http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren'py

1. Not that I'm aware of, visual novels are so simple I doubt anyone would bother creating an engine for them.

2. For a visual novel you could get by with almost any programming language. As much as I hate to suggest it though using flash is probably going to be the easiest to make it, I'm pretty sure you could do it with little to no actual code, though it's been well over ten years since I last used it.

3. Once you have the script and the art it will probably only take a week or so if you know what you are doing, though without any experience maybe a month or two depending on how quickly you get the hang of it.

4. Ensure the writing is good, no spelling or grammatical mistakes, have a compelling story regardless of the choices you make, and ensure the choices are often meaningful. Similarly get good art that matches the text, make sure your characters have expressions that match up with what they are saying too. Voice acting is a risk in visual novels, it's better to have no voice acting than mediocre voice acting, remember the voice acting has to compare to the imagination of the reader.

Publicado originalmente por AusSkiller:

1. Not that I'm aware of, visual novels are so simple I doubt anyone would bother creating an engine for them.

2. For a visual novel you could get by with almost any programming language. As much as I hate to suggest it though using flash is probably going to be the easiest to make it, I'm pretty sure you could do it with little to no actual code, though it's been well over ten years since I last used it.

3. Once you have the script and the art it will probably only take a week or so if you know what you are doing, though without any experience maybe a month or two depending on how quickly you get the hang of it.

4. Ensure the writing is good, no spelling or grammatical mistakes, have a compelling story regardless of the choices you make, and ensure the choices are often meaningful. Similarly get good art that matches the text, make sure your characters have expressions that match up with what they are saying too. Voice acting is a risk in visual novels, it's better to have no voice acting than mediocre voice acting, remember the voice acting has to compare to the imagination of the reader.

Great, thanks!

Publicado originalmente por AusSkiller:

1. Not that I'm aware of, visual novels are so simple I doubt anyone would bother creating an engine for them.

There are several engines for VNs. Anв one of most popular ones is Ren'py
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren'py

Publicado originalmente por TrickZZter:

Publicado originalmente por AusSkiller:

1. Not that I'm aware of, visual novels are so simple I doubt anyone would bother creating an engine for them.

There are several engines for VNs. An one of most popular ones is Ren'py
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren'py

Good to know, I'm glad I qualified my statement to allow for that ;).

@Alucard1621, definitely worth looking into that, anything purpose built for VNs is likely to be a lot better and easier to use than flash.

Of course, there's the problem of certain engines where games end up looking the same. We constantly see floks ragging on games just for their engines (particularly RPGM). Essentially a VN just needs to throw up a page, add a click box for each choice, rinse and repeat, the rest is all gravy. Which basically means that anything or anybody who can make a modern website can make a VN.

Time it takes to make VN really depends on the quality of the game. If you're looking to make something that only takes 20 min to clear, couple weeks should be enough. (Taking time to learn, creating art assets, etc). Right now I'm making Vn myself and so far its taking solid 4+Month and we're only 15% done. u_u