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Okay, but seriously, next year for sure it'll be Ami's year
 

Okay, but seriously, next year for sure it'll be Ami's year
 

@HataVNI Honestly, I'd recommend at least creating discussion threads for the content posted on the main site. I believe it used to be the norm in the past. The discussions were often pretty interesting, and it would make the main site more visible for those of us who mostly visit forums.

One thing that has always baffled me is why Discord is more popular than traditional forums. As a medium of communication I much prefer the forum format. Not to mention that information is much better stored and searchable via web browsers when it's on a forum as opposed to a Discord server. There are also certain topics and conversations that work better when you can write out a thought out reply rather than a series of instant messages

One thing that has always baffled me is why Discord is more popular than traditional forums. As a medium of communication I much prefer the forum format. Not to mention that information is much better stored and searchable via web browsers when it's on a forum as opposed to a Discord server. There are also certain topics and conversations that work better when you can write out a thought out reply rather than a series of instant messages

I suppose now's as good a time as any to share an article/blog post I did on Aaeru for a completely different site and thus a totally different audience. I was afraid the article might have been viewed as controversial here since it seems like modern Fuwanovel really likes to pretend it never was a piracy site, and my sympathies with Aaeru and her vision perhaps leak a bit strongly. So I was hesitant to share it here for a while. But at least for me personally, Aaeru left a weirdly significant impact on me despite never really talking to her, so I'll leave this here for anyone curious:
 
A story from my hometown on the net: Aaeru, the piracy advocate who vanished

I suppose now's as good a time as any to share an article/blog post I did on Aaeru for a completely different site and thus a totally different audience. I was afraid the article might have been viewed as controversial here since it seems like modern Fuwanovel really likes to pretend it never was a piracy site, and my sympathies with Aaeru and her vision perhaps leak a bit strongly. So I was hesitant to share it here for a while. But at least for me personally, Aaeru left a weirdly significant impact on me despite never really talking to her, so I'll leave this here for anyone curious:
 
A story from my hometown on the net: Aaeru, the piracy advocate who vanished

Ten years ago - Tuesday September 17, 2013 -  our Founding Mother, Aaeru, made her last post on Twitter, and was never heard from again.
No one seems to really know what happened to her, and in fact whether she is even still alive, but let's not forget the one who started it all.
Aaeru, if you're still lurking out there and come across this post: thank you for everything.

His comment about plotge being too padded/long is the one I was referring to.  Mindless SOL and repeated dating scenes are unnecessary fluff even in SOL games, because they often don't do anything for the character dynamics or character development, which is supposed to be the point.  I tend to subconsciously ignore that type of VN now that I don't feel like I have to play them all the time.  
Generally speaking, even in a romance SOL VN, you only need one or at the most two dating scenes that don't lead into drama or the conflict of the path.  However, some companies (Yuzusoft comes to mind) include way too many date scenes (not to mention interminably long h-scenes), resulting in a lot of unnecessary padding.  To be blunt, it might sound counter-intuitive, but I often thought of dating as non-SOL content, because (unless the characters are married or the characters have had numerous lovers) dating is a deliberate departure from daily life, a low-level stress-test for romantic relationships because 'dating' has been so beautified in anime culture.
Despite jokes about cutting Kasumi's path (a lot of fans make that joke), there is very little you could cut from Dies Irae without weakening it.  Dies Irae is a detail-oriented VN in the sense that every detail has its place in the story, right down to the deliberately exaggerated personalities of the main characters on both sides of the conflict.  
Similarly, I can't see a reason to cut anything out of Muv-Luv Alternative (though Muv-luv itself could have done with a major trim).  
Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai and the other games by that company actually base their appeal an their extremely detailed romance from high school to full adulthood, developing the relationship and having numerous tribulations.  In that sense, I give that company kudos, because it got them a solid fanbase.  However, it doesn't appeal to the people who want 'quick in, quick out' SOL romances like Wagamama High Spec.  
Another thing that needs to be accounted for is reading speed.  Even in English, there are people who simply don't read that quickly and those who read excessively fast.  For me, completing an 800 page paperback novel in six hours is normal, but for most people that is the work of weeks of scattered reading or several days of concentrated reading.  The disparity is inevitably going to lead to differing opinions and preferences for VN length and narration styles.  
Someone who takes ten minutes to read a page in a novel probably isn't going to like a narrated battle scene that goes on for the equivalent of forty pages.  Whereas for me it is simply entertaining.
Not to mention those VN fans who work full time aren't going to have enough free time to really enjoy a VN like Dies Irae even if they have an average or slightly above average reading speed.  For someone like that, the wordiness of a game like Dies Irae isn't something to relish but something that eats into their free time more than they think is necessary.
... why am I defending my opponents?  Stupid fairness brain...
 

Continuation of my 2022 releases thread...
ORIGINAL TLs

Policewoman VX (April 2024) (PG-16)
(Hacking by Alpharobo)
 

This very short game was included as a bonus with the first Rance. It has evolved a bit since, and from a text-only adventure, it became a full-fledged ADV, complete with CG and clickable menus, before being offered on the now defunct ALICE-NET BBS. It was a very quick project as it has barely 15 kb worth of text. Consider it a bonus to the AliceSoft porting project

Download 1.0 here.
Night Slave (February 2024) (warning: adult content)
(Hacking by ValleyBell and Kirinn B.)

An awesome action game reminiscent of the Assault Suit series, but with lesbian sex scenes inbetween the missions. Has a surprisingly decent plot, great soundtrack an a pretty smooth gameplay considering, well, you're on PC-98. Had already been "translated" by Retronomicon but with a butchered script and a horrible hack relying on a custom font. This one is accurate to the original script, have translated graphics, and is fully real hardware compatible.

Download 1.0 here.
Shangrlia 2 (October 2023) (Warning: adult content)
(Hacking by tomyun and Alpharobo)

Another T-RPG by Elf. It's both beautiful and really challenging. I planned to do a simple menu patch, but the game is so great that I thought it deserved a full patch, despite the shitty writing ^^
Download 1.1 here.
Exciting Milk (August 2023) (All ages)
(Hacking by Alpharobo and Kirinn B)

A short, 2-episode ADV game by Silence, with the same engine as Guynarock and Lime. Strong sentai vibes in this one. You get barely 20 minutes of gameplay out of the whole thing, but the animations are stellar.
Download 1.0 here.
Jewel Bem Hunter Lime (August 2023) (PG12 - Expect a bit of fanservice)
(Hacking by Alpharobo & Kirinn B)

A collection of 12 short adventure games dealing with two demons trying to retrieve 6 power gems in order to save humanity from total destruction. These are pretty linear games, but have a gorgeous artstyle and excellent animations. And most of all, they're hilarious. Once again, Alpharobo made wonders in hacking the engine, and Kirinn B in hacking the graphics format.
Download 1.0 here.
SCRIPT PORTS
Rance III - The Fall of Leazas (April 2024) (Warning: Adult Content)
(Hacking by RottenBlock & Alpharobo - original script by Tulip Goddess Maria)
 

Huge step from the two previous games, with high production values and a way bigger world to explore. Arguably the first masterpiece of the series. This one required a lot more work than the previous ports, but nothing we couldn't handle

Download 1.0 here

Toushin Toshi (February 2024) (Warning: Adult content)
(Hacking by RottenBlock & Alpharobo - original script by Arunaru)



Another ero-RPG, with a main character that's not as much as an asshole as Rance is. This is the last AliceSoft System 1.0 game that has an available English translation to port. Hacking was slightly more complicated than on the previous AliceSoft games, but as usual Alpharobo had no trouble figuring it out.

Download 1.0 here.

Rance II - The Rebellious Maidens (January 2024) (Waring: Adult content)
(Hacking by RottenBlock & Alpharobo - original script by HGTP Translations)


Second game from the series, with more refined mechanics and better art and plot. The existing script has been reinserted, with a few edits and corrections here and there (mostly in chapter 6). The hacking is now complete, the most complicated stuff has once again been masterfully handled by Alphabrobo.

Download 1.1 here.
Rance - Quest for Hikari (October 2023) (Warning: Adult content)
(Hacking by RottenBlock & Alpharobo - original script by HGTP Translations)


The infamous first game of the series. It's pretty short script, actually, but the data relocating process between the Windows and the PC-98 version made everything harder than in the previous AliceSoft projects. Nevertheless, it's now complete, so enjoy
Download 1.1 here.

Little Vampire (October 2023) (All ages)
(Hacking by RottenBlock & Alpharobo - original script by RottenBlock)

Next step of the AliceSoft porting project. Original translation done by RottenBlock in 2020. The script is way better than the DPS one AND correctly formatted so it was done in a mere week.

Download 1.1 here
D.P.S (Dream Program System) (October 2023) (Warning: fucked up adult content)
(Hacking by RottenBlock & Alpharobo - original script by velt211)

An early AliceSoft game that includes a virtual console and three games, each one corresponding to a different erotic scenario. Some elements were re-introduced in the Rance and Toushin Toshi series. Serves as a starting point for a bigger AliceSoft porting project. Original script has been massively edited to sound more natural and correct the most blatant derps, but it has not been retranslated from scratch.

Download 1.1 here

That's true. However, I do think that SOL can be pretty good for character development. I've seen plenty of good examples in anime, manga, and LNs. At the same time, honestly, I can't think of any good example of a VN that did something like that. Overall, most SOL parts in VNs are either comedy, which can range from very good to awful, or just useless filler.

To be honest, this isn't one of your better videos...  Length preferences are entirely a matter of taste and most VNs are too short, not too long.  A lot of VNs cut out stuff so that they have excuses to make fandiscs, after all.   
To some extent, I can agree that Hoshi Ori is too long, but for a certain crowd (who want to follow the romance until they are in the grave) it is an attractive game.
Your comments on Dies Irae were malicious and excessive.  It was like listening to a 4chan troll's rant.  I also found it amusing you were comparing it to Fate/Stay Night, when the experiences are completely different except for the beginning.  Instead of pointing out things that could have been cut out to shorten the game (which was supposedly the premise of the video), you immediately decided to bash it in general, which kinda defeats the point of including it in the first place. 

Ah yes the reusing the same gags for 10-15 hours straight, best way to flesh out the story

Paintballing. Camo is Russian Digital Flora known as EMR. 
 
 

Hello fellow VN fans. 
I used to be a part of this forum ages ago, but, forgot my username and everything, so, had to sign up again. 
I am from New Zealand and have been a VN fan for about 5 years or so. My favourite genres are sci-fi, romance, comedy and mystery. 
Glad to join this forum again! 

Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no - While some might say the setting is unrealistic, the romances in the main school routes are very emotional and impactful even given their situations.  Every path stands on its own in the main school routes (the redheads in the branch school routes have related routes), and there is a tight focus on the relationship from the moment of the path split, with the relationship being slow burn early on in all three cases.
Gin'iro Haruka
Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai
Edit: To clarify, the best place to look for VNs with actual romance (vs harem guy gets to choose anyone) is VNs made between 2004-2014.  To be frank, most of the supposedly romance-heavy VNs that came out after that were relatively low quality.  Tone Works VNs stand out as an exception, as all of them have extremely good romance from beginning to end.

Except for the first three, not in any particular order.  Limiting it to fifty instead of a hundred though.
1.  Belche- Draculius
2.  Shigure Sora- Devils Devel Concept
3.  Kamio Ami- Semiramis no Tenbin
4.  Kaito- Akatsuki no Goei
5.  Shannon Wordsworth- Evolimit
6.  Kuki-sensei- Ayakashibito
7.  Mercurius- Dies Irae
8.  Ashley Horizon- Silverio Trinity
9.  Zephyr Colerain- Silverio Vendetta
10.  Veratyr- Silverio Ragnarok
11.  Valzeride- Silverio Vendetta
12.  Gilbert- Silverio Trinity
13.  Ragna- Silverio Ragnarok
14. Narita Shinri- Hello, Lady
15.  Shou- Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana
16.  Ren- Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana
17.  Arcueid- Tsukihime
18.  Rin- FSN
19.  Maia- Hapymaher
20.  Saki- Hapymaher
21.  Yayoi- Hapymaher
22.  Keiko- Hapymaher
23.  Adelheid- Floral Flowlove
24.  Souma Ria- Kin'iro Loveriche
25.  Sylvia- Kin'iro Loveriche
26.  Kanori- Minamijuujisei Renka
27.  Tanizawa Tsukasa- Kanishino
28.  Miyabi- Kanishino
29.  Tonoko- Kanishino
30.  Shino- Kanishino
31.  Mimori Ichirou- Hatsuru Koto Naki Mirai Yori
32.  Kazami Yuuji- Grisaia no Kajitsu
33.  Sachi- Grisaia no Kajitsu
34.  Kazami Kazuki- Grisaia no Kajitsu
35.  Kaze no Ushiro ni Ayumu Mono- Jingai Makyou
36.  Suu Sasamaru- Kitto, Sumiwataru Asairo Yori Mo
37.  Okita Soushi- Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier
38.  Ayame- Tenshi no Hane o Fumanaide
39.  Suzu- Ayakashihibito
40.  Soushichi- Ayakashibito
41.  Cinema- Komorebi no Nostalgica
42.  Fluorite Alvega- Komorebi no Nostalgica
43.  Cactus- Ou no Mimi ni wa Todokanai
44.  Kuro- Sakura, Moyu
45.  Shinku- Irotoridori no Sekai
46.  Celica Sylphil- Ikusa Megami series
47.  Hime- Tiny Dungeon series
48. Toshirou Kashima- Vermillion Bind of Blood
49.  Musumi Koutarou- Izuna Zanshinken
50.  Kiritooshi Hiro- Yurikago yori Tenshi Made
 

Hi there! I'd like to share my art with you and ask for your feedback on the style. I've combined pixel text, manga brush, and a simple brush in a single image. I hope it works well, but I need your feedback.
Additionally, I'd like to know how many scene artworks my game should have. I'm concerned about creating fewer than what my fans expect, so I would really appreciate your suggestions. Thank you for your attention! 🙂
 

The demo is now out on steam!
 
                                    
 
It has four short stories that you can experience at the moment.

Looks really cool Thanatos, just the kind of thing up my alley. Also, I liked the look of the ONScripter short VN you posted about on your twitter. Are you planning to release that as well sometime?

Thank you. I do plan on releasing the VN that's made in ONScripter. I'm still deciding on whether to split it into five chapters and release them one at a time or to release them all together as a compiled game. I also want to improve its art style a little more.

Hello, world!
I'm developing a visual novel engine.

It already has a number of basic functions, loading lua, json and etc.
I want to make something unique and modern, and most importantly, that everything works stably on all operating systems (Win, Android, Linux and etc.
 
Source code: https://github.com/0xcds4r/VisualNovelCore/tree/main/stable
0.6-stable build (Source + test build for windows): https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/26303-visual-novel-core-06-stable-engine-for-2d-visual-novels-with-luajson-support-download-demosource-code/
Scene Editor (alpha-test): https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/26287-visual-novel-core-with-luajson-support/?do=findComment&comment=538025
 
Project is open-source and actively developed.
If anyone is interested, then support my project on itch.io: https://0xcds4r.itch.io/visual-novel-core/community
 
Thank you for your attention.

WISHLIST + DEMO ON STEAM
 
Detective Butler and the King of Hearts is a linear murder mystery visual novel, with emphasis on a fast-paced, character-driven narrative. The story is divided into 15+ chapters, each with its own mystery, while at the same time asking you to piece together a deeper mystery spanning across all chapters. No prior knowledge of the Detective Butler storyline is required to play.
Key Features
Estimated 20-30 hours of content across 15+ chapters A unique hand-drawn art-style with animated sprites and backgrounds Fully voiced dialogue and narration (both optional, English language only) One big murder mystery, plus at least one small mystery per chapter Case Notes and Lecture Notes to help solve each mystery A large cast of characters with secrets to uncover Thought-provoking themes on truth, happiness, life, and death Original soundtrack
A Story of Mystery, Romance, and Adventure
Three years after the events of Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder, Gilligan Golder is now CEO of his late father's life insurance company, where Butler also now works as a fraud investigator. At the same time, Gilligan has been attending classes at the prestigious Diamond University. The company's investors have great expectations for Gilligan upon his graduation.

One day, Gilligan and Butler learn about a Detection Club at the university. At the same time, a serial killer has been targeting the female students, each victim's heart ripped out from a gaping wound. As none of the hearts have been found -- apparently stolen -- the killer has been nicknamed "The King of Hearts."

Tensions have grown on campus as the female students fear becoming the next victim, and the male students fear being falsely accused as the killer. In the midst of all this, Gilligan falls in love with one of the girls, but lacks the confidence to pursue her.

Eventually, a new victim is discovered: one of the members of the Detection Club.

And the prime suspect?

Detective Butler.

Gilligan refuses to believe it. With Butler as the brains and Gilligan doing the legwork, they work together to pursue the truth and catch the true killer.

The other members of the Detection Club all have secrets they want to remain hidden. Will Gilligan come to regret the truth he ends up discovering?

What are the consequences of telling comforting lies over the harsh truth?

And what are the consequences of believing them?
Think Like A Detective
The primary gameplay is within your own mind as you try and solve the mysteries yourself. The game will provide you with Case Notes and Lecture Notes to help you keep track of the characters, clues, and other important information.

You will encounter choices to personalize your experience and test your skills of deduction, but they won't influence the outcome of the story. Instead, you'll be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, with many exciting twists and turns as the mysteries slowly unravel themselves.

In addition to the overarching mystery of the King of Hearts Serial Murders, each chapter has at least one dedicated mystery for you to solve. Please enjoy solving all of them!
More details can be found below:
WISHLIST + DEMO ON STEAM
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In this aimless darkness of space, this world that we’ve been placed on continues to turn.
This world was fated to end since its inception.
And on it, we mortals wait for its inevitable end.
To travel through time, one must be willing to leave everything behind and be self-centered enough to change one's own fate.
And changing one's fate means going against the very same God who placed us here.
 

Genre: Time Travel, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery
 
Retrocausality is a kinetic visual novel where you encounter paradoxes, causal loops and inversions as you strive to make your dream come true. Set in Akihabara between the years 2000-2069, the story follows a group of college students who survive an anomaly only to find themselves in the midst of a temporal war.



Game Info:
Hello guys! I'm Thanatos and this is going to be my debut visual novel!
This is a short game that was inspired by Steins;Gate.
The game is now up on steam with Neoclassic Games publishing it.
Here's the VNDB link and also my twitter.
Let me know what you think about it!
 
 
Features:
Kinetic Visual Novel - In this predetermined world that we live in, there is no free will. We don't afford such a luxury. Cyberpunk setting - Dive into a futuristic cyberpunk dystopian world where everyone resides inside a structure ruled by a strict regime. Temporal War - Fights take place in ways you have never seen before, with characters inverting, completing paradoxes, and sometimes even causing causal loops. "The grandfather paradox is impossible. In fact, all paradoxes are impossible. The Everett-Wheeler-Graham or multiple world theory is correct. All possible quantum states, events, possibilities and outcomes are real, eventual and occurring." - John Titor

Now if the grandfather paradox isn't a thing, does that mean that we can we kick grandpa down the stairs?
 
Timeline:
circa 2000 - Root timeline is newly constructed with the appearance of its creator circa 2020 - Time travel is proved to be possible circa 2039 - Temporal wars conclude circa 2064 - Temporal wars begin circa 2069 - The world's first time machine is built Did reading that hurt your one-dimensional time brain? In that case, try thinking backwards instead.
 

Hey! My name is Emily and I'm a writer for All Ages of Geek along with a Visual Novel Line Editor and Beta-Reader. Main project right now is editing "I Married a Monster on a Hill".  I really want to dedicate my articles to visual novel creator interviews so I want to interview 3-5 visual novel creators per week. I mainly focus on Boys Love/Yaoi topics but I'm open for all genres.
What I need:

Name/Alias:
Project Link:
Email (I only contact people via email since I don't have social media. You can contact me here if you don't want to share your email)
*** You can also contact our PR at [email protected]
Your genres:
Your social media:
Your website:

You sharing your work really is awesome since this will give me more content to write about, and will also help us network! Thanks you guys! 😄