"Yes, you asshat" is in fact the correct response.
I'm a little tired of saying it, but visual novels are games. Kinetic novels are games. Sound novels are games. Porn, clean, statistical dating sim elements or art-and-text only.
Games.
If this is up for debate at all, it devalues an entire genre.
I'm a little tired of saying it, but visual novels are games. Kinetic novels are games. Sound novels are games. Porn, clean, statistical dating sim elements or art-and-text only.
Games.
If this is up for debate at all, it devalues an entire genre.
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Fiction Factory Games
So apparently Steam backhand-slapped everyone participating in their sale event today. "Are visual novels games?"
Short answer: Yes.
Slightly longer answer: Yes, you asshat.
Better answer: This well-written article that quotes many developers, including some of ours.
Short answer: Yes.
Slightly longer answer: Yes, you asshat.
Better answer: This well-written article that quotes many developers, including some of ours.
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Turns out when you gatekeep shit because it doesn't meet your standards, you worsen the entire concept of genre by refusing those who would challenge your preconceptions of it.