cross-posted from: https://goblin.band/notes/a44a17xygz4rxl19

Signups for the Otome Game Jam 2025 are open now!

The game jam will run from May 1st 2025 until July 1st 2025.

Check it out here

(Also there's a brand-new VNDev Lemmy community!)

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[New Tool] Timed Choice Menu in Ren'Py by CuteShadow

"Jump to a label when the timer runs out for situations where the urgency of a time-sensitive decision is desired."

Get it on itch.io

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[New Tool] Ren'Py Alt Scanner by Requiem

A quick-and-dirty plugin that scans your code for missing alt text and logs warnings during the Lint process.

Get it on Itch.io

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[New Tool] Ren'Py Auto Name Highlighter by gabmag

A plugin that automatically highlights names and specific words in different colours.

Get in on Itch.io

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[ New Tool ] Ren'Py Transforms List! by OTOJANG Games

Drop-in collection of predefined transforms. It comes with an example game with demonstrations.

Get it on itch.io

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[New Tool] Automatic Speech Pauses for Ren'Py by Kigyo

From the itch page:

"This plugin automatically scans for every comma and period in your visual novel, and adds the necessary pauses, while keeping your script nice and clean:"

The game in the example gif is Artificial Selection.

Get it on Itch.io

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[New Tool] Deliciously Cooked Framework by LeafLanne

A cooking mini-game for Ren'Py which includes:

-> Character Customization

-> User Input

-> Money/Time System

-> Random NPC generator

-> Random order generator

Get it on itch.io

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[New Tool] Media Skip for Ren'Py by HB38

From the Github page:

This Project is a drop in library for adding an easy way to skip movies (and music) in Ren'Py.

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[New Tool] Particles: Point Emitter in Ren'Py by CuteShadow

A generic point emitter particle generator for Ren'Py.

Itch page

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[New Tool] Shiny Cards for Ren'Py by MMO

From the itch page:

Here's a script you can use so you, too, can have some shiny cards in your project!I stumbled upon this by mixing up 'matrixcolor' and 'matrixtransform'. One thing led to another, and I ended up making some shiny cards in Ren'Py. Feniks said it would be cool to have as a tool, so I ended up making it!

Itch page

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[New Tool] Ren'Py Match Statement by HyJyncks

From the Github page:

The bulk of this file is a simple implementation of a match-like workflow for renpy script. It uses the same match case and _ keywords, _ being the wildcard. As of right now it only supports cases in blocks, meaning you need a colon, return and indent to process what happens. The statement compares a variable against the cases and returns the block of renpy code to advance the script.

Get it here

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[Blog] How To Finish Your Indie Visual Novel - by Arimia

Read the blog post here

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Visual;Conference is an online visual novel developer conference held on January 25th. Vote on the talks you would like to see at VNConf until Dec 19th!

Website

Past talks on Youtube

[New Tool] Make Visual Novels! Custom Quiz Kit! by Stella

Quote from the itch page:

This quiz kit allows you to quickly use Ren'Py and it's web build functionality to author multi-media quizzes to host on your own websites, and if itch.io lets it fly on their site you could even host them here!

Download it on itch.io

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cross-posted from: https://goblin.band/notes/a1dxwna2fhwthsmq

Make Visual Novel Assets! Jam

A game jam all about creating assets and resources for visual novel developers.

It starts on February 1st and ends on February 15th (two weeks)

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Developer Interview - Developing Slay the Princess - by Arimia

Interview Link

Arimia interviewed Black Tabby Games, the developers behind Slay the Princess, on their marketing strategies and game development philosophy.

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[New Tool] Blur Shader Pack by Devil Spiδεr

Itch.io Page

This shader pack for Ren'Py adds shader-based support for different blur types (axis-separated, linear motion, rotation, scaling and focus blur).

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I do remember a guide posted here about how to make a VN solo, which does not sound Ren'py specific.

I'm also wondering about VNs using other software. If someone uses something like TyranoBuilder or Godot and posts their tutorial or experience here, is that okay despite "Renpy" being in the title? If so, is this more just a VN development community or a Renpy community? Honestly curious, not asking as a "gotcha" I'm-being-a-smug-jerk question.

A freshly updated complete guide on Visual Novel marketing

[New Tool] Find Unlinked Audio/Find Unvoiced Lines by bamboocalc

Github Repository

Youtube Tutorial on how to use the scripts

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[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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