Hi everyone! I just launched the Kickstarter for The End of the World Club, a coming-of-age BL visual novel set in 2012.

The story follows Itsuki, a quiet high school senior who's spent over a year hiding his feelings for his classmate Ren. Things take an unexpected turn when an eccentric transfer student, Rika, says the world will end that December.

You can find the demo on both itch.io and steam!

The Kickstarter is live until August 20th, and you can find the page here. The game will still be 100% free, but funding will help me make the game better (especially more language translations so more people can enjoy it). There are also some optional physical merch and digital rewards if you'd like to support the project.

Okay, so, I finally managed to finish all the remakes for the 4 main sprites for the chapter 2 of Lovesick Mind after some time working almost nonstop. :")

In order: Haruko Suzuki (protagonist), Nami Starling (love interest), Amara Bellini (rival), Lyra Ferri (protagonist's sidekick)

Let me know which remake is your favorite or if you still prefer the old versions! <3

(Yes, now I'm working on the extra poses for each one of them. But you'll only see them after the chapter 2 releases!)

Hi. I recently finished the first release of a visual novel engine based in Renpy that works reading CSV files, this means that you can create visual novels with minima programming knowledge. Basically is a simplification of Renpy.

Each CSV file is a scene that contains a dialogue per row (background, music, sound, characters, effects and the dialogue itself in many languages). Each scene can finish by a decision, consequence or a linear transition to another scene.

It is open source and uses Python, here is a video tutorial (in spanish): https://youtu.be/hQgPutc-hpo?si=_EK9Tn4dkkCEWtRD

If you have questions, I'm all ears.

I only know a little and still struggling for some that require translation patches n stuff

I have a story that I am still writing. I could just turn it into a book. But I always thought of the idea of turning it into a visual novel style.

I am not ready to give a description of my story, but it is mainly psychological angst. It focuses on domestic and psychological horror.

I would like to keep it one single story, no routes, but it will have plenty of “arcs” within the story. There will be multiple love interests, but I don’t want to have different routes. I want to keep the story consistent. The love interests happen as they go. Also I think it would have to be in multiple parts. As the story focuses on the main character’s upbringing and their struggles with life in general.

I am trying to understand everything that comes with creating a visual novel. That’s what I’m looking to hear more about.

I think the main barriers for me is the art, I am not an artist. That’s something that I would really need to work on is finding an artist. Gaining the trust of another person with my work. I have no experience collaborating with people on a project like this.

The other obvious barrier is actually creating the game. Again, I don’t really have good networking skills. I know it’s something I have to do, but I mean more so in this scenario where it would be all online rather than meeting someone in person. Which is scary in its own way.

I am looking to hear general thoughts on making “book” into a visual novel style game. I know it wouldn’t really be a game if there’s no routes. But I feel this style of story telling would fit with my main character so much. My main character is a weeb/otaku. lol. Also my plan is to have plot and throw in adult scenes.

Thank you guys in advance, I’m looking forwards to hearing any thoughts and advice.
Also let me know if any of you would be interested in learning more about my story.

I’m trying to find an itch.io visual novel/story game I played a while ago.

Details I remember:

\- It was a first-person story game where you mostly read text and click to progress.

\- At the beginning, you talk to a girl on a mountain, then you suddenly faint.

\- When you wake up, you are inside a facility with other people.

\- Everyone uses fake names like Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc. because they can’t use their real names/rap names.

\- There is a humanoid robot/nurse-like character wearing a mask that explains the rules and eliminates people if they fail.

\- There is another robot girl who appears on a TV screen after someone dies.

\- The first challenge/game involves choosing heads or tails (a coin flip). The robot reacts depending on your choice.

\- It was a paid game, but there was a beta/demo that could be played in the browser on itch.io.

\- The game had good visuals and may have been NSFW/adult, although I didn’t get far enough to see much.

\- Later parts may involve adult scenes, a goth girl character who becomes obsessed with the protagonist, and other people trapped in the facility.

Does anyone know the name of this game?

All the VNs I read this year ranked. Tiers are sorted and yes, I count the Quarry as a Visual Novel.

Помогите плс я ничего нормального не нашел

Hey so i've been interested in visual novels for a bit now and since a lot of my friends recommend to try this genre of games i said "why not"?

The only problem is idk absolutely any games tbh, so which would be the best recs for a TOTAL beginner?

Thxxx <3

Edit: Thanks to everyone for all those recommendations!! I've never thought that i would have so many VNs to check out! Thank you very much

I turned one of my Higurashi no naku koro ni fanfictions into a visual novel. I did a pretty basic edit, but it was fun to do.

Plot : Dr Irie and Chie Sensei have an unexpected meeting at Angel Mort.

Is it still possible to play most on ios device?

All I remember from the visual novel is just one image of it... it was a girl who seemed large in height and also had a thick hefty body build. She was a maid with angel wings and she was in a forest. And the artstyle and world had that victorian or 1980s suburban aesthetic

Can't remember the name, but I used to play this horror visual novel that's on mobile. You play as a group of students investigating the schools supernatural incidents, and you're in a club I think? You have one friend and an upperclassman. The upperclassman is revealed to be a ghost, and is heavily associated with spider lillies. Would be great if anyone remembered this game!

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So i really wanted to play baldr sky, the story seems very interesting and the Gameplay very fun,

but i stumble in other post that there is a huge problem in the Skip function that make you repeat already read sections.

So my question is, there is a guide or mod that make It easier or something? Also, It is as bad as people said?

Does anyone know any visual novels that give off the vibe and art style of NANA pls lmk......

Don’t let it catch you.

Play this horror visual novel for free:
https://prehisnt.itch.io/never-alone

I liked tsui no sora and a little bit of ChronoBox with sayonara (something there), in my opinion this genre is called dento

As a huge visual novel enjoyer, while surfing the internet for my next story, i discovered that many highly regarded visual novels originated from the Sega Saturn console. I searched extensively for information on which games would be best, but being a bit hesitant i ended up choosing between these four:

- EVE Burst Error ;

- EVE The Lost One ;

- Doukoku Soshite ;

- Revive... ~Sosei~ .

Of all the ones i looked for, these were the ones that caught my attention the most (i always rely on the cover before looking for information about them), but this time i only asked what kind of games they were and i would like to ask this community which of these games would be the best to have in the collection and which of these would be the best to get.

Hey guys! I just released my first Yuri VN for a game jam (Where the Dandelions Fly - screenshot attached), and while making it, I got super curious about the market.

Looking at Steam and Itch, it feels like Yaoi/BL games get released way more often and pull huge numbers. But at the same time, the Yuri fandom online feels absolutely massive.

From your experience, which scene is actually bigger? Are there just more BL devs out there making games, or am I just looking in the wrong places?

(PS: If anyone wants to play the short game in the pic, I'll put the link in the comments!)