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-:TITLE:Adding/Editing a Visual Novel
-:INC:index
-
-:SUB:What can be added to the database
-<p>
- For a game to qualify for inclusion in the database, it must meet one of the
- following two requirements:<br /><br />
-</p>
-
-<ol>
-<li>Visual Novels that have the following characteristics:
- <ul>
- <li>Choices are the only allowed (but optional) form of interactivity. There
- are no other gameplay elements (including stats-based gameplay in
- dating/raising sims). Mini-games and simple mechanics, such as map-movenent,
- are only allowed when they play a very minimal role – at least 99% of the
- title should be made of pure reading.</li>
- <li>The story is told employing one of the known Visual Novel presentation
- methods such as <a href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/40/3440.jpg">ADV</a>, <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/52/3152.jpg">NVL</a> and their <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/39/339.jpg">variations</a>.</li>
- </ul>
-</li>
-<li>Visual Novel / Game hybrids that have the following characteristics:
- <ul>
- <li>The game consistently uses the novel narrative for telling its story.
- Examples include describing <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/58/258.jpg">visuals</a>, <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/63/2663.jpg">events</a>, <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/74/274.jpg">character actions</a> or <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/49/449.jpg">thoughts</a>.<br />
- This point is ESSENTIAL - dialogues, no matter how extensive, are a
- characteristic of such game genres as RPGs, adventure games, dating
- simulations, etc., NOT of visual novels.</li>
- <li>The story is told employing one of the known Visual Novel presentation
- methods such as <a href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/40/3440.jpg">ADV</a>, <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/52/3152.jpg">NVL</a> and their <a
- href="http://s.vndb.org/sf/39/339.jpg">variations</a>, consistently and for
- a significant length - at least 50% of the game should be made of pure,
- VN-style reading.</li>
- </ul>
-</li>
-</ol>
-
-<p>
- <br />
- Note: In some special cases, a game may be added even if it does not strictly
- adhere to the above points. However, this is the decision of the moderators. Do
- not add a game yourself expecting it to be an exception to the above rules.
- <br />
- See also the <a href="/d15">list of special games</a>.
-</p>
-
-
-:SUB:General info
-<dl>
- <dt>Title (romaji)</dt><dd>
- The title should be based upon the title of the original release.<br />
- If the title uses the Latin alphabet, use our <a href="/d5.2">capitalisation guidelines</a>.<br />
- Otherwise, <a href="/d5.1">romanise</a> according to our guidelines.
- </dd><dt>Original title</dt><dd>
- If the name is officially under a different title (usually because of different
- character sets), put the original title here.
- </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://novelnews.net/">
- Novelnews.net</a>, <a href="http://renai.us/">Renai.us</a> and
- <a href="http://visual-novels.net/">Visual-novels.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 minutes 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:Staff & Cast
-<p>It's possible to link VN entries to <a href="/d16">staff entries</a> in the
-staff and cast tabs.<br /><br />
-In both tabs, staff aliases can be selected by searching for their romanized or
-original names. To match an exact name instead of performing a search, prefix
-the name with '='. If the name is not in the database yet, you need to <a
-href="/d16">add it</a> first.
-</p>
-
-:SUBSUB:Staff
-<p>
- The staff tab lists the people or groups involved in the creation of the
- visual novel. The following roles can be used:
-</p>
-<dl>
- <dt>Scenario</dt><dd>&nbsp;</dd>
- <dt>Character design</dt><dd>&nbsp;</dd>
- <dt>Composer</dt><dd>&nbsp;</dd>
- <dt>Director</dt><dd>&nbsp;</dd>
- <dt>Artist</dt><dd>&nbsp;</dd>
- <dt>Vocals</dt><dd>Vocals used in the music. Not to be used for voice actors of characters, these should be listed under <a href="/d2.3.2">cast</a> instead.</dd>
- <dt>Staff</dt><dd>Used for any additional minor roles, use the "notes" field to indicate the staff's involvement.</dd>
-</dl>
-<p>A few guidelines:</p>
-<ul>
- <li>Add major staff only.</li>
- <li>If someone performed several jobs, add multiple entries with different major roles.</li>
-</ul>
-
-:SUBSUB:Cast
-<p>
- The cast tab lists the voice actors for each character. This tab is only
- available when characters have been linked to the visual novel.
-</p>
-
-:SUB:Image
-<p>
- Every visual novel should have an image, preferably one of the official cover
- art of one of the releases. In some cases, especially with doujin games, if there is
- no official cover art available, a general image from the game's homepage or a
- screenshot of the game itself could be used instead.<br />
- Images can be uploaded in JPEG or PNG format, and should not be larger than 5 MiB.
- All images larger than 256x400px will automatically be resized to fit on the page.
- <br /><br />
- The NSFW warning should be used in cases where the cover art is not safe for work.
- To determine what is safe for work and what is not, use the following guidelines:
-</p><ul>
- <li>Nudity is only safe if the sexual characteristics are covered or hidden</li>
- <li>Bikini, pantsu and other underwear are only safe if they contain no implicit
- indication of sexual anatomy</li>
- <li>If the characters pose is overly sexually suggestive, it's NSFW</li>
- <li>If multiple characters are portrayed and they are engaged in physical contact
- that may be considered as (a precursor to) sexual contact, then it's NSFW as well.
- </li>
- <li>NSFW is solely determined by the graphics: Images that contain suggestive
- text but are not otherwise NSFW are safe.</li>
-</ul><p>
- Even with these guidelines it may not always be easy to determine whether an image
- is safe or not. When in doubt, it's often best to go for NSFW.
-</p>
-
-
-:SUB:Relations
-<p>
- Visual novel relations can be used to indicate what games are related to each
- other.<br />
- When adding a relation, the reverse relation will automatically be added to
- the other visual novel. E.g. if you add game x as a sequel to game y, then game
- y will automatically be added as a prequel to game x. You do not have to edit
- both games.<br />
- Only specify <b>direct</b> relations. If one game 1 is listed to have a relation
- with game 2, and game 2 has a relation with game 3, then game 3 does not have
- to be added as a relation to game 1. This may sound a bit confusing at first,
- but you will understand when you look at the relation graphs. When editing relations,
- always try to think about the relations between all related games - as shown in
- the graph - instead of only looking at the specific visual novel you're editing.
- <br />
- The "official" checkbox can be used to indicate whether relation is an official
- one or not. A relation is official if both games were published by the same
- brand, or at least the publisher of the earlier game has given persmission to
- create the later game. In general: fandiscs and games of the same series are
- official, while fan fiction is not.
- <br />
- There is a static list of relations to choose from (as described below). As with
- many things, the relations between games can in reality be more complex than these
- options could describe. Simply choose the option you think is closest to describing
- the actual relation when you're not sure which one to choose.
-</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 and timeline, but completely different characters.
- The definition of "setting" is not always easy to define, but usually it
- means that if places or items not existing in the real world described in one
- game also exist in the other game, you could use this relation.
- </dd><dt>Alternative version</dt><dd>
- Same setting, same characters, but the story is told differently.
- </dd><dt>Shares characters</dt><dd>
- Different story, but shares some characters.
- </dd><dt>Side story</dt><dd>
- The story takes place sometime during the parent storyline. &lt;=&gt;<i>Parent story</i>
- </dd><dt>Parent story</dt><dd>
- Opposite of <i>Side story</i>.
- </dd><dt>Same series</dt><dd>
- The games are part of the same series.
- </dd><dt>Fandisc</dt><dd>
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_disc">Fandisc</a>.
- </dd><dt>Original game</dt><dd>
- The opposite of fandisc.
- </dd>
-</dl>
-
-
-:SUB:Screenshots
-Each visual novel entry can have at most 10 screenshots. Screenshots can be
-uploaded in JPEG and PNG format. The uploaded screenshots are strictly
-moderated to follow the guidelines listed below. It is highly recommended to
-follow our <a href="/d13">instructions on creating good screenshots</a> if you
-don't want your efforts to go to waste.
-<ul>
- <li>All images must be in the highest native resolution of the VN. The native resolution
- is the resolution for which the bitmap images are made, this is 640x480 or 800x600 for most
- entries. Any upscaling or downscaling, whether done by the game engine itself or by manually
- using an image editor, is <b>not</b> allowed!</li>
- <li>All images have to be screenshots of the <b>game itself</b>, this means that any window
- borders will have to be removed before uploading. We are neither interested in your heavily
- modified window borders nor in your awesome AGTH setup.</li>
- <li>At least half of the images should be actual screenshots of the game. That is, they should
- include character sprites or some form of dialog or user interface. Plain event CG images
- without any text or interfaces are allowed to demonstrate the drawing style, but should
- not dominate over the other screenshots.</li>
- <li>Uploading screenshots with erotic content is allowed, as long as the ratio of erotic/non-erotic
- screenshots is somewhat in line with the actual erotic/non-erotic ratio of the VN itself. For example,
- if a 10 hour VN has only 2 H-scenes of 10 minutes, it wouldn't be appropriate to upload more than 2 or 3
- erotic images. On the other hand, if a VN is mostly about sex, it wouldn't make sense to upload only one
- erotic screenshot. It is advised - even for the sex-only games - to have at least one non-erotic screenshot.</li>
- <li>Keep the spoilers to a minimum. It's impossible to upload screenshots that are completely devoid
- of spoilers, but it is possible to keep this to a minimum. I.e. screenshots early in the beginning of
- the VN are prefered, and shots later in the game are fine as long as they don't reveal any major information
- about the plot.</li>
- <li>Images that are NSFW should be flagged as such, see the <a href="#4">image</a> guidelines above.</li>
- <li>Screenshots have to be unmarked: they shouldn't contain any copyright information, website URL,
- or other text that's not present in the original screenshot.</li>
- <li>Screenshots should preferably be of the English or original (Japanese) releases. Other languages are
- allowed, but the number of images should be kept to a minimum.</li>
- <li>Do not post different language versions of the same screenshot, this is not a comparision gallery.</li>
-</ul>
-