First of all, I want to say HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR GAMES!! I have been following your work since Seiyuu Danshi was in beta testing and now your already on your second game, SO exciting :)))
I really want to get the beta testing but Im a broke college student :"(, I'll still support by getting the game without beta testing though, but is there a approximate on when the game will be fully released?
According to Meyaoi, "Game estimated release date: Q4 2021 (might be postponed further if more route goals are reached)".
So, it was originally slated for 2 years until release, but we've already added about 4 extra routes since that estimate and we could still add a couple more, depending on how much we can raise by March 31.
In short, I don't think we'll have a proper release date estimate from Meyaoi until the crowdfunding campaign is finished, but at this point I'd probably guess it's around 3 to 3.5 years away ^_^ (but that's just MY estimate, we'll have to wait and see for a more accurate one)
Haha, I know what you mean! When the release date is so far away, beta testing is a MUST ;p
Also, if money is the issue, then maybe you should go the patreon route--if you pledge $20 this month and $25 next month (and then end your subscription) you don't have to pay it all at once AND if you donate digitally via patreon you get added to the list of credited backers in the game whereas you DON'T if you just pledge the $45 up-front from this site ;). (I know the video at the top of the page about the game tells you more about the pledge process starting at around 6:55 of the video)
As someone who is part of the Ranch Employee tier, all I can say is that I'm SUPER excited to be a part of this process (I probably got WAY too into designing a character, but hey, that's what I signed up for, right? ;p), and for anyone who comes across this game and has the funds--DO IT. Be a part of this amazing process, you won't be sorry! xD
(For real, if I had more money, I'd be seriously tempted to try for one of the top tier characters as well because if I'm this excited about designing a ranch employee, I'd probably actually DIE if I got the opportunity to design a major NPC. I'm still tempted regardless...uwu, curse my self-restraint and USD to CAD exchange rates! *shakes fist*)
Do the rewards still work on the Patreon page? If I pledge the $45, will I still be able to get the stuff it shows on the page? For the Beta access and all that?
I contributed some money but I can't give more until next month but I want all the routes I can get I really wish they would extend the campaign or something for those of us who so badly want all the character routes we can get from this game
I know how you feel, my dude, but something to keep in mind--the more stuff we try to cram into this game, the longer it'll take to create and the more risks of things running over-time and over-budget, even with the crowd funding, which could potentially stop production :(. I don't think that'll happen based on MeYaoi's track record with Seiyuu Danshi, but life can happen. That being said...I REALLY WANNA SEE WHAT MEYOAI WOULD DO WITH HOWL, AND I'M SO SAD WE WON'T GET TO SEE IT AT THIS RATE!!! ｡･ﾟﾟ･(>д<)･ﾟﾟ･｡
That gives me a lot of peace of mind, thanks! I recently had a sad experience with a game I'm beta-ing ending active production due to a computer break-down (she had the assets saved, but the new computer didn't have and didn't want to run her old programs, making her saved assets essentially useless and putting back progress by roughly 1 year), over-budget issues, and creative burn-out, so I really wanna see Banana Ranch succeed! But like you say, with that fairly generous goal for fundraising + MeYaoi's experience with making a game like this, it is VERY likely that it will succeed :D. I admit to being on the fence on whether an extension of the campaign period or a later release of "expansion characters" is the way to go...on the one hand, we wait longer for a bigger and better game, or on the other we get the game sooner with the option to upgrade (and probably pay more, lol, but that supports the developer so I'm okay with that ;p) and receive more routes. Well, we'll see what happens! Maybe the campaign ends here and there's no expansion options, maybe it'll be extended, maybe there WILL be expansion routes in the future. We'll just have to wait and see ;)
Yeah, i'm totally with you. And to be honest, Howl is one of my favourites and i want to see him as one of the love interests too, i really like this big bad wolf T_T
I don't want to whine, but I still hope for appearing of campaign extension... i want to see ALL routes with all of these characters very much.
Broke person with no money, but I just wanna say that I hope all stretch goals are met!
While I know there are single capture routes, it irks me that there are no good games with a gay harem route where you can capture everyone (straight guys can have harems and gay guys can't?). Does not have to be this game, but I hope it could be added to this game in a stretch goal.
Ooh im thinking the same! 😍 Like maybe you can change to a route where you can have the 3 person with the most affection be part of your harem 😍😍 Or like seiyuu i hope it can have special episodes later.
Should I sell my body for $950? I think I probably should... Craigslist? Lmfao, my Common Sense side is telling me No, but my Deviant side is saying Hell Yes! I LOVED the demo and I cannot wait for the game to come out. I'm sad. I'm almost completely done with all routes in Seiyuu Danshi.
I soooooo want Grizz next,after Hunny is unlocked. I really hope the campaign gets an extension, because this is an absolute wonderful game that's got me on my toes waiting for the full release. Good luck and love you's :)
It's not gonna be sorted based on the goal locks displayed on the front page :) (I check on comments and such to decide which route to be unlocked next)
I guess Hunny will be the last one until the campaign ends...I'm not telling that i don't like Hunny, mind you. But Grizz, Howl, Haves, Raion, Sterion with Thunder...these guys don't have any time...unless you expand the crowdfunding period. Seriously, it would be such a gift for all of us, please please please ^^
Oh, i see. In this case, i will wait until the campaign ends too:) And i'll keep my fingers crossed for the sake of campaign extension ^^ And thank you for the answer.
Yeah, but nevertheless I hope that we'll get exactly all the guys routes ^^ They are all so precious, it remains only to wait for the end of January to find out the news=)
I have a suggestion -- if we have kids, have them grow up. I was going through old Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon stuff and have another idea....This came from A Wonderful Life.
When your child hits the toddler/teenager phase, have scenes/options where you can shape their personality/career. Will they continue being a rancher, or will they move into a different career?
I just pre-orderd the game for $60.00 USD to get the beta access and the fanbook but I can't download them is it because they aren't out yet or is it a bug? If it is a bug It might have to do with the fact that I live in Sweden but it didn't happen when i bought seiyuu danshi.
I want this so so sos so sososososososos badly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! horses, DOGS!!!! damn!!!!!!! plEASE GOD PLEASE LET THIS BE FINISHED SOON
Yeah, I do have Discord channel to discuss about both Seiyuu Danshi and Banana Ranch. Invite link: https://discord.gg/SjUkKC7 (kinda inactive though xD)
I found a bug in the demo... In the love hotel, if you scroll to the right of the room, the screen goes out of the background, showing the night town map that's behind.
Also, a few recomendations I'd suggest (aside of typos), unless they have been said (or fixed) by now:
- Change the exit button in menu, for a "return to main menu". Its bad having to close and open again the game everytime, in order to go to the main menu.
- I also want the "delete save" option thats missing in the load/save windows.
So far I'm liking the game very much, so thanks for making it... Regards!
Just the demo is interesting and I can not wait to play the full game. I would only suggest to put bubbles of the characters on the map of the city to know where they are in the city as in Seiyuu danshi.Other good luck
Hello. My apologies if this has been asked before. I have a question regarding the "name in the credits" reward... Is it only available for the physical rewards purchases? Or also is a reward for the people that purchase the game digitally, like other proyects like this, do... Also, is the game to release only in here? Or also on Steam... Thanks in advance for the responses. ^^;
I see... I ask because in the announcement entry from 4 days ago (Campaign is LIVE + DEMO RELEASE!), it says that the "+30$ The game" also includes the name in the credits reward, but I didn't find where it says that it is a reward only for Patreons, thats why I am confused.
Hi, I'm having problems for the demo for the (Windows & Linux) I tried everything even removing it and re-downloading it again but it just doesn't work. When I start the demo it works but when you get to change the name it won't allow me whhich I thought was fine since it's the demo but when I try to start it won't allow me.
I have manage to fix the problem but I have only starting playing the demo a little bit and it's really good so thanks for creating the game I can't wait to pre-order it soon.
I love the demo so far. It is so cute that I am grinning ear to ear. I have noticed through that despite changing character name it was not integrated into the text during the interviews. I changed the MC to Benjamin but when interviewing Yolkie it still stated name as Ban. However it showed the name change with Cotton.
Yay, congrats on the start of the campaign! I've been telling everybody about it - I tell them to think of it as Stardude Valley, which seems to perk interest. :D
Just started playing the demo, and found a missing word... Klein says “... Well, I agree that it’s at least than this ghost village.” I assume there is “bigger” missing in this sentence. I play the Mac version.
Haven’t seen much of the game yet but it sounds really interesting
Like most people here, I've been following you since Seiyuu Danshi was first announced, and it's amazing to see how far you've come. I'm really excited to play this demo and wish you all the best with fundraising and development, etc. It's a lot of work, but you're doing really great. Thank you for catering to our fujoshi hearts! xx
Just finished playing the demo~ Ahh, I don't know where to start! I had so much fun! All the characters are interesting and cute in their own way! After getting to know them better, I conclude that my favorite is Ginger, but then I realize that he's not romanceable yet!! Ahhh, I really hope we can reach his stretch goal! Let us unite our wads of cash for this campaign!! For the love of Ginger!! > <)/
Anyway~ other than some minor typos and grammatical issues, the demo is awesome! The characters will be voiced somewhere down the road, right? If so, looking forward to it in the final game! If not, then I'm sad. Ban's VA in that YT intro has such a nice voice to listen to~ ;w;
Oh and, I hope there's a delete feature for saves and loads as well in the final game, like in Seiyuu Danshi! It'd be nice to organize our saves and stuff ^w^ But yeah, all in all~ amazing demo! There are a lot of visible improvements compared to that of Seiyuu Danshi and I am so happy for you guys! You've come so far!! *^*)/ Will there ever be a remaster of Seiyuu Danshi? ;;D
Now, I'mma go and pledge to the campaign~ I know this game is gonna be amazing, so I would happily part with my money! Onwards to Patreon I go~~ >w<)/
EDIT;; lol nope, nevermind. Paypal is being a jackass and won't allow me to do monthly subscription without a credit card. I guess I'll just do a one time payment through here then, sometime next month. Ahh, and here I was looking forward for some Seiyuu Danshi After Stories perks too. Just my luck, I guess. My luck is just rotten this month, honestly, so I'm no longer surprised by this point x'DD
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First of all, I want to say HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR GAMES!! I have been following your work since Seiyuu Danshi was in beta testing and now your already on your second game, SO exciting :)))
I really want to get the beta testing but Im a broke college student :"(, I'll still support by getting the game without beta testing though, but is there a approximate on when the game will be fully released?
According to Meyaoi, "Game estimated release date: Q4 2021 (might be postponed further if more route goals are reached)".
So, it was originally slated for 2 years until release, but we've already added about 4 extra routes since that estimate and we could still add a couple more, depending on how much we can raise by March 31.
In short, I don't think we'll have a proper release date estimate from Meyaoi until the crowdfunding campaign is finished, but at this point I'd probably guess it's around 3 to 3.5 years away ^_^ (but that's just MY estimate, we'll have to wait and see for a more accurate one)
I see thank you so much! Ahhh I can't wait that long, I'll just save up for the beta testing HAHA
Haha, I know what you mean! When the release date is so far away, beta testing is a MUST ;p
Also, if money is the issue, then maybe you should go the patreon route--if you pledge $20 this month and $25 next month (and then end your subscription) you don't have to pay it all at once AND if you donate digitally via patreon you get added to the list of credited backers in the game whereas you DON'T if you just pledge the $45 up-front from this site ;). (I know the video at the top of the page about the game tells you more about the pledge process starting at around 6:55 of the video)
As someone who is part of the Ranch Employee tier, all I can say is that I'm SUPER excited to be a part of this process (I probably got WAY too into designing a character, but hey, that's what I signed up for, right? ;p), and for anyone who comes across this game and has the funds--DO IT. Be a part of this amazing process, you won't be sorry! xD
(For real, if I had more money, I'd be seriously tempted to try for one of the top tier characters as well because if I'm this excited about designing a ranch employee, I'd probably actually DIE if I got the opportunity to design a major NPC. I'm still tempted regardless...uwu, curse my self-restraint and USD to CAD exchange rates! *shakes fist*)
My will is weak...I've probably spent an entire month's pay on this game BUT I DON'T CARE! IT'S WORTH IT!!!
XD
I'll be sending you an e-mail soon-ish!
There's literally not enough emojis in the world to express my glee right now (ಠωಠ)
Do the rewards still work on the Patreon page? If I pledge the $45, will I still be able to get the stuff it shows on the page? For the Beta access and all that?
Yeah, it still works.
You can count me in than, as soon as I get paid. I'm super eager to see the end result. Great job so far on the demo!
Ooh I hope we can reach Haves! I'm a softie for that owl <3
Yes please. I really really want to play with all of them!!!
I contributed some money but I can't give more until next month but I want all the routes I can get I really wish they would extend the campaign or something for those of us who so badly want all the character routes we can get from this game
I know how you feel, my dude, but something to keep in mind--the more stuff we try to cram into this game, the longer it'll take to create and the more risks of things running over-time and over-budget, even with the crowd funding, which could potentially stop production :(. I don't think that'll happen based on MeYaoi's track record with Seiyuu Danshi, but life can happen. That being said...I REALLY WANNA SEE WHAT MEYOAI WOULD DO WITH HOWL, AND I'M SO SAD WE WON'T GET TO SEE IT AT THIS RATE!!! ｡･ﾟﾟ･(>д<)･ﾟﾟ･｡
That gives me a lot of peace of mind, thanks! I recently had a sad experience with a game I'm beta-ing ending active production due to a computer break-down (she had the assets saved, but the new computer didn't have and didn't want to run her old programs, making her saved assets essentially useless and putting back progress by roughly 1 year), over-budget issues, and creative burn-out, so I really wanna see Banana Ranch succeed! But like you say, with that fairly generous goal for fundraising + MeYaoi's experience with making a game like this, it is VERY likely that it will succeed :D. I admit to being on the fence on whether an extension of the campaign period or a later release of "expansion characters" is the way to go...on the one hand, we wait longer for a bigger and better game, or on the other we get the game sooner with the option to upgrade (and probably pay more, lol, but that supports the developer so I'm okay with that ;p) and receive more routes. Well, we'll see what happens! Maybe the campaign ends here and there's no expansion options, maybe it'll be extended, maybe there WILL be expansion routes in the future. We'll just have to wait and see ;)
Yeah, i'm totally with you. And to be honest, Howl is one of my favourites and i want to see him as one of the love interests too, i really like this big bad wolf T_T
I don't want to whine, but I still hope for appearing of campaign extension... i want to see ALL routes with all of these characters very much.
How about making extension packs for sale from those that doesnt reach strech goal? I mean im just soo hoping for some of them to be included 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Thats good 😳😎 +1
I really wish to reach Howls story at least but i hope it goes all the way to tge Lion
😍😍
Broke person with no money, but I just wanna say that I hope all stretch goals are met!
While I know there are single capture routes, it irks me that there are no good games with a gay harem route where you can capture everyone (straight guys can have harems and gay guys can't?). Does not have to be this game, but I hope it could be added to this game in a stretch goal.
Ooh im thinking the same! 😍 Like maybe you can change to a route where you can have the 3 person with the most affection be part of your harem 😍😍 Or like seiyuu i hope it can have special episodes later.
Should I sell my body for $950? I think I probably should... Craigslist? Lmfao, my Common Sense side is telling me No, but my Deviant side is saying Hell Yes! I LOVED the demo and I cannot wait for the game to come out. I'm sad. I'm almost completely done with all routes in Seiyuu Danshi.
I soooooo want Grizz next,after Hunny is unlocked. I really hope the campaign gets an extension, because this is an absolute wonderful game that's got me on my toes waiting for the full release. Good luck and love you's :)
It's not gonna be sorted based on the goal locks displayed on the front page :) (I check on comments and such to decide which route to be unlocked next)
okay yayyy 💖
I guess Hunny will be the last one until the campaign ends...I'm not telling that i don't like Hunny, mind you. But Grizz, Howl, Haves, Raion, Sterion with Thunder...these guys don't have any time...unless you expand the crowdfunding period. Seriously, it would be such a gift for all of us, please please please ^^
I'm still thinking about the campaign extension. I will wait until the campaign ends before deciding anything, though =)
I really hope you do extend it :) i would love to see all of them get routes
Oh, i see. In this case, i will wait until the campaign ends too:) And i'll keep my fingers crossed for the sake of campaign extension ^^ And thank you for the answer.
I'd like to have Grizz and Hunny as picks. If I don't get the rest that's fine. I'd love to have full set but Grizz and Hunny would be nice
same. Grizz and Hunny are the two left that I want the most :D
Yeah, but nevertheless I hope that we'll get exactly all the guys routes ^^ They are all so precious, it remains only to wait for the end of January to find out the news=)
I'd be very happy if you extend the time of the fundraising campaign, because i really want all routes to get unlocked, especially the Grizz route.
I really hope the campaign reaches enough money for both Grizz and Hunny to get routes.
Ah, I really want to play a Grizz route, as he's my type. I'll hope that he'll be a 30k goal and it'll get there.
interesting, but the guys are too boyish for me, they all look the same. Even the bear has no hair.
Nice work anyway
Plenty of bara games in English. This one is yaoi.
This game is nuts in a few ways. I can't wait to play the full thing
I’m so hype for this
I have a suggestion -- if we have kids, have them grow up. I was going through old Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon stuff and have another idea....This came from A Wonderful Life.
When your child hits the toddler/teenager phase, have scenes/options where you can shape their personality/career. Will they continue being a rancher, or will they move into a different career?
I just pre-orderd the game for $60.00 USD to get the beta access and the fanbook but I can't download them is it because they aren't out yet or is it a bug? If it is a bug It might have to do with the fact that I live in Sweden but it didn't happen when i bought seiyuu danshi.
They aren't out yet.
I want this so so sos so sososososososos badly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! horses, DOGS!!!! damn!!!!!!! plEASE GOD PLEASE LET THIS BE FINISHED SOON
Nice it have social SGs but, where are the links to any of them?
I kept the promise I made on Kickstarter to you so long ago. :) Yay!
I'm looking forward to Banana Ranch and really am happy to contribute. Will you have a Discord channel?
Wow, thanks so much for the contribution!
Yeah, I do have Discord channel to discuss about both Seiyuu Danshi and Banana Ranch. Invite link: https://discord.gg/SjUkKC7 (kinda inactive though xD)
If I purchase 45 bucks or more and get beta access, will I be play the game right away?
No. You can see at the very top of this page that the release date of the game is still long way to go.
I found a bug in the demo... In the love hotel, if you scroll to the right of the room, the screen goes out of the background, showing the night town map that's behind.
Also, a few recomendations I'd suggest (aside of typos), unless they have been said (or fixed) by now:
- Change the exit button in menu, for a "return to main menu". Its bad having to close and open again the game everytime, in order to go to the main menu.
- I also want the "delete save" option thats missing in the load/save windows.
So far I'm liking the game very much, so thanks for making it... Regards!
Hello. My apologies if this has been asked before. I have a question regarding the "name in the credits" reward... Is it only available for the physical rewards purchases? Or also is a reward for the people that purchase the game digitally, like other proyects like this, do... Also, is the game to release only in here? Or also on Steam... Thanks in advance for the responses. ^^;
Physical only if you back through here, digitals also get credits if you back through Patreon. Yeah, game is only released here and not Steam.
I see... I ask because in the announcement entry from 4 days ago (Campaign is LIVE + DEMO RELEASE!), it says that the "+30$ The game" also includes the name in the credits reward, but I didn't find where it says that it is a reward only for Patreons, thats why I am confused.
Hi, I'm having problems for the demo for the (Windows & Linux) I tried everything even removing it and re-downloading it again but it just doesn't work. When I start the demo it works but when you get to change the name it won't allow me whhich I thought was fine since it's the demo but when I try to start it won't allow me.
Do you have screenshots to showcase the problem? (because the game works fine for me even when I change the protagonist's name & birthday)
I have manage to fix the problem but I have only starting playing the demo a little bit and it's really good so thanks for creating the game I can't wait to pre-order it soon.
The demo isnt working for me. T.T
How is it not working? Can you elaborate?
Everything turned out fine I had to mess around with my laptop a bit (=^x^=) thank you
Ok, that's a relief ^w^
If I ordor the game, when will it be release? How will you send the copy?
Check this page again, the "estimated" release date is written at the top of the game. The copy will be distributed via itch.io.
I love the demo so far. It is so cute that I am grinning ear to ear. I have noticed through that despite changing character name it was not integrated into the text during the interviews. I changed the MC to Benjamin but when interviewing Yolkie it still stated name as Ban. However it showed the name change with Cotton.
Ah, I'll take a look again. Probably mistakenly used "Ban" instead of "[name]" (code for displaying changed name). Glad you like the demo so far.
Yay, congrats on the start of the campaign! I've been telling everybody about it - I tell them to think of it as Stardude Valley, which seems to perk interest. :D
Haha ;D
Thanks for spreading word about the game~
Hey! loving the demo! i was wondering would you consider an option to turn off the white flashing that happens in certain situations?
Ah the white flashing during the milking scene, is it? It shouldn't be too hard implementing such an option.
Yeah my eyes are sensitive to bright flashing lights so that low key killed me lol but if you can I'll be extremely grateful!
Just started playing the demo, and found a missing word... Klein says “... Well, I agree that it’s at least than this ghost village.” I assume there is “bigger” missing in this sentence. I play the Mac version.
Haven’t seen much of the game yet but it sounds really interesting
Oh, right, nice catch.
Like most people here, I've been following you since Seiyuu Danshi was first announced, and it's amazing to see how far you've come. I'm really excited to play this demo and wish you all the best with fundraising and development, etc. It's a lot of work, but you're doing really great. Thank you for catering to our fujoshi hearts! xx
Thank you, hope to create even more BL games in the future <3
How do you increase Social? I keep watching Drama on TV and nothing is happening.
Since demo only lasts until Spring 14, you probably don't have enough time to increase your Social to the next rank.
Played the demo for a while and i like it so much! Hope it gets funded soon <3
Glad you're liking the demo!
A thought just popped onto my head after Finn shows up for the first time........ Shit who do I romance first?
lol. Finn, obviously. =D (then I'll go after Klein, Ginger, Noir...) *starts listing them all* xD
Finn's a good choice for first....yes......yes.....
Just finished playing the demo~ Ahh, I don't know where to start! I had so much fun! All the characters are interesting and cute in their own way! After getting to know them better, I conclude that my favorite is Ginger, but then I realize that he's not romanceable yet!! Ahhh, I really hope we can reach his stretch goal! Let us unite our wads of cash for this campaign!! For the love of Ginger!! > <)/
Anyway~ other than some minor typos and grammatical issues, the demo is awesome! The characters will be voiced somewhere down the road, right? If so, looking forward to it in the final game! If not, then I'm sad. Ban's VA in that YT intro has such a nice voice to listen to~ ;w;
Oh and, I hope there's a delete feature for saves and loads as well in the final game, like in Seiyuu Danshi! It'd be nice to organize our saves and stuff ^w^ But yeah, all in all~ amazing demo! There are a lot of visible improvements compared to that of Seiyuu Danshi and I am so happy for you guys! You've come so far!! *^*)/ Will there ever be a remaster of Seiyuu Danshi? ;;D
Now, I'mma go and pledge to the campaign~ I know this game is gonna be amazing, so I would happily part with my money! Onwards to Patreon I go~~ >w<)/
EDIT;; lol nope, nevermind. Paypal is being a jackass and won't allow me to do monthly subscription without a credit card. I guess I'll just do a one time payment through here then, sometime next month. Ahh, and here I was looking forward for some Seiyuu Danshi After Stories perks too. Just my luck, I guess. My luck is just rotten this month, honestly, so I'm no longer surprised by this point x'DD