Romance visual novels use text-based stories, seemingly free choices, and illustrations to give players an immersive experience. But behind the "possibilities" offered by the choices lies nothing more than a pile of stats and algorithms. The player's "ending" has long been restricted to a predetermined track.
So what happens when players see through every trick, while the characters keep going off-script from beginning to end?
Shen Xinghe, your romance game tester, is here to keep you up to date on immersive romance-game story experiences!
*This is a short story of around 100,000 Chinese characters, written to test the worldbuilding. It is intended as a side story to the main work, which may be written in the future.
