Survey by Japanese News Site Nlab asks users where they are moving to from Twitter/X - Misskey wins with 41% (n=5119)

Voting Results

The final ranking is as follows.

Misskey (41.3%)

Bluesky (19.9%)

Taittsu/タイッツー (13.4%)

Mastodon (10.7%)

Discord (5.5%)

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[New Tool] Find Unlinked Audio/Find Unvoiced Lines by bamboocalc

Github Repository

Youtube Tutorial on how to use the scripts

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[Blog] I played another 50+ visual novels in 1 month and here’s my advice to devs. by Arimia

Useful tips by Arimia from her experiences judging the Spooktober Game Jam 2024 entries.

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【[Guide] Getting Behind the Lens Part 1: Visual Novel Camerawork? Why Bother? - by ingthing】

Blog post by Of Sense and Soul dev ingthing

This is part 1 of a series of blog posts about camera work in visual novels. Part 2 will delve into the implementation of camera techniques using Ren'Py

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New Tool: Make Visual Novels! Smart Voice Barks for Ren'Py!

This library simplifies the process of adding voice barks to your visual novel, with 30 premade voice barks by three voice actors.

It initially costs $10 USD, but will become free once $200 USD in revenue have been generated. Further revenue will be used to add additional features (see the itch page for a roadmap).

Itch.io link

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Videotome Jam - A Game Jam for the Videotome IF/VN Engines [November 16th - December 1st]

The goal of this non-competitive jam is to create an IF/VN game with one of @spdrcstl@timetheft.social 's game engines. The theme is "Waiting", adhering to it is not mandatory, though.

Jam Link

@gamejams@programming.dev

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New Tool: Ren'Py Layout Tool by Wendy-Nam - Instantly Preview and Place Images in Ren'Py!

https://github.com/Wendy-Nam/RenPy-LayoutTool/tree/main

Load new images directly into your current scene as overlays, making it easy to visualize and adjust their positions without leaving the game.

🔑 Key Feature: Open the tool from anywhere in your game by pressing L!

Note: This tool is for previewing purposes only. It doesn't add images directly to the code but helps you assess the placement and suitability of multiple assets before finalizing your scene.

Key Features:

Drag-and-drop images onto your scene

Real-time position tracking

Supports Ren'Py image definitions and file paths

Light/dark bg filter toggle for easy viewing

Quick image removal with a trash bin

Can be used for fast UI, sprite, or background prototyping.

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Notable Upcoming Game Jams in October 2024

GB Pixel Art Jam 2024 (October 5th - October 7th)

Note: This is a jam for pixel art made for the Game Boy

Link

PlayJam 6 (October 12th - October 15th)

A Jam where you make a game for the Playdate console over a weekend

Link

Scream Jam 2024 (October 16th - October 23rd)

A horror-themed game jam without a specific theme

Link

OST Composing Jam [Sandbox] (October 18th - October 20th)

A jam for composing OST using a specified provided element

Link

ProcJam / Procedual Generation Jam (October 26th - November 5th)

A jam to create things (not necessary games) that create things.

Link

@gamejams@programming.dev

#GameJam #GameJams #GameDev #IndieDev

New Tool: Make Visual Novels! Ren'Py Smart Title Screens!

It's a drop-in solution that allows you create dynamic title screens that change according to where you currently are in the story, with little extra code.

https://remort-studios.itch.io/make-visual-novels-rsts

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New Library: renpy-table by brunoais

It adds a table component that works as a drop-in replacement for grid. It works the same, except it allows you to use variable column sizes.

Itch.io

Source Code

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kbitty

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New Tool: Build Project for Ren'Py by BezerraC

This project contains scripts to automate the build process of games developed with Ren'Py for different platforms, including Android and Windows. The scripts are written in Python and use the subprocess library to execute build commands.

Git repository

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