A visual novel is an interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). As the name might suggest, they resemble mixed-media novels or tableau vivant stage plays.
In Japanese terminology, a distinction is often made between visual novels proper (abbreviated NVL), which consist predominantly of narration and have very few interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which may incorporate problem-solving and other types of gameplay. This distinction is normally lost outside Japan, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as "visual novels" by international fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles released in 2006.
Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their extremely minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving (most recent games offer 'play' or 'fast-forward' toggles that make even this unnecessary).
Most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings; the gameplay mechanic in these cases typically consists of intermittent multiple-choice decision points, where the player selects a direction in which to take the game. This style of gameplay has been compared to the Choose Your Own Adventure books.
Jun Hamamura (7 February 1906 - 21 June 1995) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 1995.
Daiobake Yashiki - Hamamura Jun no Jitsuwa Kaidan is a horror adventure game that features Jun Hamamura as the hoster and the haunted mansion manager in which the player enters to work as a part time job in the summer. The game features 41 ghost stories that will advance in visual novel style during the game some voice narrated and some in text format with images, and there are also a couple of mini games that will happen in some parts of the advanture. The game also features other japanese actors like Junichi Osako, Tomomi Fujisawa, Keisuke Takagi and is directed by Yamada Seiwa.
Manufacturer's description:
Horror adventure of sound novel format Story Teller Jun Hamamura of Japan's leading try the narrator. I circumference to talk scary prized possession of manager and employee in the mansion in for the hero that applied as a part-time job in the haunted house Jun Hamamura time as manager, is adopted. Mini-games haunted house unique is also full.
Features:
- First person perspective
- 2D graphics
- Prerendered graphics
- Horror, Ghosts & Mystery themes.
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