It's update time again. This time we're going to talk about what to call Fading Hearts. It's definately going to be a challenge since the common ones aren't good for expanding a market.
We'll take a look at the terms following the break. Hopefully it would help give a feeling of the game plays.
- Visual Novel: Fading Hearts has stat-building so some people who know the difference would not want that. Also it's confusing for anyone who is new.
- Dating-Sim: Since there is stat building many would consider it a dating-sim. Then there is the issue of the stigma attached to dating-sim. There's a deeper story to it so calling it a dating-sim wouldn't do it justice.
- Adventure Game: It might fit for the Japanese market but it would be confusing to the western market I believe. They would think of point-and-click adventures which has all of it's own tropes as well.
- Ren'ai/Gal Game: It's getting closer now but still not quite there yet. These terms would work for the existing market but not for expanding it. I believe calling it a "Girl Game" to a new male market would have the guys running away to protect their masculinity. Not quite what we want.
- Romantic Interactive Story: This describes Fading Hearts well except for the actual gameplay we are putting in.
If you want to talk about it then post comments on the forum.