Donation for Kay Yu

[Tree]

Hello I've read youtube comment that said Kay Yu has a donation page.Can someone send me that to me,I've tried to find it but couldn't find anything

[Peshmerga]

There is none. Just bring up a Hololive stream, leave it on, mute it, hit the Like button and tab out. That's more than enough support.

[Shirojacky]

Kay Yu has always categorically refused any and all payments, donations, or similar. It's their side project, by a fan for fans. If Kay Yu accepted money in any form for this, it could and almost certainly would spell legal trouble.

[Tree]

Originally posted by Peshmerga:

There is none. Just bring up a Hololive stream, leave it on, mute it, hit the Like button and tab out. That's more than enough support.

Were those kay yu's words? I've seen people say that a lot.
It wouldn't help the developer at all. I liked the game and if you like it as well he would need some sort of support to continue the game

[Tree]

Originally posted by Shiro:

Kay Yu has always categorically refused any and all payments, donations, or similar. It's their side project, by a fan for fans. If Kay Yu accepted money in any form for this, it could and almost certainly would spell legal trouble.

Well if its a donation then it shouldn't be.He could make a donation link to a stream.

[Tree]

Originally posted by Shiro:

Kay Yu has always categorically refused any and all payments, donations, or similar. It's their side project, by a fan for fans. If Kay Yu accepted money in any form for this, it could and almost certainly would spell legal trouble.

If they try to do anything against him it would spark backlash?A lot of people have donation page even if they don't do anything.There are even patreons.You can't sue somebody because they have patreon and happened to be part of something.I saw a guy that was making anime from a big studio having a patreon.Should the anime studio sue someone who gets supported elsewhere,hell nah.

[LaChouette]

Monetizing the game is not allowed. Taking donations is allowed.

The fact that Kay Yu doesn't have a donation page is entirely their choice. Here's one of their comments about it:

Originally posted by Kay Yu:

If I ever start taking donations for my personal art/games, I would feel like I've betrayed myself. I am happy because I am staying true to my feelings towards my hobby. This is how I identify myself as a creator. If I changed that, I would feel lost. I wouldn't be "me" anymore

Source: https://twitter.com/kaynimatic/status/1661228736673648640?s=20

[Shirojacky]

Well I can only speak from what I know of friends who professionally translate and stuff (I myself only QC things, so I don't know that much more), but apparently Japanese law is a headache and a half on that matter. The big and small is that Japanese copyright law - and thus benefitting by getting pay or other things for doing works that are not your ownership - can be a really, really viscious affair. Nintendo is one of the best/worst examples of that.

[Tree]

Originally posted by Shiro:

Well I can only speak from what I know of friends who professionally translate and stuff (I myself only QC things, so I don't know that much more), but apparently Japanese law is a headache and a half on that matter. The big and small is that Japanese copyright law - and thus benefitting by getting pay or other things for doing works that are not your ownership - can be a really, really viscious affair. Nintendo is one of the best/worst examples of that.

I know but he could set a patreon and put his own animation or other of his work.And because of the game imagine people looking for his account and they will find his patreon or other japanese site that offers the same thing.I've seen japanese streamers with patreons at least,so that shouldn't be against it

[Tree]

Originally posted by LaChouette:

Monetizing the game is not allowed. Taking donations is allowed.

The fact that Kay Yu doesn't have a donation page is entirely their choice. Here's one of their comments about it:

Originally posted by Kay Yu:

If I ever start taking donations for my personal art/games, I would feel like I've betrayed myself. I am happy because I am staying true to my feelings towards my hobby. This is how I identify myself as a creator. If I changed that, I would feel lost. I wouldn't be "me" anymore

Source: https://twitter.com/kaynimatic/status/1661228736673648640?s=20

That's so nice,but lets hope he is doing financially okay.I know its his passion,but there is always a burnout for artists and creators.So it would be good if he could hire someone to help him or direct some people.

[EdisonTrent]

He's also a professional animator for some pretty big anime series, so he's probably doing okay financially, especially with this extra attention from the general anime/Japanese community.

[Shirojacky]

Originally posted by EdisonTrent:

He's also a professional animator for some pretty big anime series, so he's probably doing okay financially, especially with this extra attention from the general anime/Japanese community.

He worked on the River City Girls too. Rather that's why that game shows up in the Onimai anime, which he ALSO worked on.

[Rantzas]

Originally posted by Shiro:

Originally posted by EdisonTrent:

He's also a professional animator for some pretty big anime series, so he's probably doing okay financially, especially with this extra attention from the general anime/Japanese community.

He worked on the River City Girls too. Rather that's why that game shows up in the Onimai anime, which he ALSO worked on.

Dont forget he has worked on Naruto, SAO and I think also Bleach if I recall correctly

[Magdalenus Rex]

As mentioned he is a decently known dev who is already likely well off due to other does other bigger projects. This game being popular and well liked is enough to get him exposure and potentially contracts/deals to other game projects, so just recommending the game is enough of a 'donation'.

[Peshmerga]

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by Peshmerga:

There is none. Just bring up a Hololive stream, leave it on, mute it, hit the Like button and tab out. That's more than enough support.

Were those kay yu's words? I've seen people say that a lot.
It wouldn't help the developer at all. I liked the game and if you like it as well he would need some sort of support to continue the game

Wouldn't help the developer at all?? Continue support of the game?

What do you think inspired Kay Yu and a bunch of fans around the world to make and update Holocure for free for the past year?

If Hololive dies, then Holocure devs going to lose the main motivation for developing the game.

And few measly dollar donations isn't going motivate anyone to keep going when they got other projects that demand more time and pays more.

[Dedlok]

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by LaChouette:

Monetizing the game is not allowed. Taking donations is allowed.

The fact that Kay Yu doesn't have a donation page is entirely their choice. Here's one of their comments about it:



Source: https://twitter.com/kaynimatic/status/1661228736673648640?s=20

That's so nice,but lets hope he is doing financially okay.I know its his passion,but there is always a burnout for artists and creators.So it would be good if he could hire someone to help him or direct some people.

As others have said he has various sources of income, like his professional animation work for numerous anime and animations, doing art and animation work for games, and commission work. Plus he said once he takes money for HoloCure, including tip the dev donations, he would feel like it would be a third job and feel the need to make the game "worth the money" rather than just making the game to meet his own fulfillment and enjoyment.