Leaf is a Japanese
visual novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...
studio under the publisher
Aquaplus, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo. It and its competitor
Key (to which it is often compared) are two of the most popular and successful dedicated visual novel studios operating today. It was launched out of obscurity by its early release ''
To Heart''. Leaf used the
XviD video codec in several games: ''
Aruru to Asobo!!'', ''
Tears to Tiara'', ''
Kusari'', and ''
ToHeart2 X Rated''. Since XviD is
free software
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, released under the
GPL, Leaf was obligated to release the
source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language. A programmer writes the human readable source code to control the behavior of a computer.
Since a computer, at base, only ...
to those games under the same license.
One still requires the game data to actually play the games with the source code. In addition, a free software
game engine, named xlvns, was developed soon after Leaf released its first three visual novels. Characters from ''
Utawarerumono'', ''Tears to Tiara'', ''To Heart'', and ''
Kizuato'' are playable in ''
Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'', a fighting game developed by Aquaplus featuring characters from various Leaf games.
Titles
*''
DR2 Night Janki'' (1995)
*''
Filsnown'' (1995)
*Leaf
Visual Novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...
Series (LVNS)
**''
Shizuku'' (1996)
**''
Kizuato'' (1996)
**''
To Heart'' (1997)
**''
Routes'' (2003)
*''
White Album'' (1998)
*''
Comic Party'' (1999)
*''
Magical Antique'' (2000)
*''Tasogare'' (2001)
*''Abyss Boat'' (2002)
*''
Utawarerumono'' (2002)
*''
December When There Is No Angel'' (2003)
*''
Tears to Tiara'' (2005)
*''
Kusari'' (2005)
*''
To Heart 2 XRATED'' (2005)
*''
FullAni'' (2006)
*''
To Heart 2: Another Days'' (2008)
*''
Kimi ga Yobu, Megido no Oka de'' (2008)
*''
White Album 2: Introductory Chapter'' (2010)
*''
Hoshi no Ouji-kun'' (2011)
*''
White Album 2: Closing Chapter'' (2011)
*''
Tears to Tiara II: Haou no Matsuei'' (2013)
*''
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen'' (2015)
Leaf amusement softs
*''
Saorin to Issho!!'' (1996)
*''
Hatsune no Naisho!!'' (1997)
*''
Inagawa de Ikou!!'' (2000)
*''
Aruru to Asobo!!'' (2004)
*''
Manaka de Ikuno!!'' (2009)
References
External links
Leaf's official websiteP/ECE's official Website
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