The Forge VS The Visual Novel Database

Aside from that The Forge is also: https://theforge.dev/ They're contractors who can help with building engines or updating them. Pretty sure a while back when we learned The Forge was used, research indicated the only thing they had helped with was Vulcan support as that's all they said they'd done on their portfolio where they listed BGS. Source: about 1 year ago

We know they're overhauling almost every aspect of the engine (E3 trailer was essentially a demo of Creation Engine 2) and they've hired a ton of talent specifically for that initiative. One example off the top of my head, the hired the lead animations engineer from Saints Row IV to rebuild that system. They're apparently also working with the Forge team on some of the engine stuff. Source: over 2 years ago

Bethesda hired The Forge to work on the engine. https://theforge.dev this was discovered on their GitHub page where they slid in that they worked on the engine. https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge. Source: almost 3 years ago

I'm trust this API more than Godot because it has been use by Super Giants to create Hades which won many awards and become popular game. Also Forge team work with many AAA company. (COD, Spider Man PS4, Bethesda new engine for Starfield) https://theforge.dev/ and not just that the guy behind this is Wolfgang Engel. Source: almost 3 years ago

They did get https://theforge.dev/ to help with their optimization so hopefully this will be a thing of the past. Source: about 3 years ago

You could also try vndb, it’s very thorough in cataloguing even super-obscure visual novels and the search/tag feature is pretty robust. Good luck finding this game! Source: 5 months ago

You can also go to vndb.org/ , click on "visual novel," and rank by popularity or rating to see what others VNs fans in general like. Source: 11 months ago

Vndb.org is a great source to find out what has, hasn't, or is in the process of being translated. In this case, it looks like there has been no fan translations into English. While the search feature takes some learning to use efficiently, there's a myriad of ways to find games with unofficial patches. There are also other threads on this sub about using translation tools on your phone or computer to play... Source: 11 months ago

I took a look through vndb.org with the tags you provided and I think it could be Cafe Rouge - even the release date checks out, At the bottom are a few pictures, you can try comparing to your memory. There seems to be a remake with the same name on Steam aswell. Source: 11 months ago

Vndb.org is your friend. There was an unfinished text-based translation to read alongside the Switch game. You can find what was translated here before the project was dropped. Source: 11 months ago