Hanako Games

Hanako Games is an independent video game development company founded by Georgina Bensley that creates 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 the games publisher called Hanabira. This publisher launched its first game called Sword Daughter on January 5, 2015. The game story was originally based on a gamebook of the Dragontales series written by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz which was first published in the 1980s. In 2016, the game A Littly Lily Princess was also released under the Hanabira label. It is a visual novel game with simulation elements and is based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.[citation needed]

History

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Founder Georgina Bensley released a text adventure game in 2000 under the name Papillon. She created another game after 5 years (2005) called Cute Knight. This might not be Hanako Games's first release, but it was the first to be redistributed by other companies.[1]

Awards

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In 2007, Hanako Games was awarded the top prize at Innovate 2007, sponsored by the Casual Games Association.[2]

Their game called Black Closet was also nominated as a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative category for the 2016 Independent Games Festival.[3]

Developed games

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as Hanako Games
Release Date Title(s) Genre(s)
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)
2015 Sword Daughter Visual novel
2016 A Little Lily Princess Dating sim
2017 England Exchange – An International Affair Dating sim

References

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  1. ^ "What's So Special About Indie Developer Hanako Games?". Siliconera. 29 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Press Release". Archived from the original on 5 November 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  3. ^ "2016 Independent Games Festival debuts finalists". 6 January 2016.
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