Genres Visual novel Artists Miki Sugina | Developers Innocent Grey Composers Manyo | |
Publishers JP: Innocent Grey, Prototype
WW: JAST USA Platforms Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Android | ||
Flowers is a series of yuri-themed visual novel video games developed by Innocent Grey. The first entry, Flowers: Le volume sur printemps, was released in 2014; two more games have since been released, and a fourth is planned.
Contents
Video games
Other media
In addition to the video games, other media based on the series has been released: Six audio dramas have been published, as part of the limited editions of the Microsoft Windows and console versions of each game; the games' music has been published as three soundtrack albums; and two fanbooks based on the first two games have been released.
Development
The Flowers series is developed by Innocent Grey, with art by Miki Sugina. Unlike their previous games, the developers decided to not focus on characters' deaths, instead depicting female students' everyday life, and how they cooperate to solve mysteries. Even prior to the first game's release, it was decided that there would be four games, representing the four seasons.
During their panel at Anime Expo in July 2015, JAST USA announced that they would localize and publish the first game in late 2015; the localized demo was eventually released in February 2016, with the full game planned for both physical and digital release in March 2016. Due to translation errors, JAST USA had to delay the game to allow time for heavy editing and quality assurance; the game was eventually released in English in August 2016.
Reception
The series has been well received by critics. Marcus Estrada of Hardcore Gamer called Primtemps's release "great news for yuri fans", and described the series' artwork as "gorgeous".