Darklord Rooke

I thought only coders liked Notepad++?

I type my responses in Word, and Fuwa uses a strange font + font size

Lewy also loves yaoi so he wouldn't mind

It has engaging characters and it's just fun. I can't explain how it's fun... it just is to me. They've nailed that elusive quality imo. I thought I'd update this post to congratulate the creator on 10,000 downloads! Awesome milestone achieved :3 http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=29640&start=90

I had no idea Pulltop games were so annoying >:c I've noticed my "reset" trick isn't nearly as effective as it used to be. And it's hardly effective at all for solving language issues on the computer

That was my reaction too XD

The website for his game is here: http://heraldgame.com/ Link to article - http://gamasutra.com/blogs/NickWitsel/20150202/234309/How_history_and_society_can_inspire_narrative_design.php

*Cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Black

Yeah, I suppose the market will always correct itself. Nope there isn’t (only if you like otomes.) All the critically acclaimed stuff comes with a bit of gameplay. Anyway that detail isn’t critical to the point I was making. As I previously stated, visual novels are but one arm of the interactive storytelling genre. While there are no pure OELVNs getting much attention (there will be in the future,) there ARE pure interactive stories demanding the world’s attention (also interactive fiction being praised across the world but I won’t go there.) Interactive stories are Visual Novel’s parent genre, if the world starts craving interactive stories it’s hard to imagine visual novel’s not being a part of the revolution. Especially with so many highly regarded OELVN hybrids going around right now (The Banner Saga has a novel narrative, but it uses second person novel narration.) While most of the visual novels being praised are hybrids at the moment, that is once again an improvement on no visual novels being made at all. So once again this paints a good picture going forward. There are OELVNs getting made with plenty of attention which include minimal gameplay (like Exogenesis.) So once again there's a steady progression forward. But no, the OELVN industry isn’t a giant at the moment. The future looks promising though. PS: My friend really liked Dischan as well. Marie from the forums also, IIRC. I still don’t see what the three of you saw in it My friend was ecstatic when he received some writing advice from Jeremy.

Telltales took a fairly OK selling comic (Fables) and turned it into a multi-million dollar blockbuster. So no, they don’t rely on pre-established fans for their success, in fact The Wolf Amongst Us expanded exponentially on the pre-established fanbase. The Banner Saga is another interactive story hybrid (indie game) enjoying much success. There are plenty out there. I’m probably the biggest pessimist on the forum, and I can tell you your pessimism is misplaced. Also what does the failure of Dischan have to do with OELVNs as a whole? And why would it traumatise you? Does the closing of the many Japanese VN studios also traumatise you? KID for example? What about the many that are on the brink? Like Minori? Here’s the actual truth concerning Dischan, Dischan never accomplished anything more than small VNs made of limited ambition. They had actually never completed any large project. Yes they had a bunch of potential, but they were nowhere near the be-all or end-all of OELVNs as a whole.

It really doesn't bother me, actually. It's my belief that visual novels will be made popular in the West through the efforts of Western Devs, not through translated Japanese VNs. Visual Novels are just one part of the interactive storytelling umbrella, and interactive storytelling is going to be pretty big in the future. Every book publisher around the world is thinking of new ways to make novels "interactive", and the only difference between Visual Novels and games like "The Walking Dead" is the latter lacks a novel narrative. That being said TWD is still a pure form of interactive storytelling and it still sold many many millions of copies. Even if the Japanese industry doesn't take the Western market seriously, with both the book world and the gaming world interested in interactive stories, not to mention the OELVN community coming along in leaps and bounds, I see a bright future for these sorts of games.

Looks damn good! Now I'm even more hyped

Default font is horrid

I still love the wistful feeling I get from Emi's :3

All I think when I see one of these devices is - Massive Headache

Just do what every other rational being does when they're unable to decide. Heads = Type-Moon, Tails = Key sound alright to you?

Ahahaha did anyone catch Penny Arcade's reply to "The Open Letter to Parents of League of Legends Players"?

It's a shame Dischan burnt out on Dysfunctional Systems 2, they were doing some good stuff in the OELVN scene.

Awesome turn-based strategy game (which I totally didn't need to look up a walkthrough for 0.0 ) I wish more turn-based strategy was made. I'm not quick enough for RTS

Whoa! How handsome and princely... ..... that puppy looks. Awwwww, what a cute little puppy! Sleeping and not-at-all interested.