[Blog] I played another 50+ visual novels in 1 month and here’s my advice to devs. by Arimia

Useful tips by Arimia from her experiences judging the Spooktober Game Jam 2024 entries.

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【[Guide] Getting Behind the Lens Part 1: Visual Novel Camerawork? Why Bother? - by ingthing】

Blog post by Of Sense and Soul dev ingthing

This is part 1 of a series of blog posts about camera work in visual novels. Part 2 will delve into the implementation of camera techniques using Ren'Py

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New Tool: Make Visual Novels! Smart Voice Barks for Ren'Py!

This library simplifies the process of adding voice barks to your visual novel, with 30 premade voice barks by three voice actors.

It initially costs $10 USD, but will become free once $200 USD in revenue have been generated. Further revenue will be used to add additional features (see the itch page for a roadmap).

Itch.io link

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New Tool: Ren'Py Layout Tool by Wendy-Nam - Instantly Preview and Place Images in Ren'Py!

https://github.com/Wendy-Nam/RenPy-LayoutTool/tree/main

Load new images directly into your current scene as overlays, making it easy to visualize and adjust their positions without leaving the game.

🔑 Key Feature: Open the tool from anywhere in your game by pressing L!

Note: This tool is for previewing purposes only. It doesn't add images directly to the code but helps you assess the placement and suitability of multiple assets before finalizing your scene.

Key Features:

Drag-and-drop images onto your scene

Real-time position tracking

Supports Ren'Py image definitions and file paths

Light/dark bg filter toggle for easy viewing

Quick image removal with a trash bin

Can be used for fast UI, sprite, or background prototyping.

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Content Warning for game pages on Itchio!

https://npckc.itch.io/content-warning-generator

Honestly I think this can be used for more than game pages, as it is a modal pop-up for the page itself. Regardless--a very useful looking tool! You will need to edit/add custom CSS to your page in question to make this work.

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New Tool: Make Visual Novels! Ren'Py Smart Title Screens!

It's a drop-in solution that allows you create dynamic title screens that change according to where you currently are in the story, with little extra code.

https://remort-studios.itch.io/make-visual-novels-rsts

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The Dev Talk community has released recordings of talks held by seasoned VN devs!

How to get more out of your assets for your Visual Novels by Shino (VN Dev Talks 1)

Lessons from Improv for Interactive Narratives by Vimi (VN Dev Talks 2)

Marketing Visual Novel Tips from I just Want to be Single Dev Tsundere Studios (VN Dev Talks 3)

New Library: renpy-table by brunoais

It adds a table component that works as a drop-in replacement for grid. It works the same, except it allows you to use variable column sizes.

Itch.io

Source Code

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New Tool: Build Project for Ren'Py by BezerraC

This project contains scripts to automate the build process of games developed with Ren'Py for different platforms, including Android and Windows. The scripts are written in Python and use the subprocess library to execute build commands.

Git repository

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[Guide] How to Make a Visual Novel Solo by Arimia

A compilation of advice from over 30 solo vn-devs!

https://arimiadev.com/how-to-make-a-visual-novel-solo/

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Submissiones open: NOVELASIA - SEA Visual Novel Showcase 2024

NOVELASIA is an upcoming event on YouTube celebrating visual novel games developed in Southeast Asia!

If you are a SEA-based VN-dev, you can find more info and submission forms here:
https://southeast-asia-game.fandom.com/wiki/NOVELASIA_-_SEA_Visual_Novel_Showcase_2024

The deadline for submissions is on Sunday, 22th September 2024.

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Monstrous Desires - a horror jam for monsters!

A little late in posting this to the group, but if anyone is interested, Monstrous Desires, a horror game jam starts in (checks calendar) one day!

It will run from August 28, 2024 to October 28, 2024, ending at 11:59 pm/GMT+8.

Monstrous Desires is an unranked Visual Novel Jam dedicated to the love of entities, horrors, and monstrosities. Participants are tasked with creating a romantic Visual Novel (VN) that heavily focuses on a monster may it be original or from classics, folklore, modern media, etc.

More here: https://itch.io/jam/monstrous-desires-2024

Use #MonstrousDesiresVNjam on Twitter or Tumblr (unfortunately) for retweets or reblogs!

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New Ren'Py Extension guiManipulate allows you to adjust the position of screens in-game

guiManipulate by bronoais is a Ren'Py extension to manipulate the UI Displayables and obtain the values modified to achieve the result being seen.

In this alpha version, only moving (xpos and ypos) is implemented. More are expected to be added in the future.

Download:
https://brunoais.itch.io/renpy-guimanipulate
ReadMe and source code:
https://gitlab.com/brunoais/renpy-guiManipulate

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Ren'Py 8.3.0 and Ren'Py 7.8.0 have been released!

The biggest new features in this update are:
- Audio Filters, allowing for effects like high-pass and low-pass filters, reverb etc.
- Text shaders, which allow GLSL shaders to be applied to text. Making a whole new range of text effects possible

8.3.0 Download:
https://www.renpy.org/release/8.3.0

7.8.0 Download:
https://www.renpy.org/release/7.8.0

List of changes:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html

Breaking changes:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/incompatible.html

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VSCode Extension - Ren'Py Launch and Sync by Paisley Softworks

This extension allow you to:

- start and quit ren'py in your project
- warp to a specific line or jump to a label in your game
- update cursor position in the editor as dialogue progresses
- automatically enable autoreload

Download:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PaisleySoftworks.renpyWarp

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The first prerelease of Ren'Py 8.3 and Ren'Py 7.8 is out!

These releases will bring audio filters and text shaders, along with many other improvements.

Ren'Py 8.3.0 Downloads:

https://www.renpy.org/release/8.3.0

Ren'Py 7.8.0 Downloads :

https://www.renpy.org/release/7.8.0

A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/changelog.html

A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/incompatible.html

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cross-posted from: https://mastodon.social/users/Berin/statuses/112881450062182458

Tales to Thrill Jam will start in 1 week (August 7th - September 1st)

It's an unranked visual novel game jam in which you can pick one of the following themes:

- Possessive Possessions
- Lost & Found
- Forgotten Promise

https://itch.io/jam/talestothrill2024

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4 free Ren'Py GUI templates you can use for your next visual novel

All of these are full HD drop-into-your-project-and-go templates, free to use in personal and commercial works!

Pastel Stripes by Skolaztika

https://skolaztika.itch.io/pastel-stripes-renpy-gui

Dark Elegance by Skolaztika

https://skolaztika.itch.io/dark-elegance-renpy-gui

Pastel Fairytale by chimeriquement

https://chimeriquement.itch.io/pastel-fairytale-gui

Custom Gui by Kick14

https://kick14.itch.io/custom-gui-renpy

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Spooktober 6th Annual Visual Novel Jam (September 1st 2024 - October 1st)

The Spooktober game jam will start in a bit more than a month! It's the biggest competitive visual novel jam of the year ✨

In preparation for the event, there are going to be several team-building events throughout August on the DevTalk discord.

They are also still looking for more sponsors and judges!

https://itch.io/jam/spooktober-2024

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[Guide] Ren'Py Tutorials by Feniks

Feniks' tutorials are a great way to get acquainted with Ren'Py; even devs who already have some experience might learn a new thing or two!

Each topic is explained in detail and there are quizzes at the end of each chapter.

https://feniksdev.com/navigation

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New Ren'Py Lemmy Community!

Heyo, I made a community for Ren'Py developers to ask for help and share their projects! Feel free to tag it to crosspost your mastodon posts, just like this post here. (But read the rules first, please)

https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/renpy

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