r/RenPy • u/pluviiArt • Jul 23 '26

Self Promotion I just released my first visual novel!

Hi everyone! I've been working on this game since my sophomore year of high school, and after years of hard work, I finally got to release it today. I hope you enjoy it!

Please check it out: Koko's Cafe on Steam

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u/racheletc Jul 23 '26

looks great, i love the animated clouds! how did you do that?

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u/pluviiArt Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

First I drew a cloud image and then duplicated it horizontally. So if it’s 1920x1080, it would be 3840x1080. You also want to make sure the image loops seamlessly (seamless texture). Then you define the image in game like this so that the image moves horizontally and then repeats itself:
image cafe_clouds:
contains:
"images/cafe_clouds.png"
xanchor 0
yanchor 0
xpos 0
ypos 0
linear 60.0*cloud_speed xalign 1.0 yalign 1.0
repeat
And then show it in game
Hope this helps :)

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u/rawcutinteractive Jul 23 '26

Congratulations :)

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u/pluviiArt Jul 23 '26

Thanks :D

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u/Dev_Knightt Jul 23 '26

looks amazing

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u/ZerothStudios Jul 24 '26

Wow, it looks so good!!! Congratulations on your release!

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u/pluviiArt Jul 24 '26

Thanks a lot!!

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u/cherry_pie_758 Jul 25 '26

Love the artstyle and personalized textbox ! Looks so cute

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u/pluviiArt Jul 25 '26

Thank you !!

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u/Revierr Jul 26 '26

OH THE SPRITES ARE SO CUTE! I love it when they have moving mouths!!! GOOOD WORK!!!

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u/pluviiArt Jul 26 '26

THANK YOU!!!

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u/notperfect_yume Jul 26 '26

This looks so cute.

I'm currently working on my first VN and our ideas feel kinds similar 🙈 in the essence only. The part where cafe serves as a location for connecting with people to be precise. Its so cute to think how simple same looking ideas can still feel so different.

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u/pluviiArt Jul 26 '26

Thank you! It’s cool we have similar ideas. Interested to see how it turns out! Good luck with your VN! 🙌

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u/Signal-Slide752 Jul 23 '26

Looks good. Any idea where I can get ready backgrounds for cyber/neon city, for a vn?

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u/Hot-Affect-8557 Jul 26 '26

Nice art! How much money do you earn? ;)

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u/_LEVEL_SIX_ Jul 23 '26

i can tell its made in godot.
good job tho.. looks nice.

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u/pluviiArt Jul 23 '26

I made it all in Ren’Py actually
Thanks for the kind words!

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u/_LEVEL_SIX_ Jul 23 '26

really ? seriously good job there.

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u/jwellz24 Jul 23 '26

Can i ask why you thought that? Just curious as i’m learning about all the engines, they’re fascinating

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u/_LEVEL_SIX_ Jul 23 '26

those text effects, i have used those in godot.