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| Sedrife:
So these guys were the ones behind the creation of Touhou DOTA (Defense of the Shrine)? Very interesting... They also seem to be doing a fundraising on Modian. What's this about? |
| aUsernameIsFineToo:
This looks like it's something sponsored by Sony themselves. If you go to the home page, you'll notice the SCEI logo under "项目创建者", which translates to "project creator". The game we're talking about here is just one of the many games this fundraiser is supporting, and there's "rewards" for donating past certain amounts. ?1299 or more gets you a PS Vita, among other goodies, and ?2899 or more gets you a PS4. All donors get to vote for up to three developers of their choice, as well obtain an entry into a prize drawing for a PS4. The votes are tallied right under the prize tier-list. In short, this appears to be some kind of collaborative event hosted by Sony and Modian to raise awareness of the Chinese Doujin scene. As for who the money goes to, I have no idea, though it's probably not going to the circles participating in this event. Also, that classic PS1-era Sony Computer Entertainment logo at the very bottom... |
| cuc:
IIRC, the team leader HJ was not the originator of Defence of the Shrine, but the leader/designer who guided DOTS to the peak of its success. The Modian thing is basically what aUsernameIsFineToo said. Modian is a Chinese crowdfunding site. In anticipation for the PlayStation 4 launch in China, Sony Computer Entertainment is holding an event called "Chinese PlayStation Developer Contest" through Modian, which is essentially Sony doing crowdfunding-as-preorder, combined with a popularity contest. The fund (with a goal of CNY 200,000, soon to be reached) will be used for "supporting independent game development in China". Donors can vote for indie developers participating in the contest, and the top 3 winning developers will receive a SDK and a test kit for PlayStation 4. Before they heard about the Play;Doujin! programme, the MyACG team entered their Touhou game into the contest with the hope of winning their PS4 dev kit this way. At that time, their rank had been rising, but was still not in the top 3. They are running in the second now. It looks like they'll be getting their dev kit regardless how this game turns out. |
| Paz legalces:
Hey guys, sorry for intruding but I have got a little inquiry: Someone has recently has started spamming on facebook about how this Touhou PS4 project is crowdfunded too and making snide sarcastic remarks about the hate for a certain crowdfunded-project-that-shall-not-be-named-in-recent Upon close examination it seems this person is indeed Saijee's friend, and upon being called out for; this seems to be the respond: --- Quote ---I am just going to copy and paste a reply I did on a comment : Quoting from Yonjin who tweets on behalf of Zun said, [また、クラウドファンディングを利用して資本を集めることは、そもそも『同人活動ではない』とみなされます。 それは商業活動であり、つまり著作権侵害の海賊行為とみなされます。 Translation: Also, crowdfunding is considered to be outside the scope of doujin activities. It's a commercial activity, hence an infringement of copyright and an act of piracy.] They are using Touhou's face to grab attention for the crowd funding of PS4. They are using Touhou's image so that 'PS4' gets more funds which gives a big IRONY. Big corporations who already have money can use Touhou doujin works so that they can raise crowd funding money for themselves and small groups of doujin people who literally have more needs for funds can't? Also, the developing team are entering this crowd funding which btw is not a 'specific doujin place' so that they can get the PS4 developing kit. They are using resources other than their own abilities with involvement of corporations. So how is the PS4 team involving into PS4 fund raising okay? I just wanted people to see there is another crowd funding involving the Touhou doujin works. Yes, I am a friend of FSS and like ZUNs friends having his back I am just trying to have theirs. I didn't make any hate comments and I am sorry that I have made it look like that the PS4 team are crowd funding for themselves. However, the fact that they are involved in the crowd funding in some way remains the same. The team entered the crowd funding contest to obtain the development kit. This is involving big corporations in their development of the game. As far as I know developers are supposed to work on their games within only their abilities and not others. So how is just blatantly being negative only towards FSS fair? I think if FSS is guilty for not having the doujin spirit so is the PS4 team. I also think the PS4 team is even more far than having doujin spirit in that they are raising funds for a corporation with a touhou doujin work. --- End quote --- While I can answer these questions to a certain extent; I would like the experts' helps here and have a as-concise-as-possible explanation on how valid are these claims regarding the status of this Touhou PS4 project My apologies for posting this here... but I think it is relevant to have these accusations regarding this project clearly explained here as well, thank you |
| aUsernameIsFineToo:
This team is definitely not crowdfunding for themselves, as the (now more than) CN?200,000 shown on the campaign page doesn't go to any of the several doujin groups mentioned within. It seems that the campaign is sanctioned by Sony's PlayStation division, and that contributors get to receive rewards from Sony in addition to placing votes in exchange for their donation. The only thing the top-three circles get is a PlayStation 4 development kit, which allows porting of the game to Sony's console. However, in light of what appears to be a halt to the Play,Doujin! campaign, I wouldn't give this game ending up on the PS4 too much hope either. If Japan's own fangames are removed from the PlayStation platform, I don't see how a foreign game such as this would get a chance of making it on. --- Quote from: cuc on January 20, 2015, 02:59:53 PM ---It seems at some unknown time, they have removed all the profiles of Play,Doujin! games from both the new page and the old ZUN X PS page. The page also has an apology for terminating sales of the Gensou no Rondo PS Vita theme, leaving the Gensokyo winter theme as the only product on the page. I don't know what all that means, but it gives the impression that certain things were not going as smoothly as they expected. --- End quote --- |
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