TigerNex

Yes, indeed it is the biggest sin that Vn has commited so far...I don't understand why they'd put a short secret route like the one they did but not one for Chiaki after building her up so well and making everyone like her so much...It's just no fair!
 
I require my dose of Chiaki...or else

I have a lot of Secondary Characters i love but out of what i've played recently, i'd go with her

 
Chiaki is just great, scary yet surprisingly bashful and secretive..really kind at times too....wish she had a route

Not as good as Lumaria vs Everyone but still acceptable.
/passes popcorn @bigfatround0

who knows, i didnt rly bother to read it
 
annoying enough in the common route and other character routes 

You can stop talking when you haven't even played his demo or seen the final product.
Isn't that what he is exactly doing?

@Decay has saved 200+ Fuwanovelians from going insane reading this crap.
You are a hero and you deserve a medal of Fuwawesomeness. 

That is because steam reviews wouldn't know a good Visual Novel if it slapped them in the face.

Read the review here.
 
Don't play this game.

Transforming what we expect from the OELVN market


 
Whenever I talk to communities that play visual novels, there is always a kneejerk reaction when you say OELVN. To many, they are the bane of the visual novel world. All of the player base agrees that there were many well done and even groundbreaking OELVNs developed but for the most part, they are done poorly and use common tropes that can be redundant at times.

The fact of the matter is that OELVNs tend to be indies, have much lower budgets then Japanese VNs, and do tend to stick to the script more than change things up. This is why I am writing this now. I am pioneering a movement to completely recreate what it means to be an OELVN.

Many may say, “That is too ambitious for an indie” but I will not be stopped. Months ago I launched a kickstarter for my game but I didn’t invest enough capital to get quality art so it was ignored. This was entirely my fault. I then adapted and started making sure my original and very different idea was presented with all the bells and whistles needed to grab the attention of the player base. With that attention, I can begin to explain what I intend to do to change the game.

OELVN to Western VN

An OELVN is not much different from a Japanese VN. In fact, they are so similar that people that know of OELVNs tend to call them low budget or indies as a bad stigma. There are exceptions like Unwonted Studios and Winterwolves but for the most part, the stigma is very real. What is my solution to this?

Make a Western VN. How can you compare or stigmatize something that has no equivalent? If it has no equivalent then you must judge it based on your own personal experience with it. There are many American developers out there that try to place stories in japan and use the common. The setting of my game is in the ancient middle east. It also has elements of the ancient alien theory and historical references of many different pantheons during the time of 3500 BCE. This has never been done before, not even in video gaming as a whole. But to understand why it Is different, we must look into individual changes that make the experience different from a normal VN.

Art Style

Since the story is different, more serious, and from a certain period, we chose to use art that looks digital but has a comic like styling to it. All armor, clothing, and backgrounds are based on alien technology and period architecture/writing.

Music

We tend to make most songs fit the location of the game but we do not allow that to stop us from adding a few Asian songs to capture the mood. The music is intense and matches the flow of the game.

Flow

The game has short chapters spanning no longer then 10 minutes each. There is a world map and different type of quest which require tactical decision making and exploration. There is very little internal monologue and the viewpoint is omniscient even though you only control the main character. It will feel like mini-episodes of a very big series where you develop characters and become attached to their own personal goals.

Relationships

Unlike in other games with a BxG relationship in the genre, we have incorporated a very different mechanic to how ours works. First, you as the main player will be competing for the love of the female lead. Your actions can cause her to love or hate you and the other character’s actions can do the same. You can very well FAIL to get the girl and even more, lose the girl to your rival.

Additionally, all the characters in the game will react, listen, and follow you differently based on the reputation you acquire throughout the game. Your decisions will make them great allies or reasons for your death!

Insanity

The main character has psychological issues that he must conquer. Throughout the game you will come across spirits messing with your mind and as a result, you must either embrace these ideas or suppress them. By embracing them, you gain new powers that are extremely powerful BUT by giving away your autonomy, you also lose the ability to think rationally in situations where you have to use self-control.

Questing

Unlike other games which stick to one type of mini-game throughout the story, Black Sands offers many. There will be investigations, tracking missions, and random skill check progressions. Each one requires a completely different set of skills.

Exploration

The world lore of Black Sands is deep with mystery and discovery. While the player can choose to stick to the main path of the story, they will most likely engage in the side stories to discover the secrets of the rift. Every secret unlocks a journal entry and we have an in game encyclopedia that will explain all the lore.

Historical References

When you unlock lore entries, you get the real world context from which it was created including sources. This adds a level of education to a fantasy game that is never done.

Main Character

A common complaint about VNs as a whole is the main character being too needy and weak. In this game, the main character is a vicious fighter with an exceptional command over people. He suffers from Dementia but focuses himself using “knowledge of self” and meditation. You as the player will tell his story in your own personalized journal which will be sharable online.

Victory Conditions

In Black Sands, every turn cost time. Events happen based on the time and when you meet an obstacle for the first time, you get a progress bar on the top right. The more you learn about the obstacle, the more “confidence” you have you can deal with it. This helps you in the events that happen when you take on that challenge OR when that challenge decides to take on you. If you do not prepare well, you may be forced into a very bad situation but if you prepare for the coming enemy etc, you will succeed.

Theme

We incorporate ancient Kemetic-Kushite, Canaanite, Akkadian, Minoan, Greek, and Hindu mythology into the Black Sands universe while tying them all together with the ancient alien theory as the base. This will bring new fans to the genre as the ancient alien gaming world is an untapped market and the cultures of the middle east and black community would love to have heroes that look like them.


 
Thus, we are moving forward, ever aggressive and ever vigilant. If you have any questions or critiques, please comment below.


 

Found this today. Seems relevant to the topic:

This. You can even break it down from the word itself.  
Chara- as in character. Duh!
-rage as in from that emotion you feel because the heroine and the protag are not being logical and continue to drag the problem and drama instead of finding ways to solve it.  
Thus, do not read character if you hate "rage"ing on characters.  

12 year old French girls who like anime

And that is really a good thing, so many moeges introduce these silly problems and blow them up to the sky like it's the beginning of the BETA invasion. It is nice to read something that doesn't necessarily treat the issues like anything much more than what they are. Fucking shitty pointless filler.
 
After reading it I came to the conclusion that Maya is the best girl, she is also nice in the way that she doesn't have any extreme proportions, which is rare and therefore makes it so much nicer.  Sena is not bad either, quite nice actually. Akari was not all that interesting, she had her stupid ideas which luckily wasn't around for too long but the character felt pretty much like nothing at all. Nice to look at though. Hinata could have been sort of fun but in the end it wasn't. Shizuru is just a waste of a nice voice. The character has zero appeal in any way.

Finish Maya's Route.
After three (or four) routes, I think that VN is pleasant. But I can't hide a certain feeling of disillusion Contrary to KoiChoco, there is no surprise (even if I liked Akari's ending). My current rating would be 6,5/10.
Edit : Finish Bonus "Route"

So Tsun~

I have completed Maya's route. It was good. She's adorable.
...
You know how it is, what else do you want me to say?

Play the Maya route. If you still can't get into it, then just drop the VN.

For what it's worth, I'm personally liking it more then Koichoco. but obviously milage will vary from person to person.

Too Bad there's no route for Chiaki or Makoto...

My preferred route order: Maya -> Maya -> Maya -> Shizuru -> Maya

How narrow-minded and limiting this question is. The true setup is obviously: Inside for vaginal sex, outside for oral and anal. 
Leaving it in is better for both participants to enjoy the afterglow and therefore more romantic.  Cum on the other hand tastes awful though (as far as I was told), so I don't want to torture my fictional beloved any more than necessary, so oral is an outside job for me.
Anal is something I don't want to do at all in the first place. But if I'm forced to, I can at least not make it sting when the lady has to use the toilet on the day after.

Inside. Until I read a visual novel where you get the choice and your protagonist is saddled with a kid, it's all inside. Besides, I don't want to miss out on the heroine panting, "Oh onii-chan, your cum, it's so warm. It's filling me up!"

Inside, because I prefer dealing with the eternal safe day than with the copious amounts of protagonist semen that pop up from time to time. 
It's like, holy shit, that guy just lost half his body weight with that cumshot.

So you have played your first visual novel game and finally arrived at the greatest moment in it: the h-scene. You have been faced with a difficult decision that will affect humanity.... in a way. The heroine is awaiting your decision, her eyes gleaming with excitement as she knows you are about to unleash your white minions. You are at your limit and you have to make this decision in the next 5 seconds or suffer the consequences...
The question is where? You as a protagonist have a mission or missions (if you reload that save anyway): To be a responsible adult and not create an unnecessary life by pulling out your hyper weapon at the opportune moment because apparently it is the greatest contraception method in the visual novel world and then spray her like a busted fire hydrant 
OR
Satisfy her fully: figuratively and literally by providing your love, warmth, and DNA even if she says "It's a safe day;" you don't believe in safe days or you are just too lazy or exhausted to pull out, so you remain inside. 
If you chose outside, despite covering the precious heroine with your essence and creating chaos made of white fluids all over the place, cleaning the whole place, even if it's the classroom, the rooftop, the library, the balcony or the church will be no problem, and you and the heroine will somehow manage to cleanse all the foul odors and pigments and smile at each other as if you've just robbed a bank without anyone noticing. Apparently you can use sorcery to block people's sense of smell so you and the heroine can totally walk around crowded streets without any suspicion. People who support the Way of the Outside are Ninja-class by default. 
If you chose inside, the heroine can never be become an expectant mother unless The P.L.O.T. demands it. The P.L.O.T. is more powerful than Jesus Himself. It can make babies appear or not appear with the heroine or the protagonist's will alone, so the protagonist can keep releasing inside 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 times without any problems. People may consider it "convenience", but I believe this is more of a miracle. "Inside" protagonists are also environment friendly, making sure the "predicament" can easily be wiped off with a single tissue as opposed to the wasteful "Outsiders" who require a dozen of them. People who follow the Way of the Inside are Hikikomori-class by default because they truly acknowledge that the inside is paradise and anything outside is corrupt, repulsive, and unacceptable. 
So once again, the ultimate question: inside or outside?

Here's a full run down on why this will destroy the world.
First off, the term futanari has been widely recognized and used in the hentai community to define a human being with both a penis and a vagina. People from all over the globe have grown fond of this term by now.
Then you have the term Shemale. A shemale is someone with boobs and a penis (no vagina).
By forcibly translating the term futanari to Dickgirl, one is causing a possible confusion with the word shemale, because both terms have male and female parts.
Shemale = She (female) male (male)
Dickgirl = Dick (male) girl (female)
This will hurt future generation of baka hentais who haven't seen the term futanari yet and are confronted with two terms that seem to describe the same exact thing.
If one has to translate the term futanari, at the very least translate it properly to "hermaphrodite" so there's no confusion, or leave it as "futanari" because people who read hentai are all weebs to begin with and prefer it that way.
This change deserves a worldwide state of emergency.
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!11!!1