Daemons in the Mist is in development to be made into a Kinetic Visual Novel. No hard release dates have been announced but Novel EXP is shooting to have the first installment done later this fall.
Developer: NovelEXP
Specs: 800×600 Plays on any browser, PSP, desktop computer, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and android based phones.
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Kinetic Visual Novel
Rating: Teen 13+
Release Date: TBA
A visual novel is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art. 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 are predominantly narrative and have very little interactive elements, and adventure games (abbreviated AVG or ADV), which typically incorporate problem-solving and other gameplay elements. This distinction is normally lost in the West, where both NVLs and ADVs are commonly referred to as “visual novels” by Western fans. Visual novels and ADVs are especially prevalent in Japan, where they made up nearly 70% of the PC game titles.
Read more about Visual Novels on Wikipedia
As a special treat to KatGirl Studio viewers, I will be sharing production art as well as a little of the process of what goes into the making of a visual novel. To get in and the behind-the-scenes-action, just visit this page.
Due to various delays the production time of the Daemon in the Mist visual novel is taking a bit longer than expected. Books bring worlds to life through word but translating that world into a visual medium is a whole different thing entirely. When I wrote Daemons in the Mist I never imagined that I would then have to visually create the world of The Marked Ones. It’s no easy task but I hope in the end that you will be able to enjoy a game that is just as carefully crafted as everything else you have come to expect from KatGirl...
read moreHi everyone it’s been two months since I first mentioned the visual novel for Daemons in the Mist. This is because due to an overwhelmingly booked schedule, we pushed production back on this project by about two months. But this is what did happened in the last two months: The Kindle and Nook editions of Daemons in the Mist were released. The print edition of Daemons in the Mist will be coming out later this month. The Visual Novel department of CWS Software (NovelEXP) now has a shiny new website. We also decided a few things about...
read moreWe started production on the Daemons in the Mist Visual Novel this past week. The novel engine was designed by the fantastic team at CWS Software and with their help I will be creating the vast majority of the Visual Novel myself. Yes you heard that right, I will be the writer, artist and coder for the visual novel version of Daemons in the Mist. This means I had to learn the game engine that CWS uses for their games. So I spent the better part of two days reading the manual and working with one of the lead programers. I was able to walk away...
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