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Life will be complete when I sort this out. I shall spread my Onee~Sama's

Life will be complete when I sort this out. I shall spread my Onee~Sama's

Hey everybody,
 
Update + Donation System
This post is a follow-up to the spring funding plan I posted ~2 months ago (link). It's pretty late, so to prevent myself from being overly verbose, I'll write this thread in bullet points:
The google ads were not very effective and, despite a lot of effort, only made the site look trashy. They've since been taken down on all our various sites (forums, blog, reviews hub, etc.) The affiliate links, on the other hand, have been performing well and if we can continue to expand the way we're using them on the upcoming front site, I think we'll make serious strides towards self-sustainability During the move I emphasized several times that I'm dedicated and determined to keep Fuwanovel alive for the long-haul and budget accordingly. That hasn't changed. I have, however, reconsidered the popular suggestion from back in March to open the site up to user donations. This is uncomfortable territory for everyone, I realize, so I will continue to do my best to be open with you As of today, a donation system has gone online to help cover some of the cost of hosting. I divided it up into small, recurring donations (a few dollars a month), or custom one-time donations of any amount. Recurring monthly donations are especially useful to us, as it allows for some long-term (albeit loose) financial planning, but any and all donations are very, very much appreciated. I wanted to offer some "goodies" as a thanks for those who do chip in (they aren't meant as a reward or incentive, necessarily, just a token of gratitude), so you can read about those below I realize that not everyone is in a position to contribute to the development fund. That's absolutely okay. A lot of thought and discussion went into making sure these "goodies" weren't granting some users exclusive site features while denying them to others.  
 
Forums “goodies” for monthly donations/comparable single donations: You can now give twice as much rep per day (twice as many “Likes”) PM allowance increased to 200 300 You can now customize your profile page! When enough people sign up we’ll make a user “badge” (think the “Board Mod” or “Global Mod” images in the user sidebar) which can be re-designed as often as once per month to maximize festive-ness and/or fabulousness After 6 continuous months of support, you will be contacted by a member of The Order and vetted. Should you prove worthy, you will be inducted into The Great Secret. Which doesn’t exist. Just ask Flutterz. He’ll tell you. Totally doesn’t exist... well, that's a strong word. "Probably" doesn't exist is better. Or "maybe". Hm. "It could exist." We'll leave it at that. Donated funds go first towards hosting and a hosting “rainy day” fund, then towards expenses like forums software renewal (or forums themes renewal), and then other site development per our site financial plan.  
Feedback is welcome, as always.
 

 
EDIT: Thank you *so much* to everyone who has donated. It means a lot and it's definitely going to lessen my wallet's tears each month. That said, please don't feel obligated to contribute big sums (double digits or more), especially on a regular basis -- there's a reason why I set the standard as $2.75ish a month: many of you already give a lot to the site, and my goal isn't to run the site on donations. Ultimately I hope we can even do away with donations and live comfortably off the millions we bring in from affiliates.

*cough* Virtual machine o.o

Hi everybody,
 
We're in need of some help doing the coding work around the site. You would be working with Nayleen, our webmaster, to put together the new front site and a few, possible side-projects.
 
Skills Requirements:
Solid experience/skill with HTML5 and/or CSS3 Some Javascript experience Some PHP experience Some Git experience preferred If you want to help the site and want a challenge, please speak up! The more help we get, the faster we can bring the new site to you! Nay and I will be monitoring this thread, so either reply here or send us (Tay and Nayleen) a PM if you've got questions or want to volunteer.

summary

Our narrator born in Hawaii meets a young college student who goes to the same school. He was practicing for the 10k marathon until the narrator saw the young girl crying. Her name is Aya, her trouble life is leading her to consider suicide or murder as an alternative to being happy. The story progress to more and more life changing events that happens almost everyday in the real world. I wont reveal how many ends there are but it is multichoice until you reach an ending.

The game won't be free (for a good reason) anyone who buys the game will help fund American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the game will be for $2. In math terms this is how much the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will get for each game brought.


special thanks to konett for allowing the characters to be use for commercial use




demo version can be downloaded here:

http://firecat.itch.io/serious-to-the-end

------------------------------------------------------------------update-------------------------------------------------------------

dont worry the project is still going, i haven't post any updates so let me go over on what happen.

* i have added a new textbox, one that feels hawaii



* another addition is multiple language but separate games, in other words it means you can play the game in Spanish, Japanese and English (so no it originally was never meant to be a OELVN project).

* the storyline is about 30% at this point with japanese being at 10%, this is due to misspelling by google translate so i have to fix it most of the time.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------update 2-------------------------------------------------------------------

video trailer for the game is up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHdeC82mv0M&feature=youtu.be

* also the game is now only english and spanish version. i could not stand with google misleading me on japanese and delaying the project.

* the price is still the same, only $2

* android version will be available at amazon as well as separate OP systems such as mac, linux and windows.

* full download of everything (including android) will be place on itch.io and fireflower.

* support for rising awareness in suicide death has been made in thunderclap:

https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/27606-suicide-awareness-funding?locale=en
 
----------------------------------------------------------------final update----------------------------------------------------------
 
its finally release!

Why, can't you be gay?

Or they're just being who they really are

Why, can't you be gay?

I feel like you're missing the point. I've said this before. 
 
"The thing is, why would you even want to be like them? It's like when you're in school and the teacher tells you off but you say "But he/she is doing it too". It doesn't matter what the other VN communities do, it's about what we do And what we do to represent ourselves and how to show that we really care about what we all believe in."
 
 
You're really stretching the "New member" right there...

The thing is, why would you even want to be like them? It's like when you're in school and the teacher tells you off but you say "But he/she is doing it too". It doesn't matter what the other VN communities do, it's about what we do And what we do to represent ourselves and how to show that we really care about what we all believe in.

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

I would like to ask people stop trolling the discussion. This is a serious topic. It  isn't humorous.

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

The thing is, why would you even want to be like them? It's like when you're in school and the teacher tells you off but you say "But he/she is doing it too". It doesn't matter what the other VN communities do, it's about what we do And what we do to represent ourselves and how to show that we really care about what we all believe in.

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))

Lately I can see Fuwa is being a sewage full of turd.
 
What happened to Fuwa, what happened to making a new front page, expanded the "Visual Novels to the west?" 
 
Nowadays all I see is horny males making pointless topics, good thing we have mods to remove these! Oh wait...
 
 
I want the old Fuwa back we're Both genders where treated equal and everyone knew each other, and was Friendly! ( I know... everyone being Friendly? whaaa)
 
 
Maybe I'm just getting old.. Wishing for the past, wishing for Fuwa to return to it's former glory. 
 
Until this comes I fear I'll just become another lurker, because I don't want to take apart in "Todays" Fuwa.
 
 
((Incoming comments such as,  "Oh, you're no fun." " Where only joking". Fuwa needs to mature again...))