Visual Novel Maker on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 433 reviews of which 273 were positive and 160 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 58.99€ on Steam.

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

Visual Novel Anime Web Publishing GameMaker Game Development RPGMaker Software JRPG

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System 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

User reviews & Ratings

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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.

Nov. 2024

I've messed around with it for a little - it's pretty good.

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

July 2024

Solved problem with right-click to activate start scene.

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.

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58.99€

6.1

273

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Developer

KOMODO

Publisher

KOMODO

Release 16 Nov 2017

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