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

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

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

as Hanako Games

Release Date	Title(s)	Genre(s)
2003	Charm School	Role-playing video game
2003	Sweet Dreams	Adventure game
2004	Pentagraph	Puzzle video game
2004	Classroom Chaos	Strategy video game
2005	Summer Schoolgirls	Life simulation game
2005	Cute Knight	Role-playing video game
2007	Fatal Hearts	Visual novel
2007	Cute Knight Deluxe	Role-playing video game
2008	Summer Session	Dating sim
2009	Science Girls!	Role-playing video game
2009	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

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

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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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