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The video game industry is also known for unpaid overtime abuse. My record is over 100 hours in a single week, working on an action-RPG for a 50-person studio.

If you sell a product (games, movies, books, etc) containing someone's art, that's commercial use.

Yep, chat with Amaterasu if you're trying to translate Rewrite to another language. While you're at it, please prod them about Harvest Festa!

Reviews, recommendations, images, videos, and demos determine whether or not I'll buy a game. I don't care how many games the developer made before. If a game is $5 or less, it's in the "impulse buy" territory.

Oh, if people really want to copy your thing, they can do so with minimal risk of trouble. Take a look at the app stores sometime (iOS, Google Play, etc). People have made an art out of ripping successful games off. They'll change it just enough to be safe, arguing that it's the only way they can ma...

NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) = "Don't talk about my game" In general, I won't sign one of these unless I REALLY want to play the beta, or I'm being paid with money, goods, or services. You may want to look into copyrights for games , if you're very concerned about people stealing code, a...

Was it DLsite? http://www.dlsite.com/eng/work/=/produc ... 72997.html

Yeah, there are some people who won't get things done, even if you pay and keep them clearly informed about their tasks and deadlines. A test with clear requirements and a deadline can help to filter out some of the chaff. (nothing's certain, of course)

The biggest killer excuse that I hear (and sometimes feel) is:

"I don't have time to get serious with it." (often worded in different ways)

To fight this, I try to convince myself that even thirty minutes is okay- JUST GET STARTED!

I stumbled across this the other day: http://store.steampowered.com/app/320760/ Dual-language (English/Japanese), voiced major characters, two text areas on-screen- which can each be set to English, Romaji (Japanese spelled out with letters), full Japanese (including Kanji), or Hiragana/Katakana-onl...

Currently trying to get through Steins;Gate 比翼恋理のだーりん

この商品は、日本国外にお届けすることができません。"We're sorry; this item can not be shipped outside Japan" (the acual translation does not have "we're sorry")

amazon.co.jp will ship dvd's and books outside of Japan, but not games.

It wouldn't be strange for someone to charge $100 USD for a pro-level sprite. The falloff from pro to almost-pro work can be very steep, though. Unless the almost-pro stuff is seriously discounted, devs will often just go for the gold and pay the pro prices. Work that's 80% of pro probably can't cha...

I wouldn't use Romaji, but if I did, I'd go with the one that has: a, i, u, e, o, ka, ki, ku, ke, ko, sa, shi, su, se, so, ta, chi, tsu, te, to, na, ni, nu, ne, no, ha, hi, fu, he, ho, ma, mi, mu, me, mo, ya, yu, yo, ra, ri, ru, re, ro, wa, wo, and n

I'm a bit annoyed at how so many VNs avoid this. To avoid pissing people off, they could have a route where the player can choose to play matchmaker. That path might not even affect one of the main stories that much.