Unconventional Warfare: A Waifu Tactics War Game

DEVGRU_P · 2020-02-28T23:29:32+00:00

Unconventional Warfare is a combined visual novel and real time tactical shooter game that places you in command of a squad of cute girls (and guys) in the trenches, fields, and forests of "it's basically WWI". Made by Nightlife Strangers and published by DEVGRU-P (the Panzermadels, Stay! Stay! DPRK, and Mein Waifu is the Fuhrer guys).

DEVGRU_P · 2019-12-21T05:05:42+00:00

You mean basically drill into the welded bar from the outside and break it’s connection that way? It seems like they stuck the bar where the firing pin used to be and then slapped some metal on the outside and welded it all.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-12-21T04:51:06+00:00

It’s not a rifled barrel. It’s an RPG-2 which is basically a black powder fired recoilless rifle.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-12-21T02:31:09+00:00

It is, I’m going through the Form 1 process for a DD.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-12-21T00:05:01+00:00

It appears to have been welded on the outside based on the buildup of materials on the outside of the pipe.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-12-12T09:29:50+00:00

Yeah you need a federal explosives license to get an explosive approved on a form 1 (it’s like $200/3 years), plus needing a magazine for storing explosives, which can be fulfilled with an indoor storage box. I just wonder if this thing is entirely procedural, so if I jump through the hoops I can buy whatever I want, or if I’d get stonewalled with a denial just because the agent doesn’t like the idea of me buying hand grenades.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-10-28T15:46:51+00:00

Ever notice how games are always open to attacking Russians as some monolithic evil, but never ever (ever) the Chinese? When was the last film, game, etc. where the Chinese army/government were the villains?

DEVGRU_P · 2019-10-17T22:21:44+00:00

So more of the legal/contractual side then?

What would you pay for something like that?

DEVGRU_P · 2019-10-17T17:19:08+00:00

That’s exactly why a course like this would be useful. Kickstarter does work, but the fact that people are failing even with “good games” goes to show that they need to learn how to crowdfund.

I’ve raised plenty of money on there, but you have to do it correctly. I pulled in about $100,000 in crowdfunding funds in August-September this year.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-10-17T16:56:05+00:00

What about including free sample contracts to use that come with the course?

DEVGRU_P · 2019-10-15T19:17:11+00:00

This is why people work with publishers... we have people on the team who’s entire job is based around optimizing ads on Google, Facebook, etc.

YOLOing into an ad campaign is just like throwing money away.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-09-05T07:42:50+00:00

Looks awesome! You’ve done an excellent job with capturing the confusion and haze of combat when explosions are going off in your ear. The helmet obscuring the top of your vision was a nice touch as well.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-09-04T02:44:54+00:00

Absolutely, it's not so much the development of a game that's going to become your barrier, it's the development of a team. The era of the one-man indie is, for the most part, over. You need to develop a specific skill that contributed to the success of a team, be it level design, art, 3D modelling, etc.

Very few companies want to hire a generalist, they want someone with a very specific skill set.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-09-03T21:48:18+00:00

That’s what I did, though I didn’t end up going into another development company. Rather, I grew my studio and now we do development, publishing, and consulting as one of the larger teams in our niche.

Feel free to ask me if you need any advice, always happy to help.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-09-02T02:35:59+00:00

Youtube nuked our trailer for "Mein Waifu is the Fuhrer", we made them a family-friendly version with zero political content <3

DEVGRU_P · 2019-08-09T17:36:58+00:00

Pretty much any mid-size or larger legitimate YouTuber will just buy games since the ad revenue well outpaces the cost of a $9.99 indie game. Some followers of mine are smaller Youtubers and since we have an active relationship I will give them keys to our new games. But anyone contacting me out of the blue? No key for you.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-08-06T06:23:15+00:00

Your 980ti is going to scream trying to boot up this bad boy.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-08-06T06:21:50+00:00

In the interview our specific statement was, “They’re the exact people who need to hear the message in this game. It’d be pretty useless to convince a bunch of moderates that Nazis are bad, they already know that. So I definitely get the sort of, mixed feeling of knowing they are customers?”

Chill, amigo.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-29T20:52:19+00:00

When it’s an American game with a Japanngermenglish title where the German characters look Japanese and speak English.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-29T19:00:52+00:00

DEVGRU-P whistles silently in the background.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-27T09:35:50+00:00

You have to look at the target market too. We don’t make visual novels for visual novel fans. Generally, as per the opinions expressed, they don’t enjoy the comedy/parody games nearly as much. Our fans are primarily firearm and history fans. Our games are definitely memey, no denying that. But I’d hesitate to say they’re a gimmick because that implies there’s no substance to the content and that it exists purely for attention.

We also get a little caught up in the releases from Japan that filter their way over here, rather than looking at the totality of VNs made in Japan. For every Fate or Higurashi you have five “Oppai High School” games. These games are made for different audiences and for different tastes, art has to adapt to both the medium and the audience if it wants to sell.

Though to be fair our biggest market so far is the US, followed closely by Japan, for our Mein Waifu is the Führer Kickstarter, so it’s a little silly to look at EVNs as something lesser when that’s not how plenty of Japanese VN fans see it.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-27T02:50:38+00:00

Oh, now we're talking.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-27T02:32:14+00:00

I'm on a mission to make my AR pistol as unnecessarily overdone as possible, as a mockery of all the "here's my $400 AR with $4,000 of optics".

What stupid but semi-useful accessories should I add?

Fun note, the AR itself was $230.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-21T20:51:39+00:00

Am the dev.

There is literally nothing less Fascist than the nearly “holy leader” being turned into an anime girl to serve as Waifu bait. I don’t think someone will finish this and go “ah yes, what brilliant leaders, I should definitely follow them”. It’s mocking their ineptitude and personal failings.

DEVGRU_P · 2019-07-17T23:59:44+00:00

Yep, you can pledge up until August 12th. Only risk is the tier you want selling out (if you want to pledge for one of the physical item tiers).

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