#kinetic novel

[unseelie-grimalkin]

I'm going for gold, lads, lasses, and other gendered classes!

Do you like visual novels? Do you like stories about the fey? Do you like your entertainment as EDUTAINMENT?

IF SO, BOY HOWDY DO I HAVE A VISUAL NOVEL PROJECT FOR YOU.

The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) is a lore-rich and choice-driven romantic visual novel inspired by Irish mythology. Play as an Irish tenant farmer from the mid-19th century, whose path becomes inexplicably entwined with fairy affairs after getting robbed by the roadside and lured into the mythic and war-torn world of Tír na nÓg: A once unified land, now divided into the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Will you escape with your stolen belongings? Or does fate have something else in mind?

OKAY, BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU, SEEKER OF SEROTONIN?

6 wonderful romantic/PLATONIC options (each love interest can be pursued entirely platonically)

a visual novel whose philosophy is less on anxiety-inducing, arbitrary choices to get a good or bad ending, but instead focuses on if you, the player, are interacting with a character in a healthy or unhealthy manner, leading to player freedom and choice

intelligent and reflective writing that is reflected within character moments and dialogue

and MORE! (so much more!)

WHERE CAN I FIND MORE OUT ABOUT THIS GAME?

Here is the bio link, which has links for the indie developers' social media accounts (Tumblr, Twitter, Discord Server) along with the link to their official website, which has a deep dive into every main NPC and the philosophy of the game. The demo is out now and free on both Steam and Itch.io

(As an official statement: I am in no way employed or affiliated with Moirai Myths and I was not approached in any way to make this post. This is me being a feral fan on main, blazing this post)

EDIT:

HELLO EVERYONE! DID YALL KNOW THE KICKSTARTER FOR THIS GAME JUST LAUNCHED TODAY? NOW YOU DO! MORE DETAILS AND MORE FUN TO BE HAD!

They’re doing voice acting reveals this month, along with an early bird special to see blushing/flirty emotes!

EDIT THE SECOND:

WE HAVE REACHED FULL FUNDING WITH THE GAME! Which is excellent, because it means that my little hyperfixation is gonna be made!

However!

It would be very nice if we could reach some of the stretch goals (which go into depth here: x). Not only are they fun (MC customization, a switch port, expanded voice-over work, more sprites, mini-games, side stories), but I think they'd spark a lot of serotonin for folks playing (myself included).

If this post has interested you at all, please, please, please check out the Kickstarter above! Thank you!

EDIT THE THIRD

Since this is still getting notes beyond my wildest dreams:

Hello! It's been a while! The Kickstarter ended a bit ago (I did not update this post when it did end, due to being ecstatic to how much the project managed to get: 130% funding!), but development is ongoing and strong! The first two routes are in development right now. Please keep tuned at @moiraimyths for official development updates!

[udon-udon]

It's been a little over a week since I released my newest yuri visual novel, and I'm very happy that it's been super well received so far! Please check it out if you like cheesy fluffy yuri! Short, sweet, and FREE!

[nanapop]

It's Wolf Like Me release day!!

Play as Cassie, who finds herself in a little town in the woods, and with a new friend in tow, find out the truth behind the legend that this town tries so hard to deny.

Features:

nameable protagonist

4 MC sprite presets

timed choices

one ending (no bad end!)

2 CGs

roughly 1.5-3hrs of gameplay

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Wahhh this is my project for the Once Upon a Time VN Jam and I'm very excited about it!!

It's my first fully finished project which makes it extra exciting, plus it's just a really nice story with a message that is close and personal to me so I really hope that if you play it, you enjoy it.

You can play it for free over on itch.io!

Special shoutout to @ardeeste for being my co-pilot through this one. I wouldn't have had the drive to finish in time without you <3

[prikarin]

Hey, everyone!

Petrichor has finally been released! 🥳💖

The story is quite short so it can be played in 10-20 minutes depending on reading speed~ https://prikarin.itch.io/petrichor-vn

[satoshi-mochida]

Ryukishi07 Visual Novel 'Rose Guns Days' Coming West Through MangaGamer - Noisy Pixel

MangaGamer has announced the western release of Rose Guns Days. The gangster visual novel by writer Ryukishi07 will be available in English, Chinese, and Japanese on Steam and MangaGamer’s own store.

Rose Guns Days was originally released by 07th Expansion in Japan in four seasons, from 2012 to 2014. This new version will follow the same individual chapter sale structure, but it’ll be upscaled from 480p to 1280 x 960.

The game takes us to an alternate history of Japan in which the country was taken over by Chinese and American forces during World War 2 as a way to rebuild Japan. The two countries tried to obtain a superior political stand in the nation, and many people from China and the USA migrated.

Now, with so many people from other countries, the Japanese have even become a minority. However, there are still those who won’t give up. As many gang conflicts arise, a new Japanese mafia family tries to get the upper hand within City 23 and protect their kin.

Rose Guns Days follows Leo Shishigami, a war veteran who sees his country completely changed after WW2 when he returns to it three years later. Alongside him, we also have another protagonist, Rose Haibara, the proprietress of a brothel who tries to protect other women like her.

A manga adaption of the game has also been released in English before through Yen Press. They’ve also released a spin-off prequel manga called Rose Guns Days Sorrowful Cross Knife.

You can view artwork for Rose Guns Days via our gallery below:

[blerdyotome]

Cute BL Game, How to Melt a Maiden's Heart is Live on Steam and PC

Fujo Fam, Ebi-hime just dropped their latest BL kinetic novel, How to Melt a Maiden’s Heart over on Steam! In this sweet romance story, follow a high school student who discovers the formidable student council president is crossdressing on the sly and working at a maid café. Get How to Melt a Maiden’s Heart on Steam Get How to Melt a Maiden’s Heart on itch.io Continue reading Cute BL Game, How…

[kniferr]

The world seems a lot smaller nowadays.

[variouspolltournaments]

Propaganda

Higurashi: It's a horror story that made me shiver like no other story ever did.

It's a mystery novel that got me hooked from the first to the last chapter.

It's a violent story, arguably the most violent story I've ever read.

But it's also a warm story about friendship and bonds.

Higurashi is a character-driven story, and all of the characters are written with depth, complexity, care, and love.

To sum up, Higurashi made me laugh, shake, theorize, cry, pity, and love. And so many more emotions I cannot name.

Higurashi is just all of that.

Please vote Higurashi, I beg you!

[pyllymursu]

I finally got some time to draw, and this is an idea I've been thinking for a little while ~

So, a little anniversary piece dedicated to the first entry of my visual novel trilogy, Pristine Sin! I still cannot believe it has already been 10 years, but to be fair, Covid stole like 4 years of that decade away soooo-

A lot sure has happened to this game especially, I already overhauled most of the in-game art once, re-designed a few characters, added some new story bits to the script, replaced all the music with legal tunes, but the overall experience has stayed mostly the same. The 19-yo me from a decade ago would be proud of what I have made, just like I am proud of past me for tackling such a project to begin with.

Here's to another 10 years of creation! And of course, please go play it, I worked hard on this little piece of my soul

[asterismtales]

Submitted my very first game to SuNoFes 2024 on itch.io! Thursday At 11 PM is a estimated 7 minute length kinetic game with... I'm pretty sure less than five choices but none of them affect the story majorly so yeah, kinetic game it is!

It'll be greatly appreciated if you guys check it out!

[greatwyrmgold]

Just played this. Neat little story about the sense of ownership parents have over their children.

[madocactus]

If you need even more reasons to play protoViolence literally every reviewer has written a book in the comments about the game's story.

Here's some from the past two days!

So if you're itching for a meaty 1-2 hour VN to play this evening, why not give it a try?

[teamanpim]

Our newest game for the Yuri Game Jam 2023 is finally out! We weren't able to release a game last year, but we're back in business today babyyyy!!!!!!

[prikarin]

Happy Screenshot Saturday!!

Have you played Petrichor yet? It's a short kinetic novel about a woman coming out to her partner as ace 💗

It'd mean a lot to me if you gave it a chance, it's only around 10-15 minutes long 🙏

[satoshi-mochida]

The Switch version of Stella of the End releases today digitally. It is also available on Steam.

[corruption-interactive-stories]

Progress Update : Multi-Adjustments

Sorry for the long delay in posting more information on the progress I am making on this project. Anyway on to the update. Since my last post I've made several Adjustments to the project that I feel will focus my work further and allow me to make better progress.

Content Changes - I've removed the ability to play as "Alex". The reason was it was just providing bloat. There is no real reason for it, as the original idea behind this project was the journey of a young woman and her choices on either accepting malicious assistance or striking out on her own.

Job Sets - Nothing much here aside from I increased the options and made some choices only available depending on if you lived with your mother or father.

Prologue Expansion - I've increased the amount of choices and time you will spend in the village of MudCreek before making the journey to RiverBend where I plan for the majority of the story to take place.

Images - I'm still trying but learning pixel art from scratch is frustrating especially considering my current skill level and the images I want to portray that sit in my head. So I'm still going to be using AI-Images for the interim. This is to break up the text. I can create walls of text but I feel readers/players would end up bored if that was all I was offering.

(Images generated using Perchance-AI and NightCafe AI in collaboration)

I've also decided to "attempt" a more realistic art style. As can be seen above. Screen Shot - (Character Bio & First Choices)

Current Stats - 11588 Characters / 1715 Words / 33 Passages / 20 Links

Current Plans - Story/Game -- Push to finish the MudCreek portion and compile a "Demo" so readers/players can try it out and offer feedback on what they see in way of formatting, choices, spelling/grammar.

Info Dump -- I still owe you a promised info dump on the main locations of the story. I still plan to do this in the upcoming days.

SO... there is where I am at with this project.