Right, so it's been a while since I've posted any blog, and I probably will use this channel as an outlet for blogging things relating to the free Japanese indie game scene.

First of all, may I present to everyone the Japanese equivalent of Misaos, Furige (https://furige.herokuapp.com/), which literally means Free Games in Japanese! It's an annual voting contest held during the month of December where people simply vote for their favorite free Japanese indie game, and the one with the most votes win.

That being said, I want to highlight two particular games that won Furige 2016 and 2017 respectively. First up, New Super Hook Girl, which got 170 votes compared to 2nd place game which won 104 votes (https://furige.herokuapp.com/2016/). And this game certainly deserves accolades. It's a pretty fun 5-stage game where players use the mouse and only the mouse to control a girl who uses hooks to traverse across stages. There is a rather high difficulty spike as you progress through the stages, but it's still fun nonetheless. In fact, it's so popular that it's even featured in speedrunning events!



(Skip to 6:24 for the actual run)

The next game that recently won Furige 2017 is this strategy adventure game which roughly translates to Last Stage: End of the Stars. I haven't tried this game out yet, but it looks pretty sick with its horizontal bullet hell-style gameplay!




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Okay, so now, my future plans.

Currently, I'm translating a visual novel called Aiyoku no Eustia (you can check it out at https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/16982-aiyoku-no-eustia-translation-project/). So as of now, I'm not translating anything RPG Maker game-related. However, I do have future plans for 2 games in particular. First up is Seraphic Blue DC Altered! Well, from what I can see, this game is really highly requested for translation, so I will definitely look into it.

The other game is... Hat World Revamped (will be renamed Hatalonia: Revamped when I start translating this)! For those who don't know what this game is, you can find the original at http://rpgex.sakura.ne.jp/littleworld/. Yes, this game is targeted to be released in April 2018, and I'm definitely very excited about this game. Once it's released and I finished playing it, I will definitely look forward to translating this. Check out a gameplay video from Jaymonius below!




So yeah, these are my major plans for translation. So look forward to when I officially announce these projects (which I don't know when, but hopefully soon)!