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Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their generally minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving as if they were turning a page (many recent games offer "play" or "fast-forward" toggles that make this unnecessary), while making narrative choices along the way.
Its simple command based syntax allows for easy creation of Visual Novels, while its GUI system provides the framework for a robust visual experience. [33] The provided Visual Debugger allows easy testing of scripts, and facilitates packaging of game files. Suika2 Kirara, a drag-and-drop development tool for Suika2, is being developed.
However, there are instances where kinetic novels will be ported to consumer consoles, as with what occurred with Planetarian when it was ported to the PlayStation 2 by Prototype. After over three years since the last kinetic novel was produced in April 2006, the VisualArt's brand Issue produced a new kinetic novel, Meitantei Shikkaku na Kanojo ...
Key released the kinetic novel Harmonia in 2016. [12] Key's 13th game Summer Pockets was released in 2018, [13] and an expanded version titled Summer Pockets Reflection Blue was released in 2020. [14] Three kinetic novels were released in 2021: Loopers, Planetarian: Snow Globe and Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild.
Loopers is a Japanese science fiction horror visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on May 28, 2021 for Windows and is Key's 15th game overall. An English version was released on Steam in June 2023. It was ported to iOS and Android devices, as well as the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Planetarian is a post-apocalyptic visual novel in which the player assumes the role of the junker. Unlike traditional visual novels, no choices are given to the player in Planetarian to advance the story, and there is only one possible ending; this is what Key referred to as a kinetic novel. [1]
Other visual novel-like games such as sound novels, dating sims, and kinetic novels. Games which use visual novel- or dating sim-like features to progress the story as well as character relationships, but also have additional elements of gameplay akin to RPGs. Example: Rune Factory.
Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild is a Japanese science fiction visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on December 24, 2021 for Windows and is Key's 17th game overall. It was ported to iOS and Android devices, and also the Nintendo Switch .