Tyrael

Looking good!
Ah yes, every good story needs one of those 

I'm Josh, the founder of the Studio Élan. I'm also part of Alienworks, the group that released "Highway Blossoms" and is working on "The Human Reignition Project." With Studio Élan, we just released a demo for our first game, "Heart of the Woods." It's a yuri game through and through, although I primarily consider it to be a fantasy game with romance elements, rather than a romance game with fantasy elements. I've copy/pasted the synopsis for the game below. The demo is available on Steam for PC only, and it's on Itch.io for PC/Mac/Linux. It'll be on Denpasoft probably next week, and we'll also update the Steam version with Mac/Linux versions around then too. There's a free patch to add in the adult content - for the demo, this is just one scene. The character artist for the game is Rosuuri, whom I also worked with on HRP and HB, but who's best known for her gorgeous fanart, especially FGO. This will be her first ever time drawing adult content. Hope you like the game, please let us know any comments or feedback you have here or on the respective store pages.
And please, before anyone else asks: no, we're not concerned by the recent Steam takedowns and don't think it'll affect us (backtracking or not).
Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/844660/Heart_of_the_Woods/
Itch.io Link: https://vnstudioelan.itch.io/heart-of-the-woods-demo
Adult Patch Link: https://vnstudioelan.com/hotw-r18patch/
This demo is a sample of the full game and contains a selection of scenes from across the whole story. We've hand selected the scenes in order to give a taste of the game without spoiling too many of the major plot points (we figured it's a given that Maddie and Abby end up together). To help fill in some of the blanks though, there are demo-exclusive chibi versions of Maddie and Tara who will help fill you in on what's happening along the way.
Heart of the Woods is a fantasy yuri visual novel about paranormal investigation, ancient mysteries, and a love between two girls that transcends life and death.
Maddie Raines, manager, editor, and general business-handler for her best friend Tara’s popular paranormal vlog series, is swept up in a dangerous supernatural crisis when she’s dragged against her will to the remote European village of Eysenfeld. A strange young woman named Morgan has promised them undeniable proof of real paranormal phenomena, and what she has to offer eclipses anything they’d ever seen before.
However, out of all the strange occurrences the three of them bear witness to, one in particular captivates Maddie in a way she’s never been before: the ghost of a young woman. This woman is Abigail, the victim of a centuries-old injustice now bound eternally to the forest surrounding Eysenfeld. Drawn to Maddie in a way she can’t explain, Abigail reveals herself to another person for the first time in more than 200 years.
While Tara and Morgan investigate the mysteries surrounding the village itself, Maddie begins to form a bond with Abigail that grows to be more intense than any bond she’s felt before. As she learns the truth about Abigail’s death and imprisonment, she realizes that it falls to her and her friends to break the curse that has ruled over Eysenfeld for centuries. But more importantly than that, it falls to her to finally free the woman she loves.
Features:
-Chibi characters to fill in the gaps between scenes
-Incredible character and CG art from Rosuuri -Fully original backgrounds and soundtrack
-Multiple accessibility options
-Extra features including a music room, CG viewer, and guest art gallery
-At least one really, really gay ghost

This problem was self solved.
Use CD's files instead of Download Edition's files (DMM R.18)

I don't know, but surely it will never reach KARAKARA's levels of excellence. ;p

Highway Blossoms is a pretty good EVN with a nice unique setting but doesn't really push its way out of standard tropes within the VN yuri genre. It already had some of the best production values of any EVN I've read (uses much of the same engine settings that the Fault series uses). I enjoyed this one a lot. I don't know if I'll reread it for the remaster, but for first timers, I recommend this one for sure. 

Guess I'll pick this up soon then, sounds interesting! 

You say such silly things, you surely must be joking

Who cares if Valve actually listens?  It's free publicity from someone with a huge audience.  And publicity means more sales for any developer/publisher mentioned.

There's still some hope, guys. Steam critic and influencer (if you will) Jim Sterling is sticking up for us 
 
 

There's still some hope, guys. Steam critic and influencer (if you will) Jim Sterling is sticking up for us 
 
 

There's still some hope, guys. Steam critic and influencer (if you will) Jim Sterling is sticking up for us 
 
 

There's still some hope, guys. Steam critic and influencer (if you will) Jim Sterling is sticking up for us 
 
 

No, and that's why it's good.

Yumiko is the only real answer, all other answers are wrong. Unless Asako's VA counts.

Marry: @Rinima
Fuck: @Chewy
Kill: @Kawasumi
 
Easy pickings. (also, Rinima quit posting here a long time ago so this is a safe pick as well.)

Good parts in Michiru's route: Michiru

Wait, the endings are your main gripe with Michiru's route? The whole thing is a goddamn mess lol (and I love Michiru)

https://fuwanovel.net/reviews/2018/01/09/umineko-when-they-cry-answer-arcs/
 
Been a while since I last did one of these. Replaying Umineko was an odd experience. 

;~;

That's his name tho, isn't it

Hope you have a great time around here!

Unless steam relaxes its adult content rules it's really unlikely we'll be able to get on there without gutting some core aspects of the game and doing the adult patch option. Major platforms such as Nutaku and what not are still on the table. Though we would like to have a more complete product before looking into possible storefronts. As far as price point, it's likely going to be determined once we get a better scope of how long the game itself ends up being. On paper chapter 1 and 2 felt shorter than in execution. What we've got so far is only about 20% of the story give or take.
 
It would be awesome if someone on the fuwa team did a review once it's complete. <3 We've seen some funny let's plays so far where someone censored the nsfw part with a cutaway on how to make tortillas from scratch. The dough was moaning lmao.

Will you guys be releasing it via Steam or some other major platform? Any idea of a price point you'll be setting? How long of a read do you plan on making it?
 
Once it's ready for release someone on the fuwanovel review team might also be able to tackle it as well if you're interested in some extra publicity.

These kinds of questions are generally really hard to answer unless you're intimately involved with the project, or at least the company, which I'm not. I will say that localization is really hard in general, and that in cases like this, it's usually a combination of many things going wrong, rather than something you can lay on any one individual's shoulders. One thing you learn from professionally doing pretty much anything is that you're better off blaming processes, rather than individuals. Sekai Project's localization process wasn't working very well in this case, which could have led to this kind of result through any number of avenues. Some of the possible things that could have resulted in include:
insufficient time given to individuals to complete their work (I would guess this is the most common contributor to game localizations gone awry in general) insufficiently experienced individuals working on the project (probably the second-most common) insufficient oversight and checking of individuals' work (because everybody makes mistakes, so you need enough checks and balances across the board to keep things in line) too many people working on the project without enough centralized decision-making power to steer it in the right direction And probably there are tons of other things I'm not thinking of. I have no way to know if some or any of these are applicable to this particular case, but probably.
The money is probably a big part of explaining the root cause for these problems. It's easy to look at the HoshiMemo Kickstarter numbers and assert that SP must have made tons of money, but a pretty huge portion of their actual take from Kickstarter funds goes towards paying for the goods. For the remainder, well, localization takes a whole lot of people a whole lot of time. Most of the people doing translation and editing work on visual novels (and probably other roles as well, though I'm less familiar with them) are making somewhere in the ballpark of minimum wage, or less, in spite of it being a highly skilled profession.
Evan (lead translator for Muv Luv) had good comments on this topic (click through for a couple more replies closer to the "what could have gone wrong" question):
 

Oh god new event is team effort
Everyone will know how bad am i at this game