 Maeda also commented that he wanted to write "Air" to give players the chance to experience the entire story as a whole rather than just a sum of differing parts as typical bishōjo games do, including "Kanon".While attempting to do this, Maeda also tried to simultaneously make it seem similar to typical visual novels in the same genre as "Air" to give the game appeal to the players who often play such games.As such, while the game incorporates stories from several characters, they are all of varying lengths.