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Chesstris: Chess + Teris. Playable.

Chesstris is a chess variant that combines Chess and Tetris (but also has VN parts)
Instead of moving pieces, you drop them in a column and try to checkmate kings while avoiding to checkmating your own. It doesn't have a pvp and is more akin to chess puzzles.
It has story elements but there's a way to play just puzzles. I just released it's demo version on Steam so feel free to try.

I've been told that some of the puzzles are very hard, so just keep it in mind if you decide to try. And if you do I'd be glad to hear your thoughts.

u/Alir_the_Neon — 9 days ago
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Hybrid Visual Novels, how much gameplay can a VN have before it stops being a VN.

I wonder how much of VN should be in a game for it to be considered mainly a VN, or Hybrid VN. What gameplay elements right away take the game outside of the VN range?

Hybrid visual novels are around for a while, but the amount of “hybrid”/another genre gameplay varies in most of them. Some of the ones that are still considered visual novels (that I know or have played) are AI:The Somnium files, Danganronpa, Ace Attorney, and most of them heavily tied to the visual novel segment.

While some aren’t really considered visual novels while still featuring VN parts. Two that came to mind were Dispatch and Catherine (Atlus narrative segments are pretty big in general) And the main reason I see that they aren’t called visual novels is that they feature big gameplay portions that are very different from VN.

So what kind of gameplay and how much a hybrid VN should have to still be considered a VN and what elements would make you think this is not a VN right away.

(I am creating a hybrid VN game, and started to wonder about this and was curious what others think, where does hybrid VN stops being a VN:D)

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u/Alir_the_Neon — 1 month ago