Visual novels are interactive stories. They focus mainly on character development and plot rather than action and gameplay mechanics.
Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)
Twine is a free and open source tool for telling interactive, non-linear stories.
Explore Visual Novel games that last about a half-hour tagged Text based and Twine on itch.io · Upload your games that last about a half-hour to itch.io to have them show up here.
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