What, one feature in some VN's like you'd like to see more commonly in VN's as a whole?

[Dergonu]

* Skip to next choice

* A % bar tracking your progress, (not just CG progress, but individual values for both lines read, CGs seen etc,) like in Kono Oozora Cruise Sign

* The ability access the CGs you have unlocked the moment you unlock them, instead of having to finish a route. While this is decently common, many VNs still use the silly "lock the CG/ music gallery until you finish a route" system, which I hate.

* A timer that keeps track of the amount of time you have been reading for, so you can more easily get a proper estimate of how long it took you to read the game.

 

Specific for localized titles:

* Turn mosiacs on / off from the menu. (Some scenes/ games just has terrible de-censored art, and I'd much rather look at the mosiacs in those cases, lmao.)

[Jartse]

9 minutes ago, Dergonu said:

* A timer that keeps track of the amount of time you have been reading for, so you can more easily get a proper estimate of how long it took you to read the game.

Seconding this, the length indicator in vndb/egs is not always accurate - some of the Medium length VNs I've read in default auto mode definitely goes way higher than 30 hours.

Flowchart is nice but sometimes you just don't want to be spoiled, maybe after you finish all the routes.

[Ranzo]

Another feature that I remember liking was in Ever 17 you could save the cgs to your computer and I think remotely make them your desktop wallpaper

Oh and a way to listen back to all the BGM's you unlocked going through the story

 

 

[Odenvard]

5 hours ago, Ranzo said:

Another feature that I remember liking was in Ever 17 you could save the cgs to your computer and I think remotely make them your desktop wallpaper

Oh and a way to listen back to all the BGM's you unlocked going through the story

 

 

Heh, I came here intending to mention cool extra bonuses that Ever17 had, like wallpapers and even system sounds, I'm pretty sure (that is, sounds that could replace the default Windows sounds with voices from some of the characters). For VNs I really like, having cool ways to remember it, such as wallpapers you get when you complete that VN, are something I quite like, although its a pretty rare feature.

[Sayaka]

I like it when there's a "return to previous choice" button. It's probably rather common already though.

[Ranzo]

Oh and do the revolutionary thing that Muv Luv did and have sprites that can actually turn away from you/turn their backs to you. They don't always have to be staring at you with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns 

I also remember seeing the demo to Nekopara when it was about to come out and remarking this is the future when they started moving.

7 hours ago, Odenvard said:

Heh, I came here intending to mention cool extra bonuses that Ever17 had, like wallpapers and even system sounds, I'm pretty sure (that is, sounds that could replace the default Windows sounds with voices from some of the characters). For VNs I really like, having cool ways to remember it, such as wallpapers you get when you complete that VN, are something I quite like, although its a pretty rare feature.

It's a really lovely feature but yeah you're right they could do the system voices. Hollow Ataraxia I remember did something similar

[Akshay]

On 1/29/2018 at 3:46 AM, Ranzo said:

The ability to easily go from windowed to full screen to back again without having to constantly go through the settings should be a essential feature

I know some of them do but the majority do not and it's a pain when they don't

alt+enter

[wyldstrykr]

the ability of turning a vn into a notepad or a google homepage with a press of a button just like in majikoi and grisaia no labyrinth(?) in case when someone rushes to your pc when youre reading sweet sweet scenes.. maybe

 

[Dreamysyu]

2 hours ago, wyldstrykr said:

the ability of turning a vn into a notepad or a google homepage with a press of a button just like in majikoi and grisaia no labyrinth(?) in case when someone rushes to your pc when youre reading sweet sweet scenes.. maybe

 

Alt + tab?

[wyldstrykr]

35 minutes ago, Dreamysyu said:

Alt + tab?

then if anyone looks at your desktop, they see the icon of the game which can be attract the curiosity of few.

[okok]

After playing muv luv again for the first time in forever I do wonder why more developers don't use the camera shakes and pans like age do. 

[Dreamysyu]

6 hours ago, wyldstrykr said:

then if anyone looks at your desktop, they see the icon of the game which can be attract the curiosity of few.

Well, I'm pretty sure it's possible to change the standard icon for an application in Windows if the original one looks that bad.

Edited January 30, 2018 by Dreamysyu

[Okarin]

4 hours ago, Dreamysyu said:

Well, I'm pretty sure it's possible to change the standard icon for an application on Windows if the original one looks that bad.

That's true about the shortcut, but what about the icon in the taskbar? Maybe if you delete the icon itself at the installation folder.

[Dreamysyu]

22 minutes ago, Okarin said:

That's true about the shortcut, but what about the icon in the taskbar? Maybe if you delete the icon itself at the installation folder.

Quick googling shows that there is a way to change the icon even for an .exe file.

[Okarin]

The more you know...

[Freestyle80]

the ability to go back to a previous scene with the history log(u know the click to jump to scene thingy) is something i wish more VNs had, its handy