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A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Games where players are given material to read; this includes books, newspapers, and emails.
Games that are controlled partially or entirely with a touch screen.
DS games that feature gameplay elements requiring the player to speak or blow into the handheld's built-in microphone.
DS games that have you hold the system vertically so it looks like a book.
The process of tracing over live-action motion video to create animation.
Someone who investigates unsolved crimes and other mysterious happenings, either for a living, as a hobby, or simply by chance.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
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