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Haven't heard of it before. The screenshots make me think maybe. But the control list makes it sound more like a beat em up. So... maybe? It depends on how much the fighting aspect is used.

If it has enough adventure game elements to make the shooting element not the main focus, definitely.

There's a fine line between genres and subgenres. Visual novels do count, but only barely. Same with some hidden object games.
It's hard to explain Adventure games to people who haven't played them. Those who have played enough of them tend to get a general feel of what is an adventure game and what isn't. 

An example of a game that is mostly a visual novel, but also has elements of adventure games and rpgs is Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade.

As for why not everyone would be doing visual novels is because there are some of us who joined this jam specifically because it's for making adventure games.

Yeah, any website or resource with the proper license or that you paid for the rights to use works as long as you follow whatever the license says.

I wasn't sure since there was someone who asked about using LucsasArts graphics. But wanted to make sure.

You're welcome. Even if you don't use the idea, hopefully the information can at least help you and/or someone else.

Execution of the idea is what makes something an adventure game or not. Maybe have someone ask for her to find something specific for them. Then maybe she has to find her way to it past some kind of traps or creatures. Maybe she has to find something for someone else along the way. Maybe she learns that she doesn't want to deal with the original person any more and needs to find a way out of the issue. 

There are a lot of possibilities for making such an idea into an adventure game. Of course you should create your own character instead of actually using Rey...

First person is rare in commercial adventure games, but it's possible. Myst is first person. And there seem to be a lot of games under first person adventure here on Itch. But I can't say how many of those actually fit the true definition. 

There's also the Dark Fall series, which I forgot about since I've only played a few minutes of one of them.

Telltale Games made a few 3D adventure games. Like Back to the Future: The Game, several Sam and Max games, and Tales of Monkey Island. And I'm pretty sure I saw it said that Life is Strange counts, as well as some of the walking simulators.

And combat, tactics, and being open world are all fine as long as the main game play fits within the definition of adventure games.