Nonfictional VNs

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Nonfictional VNs

#1 Post by Horma »

Are there any nonfictional works made with Ren'Py? It could be an autobiography, a DIY guide or even an introduction to mathematics for kids. Yes, I know there's better ways to do all three, but it could be a fun way to practice programming and bring out your first finalized product when the script for your fictional masterpiece ( :wink: ) isn't ready yet. I somehow remember a visual novel about anglerfish mating, but that wasn't strictly nonfictional. Wasn't it a Ren'Py game?

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#2 Post by wyverngem »

There was once used by a teacher to help her English language learners in Japan, but that was a fictional story. I’ve used it to study and make test for my Art History class since you can use the menu and display images, I even tallied my points and scored myself until I got 100s.

As for autobiographies. No, I don’t think that’s been done. There have been stories based on history, but I haven’t seen math games or what not. Pytom just recently posted that this forum was to focus on stories and not like math games.

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Through the Screen was released just this month and is an autobiographical story.

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#4 Post by verysunshine »

Loving Life is a non-fictional VN about recovering from an illness. It was written by Zhenghua Yang, the man it happened to.

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