Visual Novel Maker

Visualize, Create, Share. A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.

Visual Novel Maker is a visual novel, anime and web publishing game developed and published by KOMODO.
Released on November 16th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 427 reviews of which 276 were positive and 151 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 14.74€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Visual Novel Maker into these genres:

Visual Novel Anime Web Publishing GameMaker Game Development RPGMaker Software JRPG

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL capable GPU
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display

MacOS

OS: Mac OSX 10.10 or better
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Compatible with OpenGL
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display

Linux

OS: Linux Ubuntu
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Compatible with OpenGL
Storage: 3 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

Solid tool to write a visual novel but need MORE graphic packs of various genres, time periods and fantasy settings. It's all geared to modern day Japan.

Sept. 2024

I've used this application for long enough now, so I think it's time to give it an honest review. To start it off, I have been using Visual Novel Maker to create a game I am currently working on called Trapped: Forced To Kill. Would I recommend this game to others? The simple answer is yes, but my explanations of the pros and cons will be under this. Visual Novel maker is a good application to use if your a beginner and just wanting to make your first game (which is what I'm doing) or if you would like to use it to get to understand how scripting and game development works. Notice how I used good? Well I did that on purpose because the application is definitely not 'great'. Firstly I'll start with the cons: -The game has many bugs and is sometimes frustrating and difficult to work with (such as moving characters, saving & loading and trying to view your game) -It is expensive for the quality of it. $ 87.95 Australian dollars is very expensive for how the app runs and works. (I got it for $20 on sale). - The developers don't update it anymore. The game would definitely be a lot better if there were recent updates to fix/remove bugs. Then the pros! -The game is easy to use, fun and has heaps of different backgrounds, characters (I drew my own though) music assets + much more! -The game is super beginner friendly (I learnt how to use everything in a few weeks). -The actual game/ game package runs fast and doesn't take long to load into. -There are heaps of already made scripts for you to use. -You have the choice to add your own scripts in case you would rather code instead. And that's about it! If you're still reading this, hiii, and I would say get this game when its on sale. Because it is definitely worth $20, but $87... I don't think so. You could probably buy a good Visual Novel Maker for cheaper than that. Also if you're still here, why don't you check out the store page for the game I'm making with this? It's Trapped: Forced To Kill. And add it to ur wish-list if ya want :P

April 2024

It's intuitive to use, and I feel confident I can make my own work of varying complexities as I learn with this program.

Jan. 2024

Over all its good software it gets the job done, it has some problems though so save frequently, as sometimes the software will glitch randomly preventing you from uploading files, changing files to other folders and partially freezing up in certain ways, other then it being a bit glitched here and there, and as a result frustrating at times it, is incredibly easy to use when its working. I would recommend you buy it but wait for a sale.

Jan. 2024

It's definitely kinda glitchy sometimes, but I don't know how much of that is my laptop and how much is the software itself. Overall, I definitely think it's the best visual novel software I've found. I've tried a lot of them, and it honestly frustrates me that so many people recommend Ren'Py when it's so terrible to use (and has such a horrible community), so I'm really glad I was able to get this during a sale. I like that the interface isn't code-dependent, so someone like me that has spent the last 10 years failing to learn Python can still manage to make something. My biggest complaint is the bugs--I've had a couple times where I had to close the whole application and relaunch it to get it to run properly, and I've had a few times where the preview display just vanished until the software was reloaded. Would definitely recommend this one for people making their first VNs, or experimenting with game-making. The imagemaps in particular make it much easier to make clickable screens, and were really simple to figure out.

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Steam data	19 November 2024 02:20
SteamSpy data	18 December 2024 18:21
Steam price	23 December 2024 12:45
Steam reviews	22 December 2024 23:57

-75% 58.99€ 14.74€

6.2

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Developer

KOMODO

Publisher

KOMODO

Release 16 Nov 2017

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