dreamimel
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Post by dreamimel on Feb 22, 2014 23:42:50 GMT
So, I was thinking about doing Lat's Plays for various fangames and other Yume Nikki-like games. I think it's a great idea because it provides content for the forum, will help people with finding effect and events in games, and maybe help advertise games! But there might be a few problems with this idea as well. One of the problems is permission for the dev to show game content, and permission to post it on this site. I don't know if I'm allowed to post Let's Plays on this forum, and I'm not sure if the devs for games will allow me spoiling events and showing game content. Another problem is content, Yume Nikki and it's fangames are usually devoid of dialogue, in-depth plot(except for an ending), and anything other than just exploring and finding things. While there are few exceptions to this(like Broken Bottles has NPC dialogue, and The Looking Glass has a((sort of)) plot), mostly 80%-90% fall into the latter. Most of what Yume Nikki and it's fangames are is exploration(with a bit of horror mixed in). Making a Let's Play of these kinds of games can be kind of boring. It would be just "go to this place, go to the right a bit, go there, take a left, another left, and then you get an effect." The way I plan, these LPs will hopefully not be like this. The way I'm thinking of fixing these problems is this: 1. Ask the dev if I can make a let's play of their game, and also ask if I can post LPs on this forum. If I don't get their approval, I don't play the games or post LPs on this forum. 2. Create my own content to not be so boring. -What I mean by this is, I add commentary, fake dialogue, Theories, and Critiques(possibly). -With commentary, it's just my own commentary, my thoughts about what's happening, and maybe some general info about the game. -Fake Dialogue is, well, fake dialogue. I add in something that's like commentary, however, it's the protagonist of the game saying it. A good example of this would be this Princess Maker 2 Let's Play. It's full of dialogue that isn't in the game, and that's just added for comedic effect.(The problem with this is just that I'm not very funny.) -Theories, I think everyone should be familiar with. I mean, it's what Yume Nikki is known for! So, why not the fangames follow it? I'll just add my own theories on events, maps, and endings. Like what certain things represent and what I think happened. Of course, you are all free to add to this commentary! I might just post theories I like directly to the Let's Play! -Critiques should be self explanatory. However, I don't think I would be qualified enough to do critiques. I mean, I've never made a game, I don't know how RPG Maker works, and I'm generally bad at games. I don't think anyone would appreciate my critique. Now, I just want to know what all of you think. Do you think Let's Plays are a good thing? Admins and Mods, will you let me post let's plays on this forum?(If so, where do you think is an appropriate place to put them?) Should I make them? Do YOU make them? Tell me what you think! That's all for now! I'll update this once I've got the good to go and I've made my first let's play! EDIT: I just got permission from the lovely admin Rindre to post Let's Plays! They will be on the Fangames Board! Now... Which game should I do first?
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Post by Arale on Feb 23, 2014 1:01:19 GMT
Legally speaking, nobody can actually stop you from making Lets Plays of their video games. Of course, it is always a nice thing to ask, especially with such small-name indies as YN-likes, so whatever.
Lets Plays are always most interesting for me when people really talk about the game and their thoughts, so your commentary plans sound good.
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dreamimel
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Post by dreamimel on Feb 23, 2014 5:30:15 GMT
Legally speaking, nobody can actually stop you from making Lets Plays of their video games. Of course, it is always a nice thing to ask, especially with such small-name indies as YN-likes, so whatever. Lets Plays are always most interesting for me when people really talk about the game and their thoughts, so your commentary plans sound good. True, but I like to ask before making a let's play, especially with small indie games, if I can. I always like thoughtful commentary in games. I also like Funny commentary. Unfortunately, I'm not all that funny. I will attempt humor, but don't expect to laugh. Thanks for you input!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 11:21:18 GMT
As I always say in my games' readmes, all kinds of fanart and videos are welcome! (I make Let's Plays myself, after all.)
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doodle
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Post by doodle on Feb 23, 2014 16:49:48 GMT
This sounds like a good idea. I don't think the devs will mad if you do this without their permission (unless they state it explicitly that they don't want people to do this kind of thing without permission), but like Arale said, it's always nice to ask as a formality
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moga
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Post by moga on Feb 23, 2014 17:14:34 GMT
I don't mind LPs with my stuff- though the fake dialogue and stuff turns me off for my stuff largely. It just depends on the let's play though. I mean basically you can do what you want with it.
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dreamimel
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Post by dreamimel on Feb 24, 2014 22:37:37 GMT
Yaaaaaay I got permission! Which fangame should I do first? hmmmmm....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2014 9:31:50 GMT
Som nium.
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Post by Rindre on Feb 25, 2014 10:50:18 GMT
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dreamimel
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Post by dreamimel on Feb 26, 2014 0:19:19 GMT
I'm just letting everyone know right now, I cannot play any Japanese or Japanese-English Translated games. My computer just won't let me play it. I have tried installing Japanese Local, but my computer won't let me install it. So, until I find a solution, I cannot play Japanese fangames. So .flow in out of the question, unfortunately. :C
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doodle
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Post by doodle on Feb 26, 2014 1:18:52 GMT
I'm just letting everyone know right now, I cannot play any Japanese or Japanese-English Translated games. My computer just won't let me play it. I have tried installing Japanese Local, but my computer won't let me install it. So, until I find a solution, I cannot play Japanese fangames. So .flow in out of the question, unfortunately. :C Aw, that means that you won't be able to play Yume Graffiti (not that there's any shortage of "Let's Plays" of that game), it's my favorite :'o (have you tried changing your system locale to Japanese? You've probably heard that before, but if you haven't, that might fix it). Anyway, good luck choosing which fangame you wanna do first!
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dreamimel
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Post by dreamimel on Feb 26, 2014 1:33:43 GMT
I'm just letting everyone know right now, I cannot play any Japanese or Japanese-English Translated games. My computer just won't let me play it. I have tried installing Japanese Local, but my computer won't let me install it. So, until I find a solution, I cannot play Japanese fangames. So .flow in out of the question, unfortunately. :C Aw, that means that you won't be able to play Yume Graffiti (not that there's any shortage of "Let's Plays" of that game), it's my favorite :'o (have you tried changing your system locale to Japanese? You've probably heard that before, but if you haven't, that might fix it). Anyway, good luck choosing which fangame you wanna do first! Yeah, it's unfortunate. ;o; I'll try changing my locale to Japanese, I'll update if it works.
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Post by Arale on Feb 26, 2014 1:41:54 GMT
Japanese Local? Do you mean AppLocale because if not well there's your problem
But yeah changing your locale to Japanese should also work provided you have the rtps and etc
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2014 10:24:41 GMT
Aw, that means that you won't be able to play Yume Graffiti (not that there's any shortage of "Let's Plays" of that game), it's my favorite :'o (have you tried changing your system locale to Japanese? You've probably heard that before, but if you haven't, that might fix it). Anyway, good luck choosing which fangame you wanna do first! Yeah, it's unfortunate. ;o; I'll try changing my locale to Japanese, I'll update if it works. Funny, I just tried to play .flow on my old laptop with Windows XP and I can't either. If you have Windows 7 I think you just have to install AppLocale and execute the games from there.
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moga
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Post by moga on Feb 26, 2014 16:54:45 GMT
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