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So finally this is coming out as something to talk about. Been clued in on this one for a bit so now its time to to see what you guys think.

Honestly this is a decent start, but I hope they are a tad selective on what they actually donate too.
 
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My inner cynic can't possibly see this working out, I just don't quite see how this would lead to any kind of positive result. Filtering through the sheer number of applicants and hoping to find a few good ones would be like browsing Patreon and hoping to select good projects off of just their self-advertisement.

But who knows. I expect nothing so it can only go up from there :|
 
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This would be great for extra funding for extra quality of life stuff in games;
- Could use it for CGs for Future Fragments (hiring other artists for it)
- Could use it for extra animators for Internal Interrogation
- Could use it for hiring the musicians/paying the background artist up front for Reclaim Reality

and so on, this would be great news, but I just have no idea how the money is managed, like, if you get the money from them, then do they get a portion of your game sales? or a portion of game ownership, preventing it from being sold on other sites?

I contacted Nutaku about it but no word back yet, so we'll see!
 
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When I read this I imagined it being a publishing deal. Much like how first party studios operate. Microsoft paid Bungie to create Halo, so I would imagine Nutaku would be the rights holder to the IP, or at least the sales of the game. While you received an up-front development deal. No way in hell is this a grant where they cut you a check to buy assets and get nothing in return (but I have been wrong in the past). This is amazing for smaller devs who haven't garnered a decent Patreon following and maybe cannot afford to run full time. It could also be worth it to get a few titles out the door and get a following (much like the Bungie did) and become self-publishing at a later date. In the end this benefits those who do not need it, and those who do. Great news all around.
 
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Not alot of information for developer to go on.

Is it first come first serve, what's the requirement for getting funding, and after getting funding, does Nutaku get a say in the project or what?
 
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All in all it has all the signs of a publicity stunt, hundreds of prospective devs and working projects will be drawn to the promise of additional funding, allowing Nutaku to start relations with countless developers over publishing and distribution.

The lack of clear criteria (as far as I can tell, anyway) and overall clarity just makes me wonder how much money they're actually willing to spend on this concept, there's no way to verify how much they actually end up spending after all.

Let's just hope I'm being far too cynical here.
 
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Casting pearls and all that. Don't really see a point in giving money to lazy, procrastinating devs that the h-game community harbors. They should use that 2 mil to ensure the success of their Steam-like client, since that's way more important in the long run.
 
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NLL said:
Casting pearls and all that. Don't really see a point in giving money to lazy, procrastinating devs that the h-game community harbors. They should use that 2 mil to ensure the success of their Steam-like client, since that's way more important in the long run.
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Unfortunately, they need more than money to run that client, they need those lazy, procrastinating devs the community harbors to make games, that sell, therefore making them money. This 2 mil is doing just that, ensuring the success of the platform by ensuring the success of games getting finished.
 
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SunsetRiders7 said:
When I read this I imagined it being a publishing deal. Much like how first party studios operate. Microsoft paid Bungie to create Halo, so I would imagine Nutaku would be the rights holder to the IP, or at least the sales of the game. While you received an up-front development deal. No way in hell is this a grant where they cut you a check to buy assets and get nothing in return (but I have been wrong in the past). This is amazing for smaller devs who haven't garnered a decent Patreon following and maybe cannot afford to run full time. It could also be worth it to get a few titles out the door and get a following (much like the Bungie did) and become self-publishing at a later date. In the end this benefits those who do not need it, and those who do. Great news all around.
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Yep I agree. I think a publishing/development deal is the best way to go with this. $2m isn't actually a whole lot even for "indie" games these days, but in the fledging world of indie H-games, I think it could carry quite a bit of weight. Here's to hoping for something with a bit of gameplay depth, and not just a basic sidescroller, VN, or text RPG.

As far as the software client, you need a good exclusive product to sell to get that thing off the ground. Trying to hype an empty marketplace will do you no good.
 
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As I am an indie dev (I guess) this is really interesting to me, but how it would interact with my existing Patrons will be a HUGE concern.
 
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For a risk-adverse person like myself, all I can say about this project is:

Ambitious and seems to have a good intent. (But you know what they say about good intentions...)
 
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This is likely linked with the "new" nutaku launcher, they will likely ask you to put your game on sale on there stores (maybe only theres store) and thats likely the only catch. Dunno tho gonna wait for more info.
 
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Terribly vague but if you're a poor hentai developer, go for it. Beggers can't always be choosers.
 
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NLL said:
Casting pearls and all that. Don't really see a point in giving money to lazy, procrastinating devs that the h-game community harbors. They should use that 2 mil to ensure the success of their Steam-like client, since that's way more important in the long run.
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Yes, they should put all of that money into a client to sell games made by western developers... and then have no western games to put on it.

Or they could put that money into some of the western devs, get a portion of sales, more quality games come out, everyone wins.
 
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NLL said:
Casting pearls and all that. Don't really see a point in giving money to lazy, procrastinating devs that the h-game community harbors. They should use that 2 mil to ensure the success of their Steam-like client, since that's way more important in the long run.
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The problem is that there is next to no 18+ games that they can sell on that client. Kimochi failed because they had like 3 games or so for sale. The amount of for sale 18+ original English games hasn't really increased since. So they need people to make games or else all their client will end up being is a way to buy like six games from MG, J-ast, and Sekai.
 
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HentaiWriter said:
Yes, they should put all of that money into a client to sell games made by western developers... and then have no western games to put on it.

Or they could put that money into some of the western devs, get a portion of sales, more quality games come out, everyone wins.
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That's assuming they deliver. Friendly reminder that we have a lot of games in development but almost no games finished, so that doesn't leave them with a lot of devs with a good track record, track record being their main projects being finished or close to being done.

Also, most games being developed in the west have no ending in sight. Hell, most of them aren't even halfway done as far as we can tell.

But my main concern is about how close are they going to be to the development, because I have seen some studios and teams getting things done lately around here but I don't want that to be a reason for Nutaku to sit on their assess.

Is there going to be an NDA if you work with Nutaku in a game that won't allow you to show or talk about their participation in the development due to the investment?
Are they going to put out deadlines that these devs have to follow and deliver on time?
Are they going to have a hand on the development of these games?
What is their cut from sales?
And what will prevent someone from getting money and not delivering?

Overall I think this is good but we need more information, hopefully we'll hear more about it soon.
 
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I think there also may be something like actually buying good solid WIPs from developers (with all the rights) while offering contract. At least it seems most legit version, happens quite often with non-h projects.
 
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Im going to also be meeting with the Nutaku Staff in person next week at Otakuthon in Canda. I was invited by the staff specificly to futher our discussions face to face.

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This is a good time to get some potential questions answered from the community so I look forward to it.
 
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Basically anything that's more informative than that little blog post they've made that tells us pretty much nothing about what exactly they're going for.

as a start in addition to what Perfeccia Ars posted above:
Will this restrict devs in any way in terms of where/how they can distribute their games otherwise?
What kind of themes/fetishes are okay/not okay? (considering the huge mess their online games provide in that regard this should be interesting seeing as a whole lot of indy adult games contain slavery, rape scenarios, monsters, bestiality, blackmail and so on.)
What kind of quality standards are they aiming for?
 
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LewdGamer said:
Im going to also be meeting with the Nutaku Staff in person next week at Otakuthon in Canda. I was invited by the staff specificly to futher our discussions face to face.

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This is a good time to get some potential questions answered from the community so I look forward to it.
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Is there any specifc project they are looking for?
Doujin/Indie, Studio, etc?
Long term or short term, what right does Nutaku get, and what right is the developer giving up.

Is this mainly for the English community, or is none US/EU country welcome?

If the developer is already a part of Patreon, or Dlsite or other online platform, will that affect?

And what kind of payment system are they using, and if a developer doesn't have English as a first language, what kind of support will they offer, translation etc?
Since from what I understand, one reason that some Japanese developer aren't using these platform, is because the form of payment that was offered, doesn't work in Japan.

They don't use Paypal, and they also have their own credit card called JCB(Not Visa, Master or Amex)

I know that Dlsite is branching out to Chinese, they just opened a Taiwan dlsite, and have a booth at the local comiket(Final Frontier) and going to each booth, asking the taiwanese artist to sign-up and sell their stuff on their platform.
 
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