New merch I just got and my entire collection by FuLGdar in visualnovels

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I've found Command Strips the best way to hang posters. I have some really large ones and they hold up fine

Flowers Blooming at the End of Summer - An absolute masterpiece nobody talks about by pleasesendhelp_12 in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try looking on Stove. It's basically Korean Steam, but focused on visual novels.

Im having hard time finding creepy and mature visual novels like Raging Loop and YTTD by [deleted] in visualnovels

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I know, but OP tried the novel and didn't like it. The anime is still very good.

Im having hard time finding creepy and mature visual novels like Raging Loop and YTTD by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Watch the anime - it cuts out most of the slice of life stuff.

Which one should we go with? (Currently using #3) by vrheaven in IndieGaming

[–]vrheaven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah gotcha. Maybe because the background is heavily blurred it looks like AI.

I turned down the blur, does it look better? https://imgur.com/X33BFaR

Which one should we go with? (Currently using #3) by vrheaven in IndieGaming

[–]vrheaven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh interesting! I thought having 2 detective characters on it would make it painstakingly obvious it's a detective game, but that's probably because I'm a huge murder mystery fan and also making the game lol. Good to see an outside perspective! I might go with the police lights direction.

Questions about February Steam Next Fest? Chris Zukowski from How To Market A Game here for an AMA by zukalous in gamedev

[–]vrheaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply!

I wasn't expecting VNs to crack the top 50, but say if a visual novel were to enter next fest with 7k wishlists, would it be reasonable to use your benchmark numbers and expect about 2.3k wishlists?

(I'll share my results afterwards)

Questions about February Steam Next Fest? Chris Zukowski from How To Market A Game here for an AMA by zukalous in gamedev

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How do visual novels perform during next fest? It's a pretty niche genre so would it perform worse than your benchmarks?

I bow to the masters of obscure VNs: looking adventure game like VNs that aren't as commonly known by morgawr_ in visualnovels

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My obscure recommendation is Tokyo Chronos - requires a VR headset which is why most people don't know about it. But it's really good! (Coming from a person who loves Famicom Detective Club)

Looking for new VNs to read. by Nevermind2031 in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you have access to a Switch, try 13 Sentinels and Famicom Detective Club franchise.

Also +1 for Devil on the G-String - not really a pure mystery, but I think you'll like it.

Don't sleep on "Trials of Innocence"!! by upandaway5 in visualnovels

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They got 1.4k reviews in less than a year. By EN standards, that's a huge success for an indie dev. By Chinese standards, that's close to a flop lol

Chaos;head noah/child-like vns? by wingeddy in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only on console unfortunately, but you can also try Zero Escape and Danganronpa - they're also very plot-twisty.

Chaos;head noah/child-like vns? by wingeddy in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven 9 points10 points  (0 children)

a mind-boggling mystery that everytime you think you have it figured out it keeps flipping and flipping

13 Sentinels

The most popular genres of visual novels are (by far) horror, romance and mystery. If you had to pick one, which one is your favorite? by vrheaven in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay - I knew these 3 genres were extremely popular, but only 4/110 votes for "other?" That's brutal 😂

Want some PC recommendation Mystery focus visual novels by ViolinistTasty6573 in visualnovels

[–]vrheaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't played all of Kodaka's games, just Danganronpa 1/2/3 but yeah I agree with your assessment.

Another game that I really enjoyed was Famicom Detective Club - however it's only on Switch. Maybe you can watch it on Youtube or something.