Minuet of Beast - Hard to get Japanese RPG

[MirceaKitsune]

I'm not 100% sure how okay it is to ask this here. If by chance it goes against the rules, please close this and I apologize. Though I suspect merely asking about a game should be pretty much alright.

So there's this RPG Maker game that's been sitting on my list of things to check for some time, and I found a few minutes for it last night. It's called Minuet of Beast, and judging by the screenshots it's one of the best polished furry vore games out there! I definitely want to give it a try, and already messed around with the demo for a bit. There's just one problem: The game is apparently pay to play... and the author as well as the game are exclusively Japanese.

http://minuetofbeast.jimdo.com

From the little I could tell by running the site through Google Translate, there isn't a lot of info on how to buy it or even a price; You must first contact the author on Twitter, who then expects you to make a direct bank transfer to him, then sends you the game once that's confirmed. This sounds quite iffy: First of all, translators are very limited and finicky... communicating with this person altogether will be a challenge, though I've attempted to send them a message earlier. Second, I typically use Paypal or Patreon for financial stuff online, and have no idea if and how I can even send money to Asia via my bank! And third, if something goes wrong with the transfer or the person isn't trustworthy, I'm definitely losing the money as there's no way I'm pursuing someone on the other side of the world especially over a game I wouldn't want people to know I'm playing. Since there's no automated interface to get the game from nor any definite people to contact, this sounds like the kind of deal that starts with "leave the money in a trash can on 1st Avenue at precisely 7:45 PM, then our men will contact you and tell you where the package is being stashed".

My first question is: Has anyone from America or Europe bought this or other games from that person, and can confirm they're trustworthy? And are there special procedures or any question asked when sending money to Japan?

If not... and this is the potentially controversial part: Does anyone here happen to have the full version of the game, and would be willing to share it privately? Please understand I'm not trying to be an ass and ask how to get it for free just for the sake of it: I would like to buy it normally like everyone else. But if there's no safe way to do that, it makes no difference to the author whether I get it from somewhere else or not, since I couldn't ever pay them whatever the case! I'm always on the lookout for good vorish games, and this is by far one I'm very curious to try out now.

[player1]

I may be a bit biased there but, the only persons that ive ever seen thinking of such a method of payment was either going totally paranoid/cuckoo (no need to bring his name up) or scammers. I do hope you find someone who can help you, there's few jap artists posting there but i don't know if they ever go in the v-game section.

[mrredpot]

I've encrypted some of the demo files and rewritten some inhibition scripts (the one to stop the demo). They actually have decent artworks and an detailed encounter system

[uents]

It looks ok I guess, I don't think its worth risking a bank transfer for a rpgmaker game though. Apparently the artist is very strict with handing out his game and having others distribute it. I can't really blame you either as the payment method is outrageous to even consider for a fetish game.

[FBnorman]

This is very hard to get' because i cant even read the website to see what to click on

[MirceaKitsune]

It looks ok I guess, I don't think its worth risking a bank transfer for a rpgmaker game though. Apparently the artist is very strict with handing out his game and having others distribute it. I can't really blame you either as the payment method is outrageous to even consider for a fetish game.

Heh... a certain furry artist who makes a certain fat / vore / feeding comic pops to mind. Which isn't to imply the creator of this game is the same as him of course... just what this situation and description kinda reminded me of

But yeah. I'd be willing to buy that game... granted the price is acceptable and not silly high for an RPG (> Undertale's). Problem is the whole thing seems dodgy and unorganized, just like giving your money to a stranger down the road who simply promises to get back to you and runs off. Add in the fact that he's from Japan, meaning a language and an alphabet you can't even understand without translation software, plus he's on a distant other side of the world... yet more distance and lack of guarantee. Still, the game looks so interesting, and I definitely wanted to give it a try

This is very hard to get' because i cant even read the website to see what to click on

That I can't blame him for: He's from Japan and English isn't a standard language there. The game was technically not intended for us, though that doesn't mean we can't like it! It would definitely be nice if there was an english version too.

[scottypilgrim]

But yeah. I'd be willing to buy that game... granted the price is acceptable and not silly high for an RPG (> Undertale's).

hasn't Undertale always been like 10 dollars? If 10 dollars is too expensive then I'm really wondering what your budget is and what you expect any pornographic game to cost.

[MirceaKitsune]

hasn't Undertale always been like 10 dollars? If 10 dollars is too expensive then I'm really wondering what your budget is and what you expect any pornographic game to cost.

I actually forgot, since I got it about an year ago... I remember it was quite reasonable though. It should also be noted I live in a relatively poorer country in Europe, where 10$ don't mean quite the same thing as in America... just so people don't think I'm weird if I naturally consider more than that a difficult choice I'd also imagine this is not quite as lengthy and polished as Undertale, though who knows!

[Big_D]

hmm I can't even get the demo to work, the system says the files corupted....anyone got a working demo I could have a look with

[MirceaKitsune]

hmm I can't even get the demo to work, the system says the files corupted....anyone got a working demo I could have a look with

I remember having that problem too. I had to rename the directory paths and exe file to something not using Japanese characters, then it worked.

[Dragonvorelover135]

What parts of the demo am I looking for to see the vore content?

[MirceaKitsune]

What parts of the demo am I looking for to see the vore content?

The demo is very simplistic: There's a small room where you can add or remove people from your party, get money and buy stuff from a test shop, and battle two creatures. If some of your heroes die to them but you don't lose the battle, they are removed from your party, and there seems to be an implied vore sequence. With the text being Japanese and having to clicking stuff at random, it's rather hard to tell.

[Hivelord]

Could someone give me a translated version of what the page says can't seem to get chrome to translate it. Hope someone one day translates the game itself looks interesting.

[MirceaKitsune]

Could someone give me a translated version of what the page says can't seem to get chrome to translate it. Hope someone one day translates the game itself looks interesting.

Click here. If that doesn't work, go to http://translate.google.com put in http://minuetofbeast.jimdo.com then click the Translate button.

I actually tried out an automated RPG Maker translator on the demo, mostly out of curiosity. I kinda wasted half a day, but it technically worked and I figured it would be something useful to have handy.

[Hivelord]

OK thanks didn't realise it was multiple games, really hope someone translates the last 2 one day i like the artwork.

[MirceaKitsune]

OK thanks didn't realise it was multiple games, really hope someone translates the last 2 one day i like the artwork.

It's... difficult; You need a program that extracts the dialogues from the RPG file into text files, then inserts the modified ones back in. I found such an application which is thankfully cross-platform too, but it doesn't have a builtin automated translator! So I had to also write a shell script using regex expressions, that can loop through the lines and run them through a Google Translate tool for bash... a lot of things have to be corrected by hand after you run it too. For personal use only, I can pull the game through that if there's some way to get it, which should make the dialogues somewhat readable as well.

[MirceaKitsune]

Well I spoke a bit with the owner last month. From what I understand, he can't take payments via Paypal just yet, but might let us know if and when that changes. Since this will probably either never happen or he'll forget me even if it will... I dunno. If someone else can help I'd still like to give this game a go, if not I'll have to give up on it here I guess.