Not free? Oof

[❤Kali-mari Ðes Earth™❤]

What happened to fan games being free? The last 2 holo games were free.

[Hawkeye]

Originally posted by Shadow:

The question is: Why they have to be free?
Last 2 games are free, why this one have to be free, too?

Basically the two games beforehand on Steam would run into conflicts with Cover about the use of their IP's (as independent producers) if they attempted to monetise the game on Steam so that is probably why they are free games.

As previously posted Cover has very recently introduced 'Holo Indie' which is a company supported system of creating fan made games and monetising them on sites like Steam (they almost certainly take a cut of any profits made). Holo Parade is the first game released under that umbrella so the developers can monetise it if they want to as proven.

To go back to my first point Holocure and Idol Showdown were released on Steam before Holo Indie was announced, Kay Yu (Holocure) always maintained that Holocure was always going to be free regardless and had absolutely no intention of publishing under Holo Indie. As for Idol Showdown don't know what the stance is of the developers in possibly publishing under Holo Indie but I think any attempts to add monetisation to that game will kill it.

[xdvdwx]

Just to clarify one point: Games published under holo indie can also be free. The main draw in that scenario is helping the discovery of other fangames by publishing them under the same umbrella in Steam.

Additionally, there are over 400 free hololive fan games out there, they're just not on Steam. So in case OP wants to play a free holo fangame, there's plenty of options to try. :)

[Jervan]

Originally posted by PKHT Jim:

Folks gotta eat. While HoloCure is sticking to a passion project for their work, who knows what Kay's next project may entail. I'm all for supporting indie devs that want some bread for making a game, so standing by my purchase here.

i wouldnt mind seeying a river city girl game with holo characters in it.

[Papa john]

Originally posted by Jervan:

Originally posted by PKHT Jim:

Folks gotta eat. While HoloCure is sticking to a passion project for their work, who knows what Kay's next project may entail. I'm all for supporting indie devs that want some bread for making a game, so standing by my purchase here.

i wouldnt mind seeying a river city girl game with holo characters in it.

that would be dope
a holo beat em up with the same quality as holocure would be amazing

[pseudo]

Originally posted by RobDeLaMorte:

It's a bit funny when people are like "WHY FAN GAME NOT FREE?". You tourists never heard of Touhou either, have ya? :o

Very embarrassed to be a Touhou fan when I see posts like this.
What was the objective here, and was it worth the price?

[Papa john]

Originally posted by pseudo:

Originally posted by RobDeLaMorte:

It's a bit funny when people are like "WHY FAN GAME NOT FREE?". You tourists never heard of Touhou either, have ya? :o

Very embarrassed to be a Touhou fan when I see posts like this.
What was the objective here, and was it worth the price?

anyone who puts tourist in their post as an insult is extremely cringe
we touhou fans are in shambles if we gotta deal with goobers like this guy

[doggosuki]

what is a tourist in terms of... whatever this is

[C. Kero]

"The last 2 holo games were free." This dude thinks all fan made games come from the same place I guess. Clown behaviour.

[Hurkyl]

Originally posted by Chewbacca:

what is a tourist in terms of... whatever this is

Tourist, noun, one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture.

Virtually, in this case. "Oh, people are talking about this game, maybe I'll go visit and take a look see myself."

The term can have a negative connotation; e.g. tourists IRL are notorious for being rather disrespectful of local cultures, insistent of the superiority of the tourist's native culture, and so forth.

This metaphor -- and in particular the associated negative connotation -- seems to be spreading in relation to hobbies such as gaming. E.g. think of people who hear about how vtubers are becoming mainstream and comes across Gawr Gura and her petite figure, and then starts ranting on x/twitter about how vtuber fans are all ****philes. Those are tourists.

So basically, the original remark using the word is blasting the OP for being ignorant and arrogant about fan games in general; Touhou is being held up as a series with a rather large (and for-profit!) fan industry. Although, IMO, the remark kind of falls flat.

[Neoyoshi]

I don't think this is fanmade, i think thats why it's 4 bucks. still worth it!

[Hurkyl]

That's an interesting question. The thing Cover CORP is doing is pretty new, isn't it? But I think it would still count as fan made even if they successfully apply to have it distributed through the official publisher.

[METALLOWEEN99]

Originally posted by Fierbras:

I'm not entitled to someone else's work so I'm fine with paying. Its also cheaper than a sandwich. At least I now know that its under Cover.

i'M nOt eNtiTlEd tO sOMeonE elSE's wOrK sO i'M FiNE wITh pAYinG. ItS AlsO chEAper thAN a sANdIicH. At lEAst i nOW KnOw thaT itS unDEr greedy Cover.
Dumbass...

[Papa john]

Originally posted by METALLOWEEN99:

Originally posted by Fierbras:

I'm not entitled to someone else's work so I'm fine with paying. Its also cheaper than a sandwich. At least I now know that its under Cover.

i'M nOt eNtiTlEd tO sOMeonE elSE's wOrK sO i'M FiNE wITh pAYinG. ItS AlsO chEAper thAN a sANdIicH. At lEAst i nOW KnOw thaT itS unDEr greedy Cover.
Dumbass...

you sound like more of a dumbass than the other guy bro
is it just a normal thing for private profiles to say the dumbest things possible?
if 4 dollars is greedy what do you call the touhou fan games that cost $30+?

[DarkPyre]

It's being published by Hololive

[Blazikenowen]

Originally posted by RobDeLaMorte:

It's a bit funny when people are like "WHY FAN GAME NOT FREE?". You tourists never heard of Touhou either, have ya? :o

touhou has always had paid stuff zun made touhou public very early on cover did not so people who hadn't heard about cover having a program where people can monetize there fangames (like I myself did not) are wondering why its not free not everyone is but alot are wondering that