If you are tempted to pick this up in spite of the warnings, thinking "how bad can it be?", reconsider one final time. I didn't listen to the negative reviews, and I paid for it in more ways than one. I bought it on sale thinking "75% off? That's a steal! Fifteen bucks for exactly what I need, how bad can it be, really?" Visual Novel Maker is a snake that WAITS to strike. It's not going to brick your project until you are several hours in with and have a good flow going. It will wait until you actually have something of substance—and then boom. All of it, completely unreadable by the engine. None of the dialogue you wrote is acknowledge. You can see it sitting there in the scene editor, but for all intents and purposes, your project is toast. I also somehow put a bag of holding into another bag of holding in the Resource Manager by putting a folder into another with identical names and contents. It was like holding two mirrors facing each other. One empty folder inside another li...
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About the Software
Visualize, Create, Share.Degica is pleased to announce their latest installment to the 'Maker' series of game development tools, Visual Novel Maker. A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life. Visual Novel Maker is developed by André Radomski.
Features
- BEAUTIFUL FREE TO USE ASSETS: Visual Novel Maker contains beautifully crafted resources named Standard Asset Resources (StARs) to help you start with your game. This includes characters, backgrounds, music and sound effects free to use when you buy the program!
- DYNAMIC CREATION TOOLS AIMED FOR ARTISTS AND WRITERS: Visual Novel Maker is designed to be as flexible as possible while still being user friendly. Virtually everything in the engine is managed through a simple point-and-click or drag-and-drop interface. It features powerful features to manipulate graphics and video to support the creative minds using it.
- LIVE2D AND VOICE SYNC SUPPORT: Visual Novel Maker features Live2D support to bring life to 2D characters. This also includes support for voice sync between text, voice clips and the Live2D models. The volume of the clip is also reflected visually bringing a new level of immersion!
- SCRIPTING AND EXTENSIONS OF USER-INTEGRATED FUNCTIONALITY: Visual Novel Maker features Scripting, the ability to add new mechanics or functions in-game, and Extensions, the ability to modify the editor to add your own commands, to give users full control!
- MULTIPLE RESOLUTION SUPPORT: Visual Novel Maker allows you to make games up to 1080p with 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10 ratio. You can also set a custom resolution!
- EASY GAME LOCALIZATION SUPPORT: Visual Novel Maker streamlines the localization process by having all text display on its own tab and/or can be exported to .CSV format. But that's not all, Visual Novel Maker detects if images have to be changed based on the user language with a simple suffix added at the end of the filename. (e.x. filename_de)
- SHARE YOUR GAME WITH MULTIPLE EXPORTING OPTIONS: Want to share your creation with the world? You can export your creation to various platforms such as Windows and MacOSX!
- And much, much more.
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User Reviews
For making visual novels, Ren'py is easier to use, more powerful, more customisable, and [i]free[/i]. It also has an active community and support forum, as well as frequently receiving updates, unlike this engine. There is no reason to buy this program, especially not at full price.
System Requirements
Minimum
- 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
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
FAQ
How much does Visual Novel Maker cost?
Visual Novel Maker costs $59.99.
What are the system requirements for Visual Novel Maker?
Minimum: Minimum: 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 Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
What platforms is Visual Novel Maker available on?
Visual Novel Maker is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.
Is Visual Novel Maker worth buying?
Visual Novel Maker has 0% positive reviews from 2 players.
When was Visual Novel Maker released?
Visual Novel Maker was released on Nov 16, 2017.
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