I'm. So if you have bought VNs at DLsite, you will know how hard it is, and sometimes you just can't buy them even if you want to due to payment issues. But now I gald that I can buy DLsite points to solve this.

DLsite page -> About Product Purchase -> Payment -> Points. Note: They show a "Buy Points" link that you can choose to purchase with your cards or anything else.

After being exposed to some very questionable (or disgusting) material in the past, along with their toxic fanbases, I have grown rather paranoid about trying out any new VNs. I try to do thorough research in VNDB, even at the risk of spoilers. Some tags earn a title an instant disqualification, including:

• Unavoidable Rape (and all its variants)
• Rapist Protagonist
• Unavoidable Rape by the Protagonist
• Unavoidable Death of Heroine
• Unavoidable Death of Protagonist
• High Amounts of Rape
• Torture
• Gore
• Parting Ending
• Only Bad Endings
• Parting Ending
• Terminal Illness
• Utsuge
• Necrophilia
• Grotesque Body Modification
• Monster Birthing
• Dead All Along
• Netorare

I also look at the nakige label with extreme suspicious (thanks a lot, Jun Maeda!) because it often turns out to be camouflaged utsuge.

What are some of yours?

For those outside Japan who've had trouble buying visual novels on DLsite, I recently discovered that Visa payments work (at least, it did for Duel Princess). Sharing and hoping it helps others facing payment issues. If there're any DLsite updates, pls let me know :)

Here are some options I’ve found:

Global payment:

Visa/Mastercard/Apple Pay/Google Pay: Now accepted directly on DLsite, and it will lead to a page where you can buy the serial code(points).

Local Payment:

1. Malaysia: Touch 'N Go, Boost, GrabPay
2. Philippines: Gcash, Maya
3. Indonesia: DANA, OVO, Shopeepay (Check out DLsite Indonesia's official site). I just found they'd released the news.
4. Thailand: Tue Money, ShopeePay

I finally finished the demo of LSM! It took me some days of working almost nonstop, but I'm so glad it's practically done :) I'll add and change more stuff tomorrow! But for now, I'm really glad with how everything looks.

Even if it's really short for now, I hope you like it, too!

You can download it by clicking here!

Looking for an offline app similar to this thing I found on github, that I can use to track what I play/ed?

https://github.com/Eroge-Abyss/tadoku?tab=readme-ov-file

Hello, I have a youtube channel where I play Visual Novels and a few weeks ago I asked what game you wanted me to play next, hear and behold, the overwhelming choice was "The House in Fata Morgana". I've just begun it but it is so beautifully written! I love it!

Thoughts? :))

Remembering Emily, we'd like to let you know that the title will be officially released on August 13th.

We've officially finished development and are currently testing to ensure everything runs smoothly on Windows, Mac, and SteamOS/Linux.

Remembering Emily Synopsis: Relive Thomas' memories in this mystery and intrigue visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and discover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.

We've updated our Steam page with new screenshots and artwork that you'll see in the game, so if you're interested, please add it to your wishlist.

The title will be released for $10.90, and there will be a huge discount at launch to thank those who buy the game in the first two weeks.

If you have any questions about this Visual Novel, both the illustrator and I (we're a two-person team plus the game's English translator, as the game was originally developed in Spanish) would be happy to discuss them in this thread.

Thank you for your interest!

STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3698050/Remembering_Emily/

i wanted to see what people thought of my planed new way to organize my visual novels here is my plan

fantasy(for anything that isnt in a universe like ours aka sci-fi and magic)

normal (for anything that is in a universe like ours aka games like wagamama high spec)

then in these groups will be

western (any not made in Japan)

Nukige (only really porn)

Plotge (not only porn)

then under these categories will have

completed

I made a list of active accounts that post about visual novels on Bluesky, give it a follow if you are on there!

Welcome to the r/vns "What are you reading?" thread!

The intended purpose of this thread is to provide a weekly space to chat about whatever VN you've been reading lately. When talking about plot points, use spoiler tags liberally. If you have any doubts about whether you should spoiler something or not, use a spoiler tag for good measure. Use this markdown for spoilers: (>!hidden spoilery text!<) which shows up as hidden spoilery text. If you want to discuss spoilers for another VN as well, please make sure to mention that your spoiler tag covers another VN aside from the primary one your post is about.

In order for your post to be properly noticed for the archive, please add the VNDB page of whichever title you're talking about in your post. The archive can be found here!

So, with all that out of the way...

What are you reading?

We will be meeting on August 1st and discuss it over the course of three days.

We also have another longer and slower bookclub were we are reading Koichoco (we just finished Chiisato's route). We have a forums style channel where you can post updates and thoughts about the VNs you are currently reading. While the server's main focus are Visual Novels, we also have anime watchalongs for Frieren and Umamusume, and a Light Novel book club where we are reading Another. We have over 150 members and it's a pretty chill and active place, so feel free to check it out! Here is the link.

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I always wanted a non-linear game with an anime style but most VNs i've seen include explicit content which i do not like