Ooh, Excited To Play This One! Looking Great :)

There's only 16 hours left of the Spooktober Visual Novel Game Jam!

I want to say a big thank you to everyone involved in the game jam this year! The quality has been amazing! So many talented creators are involved this year. You are all magnificent... the developers, artists, music makers, voice actors, streamers, and the organisers!

Of course I want to also give a big shout out to the players. All of you lovely folks give so much to us by playing the games and the feedback helps us to make things better in future.

If you're wanting to get involved, don't worry... there's still time!

Over 270 Spooktober Visual novels await you! Check them out below...

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Spooktober 6th Annual Visual Novel Jam

A game jam from 2024-09-01 to 2024-10-31 hosted by Nai @ MakeVisualNovels. Event News The Awards Show is October 30th at 8 PM EDT! We'll be

Thanks for stopping by and stay safe my fiendish friends!

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Jackalope by SmallBunny

AAAAHHH or Awwwww?

Continuing the showcase of the 5th Annual Spooktober Visual Novel Jam, I'm delighted to show you Jackalope by SmallBunny.

This visual novel is something truly special. I highly recommend it.

From the eerie, slightly abstract visuals to the heart touching story which hit me far too close to home, this is exactly the kind of game that gets me excited for Spooktober!

It's frightening (but not terrifying), cute, sweet, sad and hopeful all in one delicate, beautiful package.

There are certain games I come back to on a regular bases. This is one of them now. I will play this game again. When the time is right.

From a technical point of view it was built in Ren'py and has some lovely features such as an inventory system and the choice based exploration of a building. Also I would recommend checking out the ??? button on the main menu. It made me smile.

It's partially voice acted and the performances are soft and sweet. Perfect!

All in all it's delightful. If you have an hour check it out and give these lovely people a rating for the jam! Voting ends on the 28th October.

Thanks for stopping by!

DoubleFree

Winter Visual Novel Jam 2022 on itch.io

Hello and welcome everyone!

Hope you’re all having a wonderful wintery time. This year, I’m a bit disappointed as I won’t have time to make a game for the annual Winter Visual Novel Jam but I’m still really excited to try out some of the wonderful offerings that other developers have made.

So without further ado...

Winter Cube Story by daddykidos

So first of all this game runs in browser. This was super handy for just jumping right in. The story lasts about 5 minutes and I had a nice, chilly time reading it. I’ll give a little insight into the story but I won’t give too much away.

We’re following the journey of Cuki, the Winter Cube. Cuki wants to see things that they’ve never seen before and explore. Hopefully a snowy day in the mountains can live up to their wanderlust.

The game was made using HTML and JS and runs perfectly. The art is charming and simple. If you like the sound of all this, I would recommend giving it a try.

I'm going to try and look at some more games in this jam over the Winter.

Be well my friends!

Introducing Lydia...

We're getting ready for Spooktober season with our upcoming escape visual novel - Lydia's Labyrinth!

Can you escape from her evil clutches and solve the mystery of your shared past?

For the third year we're taking part in Spooktober visual novel jam. Can't wait to see what everyone creates!

I'm sorry. She does that 💥

Once upon a time...

I wrote a story about a powerful spirit trapped in a tree and the bard that helps to break the curse.

It was written for a very special little bard who was just learning to read. Some years have passed and the bard has grown and now we're adapting the story into a visual novel using Ren'Py.

We're working on bringing the fairytale to life for the Once Upon a Time VN Jam, including the magical song.

I'm working on it using a kalimba as it's a great portable little instrument... Perfect for a travelling bard.

Hopefully I can make a song worthy of such a special quest.

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Spirit Driver by NoodleDonut, Nox, Wayminh, Mashu, graduisc

A short, casual conversation simulator where your choices can affect the fates of people and spirits alike. Good luck!

The season of scare's dark tendrils are ebbing away to make room for winter's symphony but if you have time for one more supernatural story, give Spirit Driver a go.

This wonderfully cozy Halloween story took the first place winner in the Spooktober Visual Novel game jam and I wished I played it sooner!

The game features a cast of humans and supernatural beings and a cab driver who seems to walk in both worlds. There's heart warming dialogue, subtle and witty jokes and lovely pixel graphic art.

If you're thinking about giving it a go, please do!

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Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam

A game jam from 2023-09-01 to 2023-10-28 hosted by Remort Studios & Crystal Game Works. Welcome to our 5th annual Spooktober Visual Novel Ja

This was so much fun last year! I've already got some game ideas brewing!

Candy, Costumes, & Canines?!? and Eldritch Idol - Trying out games for the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam

For the past couple of days I've been trying to make a web build in ren'py of my visual novel for the jam but my efforts have proved less than stellar. The sound cues are slightly wrong and as Travel Devil relies on sound effects and music to play a part in the humour and narrative it's looking like a bust for now.

Ah well... At least I know how to do a web build now so that's good.

And it leads nicely into a game I tried recently that's web build worked great.

Candy, Costumes, & Canines?!?

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Candy, Costumes, & Canines?!? by Colorsqueaks

Mysteries and dogs in costumes. What more could you want?

Canines, Costumes & Canines?!? is a visual novel made in ren'py for the Spooktober 23 game jam and it's a cozy Hallowe'en narrative game. It features adorable costumes (seriously the sausage dog costume is delightful) and well designed cartoon style characters.

The story is about a canine costume contest and follows a mystery of how one of the contestants got poisoned. It has a nice twist and good ending.

The game has slight flickering on the character sprites in the browser version but that is far from a deal breaker. It's definitely charming and it's easy to get past that.

Eldritch Idol

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Eldritch Idol by ebi-hime

An idol-raising statsim with a Lovecraftian twist. Do your best to raise Cthulhu into a cute idol! ♡

I'm really enjoying cute games this year so naturally I had to check out Eldritch Idol.

The presentation here is strong.

Eldritch Idol is another ren'py devloped visual novel with a whopping 28 endings! The GUI and menus are really well designed and just feel so polished.

There's a couple of nice character choices for you as the producer to Kuku the cute, if terrifying, idol.

The story features plenty of reminders that this world is full of unspeakable abominations but Kuku presents it all in a perky and adorable way.

The gameplay follows managing Kuku's stats by doing daily activities to improve her abilities all in the hopes of creating the ultimate idol. There's sweet costumes and romance options too.

Eldritch Idol is a great, well made visual novel with an irrestable charm.

I'm not sure what I'll be playing next as I'm still going to battle with my own entry in the jam to try and get that web browser build done! I have a couple of ideas on how to make though, so fingers crossed!

Thanks for stopping by!

DoubleFree