Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Visual novel" in English language version.
Visual novels (or sound novels, as they're sometimes called) are a popular game genre in Japan.
This is a kinetic novel meaning there are no dialogue or story choices to make throughout a playthrough.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)To solve this problem programmatically, the team employed a postgraduate student from Keio University—one of the best private universities, located in Tokyo and Yokohama—and Japan's first animated PC game, Will, was released in 1985. One hundred thousand copies of Will were sold, which was a major commercial success at the time.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)To solve this problem programmatically, the team employed a postgraduate student from Keio University—one of the best private universities, located in Tokyo and Yokohama—and Japan's first animated PC game, Will, was released in 1985. One hundred thousand copies of Will were sold, which was a major commercial success at the time.