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+:TITLE:Categories
+:INC:index
+
+
+:SUB:Elements
+<p>
+ ...own interpretation for now... (Should be documented at some time, too)
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Gameplay
+<p>
+ This category is used to describe the gameplay or game engine.
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Visual Novel</dt><dd>
+ All games where the text is overlaid on the background and there is no special
+ dialog-box fall under this category. Can be abbreviated as VN or NVL.
+ </dd><dt>Adventure</dt><dd>
+ This is the opposite of the <i>Visual Novel</i> category: The text is presented
+ in a special window, usually at the bottom of the screen. In some (rare) cases
+ a game will switch between both styles, for these games both the <i>Visual Novel</i>
+ and <i>Adventure</i> categories should be selected. Can be abbreviated as ADV or AVG.
+ </dd><dt>Action</dt><dd>
+ This category indicates that the game includes a gameplay that challenges the
+ player's speed, dexterity and reaction time. Common examples are fighting games,
+ puzzles that should be solved within a short time limit, and shooter games.
+ </dd><dt>RPG</dt><dd>
+ Abbreviation for Role Playing Game. An RPG is a game in which you assume the
+ role of a character introduced to a vast world to be explored. Games typically
+ place emphasis on gaining equipment and experience points through fighting enemies
+ in order to advance through different levels.
+ </dd><dt>Strategy</dt><dd>
+ A strategy game is one that challenges the player to think critically in order
+ to achieve victory.
+ </dd><dt>Simulation</dt><dd>
+ A simulation game attempts to recreate aspects of reality and puts the player in
+ control.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Plot
+<p>
+ Indicates the plot type of a game. There are only two options: <i>Branching</i> and
+ <i>Linear</i>.
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Linear</d><dd>
+ A game with a linear plot has a static story; it is not possible to get different paths
+ or endings. Many games in this category do not prompt the player with choices and simply
+ tell the story as it is. This is, however, not a rule: it is also possible for a game
+ to provide choises, but they have no influence on the story itself. (e.g.
+ <a href="/v3">Utawarerumono</a>)
+ </dd><dt>Branching</dt><dd>
+ A game with a branching plot has a story whose path is directly affected by choices
+ made by the player during the game. These different paths are sometimes referred to
+ as "arcs" when they pertain to the stories of different female characters within a game.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Time
+<p>
+ Indicates the time period in which the story has been set.
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Future</dt><dd>
+ The game is set in a time beyond that of our own. Games may incorperate elements of
+ future technologies or events yet-to-come.
+ </dd><dt>Present</dt><dd>
+ The game is set in the current day.
+ </dd><dt>Past</dt><dd>
+ The game is set in a time before our own. Games may or may not adhere to historic fact.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Place
+<p>
+ Indicates the place in which the story is told.
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Earth</dt><dd>
+ The game takes place on our own planet.
+ </dd><dt>Fantasy World</dt><dd>
+ The game takes place on another world. The game's environment could be similar
+ to that of our own with a few significant changes, but it could also be
+ radically different.
+ </dd><dt>Space</dt><dd>
+ The game takes place in the vacuum of space between celestial bodies. For example,
+ this category can be used to define games where the characters may inhabit
+ spaceships that journey across the universe.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Sexual content
+<p>
+ Indicates the types of sexual content that the game contains.
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Sexual content</dt><dd>
+ This is a generic category to indicate the presence of any sexual content in the
+ game. If there is any such content, this category should be selected.
+ </dd><dt>Bestiality</dt><dd>
+ Sexual activity between characters and animals.<br />
+ <i>No catgirls, I guess?</i>
+ </dd><dt>Incest</dt><dd>
+ Sexual activity between members of the same family. Most of the time under the
+ justification of participants not blood related (step-sister etc.).
+ </dd><dt>Lolicon</dt><dd>
+ The usage of female characters with childlike features in sexual situations.
+ </dd><dt>Shotacon</dt><dd>
+ The usage of male characters with childlike features in sexual situations.
+ </dd><dt>Yaoi</dt><dd>
+ Sexual content depicting activity between males.
+ </dd><dt>Yuri</dt><dd>
+ Sexual content depicting activity between females.
+ </dd><dt>Rape</dt><dd>
+ Situation in which a character is made to engage in sexual activities against
+ their will.
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
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+:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Visual Novel
+:INC:notfinished
+:INC:index
+
+:SUB:General guidelines
+<p>
+ Blahblah about what we define as VN...
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:General info
+<dl>
+ <dt>*Title</dt><dd>
+ The title of the visual novel as it is known to the English speaking audience. If
+ there is no English version of the game available, you should either specify the
+ romanized (recommended) or translated (not recommended) version of the original
+ title.
+ </dd><dt>Aliases</dt><dd>
+ Visual novels can be known under several names, use this field to add any aliases
+ and acronyms used around the net. Official titles of releases should not be added
+ here, as these are already listed in the releases.
+ </dd><dt>*Description</dt><dd>
+ Short description of the main story.
+ </dd><dt>Length</dt><dd>
+ Very rough estimate of the time required to finish all endings of the visual novel.
+ To determine the length of a game, it's often better to ignore this time indication
+ and instead compare it with other games you've played. It's all relative, after all.
+ </dd><dt>External links</dt><dd>
+ Links to external resources about this visual novel. To get the URLs, go to the
+ sites (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://visual-novels.net/">
+ Visual-novels.net</a> and <a href="http://cisvisual.net/">CISVisual.net</a>),
+ search for a page about the game, and determine the ID or name of that page to fill
+ out in the text boxes. Do not specify the full URL, we only need a small part of
+ it!
+ </dd><dt>Related anime</dt><dd>
+ Some visual novels (e.g. <a href="/v4">Clannad</a> and <a href="/v3">Utawarerumono</a>)
+ have anime adaptions, and some visual novels were adapted from an anime series. Use
+ this field to specify these related anime for the visual novel.<br />
+ Anime should be specified using <a href="http://anidb.net/">AniDB</a> IDs. To add an
+ anime, just search for it on AniDB and add the numeric ID of the entry (found in the
+ <i>aid=xxx</i> part of the URL) to the edit field. Multiple IDs should be seperated
+ with a whitespace.<br />
+ If the visual novel already has a relation with an other visual novel, and both games
+ have an anime adaption, the same anime does not have to be added to both games. For
+ example, <a href="/v264">Da Capo</a> has two anime adaptions
+ (<a href="http://anidb.net/a837">837</a>, <a href="http://anidb.net/a2832">2832</a>),
+ and <a href="/v266">Da Capo II</a> as well. (<a href="http://anidb.net/a5419">5419</a>,
+ <a href="http://anidb.net/a5652">5652</a>) But the relations for Da Capo II do not
+ have to be added to Da Capo and vice versa - the internal visual novel relations will
+ take care of that.<br />
+ After submitting a new AniDB ID, VNDB will automatically fetch information about the
+ anime and will present that on the site. This action can take a few minuts to - in the
+ worst case - hours. In that time you will see the ID of the anime, but not the title
+ and links to AnimeNFO and Anime News Network. It is not possible to manually add this
+ information, this will be fetched automatically!
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Categories
+<p>
+ It is possible to select relevant categories for visual novels, where the relevance
+ can be ranked using a number from 0 to 3, where 0 indicates the category does not
+ apply at all, and 3 means that the category is very dominant in the game.<br />
+ See <a href="/d1">Categories</a> for descriptions about each category.<br />
+ Just as with the <i>Length</i> field, this information is very subjective. Just
+ use the category descriptions and common sense to determine which categories to
+ select and what relevance to apply.
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Image
+<p>
+ <i>General image guidelines and when to use the NSFW warning</i>
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Relations
+<p>
+ <i>When to add relation, and document direct and reverse relations</i><br />
+ <i>(Stolen from AniDB, needs some rewriting)</i>
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt>Sequel</dt><dd>
+ Continuation of the story. &lt;=&gt;<i>Prequel</i>.
+ </dd><dt>Prequel</dt><dd>
+ The story happens before the original story.&lt;=&gt;<i>Sequel</i>.
+ </dd><dt>Same setting</dt><dd>
+ Same universe/world/reality/timeline, completely different characters.
+ </dd><dt>Alternative setting</dt><dd>
+ Same characters, different universe/world/reality/timeline.
+ </dd><dt>Alternative version</dt><dd>
+ Same setting, same characters, story is told differently.
+ </dd><dt>Same characters</dt><dd>
+ Shares one or more characters, story is unrelated.
+ </dd><dt>Side story</dt><dd>
+ Takes place sometime during the parent storyline. &lt;=&gt;<i>Parent story</i>
+ </dd><dt>Parent story</dt><dd>
+ .. &lt;=&gt;<i>Side story</i>.
+ </dd><dt>Summary</dt><dd>
+ Summarizes full story, may contain additional stuff. &lt;=&gt;<i>Full story</i>.
+ </dd><dt>Full story</dt><dd>
+ Full version of the summarized story. &lt;=&gt;<i>Summary</i>.
+ </dd><dt>Other</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
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+:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Release
+:INC:notfinished
+:INC:index
+
+<p>
+ <i>When to add a release (stuff about NOT adding fandisks, OSTs, etc)</i>
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:General info
+<dl>
+ <dt>*Type</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>*Title (romaji)</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Original title</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>*Language</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Official website</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Release date</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Age rating</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Notes</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Platforms &amp; Media
+<dl>
+ <dt>Platforms</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Media</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Producers
+..
+
+
+:SUB:Visual novel relations
+..
+
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+:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Producer
+:INC:notfinished
+:INC:index
+
+<p>
+ <i>When to add a producer and what to do with producer relations...</i>
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:General info
+<dl>
+ <dt>*Type</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>*Name (romaji)</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Original name</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>*Primary language</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Website</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt>Description</dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
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+:TITLE:General guidelines
+:INC:notfinished
+:INC:index
+
+
+:SUB:Romanization
+<p>
+ The main audience of VNDB are the English speaking fans of visual novels. In
+ creating the database, we assume the intended audience can't read or recognise
+ anything not written in the roman script. Therefore, romanization is applied
+ to many fields in the database: The main title of visual novels, releases and
+ producers should all be properly romanized if they arent in roman script
+ already.<br />
+ To keep the database consistent, we have decided to use
+ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization">Hepburn romanization</a>
+ for all fields. This is also consistent with
+ <a href="http://wiki.anidb.net/w/Romanisation">AniDBs romanization</a>.
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Capitalization
+<p>
+ Some Japanese producers use titles for their games that are already in the roman
+ alphabet. However - as the disctinction in uppercase and lowercase characters
+ does not exist in Japanese - these titles are often entirely in uppercase or
+ lowercase. If there is no real reason for this choise of capitalization, these
+ titles and names should be properly converted to normal English capitalization
+ (as described <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization">on
+ Wikipedia</a>) for titles and names before being entered in the database.
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:...and more!
+<p>
+Misc documentation:<br />
+- Edit summary<br />
+- Quoting sources in descriptions<br />
+- Piracy<br />
+- Spoilers<br />
+</p>
+
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+:TITLE:Frequently Asked Questions
+:INC:index
+
+
+:SUB:What is a Visual Novel?
+<p>
+ A visual novel can be seen as a combination of a novel and a computer game:
+ they're computer games with a large text based storyline and only little
+ interaction of the player. A typical visual novel consists of text over
+ an anime-style background image and is accompanied by background music.
+ Throughout the game, the player usually has to answer a few questions which will
+ have an effect on the story, thus playing a visual novel a second time while
+ giving other answers may result in an entirely different plot.<br />
+ <br />
+ For more information see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Novel">
+ the Wikipedia article on visual novels</a> or the description on
+ <a href="http://visual-novels.net/vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=259&Itemid=47">Visual-Novels.net</a>.
+ To get a general idea of the genre, try one of the free short visual novels from
+ <a href="http://at2006.haeleth.net/release.php">al|together 2006</a>.
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:How about Eroge, H-Games and Dating Sims?
+<p>
+ An eroge or H-game is basically any Japanese game that features sexual
+ content. Many visual novels are eroge and many eroge are visual novels,
+ but this is not a rule. The definition of dating sim is a bit more vague,
+ but it's usually the same as a visual novel, except that a dating sim
+ generally uses a gameplay based on statistics.<br />
+ <br />
+ There are no strict bounds to the definition of "visual novel", most
+ eroge and dating sims include elements of visual novels, but may -
+ strictly speaking - not be visual novels themselves. As VNDB aims to
+ be comprehensive, we simply accept any game that contains elements of a
+ visual novel and is produced by a Japanese or Japan-related company or
+ doujin cicle.
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Why a Visual Novel Database?
+<p>
+ The internet is large, very large, but the number of English resources
+ related to visual novels is only very limited. VNDB attempts to collect
+ and present as much information as possible that would otherwise be very
+ hard to find for the English speaking audience. This way fans can easily
+ keep track of new releases and localizations of their favorite games,
+ while not having to browse numerous of indistinct Japanese websites.
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:How can I help VNDB?
+</p>
+ There are many ways to contribute to VNDB. First of all you can freely
+ edit all information found on this website, so if you find any errors
+ just click the "edit" link on the top right of the page. You can also
+ add new information (visual novels, producers, releases) to the database,
+ though please search the database before you do in order to prevent
+ duplicate pages.<br />
+ <br />
+ To discuss about new features or to help the development of the website
+ itself, feel free to browse the <a href="http://forum.vndb.org/">forums</a>
+ or join us on IRC at <a href="irc://irc.synirc.net/vndb">#vndb @ irc.synirc.net</a>.
+ If you aren't used to IRC or are just to lazy to install a client, you can
+ still join the chat using <a href="http://cgiirc.synirc.net/">the Webchat</a>.
+ Just choose a nickname, specify #vndb as channel and hit Login!
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Where can I download the Visual Novels?
+<p>
+ Not here. We do not provide downloads nor links to resources that encourage
+ the illegal spreading of visual novels.
+</p>
+
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+:TITLE:About us
+:INC:index
+
+:SUB:Goal
+<p>
+ ..
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:History
+<p>
+ yeah, interesting...
+</p>
+
+
+:SUB:Staff
+<dl>
+ <dt><a href="/u2">yorhel</a></dt><dd>
+ Also known as Ayo on IRC.
+ </dd><dt><a href="/u4" class="retired">hillie</a><dt><dd>
+ (retired)
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
+
+:SUB:Thanks
+<p>
+ ..
+</p>
+<dl>
+ <dt><a href="/u18">rasqual</a></dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd><dt><a href="/u51">echomateria</a></dt><dd>
+ ..
+ </dd>
+</dl>
+
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+<ul class="index">
+ <li><b>Documentation index</b></li>
+ <li><a href="/d6">FAQ</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/d1">Categories</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/d5">General guidelines</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/d2">Visual Novels</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/d3">Releases</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/d4">Producers</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/d7">About us</a></li>
+</ul>
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+ This page is not yet finished!
+</span>