Sep 12, 2020
Archive Progress Report
ALL OF THE MAGICAL GIRL SIDE STORIES ARE RECORDED AND UPLOADED
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Archive Progress Report
ALL OF THE MAGICAL GIRL SIDE STORIES ARE RECORDED AND UPLOADED
FUCK
YEAH
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Archive Progress Report: 9/8/2020
I ended up taking the night off socially, but not for recording.
I’m having a lot of technical difficulties with the main story and now with the remaining magical girl side stories. I record via iphone and need to use an app called Handbrake afterwards to sync up the audio, but recently the audio simply isn’t syncing correctly at all, which is real obnoxious. TBH, if you can’t tell, I’m not very good at any of this and am sort of learning on the fly. Luckily, my remaining videos to work on are:
Madoka Kimono
Kyoko Swimsuit (Leaf is helping me with this)
Hanna Sarasa (Weather-cluddy will be helping me with this one)
Ayame Mikuri
Ryo Midori
Sayuki Fumino (a real life friend will be recording this for me)
So I’m pretty close to done! Phew!
Next I’m working on finalizing all the quote videos. I actually don’t have much left to do here! Like I’ve mentioned before, Kizmin has recorded a ton of videos for me (in super high quality too)-- and with the characters I have, and @leafbladie‘s help, I actually have mostly everyone covered.
Here is some stuff waiting to go up on youtube...
And here are the quotes that need to be edited + exported.
A few of these (from friends) are in a different format from what I can use, so I have to work on them in VLC Media Player first. I’ve been procrastinating on this part for a bit but I’m going to woman up soon and get it done.
After I finish with the MSS and the quotes, I’m going to work on the main story. Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, I’m having technical difficulties and all the footage I recorded a week ago was corrupted somehow, so I need to redo it. This has kind of... made me not want to work on it, which is why I’ve been focusing on MSS and easy event stuff. But!!! It’s time to stop avoiding it and get to work.
I’m going to continue to sprinkle in events here and there, but I’m going to let you all know RIGHT NOW that the last things I’ll be working on are the branching style events, so the Azaleas, See You Tomorrow, ect. These are really frustrating to record because of all the different paths and the different choices you can make in-story-- I’m going by the archive, but it still wants you to make choices and sometimes my dumbass brain is too tired to figure things out, if that makes sense. x_x
I feel like the event stories are well documented online though, and I do still have lots of time... So it’ll all go up there, eventually.
Events being worked on:
Azaleas Bloom
Christmas at Mikazuki Villa
New Years at Mizuna Shrine
Mirrors Ranking (easy peasy)
The Maiden of Hope
See You Tomorrow
FM Kamihama
MIT Mitama
Cross Connection
Voices From Beyond
Breakpoint
Summer with Mikazuki Villa
Nagisa’s Wish
Wings in the Wind
Alina is Coming to Town
Mitama’s Festive Feast
Endless Beginnings
Cherry Blossom Dreams
A Fledgeling First Flight
Magia Clash
One Fleeting Summer Night
Rebel of a Dawnless Land
Summer Treasures
A New Beginning
The Flowers’ Lament
400 Day Release Celebration
Kamihama Joy Service
I might do Breakpoint next because it was one of my favorite events and it might be a nice break. haahahaha. get it. break. break? I’m breaking apart myself, how are you guys?
I’d also like to give a MASSIVE shoutout to @leafbladie for having helped me so long with all the quote videos and with everything else. He has been so helpful and amazing this whole time. ;_; I want to plug the Ashley Taylor Memoria Collage/Zine Project (@ashleytaylormemoria) real quick-- check it out and maybe try submitting stuff too :) I’ll be making an art piece for it as well! Winx (@thefairywithdrawings) is also involved and overseeing all the design work.
I think that’s one of the nicest things going on right now... a lot of folks have different fan projects going on and are working together to make the best of a bad situation.
Future Plans
When the archive recording project is done, I want to write up a few posts on starting over on JP and how to use SE effectively. I know that there is a lot of really helpful (and frankly better) content out there already, but I still would like to add to it.
I mentioned before, but I do intend to start up the memoria review project up again, but that’ll be after everything else as well.
Tentatively... I might also make a unit review blog as well, which will go over characters and their various niches, along with a look into their SE, connects, ect. But that will be a whiles off from now and will require a ton of research.
Uhh I think that’s it! Thanks again for all of you guys’ support. I get overwhelmed easily and am not taking the whole situation well, but I’m trying to focus on my goals. It helps that the fandom is collectively working together right now.
See you until next time!
Community / Fandom Projects
Magia Record Screenshot Project: Made by Me, looking for contributors!
Enamel Pin Kickstarter!: made by paletteghost, their twitter | their instagram!
Kyoko Art Contest: Draw Kyoko, get money and/or a JP MagiReco account!
Ashley Taylor Collage Project: Made by @leafbladie
Magireco Zine (Continuation of Hope): Made by @nagisadeservedbetter
ENG translation Patch for MagiReco JP: Twitter thread linked here.
Magia Record English Fan Dub: Made by @rwbypro
JP Mats Droprate Sheet: They need data! This will make a mats drop spreadsheet, so if you’re going to be farming anyway, go and help out!
I’m recording again-- focusing on Main Story, then Another Story. I’ll work on the events after. I think I can finish Main Story Six tonight, but I’m also not going to push too hard on it. I don’t want to mess up my vision again!
After the main/another stuff is done, the recording I need to finish are:
Karin’s Quote Video (waiting on a friend) Azalea’s Bloom (halfway through) See You Tomorrow Mitama Training: Mitama Summer with Mikazuki Villa Endless Beginnings 400 Day Release Celebration Giant MSS Quote Video (not looking forward to this)
Once all that is done, and if I have enough time, I’ll also record:
Character Henshins (I’ve recorded all the ones on my account, might just finish that one since it’s easy) Character Animations
There is screenshot stuff too, but I’m not going to focus on that right now because the thought overwhelms me.
As always, thanks for y’all’s patience :)
If you’re curious, this is what I need to finish:
And this is what I’ve already finished:
I couldn’t even fit all the finished thumbnails in this screenshot-- that’s how many damn videos are done, haha.
Archive Progress Report
Good news! The magical girl side stories are almost complete! Just working on Ayame’s and Madoka(Kimono)’s. Then I’M DONE WITH THE MSS FOR GOOD.
As you can no doubt see, quotes are currently being worked on. Unfortunately this translates into a shit-ton of videos being added... I counted them and it was 20 uploaded today. Sorry!!
I’ve had a breakthrough for recording (THANKS SO MUCH @leafbladie !!!!!!!!) AND I CAN NOW RECORD TWO THINGS AT A TIME! One on the phone and one on the emulator!
I feel... EMPOWERED. This also solves a problem with recording the main story, so that’s excellent too! ;_; I’ll be able to work on it again.
Let’s see. This is what the upload folder currently looks like:
I also knocked out three events today (Breakpoint, Cherry Blossom Dreams, and Wings in the Wind), so I’m starting to make a dent events too. With the power of Madokami and emulators on my side, I will be going faster than usual, so I’m pretty excited ;_;
On another note, I’ve also started recording the MSS quotes (the six ones you get by clicking into the magical girl story). These are a real pain in the ass, BUT I’m slowly plugging away at it. I mentioned before, but I’ll be putting them all in one massive video.
Another note: some folks have asked about the unvoiced lines you get at the start of each story, like this:
I was in despair at the idea of re-recording stuff already done, but I think what I’ll do instead is get all the screenshots and put them in imgur folders! They won’t be video, but the translation will still be archived. The nice thing about this is that it could very easily be collaborative, so I might ask folks for help in gathering all of this. It’s too bad we didn’t collect them for already-run events; I don’t think we have access to those lines anymore :/
Anyways, if the above sounds like something you want to do, then feel free to let me know! I’ll have more information tomorrow-- I want to make a spreadsheet of all the stuff we’ll need in the game so that folks can easily pick parts and we won’t need to worry about people screenshotting the same place multiple times.
Is there anything else I should be considering for archival purposes?
Archive Progress Report
I took a small break (and slept for like, 40 hours), but I’m back at it. If you didn’t see before, then I hit a small snag earlier. Namely:
Luckily, @leafbladie is teaming up with me (as usual) and we’re putting the videos on his google drive. Phew!
Last quote video I need to make is Karin’s, but I have a friend who’s willing to record it for me (he was unlucky enough [his own words] to get her 4 slotted). All quote videos are queued to be up on youtube in batches of three, plus 2 event stories, so there are five videos per day. Speaking of events, here are the ones I’ve finished recording since the last progress report:
New Years at Mizuna Shrine
Mitama’s Festive Feast
Magia Clash!
Rebel of a Dawnless Land (recorded by IRL friend)
One Fleeting Summer Night (recorded by IRL friend)
Events being worked on/that need to be worked on:
Azaleas Bloom
Christmas at Mikazuki Villa
See You Tomorrow
FM Kamihama
Mitama Training: Mitama
Cross Connection
Summer with Mikazuki Villa
Endless Beginnings
The Flowers’ Lament (Halfway through)
400 Day Release Celebration
Kamihama Joy Service (this will prob be combined with the christmas video)
As far as the Main Story/Another Story go, here is what has been finished since last Archive Progress Report:
Main Story 4
Another Story 4
And the stuff that needs to be worked on:
Main Story 5
Main Story 6
Main Story 7
Main Story 8
Main Story 9
Main Story 10
Another Story 5
Another Story 6
Another Story 7
Another Story 8
Another Story 9
Another Story 10
I’ve been kind of lazy with these ones, but I’m getting back to it! I’m really not looking forward to recording the later chapters, I gotta say.
TBH I’ve been having a lot of anxiety about getting everything done on time while also trying to fulfill other commitments. Another Story shouldn’t be too hard imo, but Main Story 7 - 10 are freaking me out in terms of just how long they are. I’m also really dreading Azaleas Bloom and See You Tomorrow and ESPECIALLY SUMMER WITH MIKAZUKI VILLA.
I simultaneously feel like I’m making good time but also feel like I’m way behind...
I’m not saying this for compliment-fishing or something, just venting. TBH, at this point, when people say nice things, I just feel like a failure. Like a fake who is somehow tricking everyone??? Is this a self-centered thing to say? Am I a bad person if I say this out loud?
I don’t know, I need to sleep before I have some sort of breakdown waaaugh.
Also, do we discover what the new event will be on JP tonight? I can’t remember if it’ll be tonight or tomorrow. I wanna know.
Archive Progress Report
I’m taking a break today and tomorrow, but thought I’d give a quick update on how the recording is going :)
Videos finished:
Cross Connection
Main Story 5
Another Story 5
Kamihama Joy Delivery Service
Stuff being worked on:
Giant MSS Quote Video
Karin’s Quote Video
Azaleas Bloom
Christmas at Mikazuki Villa
See You Tomorrow
FM Kamihama
Mitama Training: Mitama
Summer with Mikazuki Villa
Endless Beginnings
The Flowers’ Lament
400 Day Release Celebration
Main Story 6
Main Story 7
Main Story 8
Main Story 9
Main Story 10
Another Story 6
Another Story 7
Another Story 8
Another Story 9
Another Story 10
Archive Progress Report
So, all the Magical girl side stories are done! Heck yeah!
Quotes are technically done as in all the characters are there, but many are being re-uploaded to include their magic unlock quotes (their extra slots). There are still thirty-four girls to upload that are sitting patiently in my “to-upload” folder, but I’m going to space them out with other stuff. I figure I can continue to upload those videos after the game has gone down with no issues, and I don’t want to overwhelm folks with stuff they’ve already seen.
Events being worked on:
Azaleas Bloom
Christmas at Mikazuki Villa
New Years at Mizuna Shrine
See You Tomorrow
FM Kamihama
MIT Mitama
Cross Connection
Summer with Mikazuki Villa
Mitama’s Festive Feast
Endless Beginnings
Magia Clash
One Fleeting Summer Night
Rebel of a Dawnless Land
The Flowers’ Lament
400 Day Release Celebration
Kamihama Joy Service
Stuff I’ll be working on next: Cross Connection, Christmas at Mikazuki Villa, New Years 1, New Years 2. These are all pretty easy. A friend is recording “Rebel of a Dawnless Land” and “One Fleeting Summer Night” for me so they’re also being worked on.
As you can notice, I’m saving the worst parts for last, because I like to suffer.
Main Story will be worked on again soon, I’m just being lazy. A lot of the events I can record on one monitor while fucking around on the other, so it’s easy to have it in the background and is more an investment of time than anything else-- while the main story I have to watch out for the text getting stuck or Mokyu being asked questions.
I’ll have more information about the screencap group project probably by tomorrow-- I just need to get off my lazy ass and get the google doc sheet done. If anyone sees this and thinks to themselves that this is a project they’d like to do, feel free to start it/take it over!
But yeah, I’m making huge progress and I’m really pleased to share this with you all :)