Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline

Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline is a romance visual novel developed by Cosmillica and localized in English by Sekai Project. Amanda Etheridge works at a New York advertising agency until a failed project leaves her on paid leave. Unsure how to spend time away from work, she follows her interest in country music to Nashville, where a meeting opens up a different direction in her life. The story uses the journey between two American cities to examine an adult woman’s relationship with work and her own identity. The English computer edition provides Japanese voice acting alongside English text.

Gameplay

Play centers on reading Amanda’s story through illustrated scenes and dialogue. The Steam edition presents the English localization with Japanese voice performances. Its road-trip setting and music-industry premise frame the narrative.

Setting and premise

New York and Nashville provide the story’s principal real-world locations. Amanda’s work at an advertising agency and her journey to a country-music destination frame the fictional romance.

Development and release

The Japanese work dates to 2015; the English Steam edition was released on November 22, 2016. The current Steam configuration supports Windows and Linux. Japanese is confirmed for voice acting in that edition, but it is not listed as a selectable interface or text language.