While it is great (in terms of access, democracy, etc...) that new applications and software are being developed to enable people with minimal technical skill to create...it certainly does bug me when techies incorrectly employ terms from literary theory. Visual novel? Besides the very poor English on the site advertising the Blade Engine, Curious Factory doesn't seem to have any concept of what a novel actually implies. Additionaly, making vast generalisations such as "most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings" ignores genres such as fairytales (among others) which are complete with images but usually follow a "linear" trajectory. Perhaps referring more aptly to this "writing" tool (and avoiding the numerous grammatical mistakes) might actually tempt good writers to experiment with it. Multi-modal narratives anyone?
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While it is great (in terms of access, democracy, etc...) that new applications and software are being developed to enable people with minimal technical skill to create...it certainly does bug me when techies incorrectly employ terms from literary theory. Visual novel? Besides the very poor English on the site advertising the Blade Engine, Curious Factory doesn't seem to have any concept of what a novel actually implies. Additionaly, making vast generalisations such as "most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings" ignores genres such as fairytales (among others) which are complete with images but usually follow a "linear" trajectory. Perhaps referring more aptly to this "writing" tool (and avoiding the numerous grammatical mistakes) might actually tempt good writers to experiment with it. Multi-modal narratives anyone?