Episode 3 – Gameplay in Visual Novels

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Hi, folks!

This month our topic is visual novels with gameplay with our guest, InvertMouse, developer of the Unhack series and the upcoming visual novel, “The Last Birdling.”

Topics Covered

0:00 – Introductions: Hosts, Topic, and Guest
0:49 – The line between VNs and games
14:14 – Where does gameplay begin?
23:34 – Why do we have gameplay in VNs in the first place, and what makes gameplay good or bad?
48:53 – Can gameplay attract gamers to VNs?
59:41 – VNs News
1:04:01 – Shill a VN feat. Nakenashi
1:06:25 – Future of the shill segment, and giveaway info
1:08:16 – Outro

VNs Discussed

• Blazblue series
• Melty Blood
• Kara no Shoujo
• Danganronpa Series
• Ace Attorney Series
• Long Live the Queen
• Monster Girl Quest
• Yumina the Ethereal
• 9 Hours 9 People 9 Doors
• Rose Guns Days
• Little Busters!
• Symphonic Rain
• Unhack
• Unhack 2
• Virtue’s Last Reward
• Fate/Extra
• Katawa Shoujo

VNs Mentioned

• YU-NO
• Zero Time Dilemma
• Tsukihime
• Utawarerumono
• Rance series
• Grisaia no Kajitsu
• Steins;Gate
• Umineko no naku koro ni
• Subarashiki Hibi ~Furenzoku Sonzai~
• Higurashi no naku koro ni
• Grisaia: Phantom Trigger
• The Last Birdling

VNs we wish we could’ve talked about, but weren’t qualified to (yet)

• Baldr Sky