What to Expect When You're Expecting

This will be a collection of all the information of the game that I had mentioned over the last year as well as some new information. My hope is that it will answer 90% of the initial questions people will have about the VN without spoiling any of the story.

Name: It's All Fun and Games on the Open Road

Short Name: Open Road or OR

Blurb: The "Golden Age of the Caravan" is upon us! Fuelled by romanticized stories of the open road, Tony leaves his home ready to follow in his late father's footsteps.

With a small team of misfits from all walks of life, Tony is ready to become the best caravan master in the world. If only he could figure out how to get a job...

Story Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Drama.

Translation: You follow the ups and downs of an ensemble cast as they explore the world and people in it. Note the lack of "Action" and "Romance" tags. It's not focused on fighting and people aren't going to date each other. "Found Family" tropes and learning about the world and lore is what you can expect.

Game Genre: Visual Novel

Translation: You're going to read. A lot. It's a book. Reading, reading, reading and then more reading. You can select chapters to change up the order and later in the story some chapters will lock you out of others as you follow routes but still, you be reading, dawg.

Conclusion: The Adventure genre can catch people off guard if they are unfamiliar with it. It's priority is 1) Setting 2) Characters and 3) Plot. In a way, it's like the Slice of Life genre in that it can be a little slower paced and focusing on many smaller plot threads than one big one. This is typically why you will see "Adventure" paired up with "Action" in genre tags.

A good example of adding Action to Adventure stories is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. "Ensemble cast walks to mountain and dumps off magic ring in fantasy land" is a pretty simple adventure plot line. They then throw in some big battle scenes to make sure some of the audience haven't fallen asleep during the journey haha

If you want an example of Adventure without the Action then Terry Pratchett's "The Colour of Magic" is a pretty safe choice. It's premise is "Two people explore fantasy land as tourists and take in the sights. Comedy ensues." More character and world focused so the comedy has something to work with.

To conclude my conclusion: If you don't like slower paced books that focus on world building and lore, you might want to skip this one. Just fair warning.