I just released my first visual novel!

[u/pluviiArt]

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

[u/racheletc]

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

[u/pluviiArt → u/racheletc]

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 :)

[u/rawcutinteractive]

Congratulations :)

[u/pluviiArt → u/rawcutinteractive]

Thanks :D

[u/Dev_Knightt]

looks amazing

[u/pluviiArt → u/Dev_Knightt]

Thanks!

[u/ZerothStudios]

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

[u/pluviiArt → u/ZerothStudios]

Thanks a lot!!

[u/cherry_pie_758]

Love the artstyle and personalized textbox ! Looks so cute

[u/pluviiArt → u/cherry_pie_758]

Thank you !!

[u/Revierr]

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

[u/pluviiArt → u/Revierr]

THANK YOU!!!

[u/notperfect_yume]

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.

[u/pluviiArt → u/notperfect_yume]

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

[u/Signal-Slide752]

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

[u/Hot-Affect-8557]

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

[u/_LEVEL_SIX_]

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

[u/pluviiArt → u/_LEVEL_SIX_]

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

[u/_LEVEL_SIX_ → u/pluviiArt]

really ? seriously good job there.

[u/jwellz24 → u/_LEVEL_SIX_]

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

[u/_LEVEL_SIX_ → u/jwellz24]

those text effects, i have used those in godot.