I started Little Busters! today after anon's posts because I was interested in it. I hadn't read much of the posts, but I liked Kanon, Air, and Clannad, so I figure Little Busters is good too.
Sure enough... I'm starting off with Kurugaya's route. I haven't finished it but so far... Her character is a real critical strike to my heart. She reminds me heavily of myself when I was about that age, and even now... I could write a very long post about her and myself. To simplify it I'd just put it this way. I usually cling to a character in VNs, but with Kurugaya, she peels away another layer with every development. From the well-intentioned asshole, to the shy girl not good at honest conversation... If I didn't know better, I'd think that someone that once knew me used me as a character and turned me into a sexy boob girl.
We'll see how things develop, but... I don't expect any character to be so impactful as Kurugaya for me personally.

Recently I started playing Planetarian and a few chapters in. For a change, it's a short, linear story with only two characters, but I happen to like it thus far. It builds up a relatively grim atmosphere, which only makes the heartwarming moments with the robot girl even better. Interestingly enough, Key thought, it would be a good idea to built in a Tweet functionality (as in Twitter post) with a button for it next to the other buttons such as backlog and auto. It's of course broken by now, but I just thought it was a funny curiosity.

>>2577
>built in a Tweet functionality
This sucks, it kind of breaks immersion and "stains" an ethereal work of art with such a degenerate mark of the real world.

She's perfect. Absolutely perfect.

>>2576
Although I can't say I'm personally enamored with her, Kurugaya's popular for a reason.

>>2563
steam, mangagamer, playstation network, the nintendo eshop in particular is also surprisingly good for vns
steins;gate is available for purchase on steam, as well as the nintendo eshop and psn if you want it on a console.
unless you were referring to piracy specifically

>unless you were referring to piracy specifically
Of course I were not

>>2563
>>2564
There is also Denpasoft, Jast and Jlist, but if you are only interested in Steins;Gate, Steam is probably the best.

>>2564
>>2565
>>2566
By buying official "localizations" of VNs you're only contributing to the westernization and death of the medium, it's the same as buying official localizations of manga or paying for Crunchyroll or whatever. Piracy is the morally correct option if you care about the medium. If you want to support the creators, you can buy Japanese copies on Japanese websites like DLsite.
Now, as for piracy sites, there are many. The most popular one and a good starting point is good old Nyaa/Sukebei.

Ace attorney

>>2454
Probably danganronpa as well since it was real easy to emulate. My first actual vn would probably be Tsukihime though.

The first I played was Higurashi, but I never finished it completely.

Sea cats.

>>2382
In other words, you need a director?

>Visual Novels as a medium are effectively dead. A few embers still burn for now but every year more and more studios are closed, the profits generated get less and less, and the works that exist try harder and harder to appeal to normalfags.
Ugh, thanks for tha laugh?

>>2561

>>2362
Judging by your English screenshot you're part of the problem and not any better than the people you're describing.

>>2544

> if one were to be introduced to the medium through a Western work
Why not enter the world of vn through a Japanese work? I agree though that KS is a good entry point, even though it's the only thing the devs ever made and there are not many good visual novels produced by people outside of Japan. Besides this there are many vn on steam already, I think if there won’t be many who will have their first with it.


> It's an honest attempt at a bishoujo nakige that elicited authentic feelings from many, as depicted in your image
I do remember the gut punches I received from Katawa Shoujo very dearly. The developers clearly cared, took it seriously and gave their best, without thoughts on how to make money, cater to a specific audience or whatever. The novel does have a special place in my heart, but this is exactly why I am also sceptical. It's not 2012 anymore. Last thing I want to see now is some moral faggots to complain that Kenji is misogynistic or slap some shitty labels on every character.



> if I were to recommend something I'd choose a Key title or a short but sweet doujin novel (which is what got me into VNs)
This made me think on how you would recommend a visual novel to somebody, who has never read one before. Perhaps one that is the source to an anime they like? The length and content should also be considered, handing someone a 50 hour+ is surely a heavy load as a first, while a nukige could give a wrong impression and a kinetic too boring? Guess this also depends on if they even like to read or not.

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>>2545
>Why not enter the world of vn through a Japanese work?
Ideally one would, but there are those who'll inevitably read a Western work as their first, and Katawa Shoujo being among the popular choices would be a good thing in my book for reasons you and I both agree on. Now that I think about it, however, I wonder if someone new would be able to pick up on whether it's Western or not.

>Last thing I want to see now is some moral faggots to complain that Kenji is misogynistic or slap some shitty labels on every character.
There are those who would do this, yes, but there are also many who wouldn't. I suppose this doesn't worry me too much because I never interact with such people in my online spaces.

>This made me think on how you would recommend a visual novel to somebody, who has never read one before.
Bit of a daunting task, isn't it? You'd definitely want to tailor a recommendation to the person's taste, so what I said before had a "generic" target in mind. But I think a shorter novel is more or least a must, and there are many of those that aren't mere nukige.
>Guess this also depends on if they even like to read or not.
Absolutely.

>May be an unpopular opinion, but I think her route wasn't that bad. Just not as good as the others though, so I understand why It does have that reputation.
Its primary problems in my book are that it can feel like a slog at times and Misha's part in it is going to be very hit or miss for someone.
>Her route Is great in the alpha by the way. Hanaka is also recommended there.

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>>2546

> I wonder if someone new would be able to pick up on whether it's Western or not.
A good question. Given how lovingly it was crafted I don't think so. Also the fact that it is for free, so there is no need to gather information on it before buying either. If somebody even pays instead of being a pirate.


> I suppose this doesn't worry me too much because I never interact with such people in my online spaces.
I don't interact with such people either, I don't even use those places where things like that originate from. Yet somehow now and then something leaks through and it ends up on my plate. Unfortunately I have no idea how to avoid that, TC is the only place I know who seems to be capable of walling this off.


> You'd definitely want to tailor a recommendation to the person's taste
Perhaps their read manga would be a good help to pinpoint a recommendation. Maybe even more than the books they know or the anime they have watched.


> Its primary problems in my book are that it can feel like a slog at times and Misha's part in it is going to be very hit or miss for someone

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SINce Memories: Hoshi no Sora no Shita de will be the first entry in the Memories Off series to be translated into English!
You guys remember Memories Off, right?

Indeed, Akane-sama.

Yeah, I'm reading Photonmelodies since it released today. So far its pretty good.

I'm thinking about playing this since I have the time, and it's been something I've wanted to do for a long time. Unfortunately I wasn't quite paying attention and ended up learning that many or all of the girls end up dying in Alternative. That and Extra is apparently disliked, and you have to force yourself to get through it to reach Unlimited and beyond. Difficult to say if that's because it's legitimately an unpleasant experience or many people don't like romantic comedies, which is supposedly what Extra primarily is.

I learned about muvluv the other day from Steam Sale, two days ago I saw the chomp on gurochan and yesterday I browsed through all CGIs from the alternative. Today I saw this thread...

>>2529
Extra is just a mediocre romcom eroge. It is way over hated for what it is. It is completely average, there are many like it, many do it better, many do it worse. It's just that since muv-luv is so popular many people who play it haven't played many other VNs and/or aren't here for romance, they're here for Alternative, so they scoff and call it girly shit.

Just play extra. It's referenced in the later games and only adds to your experience.

About your spoiler: I'd still recommend it regardless. Everyone knows it as the gorey everyone-dies mecha VN anyway.

Little Busters, Higurashi, Umineko, and Clannad. If I had to choose one, I would say Little Busters

I don't like to pick a single greatest, but I believe Soukou Akki Muramasa is a perfect work.
>>2440
I agree with most of those also qualifying, but not Umineko.

I have conflicting thoughts about Little Busters since the core girls' routes aren't much to my liking, but there's no denying it's one of the most content-packed VNs to exist. Then of course there's the outstanding OST.

I'd be lying if I said I ever enjoyed a VN as much as I enjoyed Utawarerumono 3. But Little Busters is a close second

>>2462
> better performance compared to lua.
lua is actually faster than python given how simple its interpreter is, and luajit is faster still. But really the fact that its so simple is a limitation: I get the appeal of lua from ease of integration standpoint, but as an actual language it's a pain to do anything meaningful. And whose bright idea was it to use 1-indexed arrays in a language whose main goal is supposed to be ease of interop with C?

>>2467
>but as an actual language it's a pain to do anything meaningful
For those interested in leveraging Lua, but don't want to write it: https://github.com/hengestone/lua-languages

If you don'tlike renpy you can always use Löve2d for visual novels, it's barely even newer than renpy they are both from the 2004-2008 era.

I just found out that pytorch is actually called pytorch because it's the successor of torch, which was based in lua.

>>2456
Not really. But there is a fan game based on this called 夏死.

First I've heard of this. What's the story behind it?

>>2472
It's a rumor that popped up on old Japanese message boards. There were all sorts of outlandish claims about what it was such as that it was a patch you'd apply to Air, that staff from the game were involved ad that it was being sold at Animate. Only thing that has ever surfaced for real is edited CGs with blood on them, and a fangame based on the concept.

>>2346
Those are two different things which don't mean the same thing.

Still pretty close. Nothing shows appreciation more honestly than hard earned money.

>>2159
I know that you didn't mean the show itself but rather the type of thing that it is, but only on Tohno Chan can I read "Happy Tree Friends...is trendy".

>>2359
Ten years ago I think it was pretty popular.