doesnt really look that different on my end 🤔

I started playing ai: the somnium files a few days ago! I never knew it was a 3D game before I bought it lmao. I just finished the somnium tutorial and find the controls kind of wonky. can’t really form an opinion on the game overall just yet.

It’s all super fun! Loved the lighthearted storyline except for the

The current banner is not really for me, since I prefer simpler outfits which are easier to combine, so I’m saving for now.

Why are dating sims almost always just a gag though OTL

I am personally strictly anti-genAI in art and media, and have already banned related content in my other communities from the get-go. But since this is an already existing community, I would also let the people decide here.

I follow the dev of this game on bluesky! Have been meaning to check this out as well :D

I have a few more questions regarding the rules of this community that I would like to have feedback for:

• What is the community’s stance regarding generative AI in visual novels? Are you OK with it/don’t care, or are you against it?

• Also (this is probably a long way off but) what is our stance regarding self-promotion? I’m personally for allowing self-promo if it’s for major milestones (steam page launch, demo release, game release etc.)

There’s already !adventuregames@lemm.ee for this, they explicitly include interactive fiction in their list of allowed content.

Yeah I was thinking about that, too! We just need to decide what to use 😅 Maybe we could ask the community which characters they would like to see on our banner/avatar?

@Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world and I volunteer to take over as mods!

also Momo cloaks, mainly because they’re so darn expensive to craft :/

I’m not really an expert for otome terminology myself, thats just based on my own interpretation of the term ^^;

OK, in that case I’d be willing to take over if you agree to help out!

i used that as a short hand for games meant for self-insertion, that have a very thin MC characterization as a result. Yumejoshi is generally a term for fans who like to self/oc-ship instead of having a defined MC, so blank slate-self inserts fall into that area.

I think the only game where that kind of worked for me was mystic messenger 🤔 But thats because you have a lot of opportunities to voice your opinion there, so it felt more natural to identify myself with the MC.

• bad translation as well
• non-existent MC (aka yumejoshi games)
• LIs who constantly belittle/disrespect the MC or call her pet names (e.g. “kitten”)
• tropey writing (especially that trope where the MC has to constantly get saved from random bad guys or a creep by a LI)

i meant that

I’m not completely opposed to the idea, but I play a limited range of VNs (mainly mystery VNs and romance VNs aimed at women) despite sharing lots of news about all kinds of them^^ Having a second mod with a different perspective would help a lot with community-building I think, especially since this community was intended to serve a similar audience as the r/visualnovels subreddit, which seems to mostly like galge?

//my first impression was that this is an age-gap romance, but after looking up some info, the guy is actually way, way younger than he looks

might give this a try

I honestly have trouble coming up with specific tropes I like 😅 As long as the character has depth and is well-written (and doesn’t have any of my personal squicks) then I’m game 🤔

same 😅