#renpy games

[interact-if]

After months of collecting, compiling and formatting, we are finally unveiling our biggest project to date:

INTRODUCING: The Interact-IF Database

In an effort to help readers find games and WIP projects following a certain tag, genre, theme or level of customization, as well as finding diverse authors of a variety of identities, we have created a database of primarily Tumblr-based IF projects!

This list has been put together with the help of the authors of the featured projects, who have provided us with information about their games. It will be updated regularly by the mods of this Tumblr.

Are you a reader looking for your next read?

Head over on to our list [link].

The projects on this database are in compliance with our FAQ and Guidelines. We reserve the right to not include entries sent by authors if their projects do not follow said guidelines.

Are you an IF author/dev wanting to share your project?

• You can fill in this form [link].

Are you the author of one of the projects and found an error?

• Let us know through this form [link].

Do you have questions about our database?

• Head over to our Database FAQ first to see if we provided an answer for it. You can always send us an ask otherwise.

If you are an author of a playable project (WIP or completed), you should also consider adding it to the IFDB, the Interactive Fiction Database.

#if: database #database #interactive fiction #interact if #twine games #renpy games #cscript games #parser games #visual novels #if: rec list #interactive story

[tricitymonsters]

#akello #i'm so excited to release his concept chapter yall AUGH #dilf of my dreams #a real dream daddy you know what i mean #vn development #renpy games

[90percentstudios]

it's that time of year again, when the skies turn pink, the moon grows 4 times its size and everyone's prepping for the end of the school year. the #coolkidcody series' first year anniversary is coming up and to celebrate there's a huge sale! (we would've done 90% off but unfortunately you can't go under 0.49 USD, so 80% off it is.) the sale will last from march 27th 10 am pdt to april 3 10 am pdt (and affects our other games too!) #purrfectapawcalypse

https://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=90%25%20Studios

https://90percentstudios.itch.io/

aside from that, cool kid cody got a big update! watch the vid for the gist of it or read the changelog on its steam page. i'll be making more announcements related to the game over the next two days but that's it for now, thanks so much for enjoying our dumb little games, it makes me so happy to make stuff like this and share it with yall. have an awesome rest of your day! ^u^

#indie games #renpy games #point & click adventure #update #cool kid cody #purrfect apawcalypse #90% studios

[insertdisc5]

📚 A List Of Useful Websites When Making An RPG 📚

My timeloop RPG In Stars and Time is done! Which means I can clear all my ISAT gamedev related bookmarks. But I figured I would show them here, in case they can be useful to someone. These range from "useful to write a story/characters/world" to "these are SUPER rpgmaker focused and will help with the terrible math that comes with making a game".

This is what I used to make my RPG game, but it could be useful for writers, game devs of all genres, DMs, artists, what have you. YIPPEE

Writing (Names)

Behind The Name - Why don't you have this bookmarked already. Search for names and their meanings from all over the world!

Medieval Names Archive - Medieval names. Useful. For ME

City and Town Name Generator - Create "fake" names for cities, generated from datasets from any country you desire! I used those for the couple city names in ISAT. I say "fake" in quotes because some of them do end up being actual city names, especially for french generated ones. Don't forget to double check you're not 1. just taking a real city name or 2. using a word that's like, Very Bad, especially if you don't know the country you're taking inspiration from! Don't want to end up with Poopaville, USA

Writing (Words)

Onym - A website full of websites that are full of words. And by that I mean dictionaries, thesauruses, translators, glossaries, ways to mix up words, and way more. HIGHLY recommend checking this website out!!!

Moby Thesaurus - My thesaurus of choice!

Rhyme Zone - Find words that rhyme with others. Perfect for poets, lyricists, punmasters.

In Different Languages - Search for a word, have it translated in MANY different languages in one page.

ASSETS

In general, I will say: just look up what you want on itch.io. There are SO MANY assets for you to buy on itch.io. You want a font? You want a background? You want a sound effect? You want a plugin? A pixel base? An attack animation? A cool UI?!?!?! JUST GO ON ITCH.IO!!!!!!

Visual Assets (General)

Creative Market - Shop for all kinds of assets, from fonts to mockups to templates to brushes to WHATEVER YOU WANT

Velvetyne - Cool and weird fonts

Chevy Ray's Pixel Fonts - They're good fonts.

Contrast Checker - Stop making your text white when your background is lime green no one can read that shit babe!!!!!!

Visual Assets (Game Focused)

Interface In Game - Screenshots of UI (User Interfaces) from SO MANY GAMES. Shows you everything and you can just look at what every single menu in a game looks like. You can also sort them by game genre! GREAT reference!

Game UI Database - Same as above!

Sound Assets

Zapsplat, Freesound - There are many sound effect websites out there but those are the ones I saved. Royalty free!

Shapeforms - Paid packs for music and sounds and stuff.

Other

CloudConvert - Convert files into other files. MAKE THAT .AVI A .MOV

EZGifs - Make those gifs bigger. Smaller. Optimize them. Take a video and make it a gif. The Sky Is The Limit

Marketing

Press Kitty - Did not end up needing this- this will help with creating a press kit! Useful for ANY indie dev. Yes, even if you're making a tiny game, you should have a press kit. You never know!!!

presskit() - Same as above, but a different one.

Itch.io Page Image Guide and Templates - Make your project pages on itch.io look nice.

MOOMANiBE's IGF post - If you're making indie games, you might wanna try and submit your game to the Independent Game Festival at some point. Here are some tips on how, and why you should.

Game Design (General)

An insightful thread where game developers discuss hidden mechanics designed to make games feel more interesting - Title says it all. Check those comments too.

Game Design (RPGs)

Yanfly "Let's Make a Game" Comics - INCREDIBLY useful tips on how to make RPGs, going from dungeons to towns to enemy stats!!!!

Attack Patterns - A nice post on enemy attack patterns, and what attacks you should give your enemies to make them challenging (but not TOO challenging!) A very good starting point.

How To Balance An RPG - Twitter thread on how to balance player stats VS enemy stats.

Nobody Cares About It But It’s The Only Thing That Matters: Pacing And Level Design In JRPGs - a Good Post.

Game Design (Visual Novels)

Feniks Renpy Tutorials - They're good tutorials.

I played over 100 visual novels in one month and here’s my advice to devs. - General VN advice. Also highly recommend this whole blog for help on marketing your games.

I hope that was useful! If it was. Maybe. You'd like to buy me a coffee. Or maybe you could check out my comics and games. Or just my new critically acclaimed game In Stars and Time. If you want. Ok bye

#reference #tutorial #writing #rpgmaker #renpy #video games #game design #i had this in my drafts for a while so you get it now. sorry its so long #long post

[lavendeerstudios]

Threads of You: Beyond the Bay demo available to play on Steam and Itch now!

1 broken down car, 2 weeks in a hidden seaside town, and 7 men waiting to sweep you off your feet.

Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?

⸺ FEATURES ⸺

🏖️ Short & simple: Dive into an engaging narrative that spans an approximate 50-minute reading experience with 14,000+ words and replayability for different dialogue!

🏖️ Character Customisation: Shape the main character according to your own preferences, crafting a truly unique identity and experience through customisable sprite appearance, pronouns, physical traits, and a personalised backstory. Truly make them your own!

🏖️ Room Customisation: Transform your lodging in Brine Bay into a reflection of your taste and style!

🏖️ 7 potential love interests: Immerse yourself in romance and friendship as you cross paths with 7 potential love interests, seamlessly woven together into interconnected storylines that promise to keep you entangled in the intricate threads of love and destiny!

🏖️ Special illustrations: Indulge in 7 special and semi-animated CGs (and 1 mini CG!), specially drawn to enhance the experience with each of the love interests!

🏖️ Partial voice acting: Get fully immersed in Brine Bay where characters come to life with distinct and captivating vocal performances by our truly talented voice actors!

🏖️ Your choices matter: Navigate through a narrative where your decisions leave an important mark on both characters and story. Each choice you make may potentially alter their life paths and relationships with others!

🏖️ Special musical tracks: Enjoy our specially crafted soundtrack, with uniquely tailored tracks to portray each 7 characters and their different personalities!

Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?

🌴 PLAY THE DEMO NOW! 🌊

➡️ Itch.io ➡️ Steam

#lavendeerstudios #visual novel #renpy game #otome game #renpy #vn #vndev #indie game #renpy visual novel #interactive fiction

[ophanimkei]

it’s lesbian visibility week.

if you want to support a lesbian, you can read my visual novel about a girl who runs to a facility in the middle of nowhere to deal with her mental illness. there’s a robot, bunnies, a bit of tom lehrer, and some other fun things. do heed the content warnings.

leave a comment and rating as well if you want to make my day even more. thank you

#rehaibilitation #art #illustration #drawing #digital art #clip studio paint #renpy #visual novel #egl #black artists #lolita fashion #artists on tumblr #game dev #lesbian visibility week #yuri

[seraphinitegames]

Coming soon: Holiday Magic: A Wayhaven Christmas Story!

We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this delightful tale. Our gratitude goes out to Mishka's amazing Patrons for their unwavering support, which has made this project, as well as The Wayhaven Chronicles as a whole, possible. This special gift is our way of expressing our heartfelt appreciation as it will be free to all $5+ Patrons.

But this festive, romantic side story will also be available to purchase for windows PC (and hopefully MAC) through Itch.io.

Stay tuned and get ready to immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Wayhaven this holiday season!

#the wayhaven chronicles #interactive fiction #unit bravo #twc holiday magic #itchio #renpy game #renpy visual novel #renpy #Patreon thank you

[nadianova]

doomsday dreamgirl [18+] [ link to the game ]

you’re left staring at a stranger whom you’ve invited into the safety of your home for the final countdown. is the end of the world even worth crying about? surely not? but her tears keep telling you otherwise

kinetic visual novel, 11k words

content warnings; heavy atmosphere, sadomasochism, violent lesbian sex, delusions, despair and existential crisis

please enjoy it

#doomsday dreamgirl #renpy #indiedev #vndev #2021 #this is a game release from couple years back. im still very proud of this and want more people to see it!! #nadia nova

[windchimesgames]

After almost 5 years of ups and downs, Reanimation Scheme is nearly ready to meet you all.

The full game will be released in Q3 this year, with limited beta access currently available on Patreon and to Kickstarter backers!

Reanimation Scheme is an otome / romance visual novel about necromancy, love, life and death. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

Featuring:

A gentle nerdy childhood best friend 📚

A bubbly sweet gal pal 💖 (yes, there is a WLW route!)

One icy jerk of an earl ❄️

One playful prankster spirit 👻

A grumpy tsundere cat shapeshifter 🐈

Wishlist the game on Steam so you won't miss its release! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520740/Reanimation_Scheme/

#otome #visual novel #interactive fiction #dating sim #otome game #otoge #if #vn #english otome #english otome game #indie otome #renpy #lgbtq #english visual novel #amare #reanimation scheme

[mortallymoonstruckgames]

💖 Love can be found anywhere, even in a stinkhorn~ 💖

Your daughter can go on a variety of dates in Mushroom Musume: procrastinate the inevitable with a doomed socialite 🐈‍⬛, educate an alien in manners 🪐, or, shockingly, gallivant with another mushroom girl...! 🍄

#game dev #gamedev #visual novel #vndev #renpy #queer fiction #queer games

[interact-if]

Hollow Victory is a short visual novel about visiting your ex in jail after he tried taking over the world. This game was made in 10 days for the O2A2 VN Jam 2023, a micro Visual Novel Jam with strict asset limitations and a 1,000 word limit by Ekkoberry.

Features:

✿ Exactly 1,000 words / approx 10 minutes of gameplay.

✿ 3 endings.

✿ 1920 x 1080 resolution.

#Hollow Victory #if: visual novel #if: submission #if: intro #renpy game #status: completed #fantasy

[tricitymonsters]

Steam || Play the Concept Betas on Itch.io

#visual novel #renpy #indie game dev #monster fucker #mandatory shill #tcm isn't available in all countries due to content sorry! #my ad venues as an adult visual novel dev a #re super limited so signal boosting is super super appreciated

[karagna]

A Pound of Flesh link: https://karagna.itch.io/a-pound-of-flesh-concept

For this year's Global Game Jam, I decided "Hey why don't I solo dev an entire visual novel in Renpy with absolutely 0 prior knowledge in coding?"

And so I did! Presenting A Pound of Flesh (part 1), a short vn where you play as Agatha, a girl who begins working at a quaint butcher shop.

It's around 20 mins play time, and if there's interest I'll most likely add on more sections as well! Right now you can only play up to the end of week 1 because I only had 36-ish hours to code and draw the entire thing. Let me know what you guys think if you play it!

#li draws #artists on tumblr #original character #global game jam #ggj #ggj24 #visual novel #renpy #vn #A Pound of Flesh

[holyschnitzel]

Okidoki! It's finally time for my first tumblr post! ^o^ Thanks to everyone who followed me, even though there was nothing to see here yet xD I gotta say tumblr is very confusing and overwhelming for someone who has never used it before. I don't understand half of what you can do here, lol. I was about to ask Blastic how to make a post here, but I think I figured it out? But enough rambling! Let me reveal to you the design of my OC "Shadowman" which you'll see in future chapters. Isn't he neat? ^_^ The first image is the basic design that I drew and then gave to @inkly-heart to improve it a bit, since I totally suck at designing xD She did a wonderful job ^^b and we hope you like him just as much as we do! If any adult happens to stumble across this blog and get curious - here's the link to the free demo of our horror erotica VN Br0ken Colors Happy Simping 💗

#br0ken colors #br<3ken colors #brokencolors #shadowman #art #+18 #visual novel #game #horror #original character #my characters #oc #drawing #renpy #BCshadowman

[lavendeerstudios]

🎙️PAID CASTING CALL (2M)🎙️

We have 2 open roles right now, with a priority on trans-masculine voice actors & black voice actors for our upcoming visual novel 'Threads of You: Beyond the Bay'!

More info in the doc below!

🚨 DEADLINE: MAY 15 🚨

#visual novel #renpy game #otome game #renpy #indie game #vn #vndev #renpy visual novel #interactive fiction #voice acting #paid voice acting #vn voice acting #visual novel va #visual novel characters #paid va #lavendeerstudios

[lifeiskentastic]

So… I kinda made a dating simulator with Ken

I was inspired by one post with a visual novel element with Noah from @uncleclam (thanks them for that lol)

Description: you are a regular Matel employee who has been sent to Barbieland to control the Kens behavior. Well, one particular Ken. And it looks like it's not all sunshine in plastic land... Will you be able to handle Ken so that he doesn't go back to the patriarchy?

Time (very approximate): 40 minutes;

Languages: english and ukrainian;

The game has two endings - good and bad (+bonus). In the bad ending, you obviously fail your task and Ken again takes the side of patriarchal ideals.

P.S. I'm well aware that VNs usually have full-length pictures of characters, but I haven't held a pencil since elementary school, so I deliberately decided to crop them so that players' eyes wouldn't bleed from what they saw

You can download it on itch for pc (android and ios would be available soon)

Also expect tons of text about production hell in my next post :)

#do this to support ryan on golden glob #ryan gosling #ryan gosling x reader #ken #barbie 2023 #ken x reader #barbie movie #visual novel #renpy #renpy game #ken barbie #barbie #barbie 2023 ken #ryan gosling ken #barbie the movie #indie game #i want ryan to see this