History VideoGame / BungoToAlchemist

Not related to ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs''. Compare/contrast ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena''. For the anime adaptation, compare ''Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The game is planned to feature 78 writers.

** Massively frustrating hunger bar/feeding and fatigue mechanics is gone, but unfortunately this means the Dining Hall is also gone.
** Authors '''no longer sustain permanent damage or permadie''', and thus the repair feature goes along with it. Author HP is restored to full every sortie.

** Costumes now actually serve a purpose – they change the authors' elements.

''Bungo/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Bungou]] to Alchemist'' (文豪とアルケミスト), or ''[=BunAru=]'' (文アル) for short, is a browser CardBattleGame developed by DMM released on 1st November 2016, with a gameplay revolving around RNG-based battles and collecting characters of various types and rarities. [[VideoGame/KanColle Sounds]] [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu similar?]]

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Due to the nature of this game, this was inevitable.

* ChromosomeCasting: Not just the characters, all the actors voicing them are male. The only exceptions are Creator/RomiPark and Creator/RieKugimiya as [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric]] respectively, but they're not characters native to [=BunAl=] canon.

** Massively frustrating hunger bar/feeding mechanic is gone, but unfortunately this means the Dining Hall goes away along with it.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Massively frustrating hunger bar/feeding mechanic has been removed altogether as of the Jul 28, 2021 update, but unfortunately this means the Dining Hall goes away along with it.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: After a battle in a node, the game will show 2 buttons, with the left being continue into the next node and the right being return. Due to how similar they look (the only difference being the kanji on it), some players might accidentally click the opposite of their intended decision. This could be dangerous when an author is in a breakdown state, as they might be KilledOffForReal should the player continue. [[DevelopersForesight Luckily]] the game would give you reminder when you decide to continue upon having a heavily injured author, potentially avoiding such situation, and if you're on auto, the mission will simply be aborted. If the ''captain'' is in breakdown, it ''will'' be aborted, auto or not.

* FoodPorn: The dining hall feature seems to exist mostly for this, with recollections on the side.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: The authors have a hunger bar which goes down each time they battle on a tainted book(roughly 7 battles for a full bar), and when the bar is empty (which is attainable during battle), they will get noticeable decrease in performance (in battle) or unable to be employed (outside battle). The player is able to fully restore the bar by feeding them.

However, instead of controlling AnthropomorphicPersonification of historical Japanese objects, players assume the role of an Alchemist and control [[HistoricalDomainCharacter famous Japanese authors]] (文豪, ''bungō'') against an unknown force known as the Taints (侵食者, ''shinshokusha''), which has corroded literature and made them disappear from people's thoughts. The player can either send authors to delve into tainted books to destroy the Taints inside and purify the books (有碍書, ''yūgaisho''), or delve into an ensouled book to gain more authors (有魂書, ''yūkonsho'').

* SkillScoresAndPerks: The Blossoming mechanic allows authors access on a skill/perk tree that varies on each weapon type. Each perk give a certain amount of stat boost, and as you progress further on the tree the boost gets higher, with a cost of certain types of resources (souls and gears). The skill/perk tree normally follows a linear progression, with few branches and some level prerequisites. There's also a perk which unlocks an extra voice line and another perk that unlocks an alternate outfit, which are both locked under a level prerequisite and stat boosts.

** The background of the Blossoming page is based upon the script of ''Rashomon'', a famous short story by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke.

** There are 5 ranks of Sanity, which determines the speed at which Epiphany is filled and the writer's tankiness. Higher rankings (close to Stable) tend the author towards StoneWall (tanky but slow to fill their gauge), while lower rankings (close to Unstable) make them a GlassCanon (fragile, but can trigger double attacks more frequently).

** The former allows the authors to attack an enemy for massive damage, however it requires the authors to be in a weakened (耗弱, ''kōjaku'', attained after receiving enough damage, shown when the author has a blue sign) or breakdown (喪失, ''sōshitsu'', attained after taking some damage when weakened, shown when the author has a purple sign, author may [[Main/FinalDeath die]] at this state) state, and since the author is unable to attack during weakened and breakdown, it's basically a DeathOrGloryAttack.

* OrchestralBombing: Since the game's entire soundtrack consists of orchestral, classical-like music, battle themes are a series of upbeat, energetic scores that also sounds sophisticated and elegant. The big boss theme is ''epic''. The ''to'' and ''chi'' shelf theme however cuts down on the "bombing" a bit as it sounds slightly less upbeat, more melancholic and starts to incorporate traditional Japanese instruments.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Events only ever run twice; after the rerun, they're gone forever along with costumes/furnitures that come with them. Stories however will be added to the player's collection in later updates.

* SatiatingSandwich: The katsu-sandwich, Saturday's winter special. Its menu entry says it's popular among wirters since it can be eaten in one hand while writing with the other, and Shiki raves about it in his recollection with Riichi.

''Bungo/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Bungou]] to Alchemist'' (文豪とアルケミスト), or ''[=BunAru=]'' (文アル) for short, is a browser CardBattleGame developed by DMM released on 1st November 2016, with a gameplay revolving around RNG-based battles and collecting characters of various types and rarities. [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection Sounds]] [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu similar?]]

* NonEntityGeneral: The alchemist/librarian, just like the [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu saniwa]] and the [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection admiral]].

* LighterAndSofter: Virtually all Investigation Mission events (調査任務), which don't involve real literary works, whose plots are relatively light-hearted and even featuring SliceOfLife elements compared to other events – placing the writers in a HighSchoolAU or CoffeeShopAUFic, have them film a movie together or engage in snowball fights, etc. – and are basically excuses for giving the writers cool costumes.