What kind of game is Nine Suns?

Nine Suns is a Visual Novel, a kind of graphical interactive fiction. It’s a wide genre, so let me be more specific. The game will deal with daily life: the main character has to deal with everyday hassles to move forward in the game. However this is done mostly by interaction with the NPCs, very little with the use of in-game objects.

This is not going to be a Dating Sim, the player’s goal is not to become the s.o. of any of the NPCs! He has the role of a facilitator: he is there to bring NPCs together and help them work together.

The name "Neuf Soleils" (Nine Suns, in French) is the name of the neigborhood I was living in, and that’s where the game takes place. The action takes place mostly outside or in public places (shops).

My sources of influences for this game are:

• The Witch’s Yarn, a game I played in 2006 now available on Steam,
• Hanging Around, an RPGMaker game developed by a friend, for which I was a tester.