The Otome tag should be removed then. Contrary to what some in the West think, Otome is not a catch-all word. It means "girl" or "woman" in Japanese, and the genre refers specifically to a female protag+male love interests. People can make what they want, but it should be labeled correctly.
exactly. Unfortunately, lots of people tag otome when it's amare. thus, I had NO WAY of knowing if protag was a woman. When Fem protag tag is 99% catered to *truly* otome games. I have no beef with femMC, but I want to know that before downloading the game and then being disappointed
That's fine. That's ever been my only problem...the lack of properly tagging things. In response to your other post; no, I am not projecting. Perhaps you are? See, I can flip that around, too.
If you bothered to see the comment threads on many, MANY VNs that were (originally) female only, there's always someone pestering the creator to make the MC neutral or gender-selectable, and the creator ends up caving. In the same vein, any time someone points out things don't need to be for EVERYONE, and it's fine to have VNs that cater to specific groups, said person gets called a "bigot" and other such nonsense. They also do this even if you mention something is incorrectly tagged Otome when it is not, in fact, Otome. Meanwhile (and I will always use this example, because it always applies), if someone were to go to a BL or Bara game and pester for a gender-selectable protag... there would be/is chaos. It's hypocrisy, and it's tiring. I'm all for VNs being for certain groups, but it has to be CONSISTENT. None of this "rules for thee, but not for me" BS.
Anyway, my issue was your out of left field "hetero girlies" comment, as the people (like myself. also, apparently bis don't exist? bruh) pointing any of this out reads more like "anyone saying otherwise is homophobic", because that's usually the case. People love throwing that word around so much that it has lost all meaning. However, since you just seem to be focused on tagging things correctly, I don't have an issue with you.
"if u bothered to see" homie im not the one having a huge issue there, why are u so passive-aggressive, have u been hurt so deeply?? I'm just saddened when there is lack of proper tagging. the "girlies" part came afterward, cause sadly i've dealt with a lot of hate from cishetgirls specifically when i was just asking questions like that or asking authors on tumblr to tag their content properly yet again. Yeah i agree that was uncalled-for, im sorry for that, but let's not forget that it was you who assumed I was pestering the author by asking a simple and VALID question which would help me to register whether I want to interact with the content. And you attacked me. A-hole move here on ur part, too smh with all that said, i think we can tots learn from that exchange, sometimes questions are just questions and assuming can be dangerous and attacking some group is not cool and one should be more considerate, peace
Here's me, rolling my eyes. Any time there's a VN with a female protag only, there's always people coming in, whining/demanding (or claiming to "just be asking" ... uh huh) that it should be gender-selectable. Things don't need to cater to everyone, for goodness sake. If I went over to a BL or Bara VN (Bara is specifically made for gay/bi men. look that genre up; there's tons of VNs), and whining that it should be gender-selectable, it would be just as ridiculous.
Also, "hetero girlies?" Your realise there are bi women (and gays, even) calling this hypocrisy out too, yes? Miss me with the nonsense.
i dunno i never ask for things author don't intend on implementing. are u projecting? the only thing i always ask is tagging OR mentioning the protag's gender somewhere in the description, so everyone can be happy with it
Just a reminder that this person doesn't not respect the boundaries from developers like one example was the yandere creator from Where winter crows grow. Just letting you know whatever you do with that information is up to you
Yup exactly. It's already very iffy to content farm visual novels since unlike other forms of gaming they are straight forward and just differ by choices if there any. But the fact that this YN ignores the creators wishes multiple times and then just moves on and writes their copy pasted "Good game" under new yandere visual novels with "their" video, which just is there to boost them, is just pure audacity.
I loved this so much! The writing was a joy to read and the art / character designs were wonderfully unique!
I thought you did a wonderful job creating the horror atmosphere! Everything was so well paced and placed in the game that it had me incredibly wary and on the edge of my seat by the middle of the game.
I loved the characters personalities and you can definitely tell the difference between Pierrot and Harlequin. (Harlequin definitely scares me more though!)
Thank you for creating such a wonderful VN and for allowing me to experience such a great story! I can't wait to see what else happens and to keep supporting your development of the game! I ended up recording and posting my playthrough to YouTube here as well! I hope it's okay to share.
Best of luck with development and thank you again for the experience!
I'm really happy to know that you enjoyed my game! Thank you for your comments as well! I'm watching your gameplay right now, and I have to say I’m loving the way you portray Pierrot and Harlequin!
It makes me really glad to know that each of their personalities stood out to you in different ways. That’s exactly what I was aiming for with those two!
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hi! is MC gendered?
not angry hetero girlies hating me for a valid question lol
yep second line of dialogue says "her" when ref to the mc!!
For now yes, but I'm rethinking it!
can you please write it in description or add fem protagonist if you don't plan on it? T_T
The Otome tag should be removed then. Contrary to what some in the West think, Otome is not a catch-all word. It means "girl" or "woman" in Japanese, and the genre refers specifically to a female protag+male love interests. People can make what they want, but it should be labeled correctly.
exactly. Unfortunately, lots of people tag otome when it's amare. thus, I had NO WAY of knowing if protag was a woman. When Fem protag tag is 99% catered to *truly* otome games. I have no beef with femMC, but I want to know that before downloading the game and then being disappointed
That's fine. That's ever been my only problem...the lack of properly tagging things. In response to your other post; no, I am not projecting. Perhaps you are? See, I can flip that around, too.
If you bothered to see the comment threads on many, MANY VNs that were (originally) female only, there's always someone pestering the creator to make the MC neutral or gender-selectable, and the creator ends up caving. In the same vein, any time someone points out things don't need to be for EVERYONE, and it's fine to have VNs that cater to specific groups, said person gets called a "bigot" and other such nonsense. They also do this even if you mention something is incorrectly tagged Otome when it is not, in fact, Otome. Meanwhile (and I will always use this example, because it always applies), if someone were to go to a BL or Bara game and pester for a gender-selectable protag... there would be/is chaos. It's hypocrisy, and it's tiring. I'm all for VNs being for certain groups, but it has to be CONSISTENT. None of this "rules for thee, but not for me" BS.
Anyway, my issue was your out of left field "hetero girlies" comment, as the people (like myself. also, apparently bis don't exist? bruh) pointing any of this out reads more like "anyone saying otherwise is homophobic", because that's usually the case. People love throwing that word around so much that it has lost all meaning. However, since you just seem to be focused on tagging things correctly, I don't have an issue with you.
"if u bothered to see" homie im not the one having a huge issue there, why are u so passive-aggressive, have u been hurt so deeply?? I'm just saddened when there is lack of proper tagging. the "girlies" part came afterward, cause sadly i've dealt with a lot of hate from cishetgirls specifically when i was just asking questions like that or asking authors on tumblr to tag their content properly yet again. Yeah i agree that was uncalled-for, im sorry for that, but let's not forget that it was you who assumed I was pestering the author by asking a simple and VALID question which would help me to register whether I want to interact with the content. And you attacked me. A-hole move here on ur part, too smh
with all that said, i think we can tots learn from that exchange, sometimes questions are just questions and assuming can be dangerous and attacking some group is not cool and one should be more considerate, peace
Here's me, rolling my eyes. Any time there's a VN with a female protag only, there's always people coming in, whining/demanding (or claiming to "just be asking" ... uh huh) that it should be gender-selectable. Things don't need to cater to everyone, for goodness sake. If I went over to a BL or Bara VN (Bara is specifically made for gay/bi men. look that genre up; there's tons of VNs), and whining that it should be gender-selectable, it would be just as ridiculous.
Also, "hetero girlies?" Your realise there are bi women (and gays, even) calling this hypocrisy out too, yes? Miss me with the nonsense.
i dunno i never ask for things author don't intend on implementing. are u projecting? the only thing i always ask is tagging OR mentioning the protag's gender somewhere in the description, so everyone can be happy with it
🤍GREAT GAME🖤
Looking forward to the new update! <33OMG! Tysm! I'm so glad you liked it! I love your videos!!
Just a reminder that this person doesn't not respect the boundaries from developers like one example was the yandere creator from Where winter crows grow. Just letting you know whatever you do with that information is up to you
Also, that there is no personality in the videos at all. Just look at all their comments on itcio and YouTube channel. There a content farm.
Yup exactly. It's already very iffy to content farm visual novels since unlike other forms of gaming they are straight forward and just differ by choices if there any. But the fact that this YN ignores the creators wishes multiple times and then just moves on and writes their copy pasted "Good game" under new yandere visual novels with "their" video, which just is there to boost them, is just pure audacity.
this is great. I'm going to draaaaaaaaaaaw it
Thanks! I would love to see!!
ready. it's something small and fast. I passed it through tumblr.
I hope you like it <3
I really loved this!
Okay so, Fátima B. and William B. LOL I LOVED IT! Can't wait for the full version to be out, I really enjoyed the game!
Thank you! Haha
I really needed to do this!!
Words really can't describe how much I enjoyed it!! ❤︎
Thank you! This really encourages me to continue!
I'm glad to hear that ❣ ...and wishing you all the best <3
dude i want Pierrot so bad dude like i really wanna see his ending
so thank you for creating this game and i really hope it gets finished soon
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it! I'll keep working on this game!
And I would say be careful with this Pierrot too, he can be very intense~
do u mean what i think u mean
I loved this so much! The writing was a joy to read and the art / character designs were wonderfully unique!
I thought you did a wonderful job creating the horror atmosphere! Everything was so well paced and placed in the game that it had me incredibly wary and on the edge of my seat by the middle of the game.
I loved the characters personalities and you can definitely tell the difference between Pierrot and Harlequin. (Harlequin definitely scares me more though!)
Thank you for creating such a wonderful VN and for allowing me to experience such a great story! I can't wait to see what else happens and to keep supporting your development of the game! I ended up recording and posting my playthrough to YouTube here as well! I hope it's okay to share.
Best of luck with development and thank you again for the experience!
I'm really happy to know that you enjoyed my game! Thank you for your comments as well! I'm watching your gameplay right now, and I have to say I’m loving the way you portray Pierrot and Harlequin!
It makes me really glad to know that each of their personalities stood out to you in different ways. That’s exactly what I was aiming for with those two!
looks awesome!! i love the designs and the art sm and very excited to play
Thank you so much! I'm so happy to know you liked it!