This is basically the NoidsEdstrom update, so a sincere thanks to Noids for bringing in all this week’s topics to talk about! One particular topic is “spicy” and will only be addressed in the audio portion, so make sure to listen to it if you want that particular content. Otherwise, onward with the update.
The developers of Scarlet Maiden are working on a new project called Spirit Valley. The game has been announced but little news other than that is being worked on and should look to release (hopefully) sometime this year. If you haven’t checked out Scarlet Maiden yet, you can often find it on sale nowadays since it’s been out for a while now. These particular games are diamonds in the rough, generally focusing on gameplay and mechanics first while adding an extremely large dose of fanservice on top of things.
Another random waifu gacha game in the form of Starseed Asnia Trigger. Not much information other than on the website I’ve linked and the gameplay you see above was from a very early closed beta back in 2022. Considering it’s been in development this long, hopefully they will bring the heat and make something worthwhile to check out.
I wanted to give NoidsEdstrom a proper response to his comment regarding last week’s news about a particular Vtuber incident. I think what is often frustrating with content creators from a western perspective is that they forget the strong cultural influence on decisions that seem alien to us. More importantly, I’m not saying that this is the correct way of doing things. I’m just saying that missing this piece of the puzzle (and not addressing it at all) will lead to folks wondering what the heck is going on. I’ll dive into detail more in the audio portion, but for anyone who just wants the summation of the talk; cultural norms are extremely important in Asia. If you do business over there, you have to understand the framework if you want to succeed and prosper in that environment.
Artist is Edemevas
A little bit under the weather right now so next week’s update may be very brief. Hopefully the lovely art from Edemevas will allow me to recover faster!