Lately I've been thinking of making my own visual novel.
A visual novel, according to Wikipedia, is an "interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills and sometimes video footage."
Most visual novels have choices and options for the player, while some are just kinetic novels which follow a linear path. Basically, kinetic novels are like digital storybooks while the usual visual novels are like choose-your-own-adventure books, just like the one pictures below. ^_^ Visual novels such as those are also usually dating sims, where players have the option of "courting" a specific bachelor or bachelorette through a series of choices.
A visual novel, according to Wikipedia, is an "interactive fiction game, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills and sometimes video footage."
Most visual novels have choices and options for the player, while some are just kinetic novels which follow a linear path. Basically, kinetic novels are like digital storybooks while the usual visual novels are like choose-your-own-adventure books, just like the one pictures below. ^_^ Visual novels such as those are also usually dating sims, where players have the option of "courting" a specific bachelor or bachelorette through a series of choices.
(In the pic: free background by BCS and Sylvie, from Ren'Py.)
Visual novels are incredibly fun, and as someone with an outrageous imagination I absolutely fell in love with the idea of creating my own "book".
Heck, I've been wanting to create my own visual novel since I first played Katawa Shoujo a few months ago. Of course, I thought it was impossible. I thought VN making was only for professionals. That's until I came across Ren'Py.
