't reflected on our progress chart and it might appear that the project is stalled or dead when it's not. I'm hoping that redoing things will pay off in the end for both the team and for the people who want to read Loverable in English. To those of you that are still around, thanks for not giving up on us. It's been almost a year and a half without anything to show for it. We're still here though, even if we aren't active on the forums as much. Hell, I rarely posted at all around here since I don't have much to say. I'm still working on it though behind the scenes and I'm okay with that. I'm probably not gaining anything from working on this and finishing it. I'm used to doing thankless and unrewarding jobs though, both in person and online. I'm sure there's others out there who feel the same. We said we were going to TL Loverable without botching it and it's what we're going to do so you can enjoy it as much as we do. Well, this reply is starting to turn into an essay and using time I could be using for Loverable before going to work, so I'll cut it short. TDLR: Thanks for whoever is sticking with us and looking forward to our release, whether it's one person or a handful of people. We're working on improving on our previously botched effort and will give you more updates when get past redoing our old work. Some won't like it or that admitting that we need to redo stuff is a noob thing to do, but after months of showing no progress except for graphs... I think it's the respectful and right thing for us as a TL group to do. Peace out.

That would take a few years at least. Regardless, your life choices seem to be rather... in the lacking department.