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NeimadFR

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It's a nice sig but I think zVoidwalker might get annoyed with me if I ask him to add a sig to the gif with transition effect every time I like a new game :p Plus I have the both sigs synchronised with 3 transitions so I'll pass ;)
 

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I knew it was not complete, much less but the demo has been very short hahaha, it is seen that it has potential, we must be attentive
 

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Well, a VN is linear-ish and may allow some variation in your playthrough, ie: maybe some endings, routes and more.
Sandbox is full-on freedom to do whatever the crap, even if it is no crap at all. Think about Minecraft (or Free Cities, for an erotic example)
The problem, as I see it, with that definition is that you have a range in these games from 0 choices to a "gazillion" (or whatever- an extremely large amount in some cases). And you are drawing your distinction between (say) 8 and 9 choices. For me, a Visual Novel is a pre-written linear story- there might be an early choice or two in which character story (out of several) you want to follow, but the basic path is predetermined.

"Choose Your Own Adventure" (Is that a trademarked term?) is probably a more accurate term for these kind of games. That sort gives you more choices, but it's still a limited range.

I wasn't aware of "Sandbox" being used in that way- I've always heard of it used as a testbed system. ("Let's go play in the Sandbox.")
 
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The problem, as I see it, with that definition is that you have a range in these games from 0 choices to a "gazillion" (or whatever- an extremely large amount in some cases). And you are drawing your distinction between (say) 8 and 27 choices. For me, a Visual novel is a pre-written linear story- there might be an early choice or two in what character story (out of several) you want to follow, but the basic path is predetermined.

"Chose Your Own Adventure" (Is that a trademarked term?) is probably a more accurate term for these kind of games. That sort give you more choices, but it's still a limited range.

I wasn't aware of "Sandbox" being used in that way- I've always heard of it used as a testbed system. ("Let's go play in the sandbox.")
Your definition is by far better than mine, couldn't deny it even if I wanted to.

I'm used to seeing the term "Sandbox" being used to describe games where you can do your thing, even if in a limited manner.
 

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Better yet give the middle finger to Patreon and just put the dl links on SS and put the subs options there while Patreon has free subs (no 8% cut for them) with no links other than to SS page.
SubscribeStar didn't even exist back when I made that post. Did you really need to reply to a 3 year old post? on an abandonned thread no less.
 
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It does make a difference insofar as times changing and what was relevant back then might not be relevant now or vice versa. It's worth bearing in mind when necro'ing.

Also too bad about the game.
 
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