Only if you consider a book to be a game (like most her consider VNs to be games), since that is what you are doing besides from collecting informations with your eyes. I would welcome a bette term for it however
But if THAT is the one point from my post that left an impression, then you didn't understand it at all. Please read it again.
(you know, all that stuff about adventure game, basically everything in the post was more important than this one sentence)
VN = Visual Novel
KVN = Kinetic Visual Novel
A visual novel can exist without being kinetic. Kinetic means moving in a straight path...no choices.
The word 'game' has multiple definitions, and if you choose to use the one definition that says it is simply a source of entertainment, then literally everything can be a game.
Personally, I believe as many do, and to be considered a game, you have to make actions happen. In a kinetic novel, we literally only turn pages, like in a book. Judging by your comment, I assume you do not believe a book is a game. Turning a page isn't making the characters take actions. The characters are going to take the actions that were predetermined by the writer. You are only clicking to continue the story to see what actions the writer chose for you to watch.
This, in my mind, and the mind of a lot of people, is not a game. But, by definition, that one of the many definitions of the word game, a movie can be considered a game. Just hit the play button and you're playing a game, right?
And, I did read your comment. I've read all your comments. You said this game has no consequences. You said consequences are changes in story. Those 2 statements mean there are no changes in story and no consequences, which means any choices you make in this game are pointless, because why make choices if they have no consequences and make no changes in the story? But, then you say there are different arcs and you can do different things in different orders, and make different things happen. This all sounds contradictory to me, so I am simply trying to understand what exactly you are saying.
Anyway...the reason for my original comment was to find out if this is a game I would care to play. I'm not much into linear VNs, and I just hit the ignore button on anything Kinetic, so I only wanted to know if there is more to do in this project than simply clicking to the next page, and if there are choices and actions to take, do those choices and actions even change anything in the outcome. I pretty much got my answer, so before these comments all get removed due to being off topic (they usually do, when the conversation segways a little too much lol) I'll just end it here.
Good luck to whoever enjoys this.
