One of the more interesting keystones of the visual novel genre that usually flies over my head is the protagonist. If you’re a long-time reader of this site, you know that a VN protagonist can easily make or break a game for me, but they rarely succeed in what the writer usually sets out for them to […]
Oh looks: it’s Pillow Fight. We’re starting to build a history with these folks. To date, they’ve been involved with three visual novels I’ve either reviewed or featured here on VNs Now and those pieces have a habit of ending…poorly. If you’ve read my feature on Who We Are Now, the mini-rant about groups using […]
Well, we couldn’t avoid this conversation forever, could we? Let’s start this one off by me putting myself on the record, shall we? Diversity in writing is good. Having more than one race, sexuality or gender in your cast of characters can often bring different dimensions to a narrative. I believe it also helps to […]
Okay, I named this feature ‘A Quick Look At’ for a reason. Originally, it was supposed to be a way for me to get my thoughts out about a demo and any possible notes for improvement within one thousand words. Now, because I’m long-winded, I pushed the limit to two-thousand words and that has been […]
Being creative is a difficult burden to bear. Regardless of how that creativity manifests itself once a person realizes they can create something unique and interesting they’re immediately put under the watchful eye of two critical forces: the public and themselves. The public is the most innocuous as it comes at creativity from the strict […]
Hello all! First and foremost, I want to thank everyone reading this and everyone who has enjoyed and supported VNs Now for six years running. It has been far from smooth sailing for us, but we have endured and done our best to keep up with this growing gaming medium. At the beginning of 2017, […]
I first heard about Mazjojo in 2009, I believe. Back then, he was just an artist with some potential, an interesting style and a lot of fandoms. He started just as the Indonesian market for original manga and visual novels got on its legs. Now, I can’t speak for their manga. But Indonesia, and the […]
One of the most important decisions a visual novel developer will make is how any choices that can be made by the audience will affect the overall game. Interactivity is one of the core draws of a visual novel, after all. Even going the kinetic route means that it becomes incredibly vital to have a […]
This reminds me of Jacob’s Island. You’ll be forgiven for not remembering Jacob’s Island. If you do, you know that means to lay out the tarp. Jacob’s Island was the first demo feature I ever did for VNs Now back in 2013. It was a story set in a fantastical world with a human protagonist […]
I had some fun with this one, I must say. I don’t know if I’ll come back to it, but we’ll find out in the next livestream! Genre: Parody, Comedy Release Date: April 10, 2017 Developer: Desunoya Publisher: Sekai Project Language: English Platform: PC Website: Steam