benny Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I think that, what everyone is wondering is whether, in the worst case MG refuses to work on this game, what will be your position: release a patch on your own, or wait and hope they end up changing their mind? Anyway, thanks for your work, I'll continue to follow you on FB everyday, as always ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelebek1 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 As for Moeshouden, our general stance has been that, if all goes well with SKM, we'll likely move onto Moeshouden as our logical next step. Considering the next sequel, Eiyuutan, is being released in parts right now and the full game isn't due until Summer 2016, we can safely say we won't be working on that in the immediate future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorthod Wiler Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I think that, what everyone is wondering is whether, in the worst case MG refuses to work on this game, what will be your position: release a patch on your own, or wait and hope they end up changing their mind? The big things that would cause them to refuse would be if our translation quality isn't acceptable or if we take so long that nobody is even interested in the game anymore. Waiting for them to change their mind probably would not help us in either case, so we would probably have to explore other avenues. They're both bad though, and they're not sequels at all. You shouldn't bother. Sengoku Koihime is definitely a much better choice. That sounds like a matter of opinion. Though, while you are probably correct in that they probably can't be classified as "sequels," neither could you classify Shin Koihime Musou as a sequel to Koihime Musou (except for by the loosest definition of the word possible after learning some information that shows up in the fourth route). I really would not like to finish up SKM and then leave fans of the series sitting around while Moeshouden is stuck in another translation limbo like SKM was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 sooo any updates regarding your overall process? been awhile since the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorthod Wiler Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Sorry for the silence. Anyway, of the two main translators, I have been particularly busy with my job for the past few months (I'm not cut out to be a teacher apparently) and that left our other translator to shoulder all the work for that time. As a result, he's currently taking a quick break to prevent burnout on the project and I am trying to get a new computer because the one I used decided to completely die literally two days before my teaching contract was up. Therefore, progress is currently halted, but by no means abandoned, just consider this a short rest. As a side note, I was techincally working on image translations recently, but I never reported that progress to you guys anyway despite them being more of a hassle than I expected, so even during a halt, there is work going on behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xentiz Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Hey there guys!! I just made an account to tell you how glad I am someone decided to pick this title up, and not only that but has continued to work on it for more than a year now! You guys have a 10/10 mark in my book. I've been reading VN's for about 6 years now, ever since I was 14. Of course; at the time I didn't know any Japanese in the slightest so I had to wait for translations in all VN's, anime and manga... so seeing someone work so hard like this on a title I've already read is pretty heartwarming. Sadly; with my university going on at the moment I don't think I could do anything to help (and self-taught japanese doesn't count much towards translating imo, even if it's a 6 year study so far), but even so I'll spread the word around to my friends, maybe someone is available. Anyways; one way or another this post turned into some sort of life experience from me, but that just shows how nostalgic this makes me! Keep up the good work guys, and good luck! I'll be rooting for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xellos266 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Well it is summer time now so a short break wont hurt any1...I mean,after waiting for so long,patience is the key to victories.Also I'll make a little announcement +ask for an advice.News is,after so many years of anime+game witness,just recent days I've decided to try and learn japanese seriously.I wont mention the very pleasant surprise when I realised what you(and other people) said was true,I mean there arent quite alphabets,more like a chart/collection of symbols each meaning something else.Not to mention most of them 'help each other' I should say,like you meet them often and with small differences obviously.I've always thought japanese symbols were hard to learn,but after I've seen them all I'm on a different approach.Are a bit tricky to learn mostly because are many,but with time and practice it is possible to go through.Not to sound more wise than I am,but Chinese/Korean symbols are on a total opposite situation,thats my honest idea after viewing them across the years. Anyway so I've decided to learn the symbols and I'm trying my best from now on.After I'll be through with them,I'll also try for words and further.I obviously am more knowledgeable in that area,I know some words and expressions,but I'm surely still ways away.Not to mention times when certain words can mean a bit different or some words which you cant learn through the games very often like body organs,history/geo info and so on. As for the advice:I would like to know more about furigana words,like if a chart of them exists,or anyway,how many are them/how do you make those symbols,at 1st galnce it would seem like japanese stuff modified and resembling western/latin but only a bit,and you may think 'wow what awesome/stylish symbols'.Also kanji,like if you really need them(I've red there are 2000 words so >.< no way you can try and learn them all ?!!.I am also interested in H words,you may find them often but most times I didnt knew exactly which word meant which(eng+jp included). Final conclusion:I am not japanese(logically) and not even asian,but I am interested in all Nippon culture and stuff.I do realise I cant do all by myself so I am very opened to any sugestions/hints from others to help me improve my knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xellos266 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 An important update on that:I kinda failed in a way or the other.After successfully learning hiragana+katakana,I've been trying my best on words,also got an important preview of most kanjis. Conclusion:it's a futile try.Meaning,too many words,somewhat complex grammar,and indeed too many kanjis and an important nr.of course hard to remember. Some may argue that I had few time,didnt try enough or that I tried them all at once.I'll reply saying it wasnt quite like that,but like I said,just too many words,and I was trying to learn around 80%,so yeah as close as it can a non-Japanese get.Also many kanji issues,readings,situations,etc etc.I do consider myself of avg.intelligence,but this was just like eating a big cake when you only have 1 stomach.Luckily I had enough brains to stop wasting time for constructing my own Babel Tower. This conclusion I ended up doesnt mean I recommend any1 trying to give up.If they have a powerful mind and maybe more resources,they could probably succeed.Also not such a big goal to learn plenty of stuff.As for myself,this doesnt mean in the least that I gave up on japanese media or got angry on them.I realy had passion on the way but had to give up,atm I'm sad as you can imagine.I'll still enjoy my anime/games.But I am not exageratingly sad,even if by some miracles I would have succeded(in an understanding time),I never would have had the chance to real time practice and go there(Japan) for good.So either money and/or knowledge would have been a problem. Also I still consider myself the most big and passionate about Japanese culture,out of the non-Japanese.If ever some mind-injecting stuff is created,or some DNA altering equally,maybe I'll have the chance of 'turning Japanese'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeassEye Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi guys first of all thank you for taking up this project. I've been really looking forward to it for awhile and if possible I want know how the translation and overall progress is on right now. And are you guys hopefully intending to release a partial patch with what you have atm or just going for the full patch without any betas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EviL Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 just passing by to say thanks for you guys for working on the translation of this game, i'm really looking forward to play it so i'm really thankful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKDude Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Thanks for the kind words, everyone! As for the partial patch, we may do it, but it's not in our immediate cards. Also, percentages.Percentages updated August 27th, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synchro Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Hey there. Would love to chat some about this. I have been scoping out the project for a while and would love to help out. I am a linguistics major, and would not have any reservations with working on H-Scenes. Please send me a PM if you are still trying to fill some spots, and hopefully we can chat some more soon. BookwormOtaku, XReaper and Schnarf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Striker Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 One day out .... I'll be waiting for the full version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsyClogr Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hey guys glad to know someone picked up this translation and am happy that its translation hasn't been terminated over the year you've been translating it! Ive been playing Visual Novels since my sophmore year in HS my first happened to be Shuffle! but i had to get a new laptop at a little later due to the thing being quite old but then once i got a new one Koihime Musou happened to be my second novel. I happened to fall in love with all the characters while i played it and for the longest time afterward i wanted to play SKM since i would have the chance to get more out of the KM/SKM story and characters but at the time no one had picked it up and i had no way to read japanese. So once again im glad that someone has picked up this great novel! i hope you guys keep plowing through the translation progress and GL GUYS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeassEye Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hi guys new years update on progress anytime soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 There was an update on their facebook page just a few days ago: https://www.facebook.com/theskmproject/posts/914050538709791 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKDude Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 I miss this forum being active. Ah well. Updated March 18th, 2016. ChaosRaven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosRaven Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Great that the project is still alive, though progress seems to have slowed down a lot it seems. But considering that only the H-scenes seem to be left to translate, I guess we can start to see light at the end of the tunnel. Just don't forget to backup all your scripts and stuff - we don't want another Aokana, do we?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 56 minutes ago, ChaosRaven said: ... considering that ONLY the H-scenes seem to be left to translate... "only". you realise that´s been pretty sadistic, dont you? ChaosRaven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosRaven Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 1 hour ago, XReaper said: "only". you realise that´s been pretty sadistic, dont you? I guess you have a point, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKDude Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Work has definitely stalled, I won't deny 2015 was a pretty slow year for us. It's a mixture of burn out and high turn over rate. But we are hiring if people wanna help. Think I have things updated on what we'd need help on. Thank you guys for your continuing support by the way. We know this is taking longer than anyone would like, and it really does mean a lot to us that you're still rooting for us. XReaper, 12kami, Mr Poltroon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosRaven Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Well, you guys pretty much picked the biggest monster of a title to translate there is. The persistence to continue for such a long time is really admirable. But if you manage to finish it, I'm certain that it'll have a big impact comparable to the Majikoi release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 suggest you could ask him @Jun Inoue if he´s willing to lend you a helping hand edit-wise. no idea about him still being interested in doing so, but might work out. nevertheless good luck with the "remaining" h... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 9 hours ago, MKDude said: Work has definitely stalled, I won't deny 2015 was a pretty slow year for us. It's a mixture of burn out and high turn over rate. But we are hiring if people wanna help. Think I have things updated on what we'd need help on. Thank you guys for your continuing support by the way. We know this is taking longer than anyone would like, and it really does mean a lot to us that you're still rooting for us. We will be rooting for you, until the bitter end ! I was wondering, if it wouldn't be possible to ask for help (concerning H-scene) to some H-Subbing team, like SubDesu-H, or EroBeat? I mean, they translate this kind of stuff all year long, so maybe one of their translator may be interested in lending you a hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelebek1 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 You could try and go for an all-ages release while continuing to work on the H stuff for a second release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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