Visual Novel Creator
A downloadable tool for Windows
I started this just to story board an RPG game ... kept adding things until it became this. The Main display (second from the top view) is poorly documented (at this time) but should be self evident. It provides a summary of which dialog is connect to which and shows the global used for the dialog. This is not the most fully featured VN system. RenPy it is not. Currently does images only. No sounds. Maybe if there is interest ($$) maybe I'll add that.
Currently I do not have a sample project. I have full project in motion ... using this. And, since I am using this for my VN, development will continue, at least until I run out of ideas. This is a WINDOWS only app, but the exported project will be HTML5 compliant (javascript and json). When testing your project, you may run into system warnings.... to test your app requires running a webserver (included) and that is the cause of the warning.... requesting server access ... may need to "run program in adminstrator mode" or something ...
Just added an example image showing how buttons interact with each other. Stop text prevents the other buttons from showing. So, in the dialog, the "see Eric" is listed 3 times, but in-game, only one of them will be listed. The bottom option would be the default option and would only be shown if the other 2 are not shown. Think I'll add this example to the docs later....
EDIT:
Noticed the finished game does not have a save system. I may add one later, but for now, just include a select chapter option at the beginning. Bypasses the whole save thing :) For those needing a more NSFW project, I do have on on my website. Just not posted here. The one on my website is a WIP (story board) so does not have any chapters or hubs or hud ... not even globals. It is just a story I am working on. It was inspired by John Water's "Female Problems" (requires several beers before watching).
EDIT2:
Added Chapters to the WIP on my website. The more I use this, the more I love this.
If you are making your own RPG game, you can load the JSON and use the dialog index as a global game state.... This lets you test the dialogs outside of the game and then just import and go... I will need to do a demo of that later.... File format is listed in the Help docs.
EDIT3:
Added sound, zoom, pans to the list of options.
Docs kind of shaky on this... but it does a great job. I added these because I want to participate in a VN game jam :) should make a good test of this thang.
however:
Submissions must be made in their entirety between the jam's running period of September 1st and October 1st.
as I am unable to follow rules... I'll just release my project whenever completed.
In my own defense, I'm doing a story at the same time as a creator.
EDIT4: And here it is NSFW Fabulous Space Zombies work in progress
EDIT5:Free built-in HTML local host for testing your own JS projects
- just make a folder in the VNCreator folder ...
- run your own projects by typing...
- "http://127.0.0.1/newfolder/yourpage.html"
- either in the browser, or as run program ....
Status | In development |
Category | Tool |
Platforms | Windows |
Author | Waffle |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | Creative, Game Design, host, server, windows |
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Development log
- Undocumented FeaturesOct 06, 2024
- Fixed Loading errorAug 06, 2024
- Quality of life improvementsJul 30, 2024
- BugFixJul 28, 2024
- Sound, Zoom, PansJul 27, 2024
- Engine UpdateJul 23, 2024
- Engine UpdateJul 22, 2024
- Minor edits to search functionsJul 20, 2024
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Reasons to use this:
1 - Works offline
2 - Exports to HTML5, so will run anywhere
3 - Built in webserver for testing on local machine
4 - No installer/uninstaller. Don't like it, just delete it.
5 - Simple to learn
6 - No dependencies or DLL ...
edit:
7 - Import JSON into your RPG to manage all dialogs
8 - Test your character dialogs before importing into RPG game
edit2:
9 - Free built-in HTML local host for testing your own JS projects
- just make a folder in the VNCreator folder ...
- run your own projects by typing...
- "http://127.0.0.1/newfolder/yourpage.html"
- either in the browser, or as run program ....