>>2722
but then someone will wonder what VN it is and check and get the surprises in the VN ruined because they definitely haven't read it and they won't want to afterwards.

the route unlocking of VNs is neat. Especially when the creators are kind of meta about it.

SubaHibi has been great so far, i just finished Jabberwocky I, but i can't get around feeling like IMOI was so absolutely grand, that nothing is going to top it from here on

Tommorrow i will decide if i want to do the fanfiction ending or "which dreamed it" next

Visual novels used to be my favorite medium of storytelling. They combined visual and sound effects with a level of interactivity that movies and books are missing(and thus they bore me). Unfortunately, the golden age of vns is over. Almost all the famous titles were made in 2000's and are still popular. I've read almost all of them. I have nothing left to do, but to engage with fanbases over stuff like umineko, muv luv or whatever until I die because it's unlikely we will ever get vns that good or that popular again.

That being said, VN style storytelling lives on in jrpgs and gacha games so perhaps saying that VNs are dead is overstatement, they evolved into video game direction rather then novel direction.

Basically I just want a customizable RoTK/NA game where you can create the maps, create the provinces, pick from a massive selection of touhou or fate or azur lane.
Basically I just want an ERA-game but better.
>>7128
cute when tarded kuon!

So recently I've been looking around my little story idea notes for whenever I want to make a game on my own and kinda organizing ones that can fit the same general theme into a single idea and I kinda really like it, though probably won't start development on it until I'm through with getting to a comfortable level in Japanese.

What I want to start off with is some sort of unassuming game more of the platformer variety centered around a young girl with a city on the brink of chaos. The platformer thing taking place inside of a dream realm of sorts where something will take place, not quite sure what, but it will have an effect on the outer world. And you go about fixing the problems of the city and its residents via this system and some puzzle solving of sorts. Along the way unlocking movement upgrades and other such things as you progress and possibly tied to an outfit system which can be toggled in the MC's closet. Then at the end it's a somewhat happy ending but after a day of postgame you'll find that it all gets destroyed along with yourself by a demonic creature. I want this primary game to be short and not too difficult so that it's easy for people to complete and potentially rush through and also so that it gets them thinking about why that bad end in the postgame occurs.

The trick to all this I want to be in a little crawlspace door in the MC's closet that you'll get a glimpse of in some way while interacting with the clothes in the closet. If you remove enough of them to uncover that door it'll reveal the entirety of the crawlspace which if you are in the early game will lead you to a dark and creepy room if you click on it where you can find an extra item that may or may not help out a bit elsewhere but also you'll be able to progress through it early on if you can navigate your way through the dark. If not you'll probably be pressed to come out because of the darkness or die in the process of going in too far, this being a shock to the player because it will be the first sign of hostility that the game has shown so far. Which I hope for the more astute player would be a good curiosity hook to come back to it later. And I'll have a light upgrade in the dream realm that'll transfer to actually working inside of that crawlspace which should set off some bells in the players head that there's something off about the area.

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>>7196
>not quite sure what, but it will have an effect on the outer world.
How about a rogue Persona/Psychonauts dreamworld incursion, and getting people to change that way? Jumping from one to another. And then the nightmare realm is introspection (although for that to be 90% of the game it'd require the MC to be seriously fucked in the head).

Fallout NV but it`s Touhou

>>5854
It's definitely better than I was expecting. I thought it would crash and burn after the crazy first episode, but it's staying pretty grounded and telling good stories. I'm glad they give each case at least a couple episodes so we can dig in to the emotions of the situation before the action resolves things.

It really says something that it can pull a "humans are the real demons" and not have me immediately drop the show.

>There are too many good shows this season.
There really was. The saturday streams are loooooong.

This really is a fantastic show.
Ostensibly it's a show about a demon hunter, but he's more of a detective and you hear get a lot of story in each episode. I'm such a sucker for this kind of thing. Episode six was a climax to a plot that had been going on for a few episodes and it was done in such a beautiful way. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it just felt right and rewarding to see it play out.
Even episode 7 where there was no demon at all was satisfying to hear the man talk about his younger days and a friend that was in love.
I'm not sure what it is that determines whether or not I can tolerate or enjoy a situation where people simply talk, as there are many shows where my mind drifts away but a few shows where I stay at full attention. This show is definitely the latter.

Man, what a great show. I really need to think of a better way to describe this kind of show that I like, it's the format akin to Kino's Journey where there's a central character but other characters steal the focus for an episode or two when it's their time for their story to be told. The surprise of the episode 8-9 wouldn't have been a surprise if I paid more attention or had more Japanese mythological "common sense".
I do know of the Japanese concept that well-used objects gain a soul but it just wasn't in the foreground of my thought processes of what could be going on. I have a feeling I'm missing the subplot with the prostitute, or rather that it's making reference to previous things in the story that I've forgotten.
Seems like there's a major story change with episode 10...

i think lain is one of the most amv-worthy anime, it has a wonderful aesthetic.

fun nhk amv

>>7163
not him but is the higurashi anime worth watching? i started it but never finished the first season years and years ago, and have read chapter 1 of the vn. if im too lazy to read the vn and can watch anime at a much more reasonable pace, would the higurashi anime be a terrible decision or should i just wear my big boy boots and read the vn?

>>7171
Install 07th-Mod and read the VN.

>>7172
that comes with the nyaa torrent yeah? i think ive already got it then

>>7144
I hated Revy but I kinda liked the action.

I got disappointed in, and dropped:
Dunbine halfway through (slog)
Dragon Ball GT somewhere halfway through (slog)
IBO Gundam first episode (ham fisted)
GQux first episode (ham fisted)
Kill la Kill at 1/3 through (ham fisted)
Diebuster (speedwatched since halfway through. Nothing behind it but a nice OP and came of Gunbuster)
Eureka Seven 1/5 through (ham fisted slog. Loved Ao though)
Konosuba at first season 1/3 through (didn't made me care about the humor)
No comment:
Slime isekai at first few eps
Some bara furry MC native Isekai
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>>7171
>not him but is the higurashi anime worth watching.
I've only read the VN and never watched the anime of it

The unsolver of the solvable

>>7087
The biter of the unbitable

>>7084
You wouldn't be happy about a problem being fixed if it doesn't feel like it's fixed, jackarse...

>>7107
I wouldn't be happy about a problem feeling like it's fixed if it isn't fixed, girlfag.

>>7107
The problem is if it's actually a problem in the first place.

it's "head over heels" like the heel of a foot

>>7156
unfortunate typo...

That's a good pun for a doctor/healslut based pickup line. I will save that.

>>7116
No rollback so I won't be able to play.

>>7121
How can they still not have rollback when every single other arc sys game by now has it...

>>7122
It's a Team Arcana (former Examu) game. Arcsys is just the publisher.
But you're right, it should have it. They're just incompetent when it comes to everything except game design.

>>7122
If even BBTAG can get rollback, surely Arcana Heart can too... They basically have the same playercount...

>>7126
BBTAG only got rollback because it's on the same engine as BBCF. After CF got it, rollback was trivially easy to port to TAG.
I still have hope that it'll be the same case with Daemon Bride and Arcana.

>>7091
it's a community-made matchmaking software for playing melee online with other people, equipped with a ranked mode as well (which is what this is from). everyone who plays melee nowadays uses it for practice, and since it uses peer to peer netcode it has very little lag compared to previous online modes for melee (and is much superior to smash ultimate's online mode)

I got Melee as a bonus from my parents when I wished for a GameCube only so that I could play Sunshine. It makes me a little sad to think about the fact that I never really got into it, feels a little bit like I wasted my parents thoughtfulness. I've only ever played the single player experience and I'm utter dog water at the game, something about the basic movement alone just doesn't click with me. I always played Samus because her suit is cool!
It amazes me to see the insane level of control a lot of players seem to have.

>>7093
It's ok, Smash was always a local multiplayer thing, I can see someone who is an only child not having much fun with it.

I thought the solo Smash stuff, especially past the first game, was really good. All the different modes like Subspace and Adventure or whatever was fun. I still need to play the newest one for that stuff, as I'm not too interested in competitive stuff.

>>7109
I love Melee adventure mode and used to replay it all the time, I don't think the switch one is that great for singleplayer. Not the worst but much lower effort compared to some of the other games.

>>6106
>I feel like people romanticze Japanese areas
this tbh
Japan looks virtually indistinguishable from the rural countryside of my home.
It's more or less the exact same. Sure there's some neat geographical features here and there like the Kofu basin, but overall it is much nicer here. The landscapes aren't really what's exciting, it's really more about a sort of yamatodamashii. Because it does feel different in the Japanese countryside. Here everything is shiny and nice and developed, but Japan is old and rundown, yet well-maintained. It's a very different feeling.

And suddenly a spirit possession subplot that tangentially relates to the theme because spirit photography...
At least the new girl is cute.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MORE FOODIE TOURISM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I like this character. I also have to say Shikishima has some of the best voice acting in recent memory although I don't watch too many recent releases. I really love her voice.

it's still a cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime. It just didn't do camera otaku stuff like Tamayura did.

If you want more camera stuff you should watch the many installments on that.

>>5775
I'll never forget making a scene in the theater when they started namedropping "the neon genesis" and having to be escorted out.

>>5738
happened with me with yuru yuri

I'm still greatly enjoying it. I guess with the ever-growing cast it sort of hinges on which characters you like, since some of them barely get a minute of screentime per episode. I'm a Beelzebub guy so I'm happy.

>>5774
Oh god, why did you have to remind me about Osamake?

Just dropped Slime 300 S2, I can't stand it anymore.

>>5809
What do you mean, you didn't love Dokakobo's mastery of animation?

>>5738
I don't get the same endearment as much as I have for S1 but I think it's really a combination of multiple things. The main obvious one is that it's taken too long for S2 to come out which I can't fully blame them for but it is a major contributor. But to put that out of the way, while watching S2 over time, I've come to regrow most of the feelings I've had for the main cast which, in a way, emphasizes my issues with S2. There's just no friction in the story anymore at this point. It's nice to see the characters you've experienced this with see happiness and as far as that is concerned, I will never tire of it. But for myself as a viewer, I'm not really getting much of anything from the show anymore past that.

time to buy the newest patch

Just hack it and install Inkay (Pretendo). There are still games up and people playing.

Don't give Nintendo even more money after they abandoned U.

splatoon 3 wasn't that good, I doubt its shutting down anytime soon because of backwards compatibility but I don't think it's worth it since you missed out on active splatfests

I never got to play Splatoon since I didn't have the consoles, but it looked really fun and seemed to have a good community. I feel like I missed out on something nice. If nothing else that little moment in time where the 'squid' and 'kid' thing was everywhere was quite entertaining.
I'd do what >>7038 said. It might not be fruitful to get into a game right now with the Switch 2 approaching.

>>6871
that's mine tehepero *~∠:p I'm searching for a source of clay and not finding it, and that's where the portals are coming from

>>6901
I didn't notice until after I posted that it was right near spawn. Pretty lucky way home after the long journey I took. I think you'll have more luck finding clay if you just take a boat out on the ocean and follow a shoreline.

Wew, that took forever. But I finally have all the redwood saplings that I need to start farming this stuff at home, next stop, getting a super enchanted netherite axe so I can mine enough to build what I want to without wanting to die...

https://github.com/Pumpkin-MC/Pumpkin

does the server use pumpkin?

>>7014
Right now it uses craftbukkit, but when I restart it with the new hardware and domain, I want to switch it to Paper

heh just beat a level when i realized that double negatives are valid constructions SURPRISE!!!! KISSU JUMPSCARE!!!! BOO!!!!

What is it with Eastern Europeans and being mathematical geniuses that just want to play and make good video games? I swear it's so common it can't just be a coincidence while in the West you've got them all huddled up in academics or hedge funds.

>>6978
You're hurting the feelings of all the mathlet Eastern Euros right now.

i've played a lot of picross/nonogram stuff just to pass the time, but this is the first one i've played that wasn't for the phone. sad i didn't play this earlier, cuz this absolutely surpasses any other version of picross i've played, both in aesthetics and the quality of the levels

animal well is a really passionately made game

>>7005
>The giant harem stuff of new girls being clumsily released every few weeks is like fast food
Yeah, and you go to a gacha like you go to MickeyD's. A gacha with anything beyond surface level erotic jpg jangling would be like a three-course meal at Burger King or a sociopathic comedy anime where the characters learn morality.

>>6999
Too green :(

>>7008
Not green enough I say.
>not using this time to make your own fanfiction of gachathots you've never played
>not making your own gay ass plots in your head and exploiting AI to help make it reality by outlining it
>he doesn't even want to make his own tails gets trolled inspired thing
too green my ballsack.

>>7009
your ballsack's green???? jeez go see a doctor

>>6998
>you keep coming back every day because it gets you the rush of cheap praise.
I don't.