Unity VNty Engine - New VN / Sandbox game development tool - inputs from devs on features

[kuroTenshi007]

Hi,

I'm a game dev, experienced with Unity. I'm developing a new tool on Unity to easily build VN / Sandbox type games.

The idea is to build something similar to RenPy, but with more advanced features (auto generate code, load game texts from JSON, pre built UI features like character stats and other data display, MAP, save files as binary or JSON etc) and very little coding.
It will be a free and open source tool. I'll upload it to Github once I have some basic features up and running.

Dev inputs are appreciated.


Note : I'm new here, so mods, if there is a better place for this post, please let me know and I'll move it. Thanks

 

[Dude5678]

Consider using node editor for representation of game logic
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[kuroTenshi007]

Consider using node editor for representation of game logic
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Interesting. I'll look into this. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[zebrapunk54]

This would be a good tool, would be useful to a lot of people including myself.

 

[Emoon]

Might want to check

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out. Found it a few days ago on reddit but since i'm not working with Unity i had no chance to test it, but i'm sure it might be of good use for some of you folks out there.

 

[kuroTenshi007]

Might want to check

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out. Found it a few days ago on reddit but since i'm not working with Unity i had no chance to test it, but i'm sure it might be of good use for some of you folks out there.

I'm actually using the node editor feature for game logic, tho coupling texts also with it would do more bad than good.
I always liked the idea of keeping the texts separately as a module which the tool can load and use, as opposed to being mixed with script / logic. Imagine if the tool could just load the texts in a specific format, you could essentially have your scriptwriter / translator adhere to it. So once they send it over, all you have to do is put it in the right folder and it just works! Simplicity is what I'm aiming for.

 

[kuroTenshi007]

Okay so since I'm here, I might as well give some updates.

I have started working on the tool and kinda figured out how to automatically generate code for each Characters
Here's what I have so far.

You can use character wizard to create a new character, add fields (stats for the character).


Press save and compile, and the tool automatically generates the code for you.

 

[kuroTenshi007]

Now you can add starting values to your stats while auto generating classes.

 

[Ryahn]

This might help me learn unity. I already know javascript at it is for node js apps I build.

 

[BeardWonerArt]

What about having an array of flags in your character class ? Would be useful imo to check conditions/ states of a character like owning items or stages of an event "hierarchy".

 

[kuroTenshi007]

What about having an array of flags in your character class ? Would be useful imo to check conditions/ states of a character like owning items or stages of an event "hierarchy".

That is definitely something to think about.
I do have plans to add an enum type and that should do for states. Guess I'll look into arrays (lists are better since they can be modifed) once i have added enums in.

 

[jessie29]

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[InCompleteController]

This sounds an awful lot like Fungus for unity. Have you checked it out?