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Oh my God, Tay changed his avatar. What does this mean? Is the end nigh? Is it snowing in hell? Are aliens about to descend upon us, anal probes in hand?

Whoa. This was surprising. Congratulations Tiag, you're going to make a wonderful global mod. The city of Varela is very proud of you!

Please, I've been glared at by psychopaths. I'm completely impervious to your itty-bitty stare

You're a champ Down! And it's a rant to be proud of Zaka @Palas: Ahahahahaha. I do, don't I

Winterwolves - A giant sized developer and publisher of VN/sims and VN/RPG hybrids. Recent games he’s released have been written and drawn by others and he has a long line of people wanting to work for him to make games. This almost publisher like behaviour combined with his company being (probably) the biggest that focuses on VNs in the West make him an interesting one to keep an eye on. Website Twitter Planet EVN - All news about English VN development gets posted here. Website English otome games - A website which focuses on translated, or western developed, otome games. Many of these games are VNs. I believe it's valuable because much of the VN scene pay no attention to otome games, so it's a decent source of information. Website

AHHHHH! I DIDN’T KNOW THAT! I will definitely give this technique a go. ..... But my hand eye co-ordination isn’t the best, I’m not sure if I’m quick enough to do this

That's how I've been playing it as well. But I haven't been trying overly hard to max my results because it's impossible to do everything on a single playthrough. I just aim for a decent amount of skill points and try and prevent Kaya from stealing all of Aria's points...

Is this limited to the translation scene, or did you want stuff from the English development scene also?

Judging by the number of people viewing this thread, this will sell pretty well for Sekai.

Is the "SolidBatman" account also just an alt Zaka uses? I don't know what to believe anymore 0.0

Ahahahaha … A good, healthy argument is most likely everybody’s first encounter with me :3. It’s uhm… good for the soul. Heh, sorry . You’re very welcome, I enjoyed those conversations. Feel free to PM me anytime. That’s MY idiosyncrasy >:c PS: Good luck with your website, we'll all head over there when it’s done. Unless it’s written in French, in which case I’ll be there “in spirit.”

Sweet job! You may finally be able to get some decent mind-share.

Lewy scared Beato away - confirmed.

SB knocked it out in like... 20 mins. Come on Nosebleed, you gotta work harder

Excellent post, and long LOOOONG overdue. I especially think Zaka should get more appreciation for how he single-handedly carried the blog for God knows how long. Maybe a custom badge titled "Editor" or something. One day I hope the blog gets more space on the front page too. Also Beato, the lady who does an unfathomable amount of work behind the scene. They both deserve much respect.

True. My computer doesn't read my mind, and it's becoming a major issue! The next person suffers from Androgenetic Alopecia.

I personally have no issue with visual novels that exclusively or heavily feature adult content. What I do dislike however is when you have a great storyline that is needlessly interrupted or ruined in order to deliver some sex scene that has no particular purpose in the plot. Littlewitch Romanesque is unusual in the way that while it is an 18+ visual novel, you can spend most of your playtime convinced that it has been written for an all-ages audience. Certain character routes, quests and the bonus post-game chapters do contain more erotic content, however even there are still not greatly impaired by the inclusion.This is very fortunate for Jast USA and their Steam Greenlight campaign for the “Editio Regia” edition of Girlish Grimoire Littlewitch Romanesque, as there are clear moments that could be cut and wouldn’t require too much additional localization to bypass. http://www.otakustudy.com/visual-novel/2014/12/girlish-grimoire-littlewitch-romanesque-visual-novel-review/ His experience is the same as mine btw, so I have no idea what the whiney fella above was whining about in that whiney article Down linked to

Well, I played through most of the game and I recall only a few ecchi situations regarding the girls. That could just be me not paying attention to things though. There was a card where Aria set fire to her dress but I learnt many fire spells and there wasn't a single instance where any of the girls had to take off their dress. The learning of these spells led to more humourous situations than ecchi situations. The reviewer states learning spells leads to ecchi situations a lot of the time, this is wrong. Replacing the word "lot" with "few" would be more accurate. The person is having an emotional outburst and like most people who have emotional outbursts they tend towards hyperbole. EDIT: That being said it IS a sex game. He just overstates the situation

Dating Sims: Shira Oka, Roommates Otome Dating Sims: Nicole Raising Sim: Long Live the Queen Slice of Life/Adventure Sim: Scheherazade I wanna be a female Harry Potter sim: Magical Diary The incredibly detailed Harry Potter sim that's not quite in a visual novel format: Academagia (warning, only for people who love hard-core stat manipulation.)

The people suggesting RPGs and turn-based strategy games should re-read the following part of the 1st post: @Seiu: There's 2 categories of games that fit your description. The first category are sim games. Sim games involve the raising of stats to achieve a goal, whether it be raising youngsters (raising sims) or dating girls/guys (dating sims.) Little Witch Romanesque is a raising sim just released by JAST that involves skill points and zero fighting. The second category are the adventure games which contain visual novel storytelling. Adventure games involve exploration, puzzles and a narrative so if you like exploring, then these games will probably deserve a look at. Technically not pure VNs, a substantial number of people consider them so. These games include 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors; Phoenix Wright, Danganronpa, and Virtue's Last Reward.