Quoting: GuestAlso in fullscreen my panel is still on top. It was working in Trine, strange.

Did you set the mode to fullscreen, or did you leave it on automatic? I use GNOME and when I set it to fullscreen I had the panel too. But when I launched the second time and set it to auto, it went fullscreen...

And yes, I get the magenta tutorial video. Does it work correctly for anyone at all?

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^^ The UI is fine if you use a gamepad. I don't game with a keyboard or mouse at all, so I can't speak to that.

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Quoting: adolsonWhy do people bash a game because it's a genre they don't like? Not interested? DON'T BUY IT! Simple as that.

If you are by chance talking about me, I wasn't trying to bash it. It looks like a great game, and I'm glad it was ported. I just have the worst feeling that the new Hitman game will not be, which feels like a sick joke. I should note that I have been playing a lot of Dirt Showdown, which disappointed me greatly, as I have been wanting to play the Dirt games for some time, and all I get is this. Also, releasing a game in a well-known franchise that completely eschews the traditional elements of said franchise, reminds me of Metroid Prime: Federation Force. That game made me sick to my stomach. Not because it was a bad game, but because we never got a real Metroid game to justify it.

I was not singling out anyone in particular. It just seems like every time we get a game that isn't a main one, a vocal element of the community shows just how ingrateful they are. We have to start somewhere, and if it's board games that actually are very polished and fun yet retain major IP branding, so be it. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither shall be Linux gaming.

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Why do people bash a game because it's a genre they don't like? Not interested? DON'T BUY IT! Simple as that.

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They also have completely revamped the website, and it's WAY better than the last few iterations. Searchable documentation which can easily be contributed to via Github now, too.

One of the best features, IMO, is the improved gamepad support. It actually supports the SDL2 environment variable mapping now, despite the engine not actually using SDL2. This means virtually all gamepads are properly supported now, and it has a built-in database too (just like SDL2 does).

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Yep, I am SO done with crowd-funding. Make the game if you want my money. If I ran Windows, sure, crowd-funding would be fine. But as a Linux-only gamer, it's just a good way to pre-order games 5 years in advance and hopefully just forget about the money lost on ones that never actually deliver.

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It seems to me that people just blindly follow Microsoft.

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Quoting: adolsonWhat is the appeal of this game? I'm being told it's a visual novel; ok, well, I don't care to read books on my TV screen. Then I'm told it's a murder mystery, and then I'm interested... But wtf is that thing talking in the trailer?

Why do visual novels have to always have such whacked out characters and insane art? I don't get it.

A lot of anime does this kind of thing too. So and so is a school boy who is hunting down his father's killer but he is also a demon and has an arm that is made of wood and he can fly and blah blah blah blah... Ta-da! Visual novel / anime of the week.

It is a murder mystery and visual novel. The thing about visual novels is that they are interactive stories, their appeal is that you get choices that can change the outcome of the story (kind of like in these oldschool text-only games from the glory days of well.. text-only gaming, it's pretty fun when done well) but since it's also a murder mystery it has some murder mystery style interactive play.

This VN is a bit special though, very artsy, unique artstyle, etc, it's one of a kind. What the bloody bear is, would be a spoiler if I recall correctly, not a major one though (I like the japanese voice actor for it way better though, doesn't sound as annoying).

You can see an example of the gameplay here (basically you need to solve the murders or die). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-rqbQkzTyQ [External Link]

This game has no demons or flying people... well, flying people maybe but... not flying for long, if you catch my drift.

This is a uniquely well crafted visual novel, but it is not quite a typical visual novel (it's a rare breed) so enjoy it if you're interested, and don't watch the anime cus it has tons of spoilers (or as I said earlier, spoils the whole game). And there's no such thing as always bro, have you tried watching some of the less insane stuff like Monster (everyone's perfectly human), or Clannad (anime or game, nothing so extreme, at least not demons and shit), or even fullmetal alchemist brotherhood? I mean that last one gets pretty creative, but you might like it because most of the characters are quite believable.

The reason they are not, in this visual novel is actually explained, I could spoil it for you, but where's the fun in that?

Well, thanks for the informative reply.

I am really not an anime fan, but when I saw this pop up on SteamDB I looked at it and wishlisted it anyhow because I am a big murder mystery fan... I watched part of the video you linked, and I don't fully understand what is going on, exactly, but it seems like it could be interesting. I don't know that I would spend the asking price on it, but perhaps in the future in a sale or maybe if a demo comes along that could convince me.

As far as animes that I do like go, I like the Ys series and the English dub of Attack on Titan (though I haven't watched it all yet). At one point I went through the descriptions of all the available anime series on Netflix Canada and tried to find ones that sounded appealing, but came up short (AoT was on there, but only subbed.. I don't like reading while trying to watch a show at the same time). I had a couple other suggestions in the past and haven't found them yet, but I'll stick your recommendations on my list of things to look into.

There are some good book-games out there outside of the visual novel genre, too. Tin Man Games have made a few of the Fighting Fantasy books into video games, and they're nicely polished - but they're literally the books made into digital form. I grew up with those kinds of books, mostly the fantasy genre AD&D ones. I enjoyed them at the time. But seems like a different ballgame than most of the anime-style VNs on Steam.

Oh, I also like Long Live the Queen...

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What is the appeal of this game? I'm being told it's a visual novel; ok, well, I don't care to read books on my TV screen. Then I'm told it's a murder mystery, and then I'm interested... But wtf is that thing talking in the trailer?

Why do visual novels have to always have such whacked out characters and insane art? I don't get it.

A lot of anime does this kind of thing too. So and so is a school boy who is hunting down his father's killer but he is also a demon and has an arm that is made of wood and he can fly and blah blah blah blah... Ta-da! Visual novel / anime of the week.

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A Linux version would be an insta-buy for me.

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