Is this still worth buying?

[Victor Bruyn]

I saw some good things things, but it's rather quit here.
Anyone advice for me?

[Bollehopp]

Still lots of errors not userfriendly at all behind the scenes and literally no updates..
IT SEEMs nice I do give that and it does look nice and you dont even doubt that it will be counterproductive..
I would say learn renpy and stick with that for vns..

[Victor Bruyn]

Originally posted by Bollehopp:

Still lots of errors not userfriendly at all behind the scenes and literally no updates..
IT SEEMs nice I do give that and it does look nice and you dont even doubt that it will be counterproductive..
I would say learn renpy and stick with that for vns..

Thnx, i was prepared to buy it, beacause i use VNM and this seemed better. Thnx for your honesty.

[Jwx]

In my opinion it still worth to buy, best if is with a discount, (if you buy iFaction Game Maker you get free iFVN). Is true that in last time, seems to be death, at least here in steam, but devs (that seems to be a very small team) says that they havenot abandoned the engine and working on mods and improvements. In the official forum (in chinese), they are "more" active to say something.

The Cons at this time are that there is a lot missing documentation in english and you need to experiment, try and fail. But expending some time you can figure out how to do things. More if you have some experience with other engines like RGP Maker.

Both engines have a lot of potencial, and has the state they are right now, you can really do a decent game.
And yes, they need improvements and updates.

[Victor Bruyn]

Originally posted by Jwx:

In my opinion it still worth to buy, best if is with a discount, (if you buy iFaction Game Maker you get free iFVN). Is true that in last time, seems to be death, at least here in steam, but devs (that seems to be a very small team) says that they havenot abandoned the engine and working on mods and improvements. In the official forum (in chinese), they are "more" active to say something.

The Cons at this time are that there is a lot missing documentation in english and you need to experiment, try and fail. But expending some time you can figure out how to do things. More if you have some experience with other engines like RGP Maker.

Both engines have a lot of potencial, and has the state they are right now, you can really do a decent game.
And yes, they need improvements and updates.

Do you know, if the engine can handle big games, loads of Daz3d images and animations? Say about 3 to 4 GB??

[Serhii D]

As someone, who buyed this, i could say, that this software is not so bad actually.
It is very user-friendly (as for me), and allow you to make working prototype very quick.
It has some advanced functions, which make in Ren'py will require some extra coding.
The downside of this software - it lacks some functionality and not very flexible.
Also - some functions works somewhat unobvious, and there's still no full english manual.
Community tutorials is also very scarce.
So, to put it simple - if you have basic programming skills - then you better use Ren'py.
(Yeah - Ren'py is the best VN engine. No doubts about it.)
If you are not a programmer, and just looking at code gives you a headache - then this software can be good for you. Also, this software is good for quick prototyping.
But - if you are happy with VNM - maybe you should stick to it?
VNM has larger community (or so i heard - because i do not have VNM).

[Jwx]

Originally posted by Victor Bruyn:

Originally posted by Jwx:

In my opinion it still worth to buy, best if is with a discount, (if you buy iFaction Game Maker you get free iFVN). Is true that in last time, seems to be death, at least here in steam, but devs (that seems to be a very small team) says that they havenot abandoned the engine and working on mods and improvements. In the official forum (in chinese), they are "more" active to say something.

The Cons at this time are that there is a lot missing documentation in english and you need to experiment, try and fail. But expending some time you can figure out how to do things. More if you have some experience with other engines like RGP Maker.

Both engines have a lot of potencial, and has the state they are right now, you can really do a decent game.
And yes, they need improvements and updates.

Do you know, if the engine can handle big games, loads of Daz3d images and animations? Say about 3 to 4 GB??

Well, I don't know exactly, but I think for quantity there is no problem to handle it, ...for quality maybe images need to be optimized since the highest resolution is 1920 x 1080 px

[Victor Bruyn]

Thnx for all the reponces. I already made a novell wich i published (as an Alpha) But i never could get a good sandbox system. From what i have seen, this program has more option for variables. Suches as "all Variables has to be met" for a new chapter to emerge. In other engines i got lost in endless "Else"and ïf else" contructions. Anyway, i maged to download a demo. So i will give it a try. If i van build my sandbox, then i will buy it.

[Yamamma]

I have been using it a few days & like a few features that I haven't found in other VN makers, such as the ability to copy prepackaged UI elements & write your own scripts for them. And you can mix JS with iFVN script. The documentation & tutorial videos are not very clear, so it may be more of a struggle for those who do *not* want to script, personally, I like it.

[The Jasper Mage]

As someone who struggels with other VN programs on steam, and don't have the patience for Renpy I think this is a very new user friendly program. I managed to make the first bit of the VN novel I have tried putting on other programs up in like, two hours. this is with variable branches, and such. I think there's a demo somewhere you can try if you are unsure. But I do think it's a very newb friendly program.

[Jwx]

Now I'm really starting to doubt if it's still worth using it, and I've really spent time on it, but it's been a long time without any news from the developers or updates, even in the Chinese forum they respond sporadically.
It is a program with a lot of potential and strengths compared to other VN makers, for simple novels I think it works very well, but to embark on a larger project without fear of being left in the middle, I think it is what remains to be done, in really trusting the program and being supported.

[Victor Bruyn]

I'm afraid to say it, but i think it's dead. Really a shame. This could be a good programming-platform for Visual novels.

[PorkChip]

Originally posted by Victor Bruyn:

I'm afraid to say it, but i think it's dead. Really a shame. This could be a good programming-platform for Visual novels.

It's decent enough to make simplistic VNs but I was looking forward to updates with added features and advanced controls.

The dev team have been very quiet and even contact via direct email which used to put me in touch with a team member is now silent so maybe this thing really is dead now?

[Haglitm]

Yeah, I'm gonna say pass on this. Trying to do things that are the bare basics are hard to work with. And I think I'm going back to Ren'Py.

[Victor Bruyn]

Originally posted by Haglitm:

Yeah, I'm gonna say pass on this. Trying to do things that are the bare basics are hard to work with. And I think I'm going back to Ren'Py.

Yes, it is a scam. i think i can savely say that now.

[-X-ScornGames]

guys check out rpg paper maker or rpg in a box or rpg architect that are real good game makers, with a lot of features and no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shop to buy assets.....