Elevator7009sAlt

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[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago

Also more of a commenter than a poster. Making myself post, but I really feel all my posts are way less high-quality than my comments usually are.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a gamer who mostly has no idea about the relative popularity of different genres it is interesting to learn this from your comment on Fedigrow.

 

Date coincides with Steam summer sale, so is probably part of that.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What do you mean by this?

I do sometimes see a link post on Lemmy (often on some general community like !games) and copy it to (usually more-specific, like gaming genres: think copying from !games to !rpgs) communities I am active in (or sometimes ones I am not but am aware of: if I see a strategy game post I'll put it in all the relevant strategy game communities I know of), and figure it is alright because I always see a little "cross-posted to:" and the community I got it from, so I figure that is good enough for credit. Probably obvious I got it somewhere else, and easily clickable to find out where. (Or sometimes the little communities are just the communities I myself already posted it to.) Is this a bad assumption and I should stop?

I do it because I want conversation in the specific communities, and for things that could go in more specific communities to not only get talked about in one giant umbrella when the smaller niches already exist on Lemmy. Especially because I think there is a valid reason to not be on !games. Maybe you are not interested in most posts there, just some subgenres, or like me, you are sick of the ragebait-but-also-probably-true-news-so-not-off-topic-and-allowed posts.

I am fine stopping though, less work for me, and as life gets busier I have less time for Lemmy anyways.

I admit I exclude .ml from my crossposting bonanza because of all the political drama I hear about but never bothered to look into, because I feel I'll end up drawn into a political slapfight. Just look at all the comments here about .ml, whether justified or not (not sure and not about to try to figure out). I do not sub to anything on .ml and mostly look at Subscribed though, so I know I am not taking any of their content and copying it elsewhere, unless it was first copied from .ml to something I do look at. I also don't really look at the instance someone is commenting from unless I suspect trolling or we interact a lot though, so I am not being nasty to .ml users for just being on .ml, either. I know a lot of people who do not have anything to do with the political drama are there too because it is recommended as the Lemmy dev's instance, and I do not expect everyone to litmus test every social media for political drama before joining it.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am insanely guilty of the content dump, figuring it'll prove a community active, but aside from "awww!" comments on !bunnies@lemmy.world where there just is not much to build off of, I also reply to almost every comment I get because I also want to have conversations.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The premise sounds cool, especially the Princes' Path where multiple guys fight over you (great for fulfilling the fantasy of being wanted, as well as just goshdarn interesting, romantic drama is always fun). However, the fact it is originally a mobile game makes me a bit concerned, given how the port of Celestia: Chain of Fate from mobile to PC and Switch went down: poorly. (The lemmyverse.link title preview might make you think it is just a notice of the sale, but I discuss how it went badly in the post body.)

 

You can also read about it here on otomekitten's site.

 

Game jams are frequently posted there. This means it's a neat way to discover new upcoming VNs, especially if the jam seems to have an appealing theme for you.

 

Low-tier engagement bait, but hey, discussion post, and I may or may not be looking for more anime to watch (or manga they were based off of to read).

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey you are right, thank you!

For any other mods unaware of this feature, it only works on posts in communities you mod.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Wait, we did? I'm a mod and had no idea I could see peoples' votes. How do I do that? I say, as I probably will never use it until I start seeing my communities consistently getting downvotes on inoffensive posts that have no misinformation and are clearly on topic.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Found it because Zachtronics, a company way more known for their puzzle games enjoyed by engineers and programmers, made it.

After abandoning her high-powered tech career and a mysterious three-year absence, Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey resurfaces working as a proxy for a virtual counseling app called Eliza. Her job consists solely of reading a script provided to her in real-time by an AI, leaving her no autonomy over what she says.

Not sure if this is a more modern-day phone app or what, but either way it is almost certainly a nod to the 1960s ELIZA chatbot.

A rare VN that doesn't look like it belongs on ani.social (in other words, doesn't have an anime artstyle).

Put the disclaimer about AI in the title and not in the body or post text to make sure people don't reflexively downvote because of the word "AI". I am anti-generative-AI, this VN is just speculating (as in wonder, think, generate ideas, not as in investing riskily) on AI as a concept. Not using AI to do art and text and music. This was done in 2019, before that was a possibility for the public at large.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Great CG!

If the CG does not show up in the preview thumbnail, no need to mark as NSFW, but no rule against doing that.

Thanks for the review. I have been meaning to play this as soon as I figure out how to get the English patch working.

I wonder if it is a translation thing or if the route is still that ???-inducing in Japanese. I know some Choose Your Own Adventure books can be totally nonsensical, so not out of the realm of possibility an otome game would be.

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

!meta@ani.social

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago

That would absolutely be it, thank you. Now I can go read the post.

 
  • VN alone is usually $20.00, now $15.00 for the sale. Works on MacOS, Linux, and Windows.
  • Official book is usually $10.00, now $7.50 for the sale. It contains
    • Extra info on all characters
    • All portraits and backgrounds
    • Early concepts and fan content
    • A guide plus a full detailed flowchart!
  • Altogether it's usually $30.00, now $22.50.

Both available in Italian and English.

 

Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

 
 

Has 10 questions. Results include both telling you what you are probably looking for in a relationship, and what the relationship with the LI would look like. Also, post who you get in the comments, and if you think the results fit you!

 

Full game not yet out, but demo available on Steam and itch.io.

As a child, you witnessed the fall of your noble house, leaving you with many burning questions about the tragedy. In search of answers, you arrive at the imperial palace to serve as governess to the empire's young princess.

Though you try to distance yourself from the chaos of court intrigue, when the young princess suddenly falls ill, you have no choice but to seek the help of one of the princes.

It seems that'd be one of two princes, who happen to be the game's LIs.

 

Weekly what are you playing post! Post about the otome games you have been playing!

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