visualnovels

Hello! Welcome to the Visual Novels community.

What are visual novels? Visual novels are a form of game which are primarily text-focused and usually with accompanying images---they're basically stories in the form of a game!

There are many types of visual novels, and this community focuses on most of them. BL, GL, neither; horror, romance, sci-fi...

RULES:
1. R18 content is fine, as long as you put a warning that the content is R18 and put images under a cut.
2. No lolicon/shotacon games. (Hence the "most of.")
3. Please warn for spoilers!
4. Reviews from other sites are okay, just don't spam them
5. Self-promoting your own made games is acceptable!
6. Do NOT attack others for their routes, ships, or preferences.

Rules and introduction written by

magnuschase.

magnuschase

Feel free to introduce yourself here.

Here's a format you can use:
Name, Age, Pronouns:
Other sites you're on, if any:
Favorite Visual Novel:
Favorite Genre:
Anything else we should know about you?:

sonofgodzilla

This is a small note because I don't have the words just yet, and I'm only seven hours into my first read-through and literally have to leave the house now for continued festivities, but I have been reading Clannad obsessively since Christmas Eve (yes, this was how I spent Christmas Eve, why do you ask? lol), and... I have a lot of feelings.

Being older now, I feel Clannad hurts on a whole different level. I never played through the full game at the time of release, I just read the opening hour or so and grew to recognise the characters, but now that I am older, that I am nursing my own hurts, there is... there is a lot I did not appreciate about this story when I was young and dumb.

tl;dr I am a mess, wow, Clannad really hurts, doesn't it?

Current Mood: rushed
Current Location: somewhere
Current Music: Twelve Girls Band - Happy Xmas (War is Over)

lunartulip

(See tag for previous weeks.)

The time has come again for our biweekly VN-discussion thread! (Whose name is getting... increasingly artifactual. :p) In this thread, all are welcome to post about whataever visual novels they've been reading lately, or are planning to read in the future.

(Also, specifically on that plan-to-read-in-the-future front: lots of sales are going on right now! So it's potentially a good time to pick up any new VNs you've had your eyes on.)

lunartulip

(See tag for previous weeks.)

Biweekly discussion thread! In this thread, all are welcome to talk about whatever visual novels they've been playing recently, or currently are in the middle of, or are planning to start soon, or suchlike.

lunartulip

(See tag for previous weeks.)

Another biweek has gone by, and so it's time for another biweekly discussion-post! Here, as is traditional, is the latest post for chatting about whatever visual novels we're currently in the middle of playing, or have recently been playing, or intend to play soon, or otherwise have particularly on our minds.

lunartulip

Thursday edition, as I still remain optimistic regarding the eventual return of our illustrious True Leader

fishguts whose disappearance will hopefully not be forever.

(See tag for previous weeks.)

Here's this biweek's discussion thread for whatever visual novels you're in the middle of, or have recently been playing, or intend to play at some point in the not-too-distant future!

lunartulip

...surprise posted-by-Tulip edition!

(See tag for previous weeks.)

Here you can discuss whichever visual novel(s) you're currently playing, or have played recently, or are planning to start up soon!

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whichever visual novel you are currently playing—or last played, if you aren't playing any at the moment! Have you booted up any new titles lately? Or maybe you're making your way through that final route in a long and arduous VN of branching pathways! Whatever the ADV may be, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

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fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whichever visual novel you're currently playing—or last played, if you aren't playing any at this juncture! Did you pick up a game or two during the VN sale season? Or maybe you're whiling the rest of summer away with an all-new release! Whatever the ADV may be, feel free to talk about it here!

lunartulip

A wave of visual novel sales seems to be upon us, suddenly. Steam is running its Visual Novel Fest sale, and despite Steam's strange ideas of what constitutes a visual novel it does still include many genuine VNs on sale; Denpasoft is running a corresponding sale of its own; MangaGamer is running a corresponding sale of its own; and it wouldn't surprise me if there were further sales afoot which I myself am not yet aware of.

As such: are there any VNs you're considering picking up in the sales, or that you've already picked up? Are there any you're debating getting but want more information before deciding definitively one way or the other? Are there more sales afoot that I missed but that might be of public interest? Anything else interesting going on, sales-wise, that I didn't think to ask about but which is nonetheless worth discussing?

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

It's that time of the week again! Here you can discuss the visual novel/s you're currently playing—or have last played, if you aren't playing any at this moment in time! Whatever the ADV may be, feel free to talk about it here!

Relatedly: I'm thinking about reducing the frequency of these posts from weekly to bi-weekly. I've noticed more discussion tends to happen every other week anyway, and the reduced posting frequency might also give everyone more time to catch up with the discussions that happen here. I worry that the weekly frequency makes for ephemeral threads, and I don't want anyone to feel like they've missed out on a conversation just because they didn't have the time or spoons to drop by at the time.

These are my thoughts, but I'd love to know what you think! Would you be happy for me to make these posts once every two weeks from now on, or should I press on with the schedule we already have?

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing - or have last played, if you aren't playing any at present! Have you booted up any new titles this week? Or maybe you're cleaning out your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

...but on a Friday! since I haven't had the chance to set up this week's thread until now. See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing—or have last played, if you aren't playing any at the moment! Have you picked up any new titles this week? Or maybe you're tidying up your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks! It's been a while since I last ran one of these, and I'm very sorry about that. Thank you very much for being patient with me, everyone, I'm really very grateful!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing—or have last played, if you aren't playing any at the moment! Have you picked up any titles during Steam's summer sale? Or maybe you've been dipping into a new release or two! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

marinehaddock

Only One of Any Asset Visual Novel Jam is coming to an end so this is a quick promo to let people know to check out some of the works on there for short visual novel experiences from some indie creators!

And, of course, I promo because my own one is up on there...

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks! My deepest apologies for not having done one of these since March 15 - IRL stuff ambushed me out of nowhere, and as a result I haven't had the chance to so much as glance at Dreamwidth until today. Thank you all very much for your patience!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing - or have last played, if you aren't playing any at the moment! Have you picked up any new titles this week? Or maybe you're tidying up your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing (or have last played, if you aren't playing any presently)! Did you get any new titles during the White Day sales this week? Or maybe you picked out a game from your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing - or have last played, if you aren't playing any at the moment! Have you picked up any new titles this week? Or maybe you're tidying up your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

My sincerest apologies for not having done one of these since the start of the month. I kept forgetting to remind myself. Thank you all very much for being patient with me! See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing - or have last played, if you aren't playing any at present! Have you booted up any new titles this week? Or maybe you're cleaning out your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

fishguts

See tag for previous weeks!

Here you can discuss whatever visual novel you're currently playing - or have last played, if you aren't playing any at present! Have you picked up any new titles this week? Or maybe you're airing out your back-catalogue! Whatever the ADV, feel free to talk about it here!

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