Every year, Right Stuf offers up to 95% off select anime, manga, and more in their annual holiday sale, so it’s an awesome time to pick up a series that you’ve missed or stock up on gifts for friends. With new deals happening every week and rotating MegaDeals, however, it can be rather difficult to keep up with all the best bargains. But never fear, because Chic Pixel is here to keep you in the know!
Category Archives: News
Japanese Horror-inspired Visual Novel The Letter Needs Funding!
The other day, I was contacted by Filipino developer Yangyang Mobile to spread the word of their Kickstarter campaign, The Letter. When I heard it was a horror visual novel inspired by Japanese horror media such as Ju-On, I was immediately intrigued! As a big fan of visual novels, and an increasingly interested but easily spooked horror game newbie, The Letter has the workings of being a very promising first game for Yangyang.
The Letter is an interactive visual novel with horror themes told from the point of view of six different characters. The gruesome tale starts when a letter with the words “HELP ME” scrawled over it repeatedly is found in an abandoned mansion scheduled to go up for sale. You can download the demo from the Kickstarter page for Windows, Mac, and Linux to get a feel for the gameplay, which takes visual novel text-based choices a step further by introducing quick-time events to high-tension moments in the story. While I’m not generally a fan of quick-time events, they really do make the scary bits all the more nerve-wracking!
I’m getting a major Corpse Party vibe from The Letter, which is definitely a good thing in my book. At the time of this post, Yangyang Mobile still has a ways to go to reach their funding goal, so head over to their Kickstarter and have a look at the reward tiers if The Letter looks up your alley. Best of luck to them!
Cuties, Cats, and Kickstarter! Help Support Date Nighto’s Hustle Cat
I can’t believe how many amazing visual novel Kickstarters have been popping up lately! And let me tell you, I’m particularly excited for Hustle Cat, a romance visual novel taking place in a magical cat café. What more is there to love?!
5 Must Buy Games in the PSN Survival Deals Flash Sale
To get in the Halloween spirit, the North American PlayStation Store is offering some killer deals on spooky and otherwise generally awesome titles. With a whole slew of PS3, PS4, and PS Vita games on this list, it may be hard to decide what to pick up, so here are five suggestions that have the Chic Pixel seal of approval! But don’t delay; the sale ends Monday, October 19th, so be sure to get your purchases in this weekend.
BL Game Kickstarter Witch Boy Magical Piece Needs Your Help!
It’s amazing to see how Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms are enabling games such as visual novels to go directly to their audience for funding! The latest in exciting Kickstarters is the boys’ love (BL) visual novel Witch Boy Magical Piece from Sekai Project, which is looking to fund the game’s localization through crowdfunding. With only 10 days left on the clock and still a ways to go to reach its $57,000 goal, I’m going to tell you why this game is awesome and deserves more support!
Chic Pixel Newsletter + Reader Survey
Exciting things are afoot at Chic Pixel! I recently launched a Reader Survey to get an idea of what everyone would like to see more of on the site, and so far I’ve had a lot of great responses. One comment in particular requested that I offer a way for people to subscribe to email updates, which is something I’ve actually been considering for a while. That was the motivation I needed to finally get the Chic Pixel Newsletter off the ground, and I’m happy to say you can now subscribe to get an email every time there’s a new post! Just click the icon below and fill out your details to sign up:
A newsletter wouldn’t be fun without some exclusive content, so I’m currently planning a few things that I can offer to make subscribing by email more exciting. I’m definitely planning on offering a peek behind the scenes on what I’m working on/upcoming posts, but if you have any other ideas of newsletter content you’d like to see, let me know in the comments!
As mentioned above, I’m also currently running Reader Survey to help me determine what kinds of content to make more of going forward. I’ll keep it up until the beginning of October, so if you haven’t filled it out yet, please do! There are only three questions, so it should only take a minute or two to complete. So far, the largest request has been for more reviews and videos, which is great and I’m looking forward to incorporating them into the site more in the upcoming weeks. I’m taking every response into consideration, so make sure your voice is heard!
Thanks for all your support, and feel free to leave any questions or suggestions you have in the comments below!
Makura no Danshi Otome Game Coming to Mobile Phones
I’m sorry to say, but this isn’t an announcement about a new kitten book featuring cute anime boys (though that would be amazing). Rather, this season’s crazy otome anime Makura no Danshi will be getting its very own romance simulation game! Aside from the fact that it will be for both iOS and Android and is coming out sometime this winter, there’s not much else in the way of information, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to admire the wide variety of content this series is garnering.
If you’ve been listening to Chic Pixel Plus, you’ll know that Sarah and I have been following Makura no Danshi this season. Given the horrendous production values that result in extended still frames, awful animation, and a strange lack of audio during numerous sequences, I’m honestly surprised they’re actually putting more money into this franchise! In addition to the recently announced mobile game, there are also a number of upcoming drama CDs, as well as a sleeping aid app exclusive to au phones in Japan (pictured above).
I guess this is an indication that Makura no Danshi is more popular than I thought… I hope this means we’ll see even more otome anime and associated media in the mainstream going forward! Also, big thanks to Gredlen for pointing out this news to me – I’m honored to have friends that make sure I stay up to date with pillow boy news.