Ilovelimu
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2020
Stuff on volunteer experiences that I wanted to share a bit
So, where to begin. I wish Apeis hired more Japanese people onto the team initially, because he did mention being in contact with people like that. He really needs to hire more people who live in Japan, are Japanese, or have Japanese language capabilities close to N1. I shouldn't be the only Japanese person on the team, especially someone who's Asian American. Like, I get that this games appeal doesn't particularly target Japanese individuals, and not gonna lie I was drawn away from this project initially because I was wary of its target audience. However, to reiterate Shortcakes' involvement got me really interested and I will admit I'm very happy to have joined, regardless of how things ended up turning out. I ended up meeting really awesome people and while I am not happy that Apeis has shown lack of agency in paying his volunteers with the ad revenue he's made for himself, I'm at least glad that he's willing to at least change and not go down a similar path that YanDev has gone. However, that isn't to say I don't have criticisms and what I brought up still stands.
On a second note, I wanted to share some minor stuff pertaining to Bow-Chan and the game as neat info that hasn't been shared. Some people have been wondering about the addition of the gold heart in her design, and the reason why that exists is that in the first fanart I drew of Bow before I became a volunteer, I added a gold heart in her bow to match the gold on her shoe buckles. SC really liked the addition and added it into the second draft of her design. Additionally, SC also was inspired by my real name Minami for Bow-chan, even though they changed it to be Manami to fit the love theme. I thought it was super sweet of them to use part of my name as tribute, and find a bit funny that Minami is the name that ended up being the one thats spoiled.
EDIT: Forgot to note that the school originally was going to go by the name of 阿蘇美場学園高校(Asobiba Gakuen Kōkō) and was something I proposed before they went with the different name after my leave.
On a second note, I wanted to share some minor stuff pertaining to Bow-Chan and the game as neat info that hasn't been shared. Some people have been wondering about the addition of the gold heart in her design, and the reason why that exists is that in the first fanart I drew of Bow before I became a volunteer, I added a gold heart in her bow to match the gold on her shoe buckles. SC really liked the addition and added it into the second draft of her design. Additionally, SC also was inspired by my real name Minami for Bow-chan, even though they changed it to be Manami to fit the love theme. I thought it was super sweet of them to use part of my name as tribute, and find a bit funny that Minami is the name that ended up being the one thats spoiled.
EDIT: Forgot to note that the school originally was going to go by the name of 阿蘇美場学園高校(Asobiba Gakuen Kōkō) and was something I proposed before they went with the different name after my leave.
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