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Hello! We're Stella Circle, a small indie game development circle that focuses on story rich visual novel games. We're currently working on our first visual novel game, Forgotten Wish, and we would like to share our development progress. General Information Title: Forgotten Wish Language: English, Japanese Genre: Music, Slice of Life, Drama, Romance Format: Kinetic Visual Novel Platforms: Windows-PC, MAC OS Voice Acting: Japanese Release Date: TBD Synopsis What would you do if you were to give up the things you loved the most and there was no way for you to get them back? What would you do if -one day- you got the chance to re-live what you once tossed away? Would you embrace your dreams if you had one last chance... Or would you walk away? Takahashi Yoshirou is an uninspired student in his final year of high school. He follows his father's footsteps and one day will inherit his father's legacy to own one of the biggest company holdings in Chiyoda, Tokyo. When final year started, he decided to create a reading club, a club that is solely for Yoshirou and serves as a relaxing -napping- room for him. However, his peaceful days are interrupted by his friends, Eguchi Tomoya and Iwasaki Junpei, who start to come to the reading club room regularly for their band practice. One day, a mysterious female classmate decides to join the reading club despite Yoshirou's efforts to present the club's posters in the most awful way possible. Join Yoshirou and his friends in a story of dreams, painful life, fated love, and forgotten wishes. Main Characters Demo Progress Writing/Editing/Translation - 100% Art (Characters/BGs/CGs/UI) - 100% BGM and SFXs - 100% Vocal Songs - 30% Programming - 80% Full Game Progress Writing/Editing - 100% Translation - 50% Art (Characters/BGs/CGs/UI) - 25% BGM and SFXs - 20% Vocal Songs - 30% Programming - 10% Links Twitter Website Patreon Tumblr Thank you for your time, Stella Circle Team

Today, we’ll be continuing our agon… I mean, out adventure through the world of free VNs by ebi-hime. While the earliest games we’ve covered, like Dejection and Is This the Life? were very visibly ebi’s early works, simple on the technical side of things and featuring minimalistic artwork, today we’re jumping straight into very recent projects, all released not earlier than 2017. Mostly staying true to the general climate of heavy, existential topics and endings that are never the typical happy, wish-fulfilment scenarios, these games are once more not far detached from ebi’s commercial projects and while smaller, could easily have a modest price tag attached to them, with few people being able to claim they didn’t get their money’s worth (especially in the cases of Lynne and Six Days of Snow). But what are they exactly about? Where the Sun Always Shines Where the Sun Always Shines is another bittersweet story, although in a wholly different climate than Lucky Me, Lucky You. Featuring a 32-years old writer, suffering from a deep depression after losing his wife, and a teenage girl from his neighbourhood with whom he forms an unlikely friendship with, the game explores themes of grief, inspiration and moving on after losing one’s feeling of purpose, but is also maybe the only title on this list that provides a truly positive, hopeful conclusion. Before it gets to that point however, it presents to the reader rather convincing descriptions of writer’s block, anxiety and self-pity of the leading character, along with interesting interaction with Sunny, the aforementioned teenager, who first visits him out of pity, but then forms a bond of sorts over their mutual interest in musical – all that accompanied by very decent artwork. In a way though, it’s maybe the least impactful of the ebi’s stories, being overall solid and enjoyable to read, but lacking any interesting twists or highly emotional moments from the previous games. Definitely a worthwhile VN, but not necessarily a must-read. Final Rating: Recommended Read the full article at evnchronicles.blogspot.com

It's actually possible to play both Sekai and Kotonoha routes non-NTR style (not sure if you can fully avoid rape though) and I quite enjoyed doing so, I don't think the romance was bad really (I've got Setsuna's Wish [non-cheating, non-pregnancy version] and Christmas Eve endings). TBH, after watching the anime I've got my fill of macabre and was wondering whether you can actually even get a decent ending with a shithead like Makoto as the protagonist. Steering him away from destroying other people's lives was something of a puzzle (you really can't make two moves without him sticking his dick in something he shouldn't) and I found it pretty satisfying. I'm pretty weird though.

The deviation part was what really made me think about this time period as a golden age. I guess i got too influenced by Clephas' definition of what a golden age was and tried to apply it for otomes specifically.

>staff info hell yeah >professionally approved hell no lul

I never really stop to actually look to the release dates, but I think the time period you mentioned it's the one the genre really grew a lot, started to look prettier in HD and started to deviate a little from the basic formula of dating sims. And if you look at it, it was right around the time the PSVita was released. Older title tended to be either PC or PS2 games, like Kin'iro no Corda (2003). And the most popular ones, like Heart no Kuni no Alice (2007), later got ported to PSP. Maybe they grew along the mobile market? Otome fans surely love their mobiles, huh? So much that if you take only a tiny peak at google store you probably find several otome VNs and gachas. Hell, the Uta no Prince-sama VN (2010) and its sequels was never localized (because it's for the old dead PSP and it was never ported to Vita? No one would try to localize PS2 or PSP games in this day and age) but its gacha was (and it have a considerable fanbase of anime only secondaries, myself included, please don't judge >.<). And do you know Illusion's VR Kanojo? Yeah, they're planning an otome version VR Kareshi for mobiles only (at least for now). Of course, you could argue that more games and mobile trash would lower the quality of the releases as a whole. As if. The competition seemed to got even fiercer. So much that QuinRose, an otome developer that made a lot of games during 2006~2010, suspended all business. And Rejet (of Diabolik Lovers fame) is not doing so well lately, after some generic gacha they tried to make failed. We may not look like it, but we're a picky bunch, we'll not buy any crap. Usually. Outside of this range, we can't not speak about Hakuoki (2008). Probably part of the reason Otomate, that later made Code Realize, Collar x Malice and other great quality otome games, grew a looooooot. And I do agree that VNDB is not exactly the best source to gauge popularity, because a) as Dreamysyu said the translated works are severely favored there because it's what is available to the majority; b) from what I see, the otome fandom is not as present or vocal as the galge one in VNDB. IIRC the JOPs really like Shinigami to Shoujo, and it DOES manage to have a good rate even on VNDB, so maybe our opinions aren't thaaat different (unlike say BL games, that most of the translated games have almost 2 points less in Japan). And for an ending note, F*** me Royally looks terribad since it have absolutely nothing of what I like in otome games and I honestly think that it was made for a male audience to fap instead of a female one interested in 18+ games. But to each their own.

How?..

It missed the "We need to fuck an internet browser" trend.

Me: Physical Copies MajiKoi (Japanese) Tsujidou-san no Junai Road (Japanese) Yume Miru Kusuri Crescendo Kickstarter Hoshizora no Memoria Leyline Trilogy Sharin no Kuni Newton and the Apple Tree Root Double iOS Higurashi Ch 1 Steam Clannad Clannad Side Stories Neko Para Vol 0 Dies Irae Symphonic Rain Muv-Luv Muv-Luv Alternative Umineko Eden * Subahibi Flowers 1 Tomoyo After Leisure of grisaia MangaGamer Kira Kira Deardrops d2b vs Deardrops If My Heart Had Wings (also transferred to Steam) Princess Evangile Princess Evangile W Happiness Edelweiss Edelweiss Eiden Fantasia Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome Ultimate Boob Wars Magical Marriage lunatics Which girl should I choose? Da Capo 2 Eden * Plus+Mosaic Hapymaher DenpaSoft Grisaia Trilogy NekoPara Vol 1-3 Wagamama High Spec Chrono Clock (mightve been through another site) SakuSaku NekoNyan Fureraba

Hi i'm looking for JP visual novels with girls in santa girl outfit themes, titles i know that have them: DC Dream Xmas Anekouji Naoko to Gin'iro no Shinigami Kiss Bell Any help is greatly appreciated, and here is an example of a santa girl character render for reference:

Christmas Trick Star. Santaful Summer. Ren'ai Phase. Sakura Santa.

Shirokuma Bell Stars

Slowly but surely, our Visual Novel gets closer to its destination. ^^

I wish TakaJun wouldn't of 'retired' as well, but he had worked as a professional translator in the past (but not on games!). I'm not sure what he is up to these days but I doubt we'll see any more activity from him. He put so much hard work into these games and others in his own group, it is something you can't really fathom.

Huhuhuhuhuhuhu yerself

Freddy the Barbarian! Wait for me! I'm gonna finish up Fata Morgana TONIGHT, then start MuvLuv trilogy on my Vita

youre right, its a rape scene.

that´s the common problem i´m having with like 95% of all titles available. people involved in works of literature, goes especially for editors here, should´ ve no right to exist if no being talented in writing themselves - same as a janitor won´t suddenly do a ceo´s work, ungifted schmocks should never be allowed playing author. main issue is not even an inaccurate outcome, but rather the utterly lifeless read one gets to experience as a result. whole thing basically reads like an easy to understand manual for self assembling a closet.

I feel ashamed for actually feeling bad for bing-chan

Vita: Steins; Gate Danganronpa 1,2 (3)DS: Virtue's Last Reward 999 Steam: Umineko, Higurashi (all available chapters), Danganronpa V3, Subahibi, The House In Fata Morgana, Root Double, Steins; Gate 0, The Silver Case

Steam: Heartful Kareshi ~Kibou no Gakuen to Shiroi Tsubasa~ Narcissu Groupees: Osananajimi wa Daitouryou: My Girlfriend is the President. School Days Yo-Jin-Bo ~Unmei no Freude~ Kazoku Keikaku PSN: Steins;Gate Hakuouki ~Shinsengumi Kitan~ Rui wa Tomo o Yobu Shiin That's all I can think of off the top of my head.