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Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
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Crystal Game Works
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About Our Sponsors: Vograce, Full of Style and Grace
What's Vograce? It is a platform that can bring your artistic visions to life in the form of custom merchandise. Vograce...
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Oct 09, 2023
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About Our Sponsors: Working on an Otome or BL Visual Novel? JAST Blue BL
What's a JAST Blue? They're not a fuzzy pet or an aircraft, but they do have stories that touch your heart and take you...
started by
Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Oct 01, 2023
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About Our Sponsors: A VNDev's Best Friend? Ratalaika Games
Who is Raitalaika Games? They're our top sponsor for the 2023 Spooktober Jam! Let's learn more about them together... At...
started by
Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Oct 01, 2023
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Visual Novel Development Resources
Writing & Design Writing Interactive – guides for narrative games writers Visual Novel Conference Talks Visual Novel C...
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Crystal Game Works
Aug 17, 2023
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Retro Games
Sep 20, 2023
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Rule Elaboration #4: Asset/Content Prep
This is an entry into a small series of elaborations that include clarifications not given directly on the main page of...
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Jul 17, 2023
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Rule Elaboration #2: Self-Harm/Suicide Content
This is an entry into a small series of elaborations that include clarifications not given directly on the main page of...
started by
Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Jul 17, 2023
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Can the game be a hybrid of a visual novel and a quest adventure game?
Can i instead of having a background image, have a pixel level where the player can move around and interact with object...
started by
ARandomGameDev8
Sep 04, 2023
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Sep 06, 2023
Question about the Self-Harm rule.
What about accidental self-harm? i.e. the character runs into the road to escape smt or other, and gets run over by a ca...
started by
TheFogDemon
Sep 01, 2023
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Sep 05, 2023
Am I allowed to participate if I'm banned from the devtalk server?
I got banned 3 years ago and I wanted to know if can I still participate and be eligible for prizes (And ranked without...
started by
izakiko paradox
Sep 04, 2023
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reply
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Sep 04, 2023
Can there be any death scenes?
are death scenes allowed?
started by
ARandomGameDev8
Sep 04, 2023
1
reply
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Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Sep 04, 2023
Ren'Py programmer looking for a team!
I have made/helped in making a few visual novels, which can be found on intstories.itch.io , so I have experience in bot...
started by
OctiWriter
Aug 07, 2023
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EmileMerten
Sep 04, 2023
Can we use AI?
Can we use AI do draw some backgrounds for the game?
started by
ARandomGameDev8
Sep 02, 2023
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Crystal Game Works
Sep 02, 2023
Does it count as self-harm?
Our main character suffers from schizophrenia, which, taking form of his friend, laughs at him and bullies him. Diven th...
started by
Tomat!k
Sep 02, 2023
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Tomat!k
Sep 03, 2023
Any restrictions on swear words?
I don't see anything in the rules about restrictions on language, and I don't intend for any of the characters to be esp...
started by
MegaVolt29
Sep 03, 2023
2
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MegaVolt29
Sep 03, 2023
Log line
It says you need a log line. what's that?
started by
andyidk
Sep 02, 2023
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Crystal Game Works
Sep 03, 2023
Looking for Programmer(Open)
Hello! I'm working on a visual novel called "Super Secret Party" and I need a Programmer! I am looking for Someone that...
started by
SweetTooth
Sep 02, 2023
5
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EmileMerten
Sep 03, 2023
Visual Novel/RPG Hybrid Allowed?
I recently picked up RPG Maker so I'm thinking of incorporating exploration and (optional) combat into my project for th...
started by
nihomi
Aug 29, 2023
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RuleOfFool
Sep 02, 2023
Logo Question
So, I am experimenting with using Pico-8 for this, as I am familiar with it and its scripting language. Unfortunately, i...
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TheFogDemon
Sep 02, 2023
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Question about third-party resources
Part three of rule four seems to say this: Third Party resources are exempt from this rule as long as they are also avai...
started by
SeaLiteral
Sep 02, 2023
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Music/Sound Designer looking for team
Hey everyone, I'm new to the game jam scene, but I'm looking to join anyone that needs some music/sound design. I usuall...
started by
briisu
Sep 02, 2023
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Some questions regarding the criteria for the Game Jam
So ummm..... I had some questions regarding the criteria and how to work around with it.... Question 1: The Game I am pl...
started by
Rozen Germain
Sep 01, 2023
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Looking for a scene/background artist
My team with one character artist, programmer and composer, now we are looking for background artist. disc: Maryy#0203
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Vicias
Sep 01, 2023
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I have a question for the gemjam administrator.
my project is given when i put it up for jam. What's wrong? Here is a link to the project page: https://itch.io/jam/spoo...
started by
kotofey124
Sep 01, 2023
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kotofey124
Sep 01, 2023
nonsexual nudity
there is a rule about not having sexually explicit images show up in-game. i would appreciate a little more clarificatio...
started by
aproxm
Sep 01, 2023
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Crystal Game Works
Sep 01, 2023
I'm one of those who organize the noise and i'm looking for a team!
Hi, I'm 0Me, another sound designer and composer with a background in game audio. I'm looking for a team that likes to e...
started by
Cris "0Me"
Aug 31, 2023
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Vicias
Sep 01, 2023
Looking for more roles for Spooktober jam!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xV2NaMNms2JMz5y5w94_dvH_EWlOiGNoEcpSo0xVdUA/... (Read the full thing here) Greetings...
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Stinky Bear
Sep 01, 2023
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