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There's a solo RPG titled after the phenomenon that, I feel, pretty well captures he idea and feeling of being a hiki. It's a kind of 'week in the life' game, where the narrative occurs entirely in the form of journal entries that you write to make sense of your rolls. Very chilling, in some playthroughs.

http://dsg.neko-machi.com/hikikomori.pdf

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There's also Yume Nikki, which is surreal and fascinating, about a hikikomori girl who travels through her dreams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_Nikki

And, as far as I understand, it's a story about suicide.

This feels like the perfect thing to try to stuff in RenPy and gain minor internet fame\notoriety.

I was excited for a moment, but then I saw the PDF.

This is a tabletop RPG not a regular RPG usually connotated as a video game.

Nonetheless, it's still pretty interesting.

Probably a generational difference, but RPG definitely doesn't imply video game to me. Back when I was young, I saw CRPG (Computer RPG) used for bards-tale style games, and JRPG (Japanese RPG) used for DQ style games. I haven't seen CRPG used since the late 90s, but JRPG is sometimes still seen.

While we're discussing RPG terminology, more serious players of systems that do not place emphasis on tactical combat might also object to the term "tabletop" as a catchall for the non-computer RPGs, as that term historically refers to RPGs with roots in tactical war-games, such as D&D (though you do need some place to put your wine glass for a truly authentic of "The Extraordinary Adventurse of Baron Muchausesn").

Different people have different expectations. I have friends that still insist videogame RPGs be called CRPGs, because they are the younger upstart and tabletop the original.

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