RMMV Yomi No Kuni

[Kwerty]

Cheers Fin!
will work on your feedback

 

[Kwerty]

and here comes the mini-game video... Find the Oni Statue --
Did you find it first time?

 

[Finnuval]

Loving it xD
Got it in one but i expect it Will be harder and faster as you play more? Looking great as always though.

 

[JP92717]

I'll have to give this game a playthrough once it's complete! Looking forward to it =)
I'm thinking of being a beta tester also if still looking for one.

 

[Marquise*]

The thumbnail made me wonder if there were bells, then molds for statues then playing the video, I can say this is REALLY great! ^^

 

[EuphemiaArtoria]

This game is gorgeous! Absolutely the best looking and most original graphics I've seen in an RMMV game. The overworld environments look so professionally done and lush, and the range of animation for the in-battle models is stunning.

In the FAQ you say you're hoping to post a demo in 3-6 months, but I don't know if that's 3-6 months from now or from your last update or what. When do you think a demo would be available?

One thing that struck me as a little odd watching the videos - there are more elements translated directly into English than I expected. e.g. in at least one cutscene they say "masterless samurai" instead of "ronin", there are a load of techniques called "one cut" etc. where you could say "ichimonji". This game seems directed at an audience who adore Japanese culture and samurai stuff, so I think you have a lot of room to be bold and use Japanese language elements and know your audience will understand a lot of them by context (or in the case of the moves, get the hang of them). Sekiro got away with just tons and tons of Japanese language dumped straight into the English version of the game so I think you could do the same if you wanted. But it is a fine line to walk between sounding authentic and pretentious (i.e. "All according to keikaku") so I understand if you prefer it this way.

Also, uh, not to be a total weeb, but in one of the cutscenes one of the characters pronounces "daimyo" as "day-myo". It's more like "die-myo".

 

[Kwerty]

This game is gorgeous! Absolutely the best looking and most original graphics I've seen in an RMMV game. The overworld environments look so professionally done and lush, and the range of animation for the in-battle models is stunning.

In the FAQ you say you're hoping to post a demo in 3-6 months, but I don't know if that's 3-6 months from now or from your last update or what. When do you think a demo would be available?

One thing that struck me as a little odd watching the videos - there are more elements translated directly into English than I expected. e.g. in at least one cutscene they say "masterless samurai" instead of "ronin", there are a load of techniques called "one cut" etc. where you could say "ichimonji". This game seems directed at an audience who adore Japanese culture and samurai stuff, so I think you have a lot of room to be bold and use Japanese language elements and know your audience will understand a lot of them by context (or in the case of the moves, get the hang of them). Sekiro got away with just tons and tons of Japanese language dumped straight into the English version of the game so I think you could do the same if you wanted. But it is a fine line to walk between sounding authentic and pretentious (i.e. "All according to keikaku") so I understand if you prefer it this way.

Also, uh, not to be a total weeb, but in one of the cutscenes one of the characters pronounces "daimyo" as "day-myo". It's more like "die-myo".

Thanks for the feedback!

- Yep - 3-6 months from now we 'should' be able to bring in some betas for testing I just want to get things as polished as possible before i do it (currently I'm able to bring enough bugs and edits to keep the team busy, but when I'm done and need more help for bug hunting and improvements, I'll post the link to beta demo)

- I see what you're saying about using the terminology. I really like the idea around renaming the techniques (We'll definitely introduce that) Likewise in the cutscene, we'll re-record these changes for 'Ronin' + 'Day-myo', thanks for the heads up on those suggestions.

Thanks for checking out the project! @EuphemiaArtoria