What happened to these Developers?

[ivory7777]

I haven't seen games from GJ?, OLE and MBS TRUTH in a long while. have they disbanded? on the same note it has been a while since EMPRESS released its game.

 

[Murderous Int]

Empress are still going they are just doing a Online Social Card Game. https://twitter.com/empressenergy
Tech arts the overall leader of the other groups you listed have closed shop.
Though some members from the Squeez label who went under with tech-arts have opened a new company.
http://milkfactory.jp/

 

[ivory7777]

Empress are still going they are just doing a Online Social Card Game. https://twitter.com/empressenergy
Tech arts the overall leader of the other groups you listed have closed shop.
Though some members from the Squeez label who went under with tech-arts have opened a new company.
http://milkfactory.jp/

thanks, had no idea about their card game, are they using the CG from previous games into card games? and its sad the other tech arts disbanded, they had really good artists.

 

[Murderous Int]

It has been going about a year by this July. They do reuse a lot of art and scenes from various Empress games but they also have new scenes and cards using both older game characters and new ones.
My avatar picture is one of the new girls taken from one of the scenes. If you know the purple hair milf from Starless they have a new card for her which is her dressed in a school uniform:

Not sure on the scene though since I haven't seen it uploaded yet and i don't play the game anymore.
I would also add that Empress have been putting out more merchandise like figures/daki's too.

 

[Alchemist of Atlas]

Far as I know, MBS Truth are doing yearly releases.

This was their latest eroge.

https://vndb.org/v19925

 

[ivory7777]

It has been going about a year by this July. They do reuse a lot of art and scenes from various Empress games but they also have new scenes and cards using both older game characters and new ones.
My avatar picture is one of the new girls taken from one of the scenes.
Not sure on the scene though since I haven't seen it uploaded yet and i don't play the game anymore.
I would also add that Empress have been putting out more merchandise like figures/daki's too.

yeah i was able to find this but i thought it was a preview for their next game but i guess its just their card game

https://e-hentai.org/g/1027003/c67c77bf60/

i did able to find these card game image but not sure what what this card game even is (https://e-hentai.org/g/951251/19e5f893a5/). well im hoping they would release another game.

 

[Murderous Int]

Far as I know, MBS Truth are doing yearly releases.

This was their latest eroge.

https://vndb.org/v19925

No more games from them. They closed shop 20th MARCH 2017. Here is an article from LEWDGAMER about it: https://www.lewdgamer.com/2017/03/04/eroge-maker-techarts-closes/

Those images are both from the card game. One is scenes unlocked from SR/SSR rank cards and the other is just the cards images.

TBH I don't think we will see a game from Empress till this dies out or another 5 years IF they are working one on the side. The main artist could barely get a game a year out before he started this game and even then new cards/scenes come at a snails pace compared to the rehashed stuff.

 

[ivory7777]

there are only few artist i like and artist from empress is one of them. i guess we will wait and see if they make any more game in future but the card game doesn't seem to interest me.

 

[Murderous Int]

Yeah the closest artist to Sei's style I have found is Hazuki who has worked with him and outside that xxoom.
http://park8.wakwak.com/~hazuki/
https://www.patreon.com/xxoom

 

[Wolfravage]

"Normally" every company you mentioned were doing it early, but in the last year ... almost two years (or more) some of them have indeed not made any game. But same thing could be said about One-up, lilith, Black lilith (game wise not the card game on dmm), softhouse-seal, devil-seal, liquid, luxery, etc.
No idea what the reason is but it's kind of shame that some of the popular company are not publishing every year or every few months.

 

[Murderous Int]

One-up were part of tech-arts so while one-up wasn't making games other parts were up to closure, same with the other seal brands like grandee. Liquid and Luxury are all part of Nexton who also spawned MangaGamer, they have still been putting out games across the other parts. But yeah there are defo companies who have shifted more towards online social games and making games less or not at all.

 

[ivory7777]

it seems like Empress finally bring the game instead of card game, hopefully they will start making more. but this time they are working with elf.

http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=1049905

http://www.empress-game.com/Deceiver_and_kisaku/

 

[Murderous Int]

The games have a link to a Empress survey you can do to give feedback.
It's around 10 questions asking various things like:
What artist/writers/voice talent would you like to see working in/on a Empress game.
The scenes from the game that left the biggest impression.
You also rate the games on different aspects from art/scenario/hentai volume.
A general what you'd like to see from them feedback ideas.
Where you got the game, which version.

So hopefully it means they are looking to do more games and with collaborations with other artist/writers.

 

[redrooster]

Today another Empress x Elf game was released too, it is Kisaku-tachi.

http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=1049906

 

[Murderous Int]

Today another Empress x Elf game was released too, it is Kisaku-tachi.

http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=1049906

Got both bro, both digital and physical.
It isn't getting much coverage compared to Great Deceiver.

If anyone wants a peak:
https://imgur .com/ouZ2PE1
https://imgur .com/VPCyAER

 

[ivory7777]

yeah not much kinda like a little addon or dlc but still looks great. and that survey looks pretty interesting

 

[MiniOppai]

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