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This looks interesting, but it appears to be completely tied to this "NovelSphere" site, which severely limits its potential uses. There exist a variety of oth

by FreakyT 12y ago

This looks interesting, but it appears to be completely tied to this "NovelSphere" site, which severely limits its potential uses. There exist a variety of other visual novel engines that are more open, including the HTML5-based MIT-licensed TyranoScript[1] and the Japanese-only not-quite-as-open Almight.jp[2]. If you're not in need of HTML5, Ren'Py is probably the most popular VN-engine outside of Japan, and is also available under the MIT-license[3]. [1] http://www.evanburchard.com/tyranoscript/ http://www.evanburchard.com/tyranoscript/ [2] http://almight.jp/ http://almight.jp/ [2] https://github.com/renpy/renpy https://github.com/renpy/renpy

kakerukasai 12y ago
ok, let me know what you want to do with visual novel engine. We'll consider making better licence policy with your idea!
- FreakyT 12y ago
  Well, for one I'd like to be able to publish the game on my own site if I want; what if NovelSphere eventually goes down -- would my game disappear with it? In addition, as far as I can tell the "NovelSphere" site seems to be Japanese only, which I would imagine is a major roadblock if I want to release an English-language game.
  - kakerukasai 12y ago
    Now we're planning to open the English version of NovelSphere, give us some time. NovelSphere allows you to publish your game on your own site or any place, with <iframe> tag. And...I'll consider adding sentences which enables you to publish games out of NovelSphere in case it goes down, to our license.
zyxley 12y ago
Yeah, Ren'Py is the entrenched contender here. It can now generate iOS and Android apps along with desktop ones, it has Steam API support built in for commercial releases using the engine, and the engine using a domain-specific language on top of Python makes it flexible enough that people have put in turn-based strategy, RPGs, etc inside Ren'Py games.
- joshuapants 12y ago
  People do amazing things with Ren'Py. Given that it now has some mobile reach, I have to say that I don't see what a fairly limited proprietary HTML5 engine could offer if I were to make a VN, though maybe I'd have some reasons if I did it as a business rather than a hobby. edit: I hope this didn't come across as too negative, changed a bit to clarify.
jdeisenberg 12y ago
Also my ancient and somewhat creaky engine, but perhaps a starting point: http://langintro.com/js-vine/ http://langintro.com/js-vine/ (there's a github link on that page), and this more advanced one that uses canvas: https://github.com/loner02/vn-canvas https://github.com/loner02/vn-canvas

by FreakyT 12y ago

kakerukasai 12y ago

ok, let me know what you want to do with visual novel engine. We'll consider making better licence policy with your idea!

FreakyT 12y ago
Well, for one I'd like to be able to publish the game on my own site if I want; what if NovelSphere eventually goes down -- would my game disappear with it? In addition, as far as I can tell the "NovelSphere" site seems to be Japanese only, which I would imagine is a major roadblock if I want to release an English-language game.
- kakerukasai 12y ago
  Now we're planning to open the English version of NovelSphere, give us some time. NovelSphere allows you to publish your game on your own site or any place, with <iframe> tag. And...I'll consider adding sentences which enables you to publish games out of NovelSphere in case it goes down, to our license.

zyxley 12y ago

Yeah, Ren'Py is the entrenched contender here. It can now generate iOS and Android apps along with desktop ones, it has Steam API support built in for commercial releases using the engine, and the engine using a domain-specific language on top of Python makes it flexible enough that people have put in turn-based strategy, RPGs, etc inside Ren'Py games.

joshuapants 12y ago
People do amazing things with Ren'Py. Given that it now has some mobile reach, I have to say that I don't see what a fairly limited proprietary HTML5 engine could offer if I were to make a VN, though maybe I'd have some reasons if I did it as a business rather than a hobby. edit: I hope this didn't come across as too negative, changed a bit to clarify.

jdeisenberg 12y ago

Also my ancient and somewhat creaky engine, but perhaps a starting point: http://langintro.com/js-vine/ http://langintro.com/js-vine/ (there's a github link on that page), and this more advanced one that uses canvas: https://github.com/loner02/vn-canvas https://github.com/loner02/vn-canvas