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What otome/BL/GL games have you lost to the void?

ughhh pirate mermaid..truly an unfortunate loss. to this day i think their ui elements and the way they implemented them are some of the best I've seen for an indie otome

trying to think of any other mermaid otome…theres a voltage one iirc but that's all i got. would love to see that as a setting explored more someday
I thought Quinrose would have something, however after looking through their catalog now I realized they don't... It is quite surprising.
They have a game called Mermaid Gothic but it does not focus on mermaids, the girl went to the human world... The plot still sounds interesting but I am sadder now knowing we have no real mermaid otome games oh well
 
I thought Quinrose would have something, however after looking through their catalog now I realized they don't... It is quite surprising.
They have a game called Mermaid Gothic but it does not focus on mermaids, the girl went to the human world... The plot still sounds interesting but I am sadder now knowing we have no real mermaid otome games oh well
There's mermaid prism that focuses on mermaids iirc but yeah it's surprisingly rare.
 
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I thought Quinrose would have something, however after looking through their catalog now I realized they don't... It is quite surprising.
They have a game called Mermaid Gothic but it does not focus on mermaids, the girl went to the human world... The plot still sounds interesting but I am sadder now knowing we have no real mermaid otome games oh well

i remember reading qr actually sold the rights to this to an r18 company, but the project got trashed and funding ran off with before the og artist could sue them

There's mermaid prism that focuses on mermaids iirc but yeah it's surprisingly rare.

damn didn't realize d3 had one under their catalogue..might need to check it out since it's the only crumbs we have
 
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I remember watching this promotional video a few days after it was released on youtube. That was on April, 2022.
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The only other update about it was on February, 2023
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THIS ONEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

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I've been very excited when I first saw this game announced back then in 2021. I'm also a big fan of Harvest Moon so this game totally my type but 4 years later and there's still no news 😭

 
Blank Heart by .aihen

I remember watching this promotional video a few days after it was released on youtube. That was on April, 2022.
『ブランクハート』PV第一弾

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man the art direction and vibe of this is peak. hope the dev finds the will to work on it again one day.


THIS ONEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

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I've been very excited when I first saw this game announced back then in 2021. I'm also a big fan of Harvest Moon so this game totally my type but 4 years later and there's still no news 😭


i remember seeing a post on the otome reddit not long ago about how this got delayed again (i guess from a kickstarter email or smth)
 
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CAGE -remake-! Last update on their site was the end of 2021 and I know they're also working on another game but dang... I really want to play the remake of Cage..
Is that other game Caricature camera? Cause tbh, I'm a bit worried about this one too.. Or maybe you're talking about 18trip? It's not a VN, but a joseimuke game with tower defense with a fully male cast (it even lets you choose male mc, and both MCs are voiced). It came out like two years ago or something, and it says on vndb that the writers worked on some parts of the game. I just really hope they are alright and will release atleast one of their "in development" vns at some point, or make a new announcement...
 
I remember seeing a post on the otome reddit not long ago about how this got delayed again (i guess from a kickstarter email or smth)
That's the thing. They only shared the update news toward their backer but when someone ask if the game still in development or abandoned in their steam (their itch page also has disabled the comments), the dev are not responding :censored:. At least why not give some update news like "hey don't worry guys, we're still alive, the game is still in development" in their game store to let people know the game isn't abandoned.
I also heard rumors there's problem with their Kickstarter? And that's why at that time, it got delayed. But that's way long ago when the last time I tried to search more info about the game.
 
That's the thing. They only shared the update news toward their backer but when someone ask if the game still in development or abandoned in their steam (their itch page also has disabled the comments), the dev are not responding :censored:. At least why not give some update news like "hey don't worry guys, we're still alive, the game is still in development" in their game store to let people know the game isn't abandoned.
I also heard rumors there's problem with their Kickstarter? And that's why at that time, it got delayed. But that's way long ago when the last time I tried to search more info about the game.

I looked for updates last month because it had been a while since its entry on my game calendar was updated, and I agree. It is so difficult to find anything if you aren't a backer. Even on their Twitter, the game is never mentioned. Backers getting more info makes sense, but the public getting none at all feels very backwards to me.

All I found was this bit on an otome blog, but obviously I can't confirm since the source won't say anything..

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I can't pinpoint many discontinued one I feel like most of them were indie visual novels and some JP ones I just forgot...
One of them is Fate/Knight Rhapsody it's a doujin visual novel with Saber as the main character. ACT1 has an english patch and can still be downloaded from their website but Act2 is in traditional Chinese.
 
Ouka Otsu (櫻華堕つ), a BL game where a (morally reprehensible but also very cute) mad scientist from WWII has to team up with people he traumatized in order to survive postwar SF bullshit.

If you know you know. Had a whole-ass year long marketing campaign that covers parts of the common route in magazines, music samples, ebooks and everything.

*stares into the distance*
glad im not alone..
 
Back in the day I even wrote Rikiya/Akira/Rikiya fanfic!!!!!

The common route was really good lol. The art also looked really unique at the time...
that's dope. i didn't even realize just how much content there was for it. i'd been avoiding everything but a few sample images because i wanted to wait for the finished product.. then one day it got taken off VNDB.

dark times.
 
that's dope. i didn't even realize just how much content there was for it. i'd been avoiding everything but a few sample images because i wanted to wait for the finished product.. then one day it got taken off VNDB.

dark times.

I was actually the person who translated Ranshou (the novelization of the common route), most of the extra SS's and the Cool-B articles for it lol....

Looking back, that's a LOT of hours thrown into the void. If I had known this would happen, I probably would've put that effort into finishing one route of Mebiusline translation instead. But the story was so good! It's been ten years and I still haven't met a protagonist that hit my strike zone as hard as Kisaragi, in BL or in regular fiction.....maybe I'll never meet one lol. He was a really interesting protagonist.

Now I've managed to drag myself back into the pits of despair again lmao that sucks.
 
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Wendy's Adventures in Neverland


This game looked so good and even had a prequel released!
Sadly, after 11 years it's clear we're never getting that hot Captain Hook...
 
zettai kaikyuu gakuen FD... i miss riku so much, he's the pinnacle of tsunderes.

there's also yandere heaven, i remember listening to the drama cds wayyy back and i would've loved for a game for it
 
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I was actually the person who translated Ranshou (the novelization of the common route), most of the extra SS's and the Cool-B articles for it lol....

Looking back, that's a LOT of hours thrown into the void. If I had known this would happen, I probably would've put that effort into finishing one route of Mebiusline translation instead. But the story was so good! It's been ten years and I still haven't met a protagonist that hit my strike zone as hard as Kisaragi, in BL or in regular fiction.....maybe I'll never meet one lol. He was a really interesting protagonist.

Now I've managed to drag myself back into the pits of despair again lmao that sucks.
I'd love to read any translations u might have...
 
I looked for updates last month because it had been a while since its entry on my game calendar was updated, and I agree. It is so difficult to find anything if you aren't a backer. Even on their Twitter, the game is never mentioned. Backers getting more info makes sense, but the public getting none at all feels very backwards to me.

All I found was this bit on an otome blog, but obviously I can't confirm since the source won't say anything..
What gets me is that they apparently self-funded a Switch port after the initial Kickstarter too...I really hope that original release hasn't been delayed because they want to release the Switch port simultaneously. One of the public comments from a Kickstarter backer seems to imply the devs are postponing the release so it can include the reached stretch goal DLCs too which I think is a questionable decision at this point, instead of putting out the base game first and then the DLCs (like they did with their previous game Love Spell which was also on Kickstarter). The dev website seems to say the same thing about simultaneous DLC release.

THIS ONEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
I've been very excited when I first saw this game announced back then in 2021. I'm also a big fan of Harvest Moon so this game totally my type but 4 years later and there's still no news 😭

I feel your pain, the promo art (character designs and even the BGs) was so lifelike and vivid that it drew me right in. I really enjoyed the demo too...