Imagine having 'DNI pro-woke' in your profile and asking me for any kind of favor.

Big thanks to the folks who saw this and offered to help. The fight against Gen AI in creative spaces is worth it. Always support human artists, musicians, writers, and all other creatives.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels@makevisualnovels.itch.io · 7d ago

This year's Spooktober sponsorship drive is wrapping up in a few days. Thus far: - 5 confirmed with 2 pending. - 3 turned down for this year. (around $1,500~) - 7 rejected outright for Gen AI (Around $3,500~) First year we've ever refused more than we received.

This year's Spooktober sponsorship drive is wrapping up in a few days. Thus far: - 5 confirmed with 2 pending. - 3 turned down for this year. (around $1,500~) - 7 rejected outright for Gen AI (Around $3,500~) First year we've ever refused more than we received.

Spooktober has hit 1,000 participants and we haven't even started running promos for it. This is what we trained for. The dam will hold.

Chika Fujiwara's Scared Reaction

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I really loved being here with everyone. I can't remember the last time I had this much fun. I'm kind of a crybaby. I keep catching myself tearing up and blaming spicy curry. April could not come fast enough. View from our room at sunrise. Hello world, goodbye #OffkaiExpo #Offkai

#offkaiexpo #offkaigen5

Stella @ Make Visual Novels@makevisualnovels.itch.io · last wk.

I'm out at Offkai this weekend. Got up early this morning and walked around the center some.

Being real, being at Offkai has made me feel how much I hate what I do for a living. 40 isn't too old for a career change, right?

Stella @ Make Visual Novels@makevisualnovels.itch.io · last wk.

Couldn't resist getting a few different angles. The convention center is big, but not quite as big as I thought it was. I've had a lot of fun thus far. Today is the last day and I'm sore AF from queuing and standing.

I'm out at Offkai this weekend. Got up early this morning and walked around the center some.

This year's Spooktober Visual Novel Jam banner is done by @pumpkinrogue.bsky.social! You can sign up for this year's Spooktober Visual Novel Jam here on itch.io! itch.io/jam/spooktob...

The Spooktober Visual Novel Jam is still seeking sponsors for 2026! It's shaping up to be another exciting year, and our sponsors help us make that happen! You can check out www.visualnovel.dev/spooktober-s... for this year's sponsorship options!

We're accepting submissions to an upcoming asset bundle for making visual novels. It's specifically geared towards helping Spooktober creators, but anyone making assets for visual novels are welcome to submit for consideration. itch.io/jam/spooktob...

You ever get on to a website to do something and then get immediately distracted by some goofy thing

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels@makevisualnovels.itch.io · 2mo ago

Also I've got MORE than a dozen "AI Made No Code Engines" creators who produce dogshit that point at that post you made talking about it going "But if Tom can use AI why can't we??" and my answer unabashedly has been "Because fuck you, that's why" so thanks for that

It's Make Visual Novels. I want to Make Visual Novels. I want you to Make Visual Novels. Make Visual Novels.

ten catboys in a trenchcoat@adelaiderowan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Explain ur @ My old username was adelaiderain from the Ben Folds song Adelaide, my more recent one was rowanburies (I wanted something a bit goth for The Untamed fic lol - WWX would approve) - this is an amalgamation

And if you do

Mom Friend 64@momfriend64.northsky.social · 2mo ago

I had a surreal experience. I've not interacted with people who call VN Devs 'EVN developers' in so long that I was confused when I saw it. That experience made me realize how much happier I've been away from people who use it with scorn. I don't think I'll go back there.

New blog post up. I've been on an epic question to discover a formula for making financially viable visual novels. Also I trauma dump a bit. Whoops. makevisualnovels.itch.io/blog/devlog/...

The Quest for the Formula that Makes Good Visual Novels That Make Money

I've got a confession to make. I have helped more people make visual novels than I have actually made myself. To be fair to myself, just one of the jams I've started have resulted in over 1,000 visual...

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I've never had so many people helping me with #SpooktoberVNJam prep before. Everyone's always supportive during the jam itself and after the jam through the judging team, but for the first time the set-up phase has an entire squad of people on it. It feels amazing and groovy.

I love the immediate reverse type of joke. Never fails to get a smile.

Winterwolves Games@winterwolves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Linda really just offered up a vehicle she doesn't even own just to stay in her crush's good graces! 😂 "Yes madam I'll do anything for you, I will literally manifest a vehicle out of thin air, I will turn into GTA 6 if that's what it takes." KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/win... #yuri

Maybe I should do a bundle this year.

itch.io@itch.io · 2mo ago

Bundle Hosting Revamped 📦 🎉 We've taken what we've learned over the past 10 years of co-op bundles and redesigned our bundle creation tools to make it easier than ever to host bundles of all kinds of sizes. Check it out: itch.io/t/6475377/bu...

"Wait, the mascots have lore?" *Slaps desk*

I have been informed people in higher ed. do not use teacher. Please take this as an illustration as why we want you here and on purpose, and totally not me being unaware of that fact or distinction until I misspoke. :)

Stella @ Make Visual Novels@makevisualnovels.itch.io · 2mo ago

Spooktober VN Jam is our biggest jam of the year, and we would like to invite teachers driving the future to join us. It costs the school, the teachers, and the students *nothing*. Our community & industry thrives from the skills you teach and learn, and we want to invite you into it.

Big news that I'm really excited to share. We're starting Spooktober VN Jam's wind up right now, and this year we're including a student competition for participating higher education schools! Students at participating schools enter for free and are competing for a $300 prize!

A thread worth going through if you're worried about RenPy, Tom and AI. Apple took the time to walk through it here explaining the nuance and giving good suggestions without defending the use or dismissing concerns. I may jump in later if I have the spoons, but it's been a long 36? hours for me.

Apple Explosion@applesplosion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m seeing a lot of people who feel upset and betrayed about this. I’d like to give some perspective on this as a software engineer to help other game devs understand it better. Specifically, I want to answer what is he saying, what does it mean, and what does it mean for you specifically.

This speaks to me.

Veselekov@veselekov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have written for #manifestojam Uploading today

TL:DR, Tom can read AI output but not a fucking room.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels@makevisualnovels.itch.io · 2mo ago

Question I got over night: what happened?? So the jist of it is a smattering of people were confused by a leak of a patreon post where Tom admitted to using AI in RenPy back in March. Tom caught wind of this and seemed to think the only problem people would have about that is he was vibe coding.

Question I got over night: what happened?? So the jist of it is a smattering of people were confused by a leak of a patreon post where Tom admitted to using AI in RenPy back in March. Tom caught wind of this and seemed to think the only problem people would have about that is he was vibe coding.

For those of you who don't know who I am: I'm Stella. I run the visual novel development community known as DevTalk. We're the ones who host the VNDev.wiki, run a number of the larger visual novel jams on itch. You can find our Discord here: discord.gg/devtalk

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Another 100% fair question: Are there OTHER tutorials for it? Yes, Requiem form our community has a few available on their Kofi, I'd recommend starting with this one: ko-fi.com/post/Getting...

Getting Started with Light.VN Commands pt. 1

Requiem published a post on Ko-fi

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Another question: Are there any guides from moving FROM RenPy TO Light.VN? Yes, actually kind of a whole series. This is the first of them. Do be sure to turn on your ad blocks, I think the hosting arrangement's got it running. en.yorubox.eu/renpy-to-lig...

Renpy To Light.vn Tutorial 【Basic #001】 - YoruBox

Hi everyone! I'm Buchalatte, and I've been really interested in Light.VN for a while now. Great news – it finally has an English version!

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