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Free Visual Novel Design Engine Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-all-your-dating-sim-needs dept.

Ayaka Hahn writes to tell us that they have just released a free game construction kit designed to make Visual Novels easy to construct. The "Blade Engine" was based on a professional Visual Novel engine being used in Japan with the hopes that it would spark greater interest in this medium in the west. From the press release: "In the West, there is a stereotype of: "Visual Novel = Dating Sim Game = Hentai", but that is wrong. Visual Novels CAN be Dating Sim games, Ren'ai games, Bishoujo games but also can be Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure and Horror Fiction games, or anything that the user's creativity comes up with."

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  1. Yet another fine example of... by johnthorensen · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...how most Japanese culture makes sense whatsoever to Americans. Including me.

  2. Why does crap like this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    get considered newsworthy? This is not new, and frankly it pisses me off that these people's SHABBY engine make Slashdot. The Text Adventure Development System or TADS has been in development much longer, beem ported to numerous platforms (lots you wouldn't even expect), and now even supports HTML for visual and audio suppliments. TADS is more powerfull than you can imagine and some of the stories I've played are so epic that they blow any MUD, or MMORPG out of the fucking water. Slashdot better stop taking money for news stories or I'm registering slashdotfuckingblows.com. You guys ALREADY make money from subscriptions! STOP KILLING YOUR WEBSITE.