Visual Novel Maker

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https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/26/makers-of-rpg-maker-make-visual-novel-maker/

I thought i'd post this here for anyone in the community who didn't know

 

[evilghost]

Thing like this already exists and is right now on sale on steam. http://tyranobuilder.com http://store.steampowered.com/app/345370/TyranoBuilder_Visual_Novel_Studio/
What is even better this thing does not have any ludicuriously expensive dlcs but istead have dedicated fan base. https://steamcommunity.com/app/345370/discussions/0/611701360822466443/

 

[LurkLurkLurk]

RenPy is free and gives a bunch of flexibility to do stuff in Python. Last I checked, it couldn't export to web, so you needed to make executables for Windows and Mac which people download.

TyranoBuilder supposedly can output to HTML5 and has live2d support. I remember people complaining it was limited relative to other stuff (like RenPy). I think I remember some of the more advanced documentation and community stuff being in Japanese. It also uses a really GUI-driven development approach (kind of like RPG maker) instead of just letting you code, which can be a good or bad thing, depending.

There're some other Javascript VN engines (js-vine, monogatari) as well, but I don't remember seeing any that seemed really feature rich.