KineticNovel
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is a brand of the Japan
ese software publishing company Visual Art's
. Visual novel
s produced on the KineticNovel label are not done like other traditional visual novels in that no choices are given to the player to advance the story in alternate directions, and there is only one end. These visual novels are dubbed "kinetic novels" to signify that the story moves forward with almost no interaction from the player. The player can choose when to go to the next dialogue screen or put the game on autoplay and just sit back and enjoy. In this respect, the player does not play the game as if it were a video game but plays it rather more like one would play a music track on a CD
or play a DVD
movie. The majority of KineticNovel's products contain adult
material of a sexual nature, though all-ages products are produced as well, such as Key's
Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume.
The company gets most of its sales via offering its products for download over the Internet. However, there are instances where kinetic novels will be ported to consumer consoles, as with what occurred with Planetarian when it was ported to the PlayStation 2
by Prototype
. After over three years since the last kinetic novel was produced in April 2006, the Visual Art's brand Issue produced a new kinetic novel, Meitantei Shikkaku na Kanojo, on August 28, 2009.
Japan
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ese software publishing company Visual Art's
Visual Art's
, formally , is a Japanese publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of visual novels for a large list of game developers. Visual Art's has developed the game engines their brands currently use, including the current engine, called Siglus, and older engines RealLive and...
. Visual novel
Visual novel
A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...
s produced on the KineticNovel label are not done like other traditional visual novels in that no choices are given to the player to advance the story in alternate directions, and there is only one end. These visual novels are dubbed "kinetic novels" to signify that the story moves forward with almost no interaction from the player. The player can choose when to go to the next dialogue screen or put the game on autoplay and just sit back and enjoy. In this respect, the player does not play the game as if it were a video game but plays it rather more like one would play a music track on a CD
Compact Disc
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or play a DVD
DVD
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movie. The majority of KineticNovel's products contain adult
Eroge
An or Ero-ga is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. Eroge originated from galge, but unlike galge, they feature erotic/pornographic content.-History:...
material of a sexual nature, though all-ages products are produced as well, such as Key's
Key (company)
Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher Visual Art's and is located in Kita, Osaka, Japan. Key released their debut visual novel Kanon in June 1999, which combined an elaborate storyline, an up-to-date anime-style drawing style, and a...
Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume.
The company gets most of its sales via offering its products for download over the Internet. However, there are instances where kinetic novels will be ported to consumer consoles, as with what occurred with Planetarian when it was ported to the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
by Prototype
Prototype (company)
is a Japanese software company established on March 27, 2006 by Toshio Tabeta, a former producer of Interchannel. While still with Interchannel, Tabeta's team was responsible for mainly developing and publishing versions of visual novels originally published by Visual Art's for consumer platforms...
. After over three years since the last kinetic novel was produced in April 2006, the Visual Art's brand Issue produced a new kinetic novel, Meitantei Shikkaku na Kanojo, on August 28, 2009.
Kinetic novels
- Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume, Released November 29, 2004
- Maiden Halo, Released January 7, 2005
- Kare to Ano Made: White Labyrinth, Released February 15, 2005
- Trance Kiss, Released March 28, 2005
- Shinkyoku Sōkai PolyphonicaShinkyoku Sokai Polyphonica, also known as simply Polyphonica, is an all-age Japanese visual novel created by Ocelot and first released on the PC on April 28, 2006. Aside from the game, multiple series of light novels have been created, and a manga adaptation started in March 2007. An anime adaptation started airing in Japan...
, Released August 8, 2005 - Kare to Ano Made: Saikon Kazoku Hen, Released February 13, 2006
- Fushigi no Kuni no Kanojo, Released March 6, 2006
- Beni Hime, Released April 3, 2006
- Meitantei Shikkaku na Kanojo, To be released August 28, 2009