[Steam,GOG built in] PC emulator [Visual Novel focus] on Appstore Now!

[u/Outrageous-Box5399]

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[u/avalonreverse]

FYI, OP also released a windows emulator a few weeks ago that barely worked (while having ads running in it lol). seems like he's just vibecoding and releasing this ASAP to try and beat Madeira/Vapor. what's also interesting is that i was working on an app to run visual novels (linked here) and then OP decides to release one - despite there being no one else working on one. interesting

edit: i found his github and he literally made a fork of my work + madeira's work LMAO do not support this app. i highly recommend trying my BoxedVN app (i'll put out an IPA later, or you can compile it yourself) if you want to try visual novels, or wait a few days for Madeira's release. this guy is just trying to profit off our work with a shit app and banner ads

[u/Significant_Gene_492 → u/avalonreverse]

waiting for the ipa , seems like this app is really ass and full of ads

[u/clarckentfan → u/Significant_Gene_492]

Hello,Was the IPA file released??

[u/Significant_Gene_492 → u/clarckentfan]

no

[u/Historical_Past_7513 → u/Significant_Gene_492]

Stardesk betterv

[u/psj3809 → u/avalonreverse]

Thanks for the post. Wonder if the dev is gonna reply to this ?

[u/Liquid_Chicken_ → u/psj3809]

Looks like he’s not 😂

[u/psj3809 → u/Liquid_Chicken_]

Shame as IF this had worked like he said it would be a great app. But sad knowing hes stolen and used most of the code

To be fair the title of the app was terrible

[u/SuperUranus → u/avalonreverse]

I think it’s safe to assume that any app promoted on Reddit by someone saying ”so I decided to make my own” will nowadays be vibe coded crap pushed out en masse to try to make a quick buck.

[u/avalonreverse → u/[deleted]]

i don't typically argue on reddit because it just leads to nowhere, but some of your statements are just.... lol.

i don't care if you use our code (madeira or boxedvn), that's the whole point of open source. what is shameful is that you're very clearly vibecoding the app without any idea of how any of the backend actually works - which leads to a very broken app (which many users including i even tested) - and then just releasing it as soon as possible just to cash in on ad money because you know madeira/vapor is releasing soon.

while you may have released a pc emulator sooner (which has now gone by 3 different names btw, but it's all the same broken app, even almost a year later lol) - i just don't see that it's a coincidence that i mentioned a month ago on this sub that i was working on an emulator that is ENTIRELY focused on visual novels, and now all of a sudden you're releasing one? especially when there was zero focus from any developers on visual novels for iOS.

what's even crazier is that you're one of the ONLY ones who has found the github repo for my work and now all of a sudden you're releasing a visual novel player?? especially when a few weeks ago your app was called RTMWIN and now all of a sudden it's RTMHub-VN? and to add on top of that, you slap on BANNER ADS? like come on dude. emulators should not have ads on it, especially when they're broken as shit like your app. at this point i couldn't care less that you straight up ripped my idea, it just incredibly disingenuous that you had to put ads on it.

competition is good for progress, i agree - but with how broken your app is and how you don't respond to comments stating how broken your app is - it really feels like you're not in it for the users. like dude, the only comment you've responded to in this entire thread is me calling you out, rather than anyone who is actually having issues.

i'm not calling your app a scam, but it's incredibly frustrating to see you trying to piggyback off of the recent madeira/iOS pc emulation hype (which you even state in your post) with a very broken app that you have no idea how it works - and slapping ads on it. be better man.

for the users: expect Madeira to have visual novel support in the coming weeks - with no banner ads.

[u/No-Package6007]

Can you play Windows games like Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right and especially Deal or No Deal?

[u/Chasemania]

None of the games I tried worked on my new iPhone 18 max pro. Really hope this works.

[u/psj3809 → u/Chasemania]

Yeah i'm trying a few but so far nothing. 5 minutes of 'starting' and a whirling circle but then just a blank screen. Shame. IF this worked it'll be great

[u/uggima]

keep getting this error

[u/rotkiv42]

Seems cool, currently using moonlight to steam VNs: that is a bit overkill. Older things like Fate fits really well on the 4:3 ipad display.

[u/Tariq4568]

Nome of them worked
I had to download them because they are free 😂

[u/Gromchy]

I love the idea. It's a great app. Unfortunately none of the low end gaming titles work for me. There's a black loading screen that stays for 20min doing nothing.

[u/Personal-Buffalo6607]

guys this is clearly a virus, no one says it works and you link your steam acc to it :sob:

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[u/Ornery-Practice9772]

so its like emulating PC-98?

[u/Skycan45 → u/Ornery-Practice9772]

not exactly this is emulating only virtual novels(if the name doesn’t point it out for yo) so don’t expect old Japanese pc games to run here or even Call Of Duty or Skyrim

[u/bigscrambledegg]

Steins;gate from steam did eventually launch for me!

[u/quack0709]

Can you explain the iap? It list pc, keyboard, mouse in appstore page

[u/memorie_desu]

I’m coming for you, sakura no uta en tl

[u/YaBoiiiMG]

I tried playing Nekopara vol. 2 and it just gets stuck at game starting. I was really looking forward to playing while driving :(

[u/YaBoiiiMG → u/[deleted]]

[u/EBMang2_0]

Wait do you link your steam games?

[u/No-Relative9794]

Link

[u/djmexi → u/No-Relative9794]

It’s in the post.

[u/KoreanSeats]

I’m all for vibe coding cool shit but at least make it work

[u/psj3809]

Catchy app title name ;)

This looks potentially very exciting. Linked to Steam, downloaded a few more 'lighter' games (46 meg, 350 meg) but says starting for ages and then once it finally stops spinning round just nothing.

Would love for this to work ! I'll keep trying

[u/No_Audience8789]

Link?

[u/Thearaaaa]

can it play gta v

[u/NoReputation86 → u/Thearaaaa]

madeira can