{"id":23059,"date":"2023-11-16T16:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=23059"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:12:40","slug":"20231116_23059","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231116_23059\/","title":{"rendered":"Hololive&#8217;s New Policy Allows Indie Devs to Profit from Fanmade Games\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 15, COVER Corporation <a href=\"https:\/\/cover-corp.com\/en\/news\/detail\/20231115-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> the establishment of <strong>holo Indie<\/strong> \u2013 a new game brand for derivative works and fanmade efforts. The upcoming title HoloParade is slated to be the first game released under the brand. COVER simultaneously announced a revised version of its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hololivepro.com\/en\/terms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Derivative Works Guidelines<\/a>\u201d as well as adding a new \u201cDerivative Work Game Guideline.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>COVER Corporation runs the VTuber Agency Hololive Productions as well as the popular all-female Vtuber group Hololive. The increasing worldwide interest in Vtubers such as Gawr Gura and Houshou Marine has led to the development of numerous Hololive-inspired games. Fanmade titles include the roguelite title HoloCure \u2013 Save the Fans! and the fighting game Idol Showdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The establishment of \u2018holo Indie\u2019 and the introduction of these new guidelines indicates COVER\u2019s support for fanmade content. The company hopes that these measures will provide opportunities for more fans to enjoy creating diverse content based on COVER\u2019s IPs, without having to worry about copyright claims. COVER state that they will not exercise their rights as long as derivate works comply with the guidelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, COVER added that they will establish a dedicated Steam account for fanmade games as part of their Game Developer Support Program. The fanmade efforts published on this account will be released under the company\u2019s new game brand holo Indie. Up until now, derivative works approved under COVER\u2019s previous guidelines could only be distributed for free, however, the new guidelines also allow for paid distribution of fanmade games. In this way, COVER aims to create an ecosystem that provides continuous support to indie developers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4e00\u4eba\u3067\u5236\u4f5c\u3057\u3066\u304d\u305f\u30db\u30ed\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u300e\u30db\u30ed\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u300f\u306e\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u65e5\u304c\u3064\u3044\u306b\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3057\u3001Steam\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u304c\u516c\u958b\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br><br>\u5148\u307b\u3069\u30db\u30ed\u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u516c\u5f0f\u3088\u308a\u544a\u77e5\u306e\u3042\u3063\u305f\u300eholo Indie\u300f\u306e\u30c6\u30b9\u30c8\u30b1\u30fc\u30b9\u3068\u3057\u3066\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3059&#8230;\uff01<br><br>\u767a\u58f2\u65e5\uff1a12\u67081\u65e5(\u91d1)<br>\u4fa1\u683c\uff1a490\u5186\uff08\u7a0e\u8fbc\uff09<br>Steam\uff1a<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUZWMsENhp\">https:\/\/t.co\/CUZWMsENhp<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60DOAGypIf\">pic.twitter.com\/60DOAGypIf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u308d\u307c\u304f\u308d\ud83c\udfa8\u30db\u30ed\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9 &#8211; HoloParade (@roboqlo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roboqlo\/status\/1724706758038528420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HoloParade, the first fanmade creation to be released in this manner, seems to be COVER\u2019s test case for the holo Indie brand. HoloParade is a single-player 2D tower defense game which features 65 Hololive production VTubers and mascot characters. According to COVER\u2019s announcement, Japanese developer Roboqlo is the main creative force behind this game; they were responsible for the planning, graphics and programming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-002.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-002-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231115-272266-002-300x169.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In HoloParade, you summon characters into your parade squad and aim to destroy the enemy\u2019s base. The characters have different abilities such as ally-healing support and self-destruct attacks. In addition, the game features the \u201cSymphony Effect,\u201d that activates various effects when the characters play their musical instruments, impacting gameplay in multiple ways. It seems that the combination of characters in your parade and the order in which you summon them will be important strategic factors.&nbsp;The \u201cSkill\u201d system allows you to equip each character with up to three special abilities, customizing the way you develop them. The game will also include mini games and a gacha system through which characters can be obtained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HoloParade is scheduled to be released for the PC and Mac (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2647230\/HoloParade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on December 1st in Japanese, English and Indonesian.\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Written by. Verity Townsend based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20231115-272266\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date 2023-11-15 18:56 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVER Corporation unveils holo Indie brand for officially releasing fanmade games featuring hololive IPs, starting with 2D tower defense game HoloParade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":23068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39,17,79],"class_list":["post-23059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news","tag-vtuber"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hololive&#039;s New Policy Allows Indie Devs to Profit from Fanmade Games\u00a0 - 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