At first I thought visual novels were just sluggish scrolling through dialogue, occasionally clicking on answer choices. But I tried it once, and I liked it. Now I'm studying programming at asa college miami florida and one of the projects is just about game development, I chose the visual novel theme because the gameplay itself is quite simple. The plot is similar to "Doki Doki Literature Club", btw, it`s what you`re looking for. On the one hand, this novel is hard to miss, because it`s discussed and recommended at every turn. On the other - it's hard not to pick up spoilers. So advise you to play without trailers right away.