I'm a complete newbie and I honestly don't know how the process goes. Can someone streamline it and tell me the steps necessary or point me in the right direction?
RPGM How can I make a visual novel with RPGM and TheKlub17 assets, just like A Struggle with Sin?
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This is a huge question to answer, but in short:
Learn the Ren’Py language (Python) and then you can start to create your game.
Once you have a story, characters etc you can start to render the images in TheKlub17 (whatever that is) and any animations.
I know you said RPG Maker, but for a first NSFW game with no knowledge, this is overkill. There’s no advantage to making an RPG game over a VN, if you’re doing one for the first time.
That’s my two cents anyway.
Google is your friend for those steps.
- Pick a game engine
- Learn the game engine
- Write a story
- Create characters and a world
- Render the images
- Create the animations
- Release
Learn the Ren’Py language (Python) and then you can start to create your game.
Once you have a story, characters etc you can start to render the images in TheKlub17 (whatever that is) and any animations.
I know you said RPG Maker, but for a first NSFW game with no knowledge, this is overkill. There’s no advantage to making an RPG game over a VN, if you’re doing one for the first time.
That’s my two cents anyway.
Google is your friend for those steps.
Thank you so much.
What's a good and easy program to render images in? I want to produce this VN without a strong background in arts or modelling to be honest, I'm just a good storywriter and I want a 3DCG type of game. Any advice on that regard?
Really appreciate your comment by the way.
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The obvious answer is Daz.
We have tonnes of assets on here and the actual program is free.
It has a bit of a learning curve and creating larger models (BBW, big breasts) are a bit of a pain.
You will need a decent graphics card to render, but there’s lots of tutorials on here on getting the best out of your rig.
Animations aren’t particularly easy, but for a first release… just focus on images.
If you want to hard on 3D, learn Blender. There’s nothing you can’t do in that program.
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Also, if you’re new… potentially look to form a team and find an artist. It’s an expensive hobby if you’re new to rendering. Especially if you favour the writing/coding.
Thicclord has given great basic advice.
My two cents: the biggest cost by far is time.
Unless you care very little for "quality", even a short KN would be 100+ hours of work rendering, writing, coding, testing, polishing.
I absolutely encourage all players who have an idea and some enthusiasm to give it a try, but there is a reason why so many games get abandoned - the effort-to-external-reward ratio is not great if you only have a passing interest. If you are really keen on an idea that you desparately want to share with the world, and have lots of freetime and are a masochist, then go for it. It also helps a lot to be able to go "eh that's close enough" - if you have perfectionist tendencies then you'll get bogged down and never make good progress.
My two cents: the biggest cost by far is time.
Unless you care very little for "quality", even a short KN would be 100+ hours of work rendering, writing, coding, testing, polishing.
I absolutely encourage all players who have an idea and some enthusiasm to give it a try, but there is a reason why so many games get abandoned - the effort-to-external-reward ratio is not great if you only have a passing interest. If you are really keen on an idea that you desparately want to share with the world, and have lots of freetime and are a masochist, then go for it. It also helps a lot to be able to go "eh that's close enough" - if you have perfectionist tendencies then you'll get bogged down and never make good progress.