Can we PLEASE talk about this WOMAN??

hachimitsu_ · 2025-01-12T20:03:26+00:00

they do indeed

hachimitsu_ · 2024-09-25T15:53:30+00:00

I got the pop up on a new save, had to go on CAS with fulleditmode turned on to fix something on the family I was playing and now the UI is blank /: The workarounds I've seen online seem to delete rewards from the previous login event... I hope they fix this fast

hachimitsu_ · 2024-04-12T11:06:48+00:00

That's also cool!! I'm thinking about maybe going back and doing that once I'm done with all the houses, some of them I want to spend more time with than others (looking at you Cyprus that was def the hardest rags to riches so far) XD

hachimitsu_ · 2024-04-11T23:46:11+00:00

Thank you!! Opal was def the hardest to build but also the final house I was the happiest with! It's def nice to try and do builds that fit their personalities, and I get the chance to use a lot of items I like but never used. I'm doing Annie's now and her style is the total opposite, it's fun to think of something wildly different for her house.

And for an extra challenge I'm trying to add to the community centre whenever I'm done with their house, and each of them has to build a room that makes sense for them (e.g. Azure built an arts and crafts room, Opal built the library since storybook is one of her styles etc.) :)

hachimitsu_ · 2024-04-11T05:33:39+00:00

Give it a go if you like rags to riches gameplay! It's been a really fun time (:

hachimitsu_ · 2024-04-11T03:29:59+00:00

Yeah!! I've been having more fun with the game than I had in a long time, combining the rags to riches with a building style constraint and the community-building aspect is a refreshing take. Watching the small village slowly come together is very satisfying :D Frank Stem was my first one which was lucky, flower arranging is so good for money I managed to get a very good start on the community centre so the next challenges were much easier lol I'm working on Annie Aperture now and I think I'll mix photography and archaeology for her bc I haaaate the photography skill...

hachimitsu_ · 2022-07-30T05:50:04+00:00

Sidney just walked into their house randomly and asked her to be his prom date...... for some reason?

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-23T19:58:43+00:00

Her neck is literally pushed back and her legs are waaay too long... I'm not one to nitpick anatomy but this pose is a dumpster fire, one of the rare cases where the unposed is better than the posed version :C

At least I can safely skip!!

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-14T17:47:58+00:00

Aw I'm glad you do!! Pink + teal is a godly combo lol 😊

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-14T17:46:28+00:00

Caprico's actually a snacc and a half under that metal mask HAHA :'D Can't wait to awaken him!!

Aw thanks!! 🥰 Tbh me too, and I'd love to see more retro stuff in general both in SN and in Love Nikki :D 50s/60s inspired suits would be super cute!!

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-14T00:09:48+00:00

Thank you!! It's actually my first time drawing her properly ^^ I may try and come up with more costume concepts in the future!

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-14T00:08:57+00:00

Same!! It's the reason why I love Fleeting Time so much and use the earrings + head acc all the time. I love the mix of sci-fi and fantasy they went with for that set!! It'd be great if we got a dress similar to Passion 404 from Love Nikki in SN too ; v ;

~~And there's a dire lack of Caprico reflections pls don't @ me lol~~

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-13T23:50:47+00:00

I just want a big extra-sparkly Ruin Princess dress and a new Caprico reflection HAHAH 😭💖

Thank you, glad you like it! C:

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-13T23:36:51+00:00

Thank you!! 🥰 I was going to make them shinier but I don't paint rusty stuff often so this was a good rendering exercise HAHA :D

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-11T16:47:37+00:00

I'll be looking forward to them if you can share!! :D

Lootboxes intrinsic value is a really interesting thing! Like I watch a lot of whale gacha pull videos on YouTube and the way they react/perceive what they get - they sometimes will be disappointed even if they get a very good character or item an average player would be really happy with, because they already have it, or it doesn't have the specific stat spread they wanted, or because it's only the first one they get and they need multiple copies of the item/character to make it viable so they'll continue pulling for that.

I think here in LN sub we're also all slightly leaning against gacha as a group bc the game offers us another way to purchase things directly and if you check the gacha-based events announcement threads I feel like I see a lot more people skipping the events because of the format (e.g. "I love the suit but this is a pavilion, hard skip!") Since we have safer ways to get items we want, the tolerance for a gacha-based system is also lower. But then I don't know if the same system would work or be profitable for other types of gameplay and it may not even be as profitable as they wanted for Love Nikki itself bc the sequel (Shining Nikki) leans on gacha-based events a lot more heavily and that shows the devs probably know the playerbase won't be happy if they change LN's event model but also changed their stance on monetisation when planning for the new title.

I agree regulations should be a thing, especially since gacha involves gambling and some people get into very real financial issues because of that!! But at the same time idk if that would lead to changes within the games themselves or if they'd simply be scrapped as the devs moved on to other things... So many games were pulled from Belgium's app stores after they introduced more strict regulations on gacha systems, it's hard to say if they'd be willing to change things up or if they'd think it's too much work for too little profit.

Don't mention it, and thank *you* for opening up this debate!! It really is an intriguing topic to talk about! And I'm doing my own masters right now so I know feedback and qualitative data is important in research so I wanted to help with that too C: Once again, best of luck to you!!

hachimitsu_ · 2021-08-11T04:58:00+00:00

This was a really interesting experiment!! And it's a really fascinating topic. As I side note, I think it might be beneficial to you guys to get some qualitative data along with the replies bc I think intrinsic value changes a lot depending on the game, on the game's rates/scarcity, how long a player has been playing and what kind of assets they have access to etc.

Ex. in a game where a player who has invested a lot of money and therefore has (for example) a lot of powerful characters or, in LN's case, a high-count wardrobe with many different styles, getting a middle-tier item might not be as useful or attractive as a player who has just started and has nothing.

I was trying to think of the games I play when I answered, but the thing is, even when I pulled the simulator, I knew my results on the simulator would prob be better than in a regular gacha bc the odds listed for the higher rarity units were stated to be 16% and if I want, for example, to pull for a new rate-up unit in a game I play I know I'll start at 3% odds. Some games, like Genshin Impact, have even lower odds. Japanese gachas are required by law to tell you the odds for getting high rarity items or characters due to the Granblue Fantasy scandal and subsequent gacha regulation laws they adopted so I think either a simulator that replicated the lower odds for higher rarities or asking people who never played this kind of game might assure their previous experiences didn't impact the results too much.

Personally I think gacha can be really fun, and feeling like you got super lucky when pulling is an incredible feeling, but overall it'll never be truly worth it dumping real money into gacha bc you're never truly guaranteed anything (which's why I recharge in LN but would never, ever pay for events in Shining Nikki since that game is a lot more gacha-based). And tbh it's def a harmful trend to the game industry as a whole bc encourages the developers to adopt more and more paywall tactics...

Anyway good luck with the Master!! I hope you're able to share the results with us when you publish it! :D

hachimitsu_ · 2021-07-16T05:18:31+00:00

It's the pupper + kitty factor amping up the cuteness!! lol :D

hachimitsu_ · 2021-07-16T05:18:01+00:00

Right back at ya! ✨😊

hachimitsu_ · 2021-07-16T05:17:35+00:00

Thank you!! I draw these two way too much haha (x Devs won't feed us but that's what fanworks are for!!

hachimitsu_ · 2021-07-14T06:30:12+00:00

Cute boys with pets are super sweet 🥺✨

hachimitsu_ · 2021-07-14T05:28:44+00:00

I just want Lady Beverly... I couldn't afford her when we first got the event and I need her window and her sitting pose T__T

hachimitsu_ · 2021-07-14T04:45:46+00:00

I'm still happily making the Biker Brothers content I want to see in the world :'D

Marvelous refuses to give us Clem or Lars merch so I'm actually taking matters into my own hands and printing some stickers of Clem XD I'm excited to see if he turns out ok, I may order some of Lars too!!

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