Mark Kretzschmar is a video game scholar and holds a PhD in Texts & Technology from the University of Central Florida, USA. Sara Raffel is a narrative and technical communication scholar in the English department at the University of Central Florida, USA.
In this essential volume for scholars of narrative play, Mark Kretzschmar and Sara Raffel take on the complexity of the form of visual novels, exploring well-known exemplars such as dating simulators alongside hybrids and even less-studied erotic works. Offering this comprehensive survey alongside a detailed ludography of suggested works for play spanning the last several decades, this wide-ranging overview can serve as a guide for exploring these works and the growing significance of visual novels as a global form. * Anastasia Salter, Associate Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, USA *