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Originally Posted by Squinky
So my question to you wonderful folks is as follows: what would you say would make a puzzleless adventure game fun to play?
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You should try Japanese visual novels. Visual novels are classified as a sub-genre of adventure games, referred to as AVGs in Japan. Visual novels are especially prevailent in Japan, where they make up nearly 70% of PC games released.
Visual novels are distinguished from other game types by their extremely minimal gameplay. Typically the majority of player interaction is limited to clicking to keep the text, graphics and sound moving.
Most visual novels have multiple storylines and many endings; the gameplay mechanic in these cases typically consists of intermittent multiple-choice decision points, where the player selects a direction in which to take the game. These can be more closely compared to story-driven interactive fiction.
Visual Novels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel
There are some nice freeware creation tools. I like
Nscripter:
http://nscripter.insani.org/
