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This is a community for discussing visual novels and anything related to them. Borderline VNs/JRPGs such as Neptunia series, and RPG Maker games like To The Moon are also welcome.

This is a community for discussing visual novels and anything related to them. Borderline VNs/JRPGs such as Neptunia series, and RPG Maker games like To The Moon are also welcome.


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General

  • Behavior:

Be respectful. Personal insults will not be tolerated and will result in a ban. Follow the reddiquette rules and adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life.

  • Piracy:

  • Don't ask for or link to illegal downloads, don't mention sites where illegal downloads are hosted, and don't encourage illegal downloading. Translation patches are allowed.

    Submitting a post

    • Questions:

    All questions are allowed, but will follow these guidelines.

  • Announcements:

  • If a VNDB page for a newly announced VN is available, make sure to post it in the comments when you've submitted the post.

  • NSFW:

  • After submitting, mark the submission with the NSFW tag if unhidden 18+ material is contained in the post.

  • Videos:

  • Every video is allowed as long they are visual novel-related, with the exception of Let's Plays (subject to some restrictions) and VN OSTs. More details here.

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  • Note: Reviews hosted off site do not count as self-promotion. Details here.

  • Giveaways & selling stuff:

  • Giveaway posts are fine, but selling stuff goes in the questions sticky. Tips here.

  • Non-VN related threads:

  • Every submission has to be visual novel-related. Some games walk the line between visual novel and actual game. For these borderline titles, discussion on them is allowed and encouraged.

    News about VN adaptations is allowed.

    Spoiler tags

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  • When to use spoiler tags:

  • In threads not marked as spoilers always use spoiler tags everywhere in the comments.

    In threads that are marked as spoilers: no need to use spoiler tags, but keep the submitter's level of knowledge about the VN in mind. Play it safe.

    Always use spoiler tags in threads that are not about one specific VN. The only exceptions are series (e.g. Ace Attorney), but only if OP makes it clear that discussing all games in a series without spoiler tags is okay.

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    What are you reading? - Nov 1

    Welcome to the r/vns "What are you reading?" thread!

    The intended purpose of this thread is to provide a weekly space to chat about whatever VN you've been reading lately. When talking about plot points, use spoiler tags liberally. If you have any doubts about whether you should spoiler something or not, use a spoiler tag for good measure. Use this markdown for spoilers: (>!hidden spoilery text!<) which shows up as >!hidden spoilery text!<. If you want to discuss spoilers for another VN as well, please make sure to mention that your spoiler tag covers another VN aside from the primary one your post is about.

     

    In order for your post to be properly noticed for the archive, please add the VNDB page of whichever title you're talking about in your post. The archive can be found here!


    So, with all that out of the way...

    What are you reading?

    4 Comments
    2024/11/01
    19:00 UTC

    2

    anyone got Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Enhanced Edition~ Hotaru Route Support Ver

    hi as the title suggests does anyone have
    Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Enhanced Edition~ - Hotaru Route Support Ver

    this released as far as i am aware as a backer exclusive back in 2023

    want to see if a restoration patch is even possible
    i don't know if i'll do it just want to experiment and see if it could be done

    0 Comments
    2024/11/01
    05:42 UTC

    12

    remaster of my grisaia patches

    hi i know a Remaster of the grisaia trilogy has been announced.
    and im pretty sure people will start asking.
    if i'll do the same for all of my grisaia patches.
    so i want to answer this in advance. it entirely depends on 2 factors.

    1. if this release will still use the catsystem2 engine as some of frontwings recent releases have used the kirikiri engine if thats the case for grisaia HD then no
    2. even if they do still use the CS2 engine i don't have much interest until they release them in english so until that happens the answer is also no

    so there you guys go thats the verdict on a remaster of my patches

    3 Comments
    2024/11/01
    04:44 UTC

    0

    Give me, a non yuri alternative of Sakura forest girls

    I really want to see tribal dark skinned girls. Sakura forest girls was perfect but...it is yuri. And i don't like yuri.

    Is there any alternative? I want to see straight relationships aimed at a male audience

    0 Comments
    2024/10/29
    12:11 UTC

    6

    What the Steins;Gate Re:Boot Means — It's Not Just a Remake

    0 Comments
    2024/10/28
    03:55 UTC

    30

    Would you play a visual novel in this style, or is it too busy?

    12 Comments
    2024/10/28
    02:46 UTC

    17

    Sakura Miko announced her second VN titled Nyahello World

    5 Comments
    2024/10/27
    14:07 UTC

    4

    SINce Memories Off the Starry Sky (ENG Ver) Review

    0 Comments
    2024/10/27
    04:31 UTC

    0

    Asuka Kurashina | The Heart of Aokana (AND Best Girl)

    1 Comment
    2024/10/26
    13:42 UTC

    14

    Ryuukishi07 is making Gensou Rougoku no Kaleidoscope 2, releasing in Feb 14 2025

    8 Comments
    2024/10/26
    13:04 UTC

    9

    What are you reading? - Oct 25

    Welcome to the r/vns "What are you reading?" thread!

    The intended purpose of this thread is to provide a weekly space to chat about whatever VN you've been reading lately. When talking about plot points, use spoiler tags liberally. If you have any doubts about whether you should spoiler something or not, use a spoiler tag for good measure. Use this markdown for spoilers: (>!hidden spoilery text!<) which shows up as >!hidden spoilery text!<. If you want to discuss spoilers for another VN as well, please make sure to mention that your spoiler tag covers another VN aside from the primary one your post is about.

     

    In order for your post to be properly noticed for the archive, please add the VNDB page of whichever title you're talking about in your post. The archive can be found here!


    So, with all that out of the way...

    What are you reading?

    11 Comments
    2024/10/25
    19:00 UTC

    7

    Entegram is releasing okayu nyumu in Feb 2025, a vn about hololive vtuber nekotama okayu

    1 Comment
    2024/10/25
    03:21 UTC

    31

    janku panku ジャンクパンク (visual novel trailer)

    0 Comments
    2024/10/24
    11:02 UTC

    9

    Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch is out on steam

    1 Comment
    2024/10/24
    03:44 UTC

    13

    PQube released SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky for steam, PS4, and switch

    1 Comment
    2024/10/24
    03:40 UTC

    9

    Hikari Field is releasing Select Oblige on Nov 8th

    Steam link

    Interestingly, it seems like they are using their own translation team for instead of using nekonyan

    1 Comment
    2024/10/22
    03:21 UTC

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    Possible SubaHibi plot hole? (Spoilers for the entire series)

    I've read Subahibi twice now and a friend of mine has been reading it and noticed something. In Takuji's speech we see him arguing with the Wakatsuki twins, which as we know is Hasaki and her doll, which is fine and all, but then in Which Dreamed It, we see this dialogue.

    [Kimura]

    "And the things that happened at Kita High... Like when your brother injured a teacher."

    [Hasaki]

    "Did something like that actually happen?"

    [Kimura]

    "They say that he smashed a flower vase over a teacher's head during class."

    If the Wakatsuki twins were there that should mean that Hasaki was there too, so why doesn't she remember this?

    My only theory, and now again MASSIVE SPOILERS is this:

    As we know, the plot of Suba is entirely in Ayana's dreams, the only possible way for this to not be a plot hole is that Ayana made Takuji see the twins there and argue with them, but then again it's weird that she'd do this, as she doesn't usually interfere with the story and let's it play out. Does anyone have any other theory?

    8 Comments
    2024/10/20
    23:26 UTC

    4

    The Rose of Cravenmor, a traditional book-style horror/mystery gothic VN.

    1 Comment
    2024/10/20
    18:41 UTC

    0

    How do I add a patch to a steam vn

    I want to play wonderful everyday and according to steam posts I need to add the patch to play the full game. When I found the patch it was just data files, how do I add this to the base game on steam?

    2 Comments
    2024/10/19
    23:44 UTC

    9

    The Rise and Fall of OVERDRIVE (Visual Novel Retrospective)

    0 Comments
    2024/10/19
    13:33 UTC

    1

    Does anybody have any recommendations for programs, software, or other ways to keep writing a branching narrative organized?

    I'm working on a visual novel for my capstone project and have kind of stage of starting to write the actual script after charting everything out.

    I started writing and immediately ran into the issue of branches being very difficult to format in a way that doesn't end up being visually overwhelming. I came to my first dialogue tree and realize I don't really know a way to get everything written out without it ending up cluttered and stacked on top of itself to the point where it feels like it won't even be all that usable later, I just wish there was a way to separate the branches out.

    Like it would be really cool to have a writing software that's designed for Choose Your Own Adventure stuff, like it would let you make buttons that lead to an entirely new page when you click on them while you are writing so it can be fairly seamless and organized as a single document.

    Or even just something that has the ability to link to a specific passage elsewhere, I don't know.

    As things stand Prospect of writing everything is overwhelming just because there is a lot to write because the idea of trying to keep things clear and organized through all the branching clutter is a little terrifying

    2 Comments
    2024/10/18
    22:06 UTC

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