I'm going on vacation (I'll be back Aug 13th)
I'm going to be on vacation for the next week. I'm visiting family and want to spend as much time present with them as possible. So don't expect any posts from me until next Sunday. I'll still check on the magazine at least once a day so if any spam gets posted I should be able to remove relatively quickly.
I agree with the conventional decor ruling out a lot of the merch. For me, the problem with keychains isn't that it clashes with my fashion. (my wallet is star wars themed, so fandom keychains fit right in), the problem is that I don't like the change out keychains very often. I need something where my favorite character doesn't change to often.
I'm a sucker for thing "from something" as well, I usually think of food not clothing though.
It looks so good, doesn't it? I ended up backing their kickstarter so I could buy some of their stickers.
What's New in the Otome games sphere? July 29th Edition
Recent Releases July 20th Switch port of Masquerade kiss (ESRB M)
July 27th Radiant Tale physical digital You play as Tifalia, a women who gets recruited as a producer for a dysfunctional circus troupe that’s traveling around the world to save their crown prince.
Upcoming releases July 31st The Radiants An ordinary young women's life is changed after she becomes the next Oracle and has to attend a magical university. Stat raiser with Harry Potter vibes.
Recent Announcements DesperaDrops was announced for JPN switch. No idea what it’s about because it’s in Japanese.
StoryTaco, maker of bargain basement mobile otoge, has announced Eternal Afterlife, a mobile otoge. no release date given
Active Kickstarters Speakeasy (18+) Funded: An otome set in a 1920’s jazz club. They’re in the last few days of the campaign; working towards a stretch goal for MC skin tone customization.
Of Sense and Soul (BL) A slow burn BL set in 1870’s Victorian London. Features reserved journalist Hugo, and outgoing gentleman (as in landed gentry) Seamus. Includes a letter writing mechanic. They are currently on track to fall narrowly short short of funding.
VERBENA: A Romance Visual Novel A paranormal visual novel set in 80’s small town Vermont. The devs canceled the original kickstarter 1/3 of the way through and relaunched it. The updated campaign is better, but I’m a little bit concerned because this is their first project and they haven't responded to a question I sent them.
Sounds like it would be amazing if done well. I really like otome games with deep plots beyond the romance. That's why I enjoyed cafe enchante despite the poor translation. I do enjoy a slice of life once in while too though.
I've regretted it before, but never enough not stay up again the next time. XD
trademarks are good for 10 years and looking at some of twitters trademarks it seems the renewed them in 2019. So yes, in 2029, if X hasn't reverted to being called twitter then their trademarks will be unprotected.
This is probably a good time for me to lay out a piracy policy:
If the game does not have a legitimate English version and it's older than 5 years, direct piracy links are allowed.
If a game did have a legitimate English version but is on a system that is no longer supported, that specific version is ok to post. For example, Hakuoki on the 3DS is allowed because the eshop is closed, but Hakuoki on the Vita isn't because the Vita store is still running.
I personally think that piracy makes it more difficult for creators to be fairly paid, but also that it is necessary for game preservation under current copyright laws.
Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side: English patches
A user contacted me and asked me to post these. It's a google drive containing English patched versions of Tokimeki Memorial 1, 2, and 3 for the DS. As well has a patching guide and the patch files themselves.
Two scenarios came to mind immediately. 1. Merpeople. The MC is mermaid and LI's are all mermen, no need to turn it into a "the little mermaid" thing and bring in human LI's. Bonus, all the LI's are shirtless all the time. 2. A Coven. The MC is part of a longstanding coven and has grown up as a witch. Dating presents a dilemma because she can't let her potential partners know she's a witch until she can trust them, but it's hard to date someone when you're hiding being a witch.
What premise would your dream game have?
If you could dictate a premise for an otome game what would it be?
I want a game set in modern day where you play as the kick-ass CEO of a big company. She's remained single to pursue her career, and now that she's settled into being CEO she has time to date.
It just hits different when it's late. Or alternatively, I start reading with the intention of staying up for a normal amount of time and then I get sucked in.
Learning to drive. I've met a few people who didn't learn to drive until their late 20's or 30's and there always seems to be some awkwardness to their driving. On the opposite side, learning to drive at 16 seems to encourage reckless habits to form, people I've known who waited until 18 have much better driving habits on average.
Uh, the first one. It's all downhill after that. It's the only one he's ever pulled off. Look at the goals for the master plan part 2 and you'll see that they haven't managed to do a single one, but Elon still went ahead a published a part 3. Why actually meet goals when you can just pretend you've met them by posting new ones, I guess.
What do badges do?
I have no idea what this field is for. I thought it might my like reddit flairs, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I have been summoned! thanks @euphoria, @Elevator7009. I am indeed the mod of m/Otomegames. Come join us :) we're friendly.
I don't think so? I'm struggling to think of how it would enhance human rights. Isn't it the same as regular marriage without the trip to the local court? I always thought other countries had it as a penalty so that couples couldn't use cohabitating but not getting married as a tax loophole.
Yep, though the single option is often written as single/never married so that it's more clear. We don't have common law marriages (except a few states) so those 4 categories cover every situation, though without much detail.
Shu's route in Dairoku. He's basically a child. He looks and acts like a child. He's technically thousands of years old, but I think we all know that's just a "clever" way to skirt laws. This trope appears all the time in harem anime and I was disappointed to see it in reverse in Dairoku. His appearance is around 12-15 and the MC is in her mid-20's. Even if he was drawn to look like an adult, it's super uncomfortable to date someone who's mentally a child.
Additionally, there's a whole mystery surrounding Shu. He appears in other routes as an aloof figure with unknown motives. When you finally play his route and uncover the mystery, it's lame. It's a lame mystery with a lame conclusion imo.
Lord of the Wings: Demo
It's a Dungeons and Dragons inspired (I think the characters are basically living in a dnd world), romcom featuring a cartoon art style very similar to Total Drama Island. It's heavy on the comedy. If you're a fan of tabletop RPG's I'd definitely recommend checking this one out. If you've never played dungeons and dragons though, you'll likely miss a lot of the jokes. It's fully voiced, and has a good bit of MC customization options.
I'd like to encourage more upvoting and boosting too! I like leaving comments, but I know not everyone does. The points from upvoting themselves don't mean anything, but it lets me know if my post is appreciated or if someone else's post is worth reading past the headline.
A new car not having CarPlay isn't even something I thought I'd have to look out for, yikes. Every rental I've gotten over the past few years has had it, and it's such an upgrade from having to deal with the shitty built in systems.
Reading the article, they're also getting rid of Android Auto, so really this is just GM being too cheap for literally no reason. I used to think Ford was the company that wouldn't survive the transition to EV's. With GM doing stupid things like this and the electric F150 actually being good, it's looking more and more like GM is the one that's in trouble.
Thank you for explaining this, I've had federation turned off for a while now and have been wondering why so many things from Lemmy still pop up.
Mobile Otoge: Yay or Nay?
Do you like Mobile otome games?
I find I can overlook the dubious monetization practices inherent to mobile, but I don't really like playing mobile otoge because I get embarrassed in public.
My sister has a great story involving mystic messenger. She was at coffee shop one day with a Korean-American friend when she got one of the timed calls. She let it play on speaker and her friend was shocked that my sister apparently 1. spoke Korean 2. had a Korean boyfriend.
Otome News Round Up
Recent Releases Nothing I could find in the last two weeks. Continue to catch up on your backlog or check out the demos from this weeks active kickstarters
Upcoming Releases July 20th Switch port of Masquerade Kiss (ESRB M)
July 27th Radiant Tale physical digital You play as Tifalia, a women who gets recruited as a producer for a dysfunctional circus troupe that’s traveling around the world to save their crown prince.
July 31st The Radiants An ordinary young women's life is changed after she becomes the next Oracle and has to attend a magical school.
Recent announcements: Ikemen Villians will be released in English in 2024 IFI announced western switch releases of My Life as a Villainess in winter 2023 and Sympathy kiss in early 2024 JAST Blue announced two BL game localizations Masquerade: Hell Academy and Paradise
Active Kickstarters Speakeasy (18+) Funded: An otome set in a 1920’s jazz club. This is going to be published by JAST. They’re currently working towards stretch goals , the next one up is a polyamorous route.
Sweetcore Brews Funded: releasing for PC and Mobile, will be set in a magical tea shop. It should be noted that the studio behind this still hasn’t released the PC version of their last game, Untold atlas, on Steam even though they said they would do so in June
Of Sense and Soul (BL) A slow burn BL set in 1870’s Victorian London. There’s one relationship; the two main routes are played from each man’s perspective. Features reserved journalist Hugo, and outgoing gentleman (as in landed gentry) Seamus.
VERBENA: A Romance Visual Novel A paranormal visual novel set in 80’s small town Vermont. The main game will be free, kickstarter backers get the DLC. I’ve played the demo and the script has some issues, but the art is nice.
What was your first Otome game?
Mine was cinderella phenomenon. I have no recollection of how I stumbled across it. I was obsessed with Ouran high school host club as a teen so it probably looked intriguing to me as second time I'd seen a "reverse harem" on a cover. I played the entire thing within a single weekend. Then... I didn't play another otome game until Piofiore came out on the switch. No idea why I didn't. I vaguely recall not being able to find any other free games that were of similar quality, but I was an adult when Cinderella Phenomenon came out so it's not like I couldn't buy things online.
Anyway, like many others I bought a ton of switch games during the pandemic and one of those was Piofiore; I've been playing otome ever since.
Are teeth considered healthcare in your country?
I'm American and in addition to our messed up healthcare system. Teeth are simultaneously so important that I have to see a specialist (dentist) for routine care, but so unimportant that it's not included in my healthcare coverage. Is it like that elsewhere?
What should the rules and customs of m/otomegames be?
Hello everyone, @Catch42 here, your friendly mod. I'm here to ask for feedback on what you think the boundaries of what's on topic for our otome game magazine!
Edit: I have updated the magazine with a new set of rules I'll still be checking this thread for a few days; I can always update them again.
As you can see, the initial rules that I posted only disallow explicit content. That is a hard rule because I don't want that here. Other than that, I've just been posting what feels like related content as someone who was a longtime contributor to r/otomegames back on reddit. I think it's worth fleshing out what we want this magazine to be in more detail so that newcomers who aren't coming from an established otome community know what to expect.
Some suggestions I've already seen brought up:
games should have: \-a strong/primary focus on romance. \-majority male romance options \-Option to play as a woman (I also suggest that games should have the option not only to choose she/her pronouns but also to have a feminine gender presentation)
Art: only allow original fan art here, not reposts
Let me know what you think! Feel free to discuss these aspects or anything else.
I love the new way images are displayed after the update, I have just one little problem
For images that aren't rectangular, the update adds a softly blurred version of the image to the background. In general this looks great, I love it. However, for .png images with clear backgrounds this ruins the image. For example, here's a post I made a few days ago. Is there a way to toggle these soft backgrounds?
Otherwise I'm I'm absolutely digging this update. I immediately switched to Tokyo night, this theme is my jam.
Hello :) It's been 3 weeks since I created this magazine, and we already have a 34 subscribers and a handful of active members! I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but I really thought this place wou
Hello :) It's been 3 weeks since I created this magazine, and we already have a 34 subscribers and a handful of active members! I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but I really thought this place would be completely dead for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we continue to grow so we can have a bustling little community! In my original microblog, I said I would post news threads about once a week. Then I made one in the form of the "Otome News Round Up" and realized that once a week is far too often for Otome. Going forward, I'll aim to post these every other week. I'm open to changing the format of them as well. I hope they are as useful to others as they are to me; it's hard to keep tabs on what's going on in Otome outside of the tentpole releases.