Recettear: RPG Shop simulator - It's out and great and you should buy it

Falx

Have you bought the game yet PikaPuff?

If not then I was joking, there is lots an lots of naughty bits.

PikaPuff

Recette is like a young Yui shit yes I bought it

Falx

You bought it already?

Sorry I lied there are no naughty bits at all.

PikaPuff

There's enough bits for me

even enough for a byte

Falx

You're a unique flower PikaPuff.

Zen Vulgarity

I thought a doujin was just a comic

Or, like, a clique of people or something

Vic

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

I thought a doujin was just a comic

Or, like, a clique of people or something

My impression is that a doujin is anything made by a group of "amateurs" rather than a company.

Zen Vulgarity

I guess that works

I just remember literal stuff

Falx

Yeah doujin is basically "amateur" stuff. Can be anything from comics to games, music to full blown animated series. Although the latter is extremely rare due to the costs involved.

Zerokku

I find it amusing to see this higher on the steam "Top Sellers" chart than the current midweek sale game. Hope thats a sign of good sales/profits for Spacedrake and co. Cause I really want to see what games they localize in the future. Particularly the one described as a mix of Civ and Final Fantasy Tactics.

The Dude With Herpes

Yeah I hope it does well.

I wouldn't mind some more Working Designs(RIP) type companies out there willing to work to bring out some of the fun games we wouldn't otherwise see.

I just don't want a deluge of shit because this one game sells well.

Aroduc

Falx wrote: »

Yeah doujin is basically "amateur" stuff. Can be anything from comics to games, music to full blown animated series. Although the latter is extremely rare due to the costs involved.

It means self-published. Some professionals will occasionally use doujin markets as ways to work on stuff outside of official channels.

SpaceDrake

This is also why we try to avoid using the phrase when dealing with the Western press - "indie" doesn't confuse readers, "doujin" does and god help a reader if he looks it up on Google.

Morrandir

I'd always just figured "doujin" meant "indie." Glad I'm not too far off with that.

Sadly, my debit card has a borked, so I will be unable to preorder this, but... buying it later means 2 more dollars for SpaceDrake, Valve, and EasyGameStation (I assume, but do not care to ask) to fight over.

Shame on all you little girls. I SHALL BE AN OLD MAN.

Kainy

God I am pumped for this.

I have to play all my other games today so that tomorrow, when I don't work, I can just sink deeply into capitalism.

Aroduc

Doujin stuff is something of a curiousity compared to the Western markets. All of the derivitive stuff (the vast majority of it) is patently illegal by Japanese copyright law, but most of the industry uses the markets to scope talent and it does seem to help their sales and extend the lifetime of their products. It's gotten so accepted by the fandom that it'd be suicide to try to enforce a copyright claim on doujin stuff too. If they really wanted though, the police could show up at Comiket and arrest about 85% of the sellers there.

Zen Vulgarity

I thought "doujin" meant porn

As that was being sold and required special licenses on campus

Dracil

That's because a lot of it, esp. artbooks, tends to be.

Klyka

Can I buy this anywhere else then Steam? I currently have an issue with my Steam payment method and I really wanted to pick this up!

Spectrum

Klyka wrote: »

Can I buy this anywhere else then Steam? I currently have an issue with my Steam payment method and I really wanted to pick this up!

Impulse and GamersGate.

Aroduc

Dracil wrote: »

That's because a lot of it, esp. artbooks, tends to be.

Nah. A lot of the stuff people upload to the interbutt is porn, but the majority of it is not.

The Dude With Herpes

what time abouts will this unlock on steam tomorrow?

quaigy

According to the Store page

Available: 10 September 2010
This game will unlock in approximately 16 hours

We're already the 10th in Europe. I wanna play it now

TNTrooper

That is like 9 morning for me. Looks like my plan of staying up late to play this isn't a good idea.

Also #2 in Steam sales. Suck it Cid Meier!

Falx

Man it's the tenth here as well, gimme mah item shop!

Aroduc wrote: »

It means self-published.

And there's the word I was struggling to remember for some reason.

Mojo_Jojo

This just unlocked on GamersGate. Or so people claim.

Ayulin

Wow, this is addictive. Don't suppose the demo save files carry over to the full game?

Falx

They do actually. Can't quite remember, think you have to copy them into the save folder of the full game.

Ayulin

Doh, yeah, just "beat" the demo and got to the screen where it says that. Thanks anyway!

setrajonas

Blah, still waiting for Impulse to unlock it.

Endomatic

Zerokku wrote: »

a mix of Civ and Final Fantasy Tactics.

WHAT

I must know more

Drascin

This game is beating Civilization V for preorders in Steam.

Motherflippin' Civilization V.

Somebody give Drake a congratulations, because holy hell.

Endomatic

Price difference probably plays a huge role.

It's less than 20 bucks right now. I just bought it.
If I can get even a couple of hours out of it, it will be worthwhile.

I'll probably get Civ 5 anyway.

Bremen

The top sellers chart is by revenue, not sales numbers.

So Recettear has sold more than two and a half times as many copies as Civ 5 this week.

Fats

Civ5 is one of those things you order months in advance, anyway. Not that I'm not happy to see this doing so well.

quaigy

The timer is gone from the Steam page, so i guess it means it's released, right ?

Let me download it already, Steam !

Klyka

Ok just bought this but it's still not released

DracoGriffin

Unlocks at 10AM PST.

Klyka

DracoGriffin wrote: »

Unlocks at 10AM PST.

So in...20minutes?

DracoGriffin

Yes. Supposedly. :X

See here: Unlock time