Goodbye Volcano High - "The Future of Gaming", The Parody Game of the Beloved Snoot Game Franchise

Mooger Meng said:
I won't go so far as to say they should give up entirely - if you want to get better at something, you've got to practice, after all - but just about any western dev trying to make a VN is going about it all kinds of wrong. In the spirit of staying on topic, let's keep it to the curious case of Volcano High (as a goddamn kite):

1) Playing coy about being a VN: Stop this shit. Trying to dance around the fact you're making a VN doesn't help you, and won't fool anyone who isn't interested in the genre to pick it up. VNs continue to be a niche genre, and being ashamed of associating with them does you no favors. Just call a spade a spade, and it will hurt less in the long run.
2) Scattershot planning: Fuck, even calling it "scattershot" is being generous - if you're still looking for writers, your shit is not ready, period. Get your act together before you try and trot your product out, or you're just going to further turn away the already-niche audience for VNs for the Jap products made by dedicated turboNEETs and translated by legions for thirsty otaku who manage to be more consistent than you while avoiding human contact and basic hygiene as much as your potential furry audience.
And the big one, tying back into the both of these?
3) BE HUMBLE: You are not, by any metric known to mankind, the first devs to make a fucking VN. As stated, Jap VNs have been around for a long goddamn time, and they'll still be around long after your shit passes from the goldfish brain that is the gaming news cycle. The ancestors of most of the VN devs from Moonland could very well write fucking circles around you and your product without trying, and they're fucking dead. Other, better products than yours have risen and fallen long before your brain diarrhea ever made it onto Notepad, and acting like you're making some bold, exciting new product that is unknown to the world will fucking torpedo your product in the eyes of anyone who actually cares about the genre. You don't have to be sniveling lickspittles to pull this off - just recognize that you're presenting an alternative product, be thankful and respectful of the audience you do have, and do not shit on your forebears through dismissive hubris.

I think the biggest thing for western devs is just not to be infuriatingly ignorant about VNs if they choose to make one. Hell, I know this much about VNs and I really, really do not like them! If they learn their shit (and stop writing like they all have brain worms) it would be a good starting point to Not Suck™.
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But all that requires not being pretenous,smug,fart huffing,virtue signalling, soy laden, weirdos. It would require careing about VN genre, and not being embrassed by it enough that they have to scoot around saying it. Not to mention two of the three platforms it's coming out on (PS4, PS5) Have been trying to get rid of the weebs that might be intrested it over the years.
 
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ChucklesTheJester said:
But all that requires not being pretenous,smug,fart huffing,virtue signalling, soy laden, weirdos. It would require careing about VN genre, and not being embrassed by it enough that they have to scoot around saying it. Not to mention two of the three platforms it's coming out on (PS4, PS5) Have been trying to get rid of the weebs that might be intrested it over the years.
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I choose to see it as those awkward angry twenty-something years, when one puts on an air of what they think is maturity, before gaining some hard-earned wisdom and actually becoming mature.

I want to believe, damnit.
 
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The devs are humongous bigots and literal Nazis since they won't let xis play as minor attracted, unicorn fecal enthusiast, babyscale Allosauros. They're just using the anthroLGBTWTFBBQ+ agenda to make money.
Like, how can an indie dev be so exclusive in this day and age?
 
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Love it how no one, and I mean no one seems to be talking about this game anymore. The devs must be biting their nails right now.
I mean PS5 reveal trailer. Their target audience have trouble buying new diapers to shit in, there's no way they could afford a PS5.

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Also sorry for necroing. Just remembered this game and had to check.
 
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Naamaleipuri said:
Love it how no one, and I mean no one seems to be talking about this game anymore. The devs must be biting their nails right now.
I mean PS5 reveal trailer. Their target audience have trouble buying new diapers to shit in, there's no way they could afford a PS5.

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Also sorry for necroing. Just remembered this game and had to check.
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>Dude me DISLIKE
Bluepilled.
 
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The rumored price for the new Xbox is going to be 600 bucks since they're giving you a one year subscription to their game pass for "free" when you buy it (you can't purchase one without it), so Sony is probably going to undercut by $100 bucks. Which means nobody wants to shell out 500 bucks for a visual novel.

The PS4 games with PS5 enhancements are going to get a space in the PS5 videos but GVH apparently isn't.
 
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Marissa Moira said:
The rumored price for the new Xbox is going to be 600 bucks since they're giving you a one year subscription to their game pass for "free" when you buy it (you can't purchase one without it), so Sony is probably going to undercut by $100 bucks. Which means nobody wants to shell out 500 bucks for a visual novel.
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Series X has been confirmed at $499
 
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