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Hello devs, Wai U so mean? ;_;

I dunno whether these have been answered or not but here goes.



What do you guys / girls, think about all of the praise you're receiving from this? (reason I ask, as a member of the very first sound plugin team, for PCSX2, I know that it can be overwhelming, so I just want to know how you all feel) and

Does this make you all want to get back together and do another VN after taking a small break?

Question for Suriko (I think): could you explain the line about the Dutch in Lilly's route? Is that a pop culture reference or something of that kind?

Guest wrote:Question for Suriko (I think): could you explain the line about the Dutch in Lilly's route? Is that a pop culture reference or something of that kind?

The Dutch were the among first Europeans to find Japan, which at the time was largely unknown to foreigners (besides China and Korea). They also had the largest and longest-running trade relationship with Japan (even through the Edo Era where other countries were unilaterally denied trading rights with Japan).

Think of it as sort of like the landfall of Columbus in America.

Guest wrote:What did you enjoy most from making KS ?

Reading finished scenes in engine made me always feel good.

Caesius wrote:For the writers:

How much of your "ideal woman" is manifest in the girl whose story you wrote? Are any flaws that they have also desirable or tolerable quirks of your ideal woman, or did you have to "inject" them for the purpose of character development? Would you say that the girl is defined more by characteristics derived from your ideal woman, or by the characteristics outside your ideal?

I find it hard to imagine that Rin could be anyone's ideal woman. Certainly not mine. On the other hand, as Suriko has told before, Lilly was something of a dream girl for him for a while.

I have a question about the timeline.

In the Shizune path, they visit shizune's family after tanabata, over the summer. There, they meet Lilly.

In Lillies path, she moves back to scotland around the time Tanabata happens. Unless she only stayed in scotland for a very short while and immediatly goes on vacation in japan (alongside with akira no less), there would be no way for her to do meet shizune at her home.


Time paradox ?

What made you guys decide to have Iwanako write a letter to Hisao instead of having her either visit in person, or just never make a reappearance at all?

The name of the dish that Lilly and Hisao order on their first date, "Provençal Tuna Salade Niçoise", is a made-up mix of incoherent foreign words that is said to be common in Japan (i.e. "Engrish" and the like). Was the name chosen to replicate this (supposedly) Japanese trend, or was it just a trivial enough detail that getting it right didn't matter?

Guest wrote:The name of the dish that Lilly and Hisao order on their first date, "Provençal Tuna Salade Niçoise", is a made-up mix of incoherent foreign words that is said to be common in Japan (i.e. "Engrish" and the like). Was the name chosen to replicate this (supposedly) Japanese trend, or was it just a trivial enough detail that getting it right didn't matter?

It's a real salad. A Salade Niçoise, containing Tuna, from the Provençal region.

JiisanChrist2 wrote:Hello devs, Wai U so mean? ;_;

I think I'll field this question, even though the user who asked has been permanently banned (again and harder) for ban evasion.

We are so "mean" because overall we have low tolerance for stupidity or for people making annoyances of themselves at our virtual doorstep.

We are a bunch of people on the Internet, not a software house, with a software house's typical goals and restraints.

We aren't bound by sales and having to recoup a profit from our efforts, and an amazingly large number of people seem to be completely unable to grasp this.

We have day jobs and/or personal problems and/or an education to pursue, thus we don't have time to wait on every question or demand even if we wanted to, which we don't.

"Requests" about "improving" KS further can refer to this post by Aura dating back to pre-release days, which really says all it ever should.

What do you guys think that on gamefaqs KS is rated #3 on top PC games and #11 for all platforms? Also, I thought that the game was amazing, but I'm sad that you guys decided not to make another game. If you made a game that sold for money and was as good as this one I think you could make a lot of profit Couldn't you make another game even if it takes 10 years because you're doing other stuff and the game dev would be when you could?

to everyone involved in this project:

I'll assume that my previous question was buried so I'll just repost. What are your general reactions with the SOPA and PIPA?

4chan is definitely against it, with all their banners and whatnot.
TPB is... I think just acting unaffected.
megaupload definitely was hit hard.
wikipedia made a boycott act for I think 1 day

In the worst case scenario, KS will only be limited to a few countries. Or worse, it will trigger another "rapelay incident".

Kanodin wrote:What do you guys / girls, think about all of the praise you're receiving from this? (reason I ask, as a member of the very first sound plugin team, for PCSX2, I know that it can be overwhelming, so I just want to know how you all feel) and

Does this make you all want to get back together and do another VN after taking a small break?

We're happy that people like the game, but no, it doesn't affect at least me either way as for another project. I'll work on another project if I feel like working on another project.

Akroma wrote:I have a question about the timeline.

In the Shizune path, they visit shizune's family after tanabata, over the summer. There, they meet Lilly.

In Lillies path, she moves back to scotland around the time Tanabata happens. Unless she only stayed in scotland for a very short while and immediatly goes on vacation in japan (alongside with akira no less), there would be no way for her to do meet shizune at her home.


Time paradox ?

The stories are full of timeline inconsistencies when compared to each other.