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CTOnews.com, August 7 (Xinhua)-- the Steam Visual Fiction Game Festival will open at 1: 00 a.m. on August 8, Beijing time, and will last for a week, according to the V News Agency.

▲ source SteamWorksCTOnews.com learned from the news released by Steam that during the Visual Fiction Game Festival, various "visual fiction games" (including GAL games) will offer a series of discounts and trial versions.

According to the official poster of discount games related to ▲ 's Steam store, "from thrilling suspense stories to relaxing coffee chat, a variety of interactive narrative games are waiting for players to explore."

▲ video source Steam, video transcription provided by IGN China Steam official also said:

You are welcome to participate in published games, games that are "coming soon", trial versions and free games (if the following eligibility criteria are met). Game testing is not currently included in the Steam theme sale.

The event highlights games that tell interactive stories mainly through text, with players accompanied by static or dynamic images at each step.

The participating game must be a visual fiction game and usually has the following mechanisms and / or elements:

The content is based on words, with eye-catching visual elements in the process of telling the story.

Players have to make choices to advance the plot.

Games that do not qualify for visual fiction (as mentioned above) and therefore do not qualify include:

The content is based on text, but the visual elements are not eye-catching.

Players can directly control the character to swim at will.

Contains visual novel elements, but the player's operation does not directly affect the development of the plot (such as shooting games, fighting games, farm simulation games).

The main game mechanisms include full-motion video (that is, games that feel more like watching movies than reading novels) and games that are accompanied by game decisions (rather than just "continue" or watch other full-motion video parts). The game is eligible to participate in this activity.

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