Market Research & Benchmark Games
Top Selling
A case seen with most of the tags on the itch.io page is how the top selling is consisting of mainly of horror games with varying prices.
Top Selling Visual Novel [online] . Itch.io : Visual Novel. Available at :https://itch.io/games/top-sellers/genre-visual-novel [Accessed at 13 February 2025]
Top Rated
Talking about the top rated on the itch.io page , it does not follow the theme of the other tags as the top rated relates to life simulator visual novels that follow different paths and having more unique art styles such as comparing Adventures With Anxiety and Doki Doki Literature Club having complete different artstyles.
Top Rated Visual Novel [online] . Itch.io : Visual Novel. Available at :https://itch.io/games/top-rated/genre-visual-novel [Accessed at 13 February 2025]
Most Popular
When it comes down to looking into what itch.io considered being the most popular games , it consists on mainly horror or dating style of games whilst stay to more of a cartoon style to the character designs which can make the games more appealing to a viewer scrolling through the different games on the itch.io page.
New and Popular Visual Novel [online] . Itch.io : Visual Novel. Available at : https://itch.io/games/new-and-popular/genre-visual-novel [Accessed at 13 February 2025]
Most Recent
A consistent theme that is occurring with all of the tabs within the visual novel section on the itch.io page is how the main 2 genres that have constantly shown up have been either dating or horror games due to the cartoon art style seeming to be consistent in all of the games themes.
Newest Visual Novel [online] . Itch.io : Visual Novel. Available at :https://itch.io/games/newest/genre-visual-novel [Accessed 13 February 2025]
Benchmark Games
Do NOT Take This Cat Home
A Game I wanted to look at that could have potential to be able to link to how we want our game to function and act during its production is the options that the games gives you with an underlying theme of softness with the cat being the main target however the cat becomes a danger to the player after making some seemingly pointless choices that would not really effect the story as much , we could be a good point to choose for our game relating to how mental health can be underlying in a character and the choices could drastically change the ending of the character from the first run.
Pixelliminal, 2023. Do NOT Take This Cat Home [online]. Itch.io: Available at: https://pixeliminal.itch.io/do-not-take-this-cat-home [Accessed 13 February 2025]
Market Research from Do NOT Take This Cat Home
Age Group for the Game - 14+
Gender Identity- Any Gender
Ethnicity- Any Ethnicity
Disability/Neurodiversity- Any Disability/Neurodiversity
Location- the game is only available currently on itch.io so any device that is able to access it.
Psychographics
Values / Attitudes - Leans into the Terrifying aspect of the innocence's of cats how something so cute and adorable and be horrific
Taste/ Preferences : Has a Stylised Artstyle
Hobbies & Interests - Relates to Phycological Horror
Political / Religious Beliefs - Any Beliefs
Adventures With Anxiety
The second game I wanted to look into when attempting to link the game to game mechanics that could be a nice point to include when designing our game is how when choosing choice in this game , the character has a meter at the top and once that is depleted the game changes causing the embodiment of the characters which in this game seems to be a fox takes over the character and causing worse choices for them in the end which seems to be a good way to discuss mental health by creating these embodiments of different mental health to help support our games choices in the design phase.
Nicky. C , 2019. Adventures with Anxiety [online]. Itch.io : Available at :https://ncase.itch.io/anxiety [Accessed 13 February 2025]
Research on Mental Health
Research for Group Discussion as we each looked into different Mental Health.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
- Difficulty Sleeping
- Restlessness
- Easily Tired
- Always feeling tense in situations
- More Lightheaded
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