{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3665349069eded42f44b6568","clusterId":"c_3b63811f5483ae35849c4c85","slug":"hololive-fan-game-brand-holo-indie-shifts-to-seasonal-system-after-two-and-a-half-years","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Hololive Fan Game Brand Holo Indie Shifts to Seasonal System After Two and a Half Years","summary":"Hololive's fan game brand holo Indie switched from year-round applications to a seasonal system with three periods per year on May 1. Cover Corporation's Takayuki Hatano and Kikuo Saga explained the change in an interview at BitSummit PUNCH, citing application volume outpacing system capacity. Total downloads have exceeded 3 million since launch.","whyItMatters":"The shift from open submissions to a seasonal cycle signals that holo Indie's popularity has grown faster than Cover's internal screening process can handle, forcing a structural change two and a half years in.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eCover Corporation\u0026#39;s holo Indie brand, which supports fan games featuring Hololive talents, moved to a seasonal application system on May 1 after accepting projects year-round since its launch. In an interview at BitSummit PUNCH, Cover\u0026#39;s Takayuki Hatano and Kikuo Saga said the change was driven by application volume exceeding the team\u0026#39;s screening capacity. The brand has seen over 3 million total downloads across its titles.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHatano estimated the project has achieved about 80% of its initial goals. He cited the example of Robokuro, developer of \u0026#39;HoloParade,\u0026#39; who started as an individual creator and later founded a studio for a second title. Corporate developers like Biside have also joined. Hatano said the community has shown \u0026#39;higher passion and sustainability\u0026#39; than initially imagined, but the system needed to adapt to keep up with interest.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"holo Indie, Hololive's fan game brand, switched to a seasonal application system on May 1 after two and a half years of year-round submissions. Cover cited application volume outpacing capacity. Total downloads have passed 3 million.","twitterPost":"holo Indie, Hololive's fan game brand, moved to a seasonal application system on May 1 after two and a half years of year-round submissions. Cover cited application volume outpacing capacity. 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