Hanako Games
Hanako Games is an independent video game development company founded by Georgina Bensley that develops fantasy and anime-inspired PC games, mostly involving female protagonists.
Their website includes free demos and wallpapers for their games, including Fatal Hearts, Cute Knight, Summer Session, and Science Girls. Hanako Games is an affiliate of Winter Wolves, Tycoon Games and sakevisual.
In 2015, Hanako Games founded games publisher Hanabira. Hanabira's first game, Sword Daughter was released on January 5, 2015. Originally, the story was a gamebook of the Dragontales series by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz and was first published in the 1980s. In 2016, the game A Littly Lily Princess was released under the Hanabira label. It is a visual novel game with raising sim elements and is based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.[citation needed]
History
Founder Georgina Bensley released a text adventure game in 2000 under the name Papillon. In 2005, Bensley released Cute Knight. While not Hanako Games's first release, it was their first to be redistributed by other companies.[1]
Awards
In 2007, Hanako Games was awarded the top prize at Innovate 2007, sponsored by the Casual Games Association.[2]
Black Closet was named as a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative category for the 2016 Independent Games Festival.[3]
Developed games
- as Hanako Games
Release Date | Title(s) | Genre(s) |
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2003 | Charm School | Role-playing video game |
Sweet Dreams | Adventure game | |
2004 | Pentagraph | Puzzle video game |
Classroom Chaos | Strategy video game | |
2005 | Summer Schoolgirls | Life simulation game |
Cute Knight | Role-playing video game | |
2007 | Fatal Hearts | Visual novel |
Cute Knight Deluxe | Role-playing video game | |
2008 | Summer Session | Dating sim |
2009 | Science Girls! | Role-playing video game |
Cute Knight Kingdom | Role-playing video game | |
2010 | Date Warp | Visual novel |
2011 | Magical Diary: Horse Hall | Life simulation/Role-playing hybrid |
2012 | Long Live the Queen | Life simulation game |
2013 | The Confines of the Crown | Visual novel |
2015 | Black Closet | Strategy game / Detective Game |
2020 | Magical Diary: Wolf Hall | Life simulation/Role-playing hybrid |
2021 | Cute Bite | Role-playing video game |
2022 | Night Cascades | Visual novel |
- as Hanabira
Release Date | Title(s) | Genre(s) |
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2015 | Sword Daughter | Visual novel |
2016 | A Little Lily Princess | Dating sim |
2017 | England Exchange – An International Affair | Dating sim |
References
External links
- Official website
- Hanako Games at The Visual Novel Database
- Interview with Hanako Games
- Another Interview
- Interview with Erin Bell
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- Magical Diary
- Long Live the Queen
- Cute Knight
- Summer Session
- Black Closet
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