NEW! Visual novel engine

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Hey Everyone!

I'm a newbie here, but with decent knowledge of indie game development. I always liked visual novels, and especially FF series' storytelling concepts.

I wanted to make my own visual novel (mixed with RPG elements), but was too bored to learn Ren'Py, and couldn't afford Visual Novel Maker.

So I started to build my own visual novel engine, and I think it turned out pretty good. I though it could be useful for others too, so I just released it - for FREE!

The game engine's URL:

https://talefab.com/

Some features of the engine:

• No coding required

• Short learning curve, but deep enough to make a decent game

• Items with interactions and conditioning

• Easy branching

The product is released now, and I just made some test games:

A short visual novel: https://talefab.com/game-preview/the-lo ... et-g1.html
An escape room: https://talefab.com/game-preview/escape ... e-g11.html
A word learning educational game: https://talefab.com/game-preview/find-lucifer-g2.html
A demo game, which can be imported in a new project: https://talefab.com/game-preview/find-lucifer-g2.html

Feel free to register, create and play games, and share your opinion.

Your voice matters!

PS: some screenshots

[fleet]

Does the program save the finished visual novel as an exe file, or as an html file?

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Not right now, but this feature is on backlogs.

Technically speaking it can be done fairly easy, but...

I'm planning a free media repository too (backgrounds, sprites, items collection), and it depends if the artists of the repo's image grant the license for the used arts to be downloaded together with the games created. (Ofc, this applies only if you use images from the repo in your game).

Right now, I'm in talk with some of the artists, like @Rachel Chan, to clarify this questions.

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Does the program save the finished visual novel as an exe file, or as an html file?

Not right now, but this feature is on backlogs.

Technically speaking it can be done fairly easy, but...

I'm planning a free media repository too (backgrounds, sprites, items collection), and it depends if the artists of the repo's image grant the license for the used arts to be downloaded together with the games created. (Ofc, this applies only if you use images from the repo in your game).

Right now, I'm in talk with some of them, like @Rachel Chan, to clarify this questions.

[fleet]

Does the program save the finished visual novel as an exe file, or as an html file?

Not right now, but this feature is on backlogs.

Technically speaking it can be done fairly easy, but...

I'm planning a free media repository too (backgrounds, sprites, items collection), and it depends if the artists of the repo's image grant the license for the used arts to be downloaded together with the games created. (Ofc, this applies only if you use images from the repo in your game).

Right now, I'm in talk with some of them, like @Rachel Chan, to clarify this questions.

Never mind, I see the format is HTML.

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Never mind, I see the format is HTML.

Nope, that's only the container's format.

The games are rendered via WebGL, an OpenGL version for browsers.

Therefore it can be easily exported to an installable... same as Unity does with WebGL projects.

Think of talefab.com as an editor like Unity - except, this was made especially for VNs.

[fleet]

Is there a user manual available? If so, can I get it without registering at your site.

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Yes, it's under construction, and it will be available next week.

It will be public, without registration of course.

I'll get back to you with the link, when it's done!

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Is there a user manual available? If so, can I get it without registering at your site.

Here is the documentation of the engine. On schedule, as promised

https://talefab.com/documentation/quick-start-1.html

[fleet]

Is there a user manual available? If so, can I get it without registering at your site.

Here is the documentation of the engine. On schedule, as promised

https://talefab.com/documentation/quick-start-1.html

Thanks! I'll check it out later today.

[fleet]

I read the documentation.
If I understand correctly, I have to register to download the talefab program, and the only place I can publish a VN written with talefab is your web site, and that distributing a VN as an executable file is not possible at this time. Is that correct?

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

I read the documentation.
If I understand correctly, I have to register to download the talefab program, and the only place I can publish a VN written with talefab is your web site, and that distributing a VN as an executable file is not possible at this time. Is that correct?

Almost correct.

You don't have to download anything, it's an online platform.
You create and publish on talefab.com

Also, there will be an executable download options, in the first phase for Windows.

Also, I plan to make a "Guest play" option, so players don't need to register to play games (however, their progress will be saved only if they register).

If you wish to get our updates, you can join our Community Hub:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/talefab

[fleet]

Thank you for your prompt answers to my questions.
Very respectfully,
fleet

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

Guest play option is available!

And I added a free built-in asset store, with more than 250 assets (backgrounds + characters).

[szabo_sandor_istvan]

As promised:

You can now download a Windows standalone version of the created game