ValiDate - an upcoming (and unsurprisingly racist) visual novel made by SJW's, for SJW's. Currently MIA.

Isn't it far more acceptable in almost all of the Arab World to be transgender than it is to be gay?
To answer your question: Yes, but not how I would word it. There are a few countries I believe that will even force you to under go a sex change operation if you are openly gay. I’m not entirely sure where, but in Iran I think that’s the case.

(I have nothing to say about the game tho)
 
To answer your question: Yes, but not how I would word it. There are a few countries I believe that will even force you to under go a sex change operation if you are openly gay. I’m not entirely sure where, but in Iran I think that’s the case.

(I have nothing to say about the game tho)

I saw a documentary about trannies in Iran. Most of these guys are not trans. They are gay and are pressured into transitioning. Emhari's Qatari and I am not sure what the policy is in Qatar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Qatar

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Qatar face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, with a punishment of up to 3 years in prison and a fine for consenting males, and could lead to the death penalty for Muslims under sharia law; however, there are no known cases that the death penalty was enforced for homosexuality. There is also prevailing cultural mores which view homosexuality and cross-dressing negatively.[4] The Qatari government does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil partnerships, nor does it allow people in Qatar to campaign for LGBT rights.

Now this doesn't mean that ultra strict Sharia loving families wouldn't kill you and I imagine it has happened at least once.

In 1998 an American citizen visiting Qatar was sentenced to six months in prison and 90 lashes for homosexual activity.[6] In the 1990s, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration informed Philippine workers that gay workers were prohibited in Qatar. This was in response to several mass arrests and deportations of Philippine workers in Qatar for homosexuality.[

Bottom line: If you are gay don't visit Qatar. And Qatar isn't exactly known for it's lovely and fair treatment of foreign laborers at all anyway. But being gay will get you arrested even if you aren't a citizen.

In September 2013, it was announced that all Gulf Cooperative Countries had agreed to discuss a proposal to establish some form of, yet unknown, testing in order to ban gay foreigners from entering any of the countries.[18][19] However, it has been suggested that concern for hosting 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and fears for controversy in a case that football fans would have been screened, made officials backtrack the plans and insist that it was a mere proposal.

Fuck.

So if Emhari's Qatari side is particularly strict he probably feels a lot of pressure even if he was born in the US. But I doubt ValiDate is able to get that deep. It looks like minimum effort all the way. When the full game is released we shall see.:optimistic:

Didn't someone say earlier in the thread that Ashlie's last name, Kolum, was neither Ecuadorian or Laotian?
 
These hacks just spoke about ValiDate:
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Also an asspat.
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And here's the video that I was talking about:
 
These hacks just spoke about ValiDate:
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And here's the video that I was talking about:
It's Halloween and you know what this means...

The developers of ValiDate have a TikTok page.
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And they also spoke shit about the holiday.
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On all of those things, the highest number of likes is 123.
 
Atleast their choice in husbandos are half-decent, Malik is the only character who has datability, maybe a few others I don't care about.

Also, those struggling they/thems can stay at least 5 feet away from me, thank you very much.
At least six feet away. And they need to wear a mask. Not because I'm worried about catching the they/them, but because they're ugly.
 
Why does Malik's crown say "loser"?

Also, that "Halloween is for singles" thing sounds like they're salty/jealous as fuck for not having someone to hang out with personally for the holiday. I mean, I know these characters are 99% self-inserts, but damn. Maybe they wouldn't be struggling and single if they weren't so bitter and thirsty.
 
Why does Malik's crown say "loser"?

Also, that "Halloween is for singles" thing sounds like they're salty/jealous as fuck for not having someone to hang out with personally for the holiday. I mean, I know these characters are 99% self-inserts, but damn. Maybe they wouldn't be struggling and single if they weren't so bitter and thirsty.
Because he's a transphobe, apparently.
 
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My sides...this is like a child's drawing! Bitch is a sheet of paper from the waist down!! :story:

Man, imagine if there were sex scenes-- she'd turn around to show off the goods and present Hank Hill's White Castle Slider asscheeks

Ashlie is one the the worst drawn characters. Her artist has no skill for detail or shading. So poor Ashlie looks as flat as paper next to more detailed characters. This is what happens when you have no art cohesion because all your artists are just sooooo talented. :roll:

Ashlie's artist is Alexis.

https://twitter.com/i/events/1237414683226800133

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Methinks that Alexis needs to stop dabbling and stick to overseeing designs. She draws like an 8 year old so I can't see how she gets freelance work unless it's from friends who gush over her ability to use three whole colors in one drawing.

Should you really have one person overseeing every aspect of game design? Especially one who insists on putting her grade school level art in as one of the main characters?

I know I have complained a lot before but... The lack of art cohesion drives me nuts. It is not appealing at all. Especially when some artists are far less talented and can't even be bothered to study a shading tutorial.

Why the hell is Ashlie so rectagularly man-jawed? Is this a "let's make this half Asian unfriendly to the male gaze"?

Maybe the same this is going on with Anoki? She's built like a Hanna-Barbera neanderthal cartoon.

There are really no appealing female faces save for maybe Yolanda. She has the prettiest face but the stupid hat and yellow lips ruin it.

Arihi isn't a man. She really doesn't pass. Just seems butch to me. If that was actually a man I would say he looks a bit effeminate.

She's also insufferable. Why get into a relationship with someone who loathes relationships?

Malik my nigga tho.

Let the they/thems struggle. In deep water.:biggrin:
Why does Malik's crown say "loser"?

Also, that "Halloween is for singles" thing sounds like they're salty/jealous as fuck for not having someone to hang out with personally for the holiday. I mean, I know these characters are 99% self-inserts, but damn. Maybe they wouldn't be struggling and single if they weren't so bitter and thirsty.


And if they dropped the genderspecialism. Just come out of the closet Emhari.

If you want POC LGBTRSTLNE representation why make that representation so damn unappealing? To stick it to white cis males or something? Newsflash, we are the only ones who like this game. Your only true and honest fans. And not for the reasons you want either.
 
Wonder what Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo might say?
Tbf vns on consoles are not a new idea. Can’t speak for Xbox but there are more than plenty of vns ported onto Sony’s consoles (and Nintendo too! The DS was the main receiver of said vns). There have been countless japan only vns released as far back as Sony’s ps1 and ps2 days.We just haven’t seen much of them in the west since Console VNs were seen as more of a niche thing—special exceptions being Danganronpa and maybe Suda51’s pre-Killer 7 games (if we’re being generous). Even then console VNs tend to only be released in one region (*cough* Japan *cough*) and don’t typically see localizations.

I’d say it’s highly unlikely that we will see a physical box release but assuming they strike a deal with said companies (and probably get rid of the copyrighted yelp images and/or buy the rights for said images), we could be looking at Validate being digital only for consoleS. Most VNs (that aren’t big names like your DRs and other anime stuff that have a proven non-japanese fanbase) only receive digital ports anyways because it’s cheaper and easier to distribute.

If any Publishing company agrees to make physical releases for Validate, they should accept the fact they’re just throwing money away into a dumpster fire (If we’re going off the amount of fan interaction the twitter account gets).
 
The devs spoke something about putting their crappy magnum opus into gaming consoles.
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Wonder what Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo might say?
aren't they using small fry ren'py for making this? they're legit retarded if they think they can port it that easily, and the only publisher that can port it is pricey because something something dev kits. i'd know, i contacted them a while ago simply out of curiosity, but i have no idea if their prices have changed

did they set aside money for ports? do they even realize how costly development kits for such consoles are?
 
I think we’ve confirmed before that they are going to be asking money for the full version. How much they’ll be retailing for has slipped my mind.

Talking about console ports at this stage of development isn’t unheard of for many game studios but these are a couple of dunces that are playing a eight way game of telephone with python code. I’m certain they wouldn’t know the first thing about dev kits
 
On Steam the game has 219 followers, the kickstarter had 1616 backers, and their twitter has 8000 followers. The KS backers averaged $28 per pledge, which is enough to preorder the game so they're out as potential customers. Would any of the big 3 even be interested in a port of this VN that might move 1k-2k units on their platform?

The game has a release date of May 2021 on Steam. What are the chances of a social meltdown happening by then that derails this entire project? 30%?
 
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