īy length of story, Planetarian is the shortest of Key's games. The game can be saved at any point in any of the five save slots available, and a load option is available where the player can load any of the automatically saved chapter markers, or choose to load any of the manually saved games. During gameplay, the player can choose to hide the text from view and go back to any previous lines. In this respect, the player does not play the game as if it were a video game, but plays it rather more like one would play a music track on a CD or play a DVD film. The player can choose when to advance to the next dialogue screen or put the game on auto play. Unlike traditional visual novels, no choices are given to the player in Planetarian to advance the story, and there is only one possible ending this is what Key referred to as a kinetic novel.
Planetarian is a post-apocalyptic visual novel in which the player assumes the role of the junker. Planetarian 's story, artwork and music have been praised, and the PS2 version ranked first for console games in terms of satisfaction in 2007.Īverage dialogue and narrative in Planetarian depicting the main character, the junker, talking to Yumemi.
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David Production produced a five-episode original net animation series and an anime film in 2016. A light novel of short stories set in the world of Planetarian was released in April 2006, and three audio dramas have also been produced.
The game's soundtrack was composed and arranged by Key's signature composers Magome Togoshi and Shinji Orito. The story is written by Yūichi Suzumoto and character design is produced by Eeji Komatsu. Instead, the player proceeds through the story solely by reading. Key defines Planetarian as a "kinetic novel", since its gameplay offers no choices or alternate endings. The man, known simply as "the junker", stays with this robot for a time and attempts to fix the projector of the planetarium where the story takes place. The story centers on a man who comes across a malfunctioning robot in a dead city.
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The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 (PS2), PlayStation Portable and Nintendo Switch, as well as mobile devices. It was released over the Internet on Novemfor Windows, and is rated for all ages. Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet ( planetarian ~ちいさなほしのゆめ~, Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume) is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key, a brand of VisualArt's whose previous works include Kanon and Air.