Many users of Honey Select, as well as curious onlookers, have questioned if FAKKU is authorized to invoke cease and desist claims on Illusion's behalf. Grady also added that they intend to work together with some of the HS developers and potentially allow some of the game projects to stay in operation: In a few of Grady's statements on the Discord server, he addressed that using Honey Select assets or any assets from Illusion games in a commercial capacity without permission from Illusion and FAKKU is not allowed: I'm sharing the results of that discussion so you are informed about the current happenings.įAKKU's founder and CEO, Jacob Grady, has made a direct appearance on an eroge dev Discord to address the longstanding issues.

I have a bias against HS content but my personal opinions are irrelevant on this issue as they impact nothing related to the legality of HS content or Fakku's ability to enforce Illusion's copyright. I did not start this discussion, but I expressed my opinion and supported the decision to get an official response that would clear the issue once and for all.

This question was and still is relevant to many existing and upcoming developers. Despite the quite overwhelming success of some of these ventures, the legality surrounding the usage of Illusion's assets have been questionable and up in the air for several years with no official statements from either Illusion or FAKKU, until now.Ī user of the F95 Zone forums going by the username TowerCrow had initially started a dedicated thread in order to hopefully prompt an official response from either the English publisher or directly from Illusion themselves regarding the commercial use of Honey Select assets by some developers of a Discord purposed to creating eroge:Ī discussion involving many non HS and some HS devs like Runey on a gamedev only server on whether to invite more HS devs resulted in someone inviting a Fakku representative to clear up the issue of using Studio NEO and Honey Select in general for commercial purposes. Many of the projects have gained sustained and large monetary support from many eroge fans especially on crowdfunding platforms like Patreon. Largest English-language hentai manga publisher turned game publisher and merchandise store FAKKU has addressed the unauthorized and illegal usage of assets from Illusion's popular eroge Honey Select.Įver since the 2016 Japanese premiere, and the subsequent 2018 English FAKKU release, of Illusion's Honey Select as Honey Select Unlimited, a significant amount of commercial projects directly utilizing assets from the game have been appearing in the wider adult gaming industry.

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