Converting prose to VN?
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:44 pm
So I've been working on the story for my visual novel for two years now. It's finally finished, in prose form (I was posting each chapter of it online as I went so I could get feedback and share the story with those who just want to read).
Now that the story -- or should I say, the draft script -- is finished, I'm wanting to adapt it to visual novel format.
Since it's written in prose form currently, I'm wondering if there are any efficient ways to go about this to help save time. So far, I've just been individually formatting every single line of prose and coding it to fit the format of Renpy, but I figure there must be some shortcuts I've just not thought about. I tried to run a search on the forums here but I can't seem to find anything (then again, the website seems to break when I try to run a search, so).
Even just being able to add a " at the start and end of every line that doesn't already have them could be very useful.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated!
Now that the story -- or should I say, the draft script -- is finished, I'm wanting to adapt it to visual novel format.
Since it's written in prose form currently, I'm wondering if there are any efficient ways to go about this to help save time. So far, I've just been individually formatting every single line of prose and coding it to fit the format of Renpy, but I figure there must be some shortcuts I've just not thought about. I tried to run a search on the forums here but I can't seem to find anything (then again, the website seems to break when I try to run a search, so).
Even just being able to add a " at the start and end of every line that doesn't already have them could be very useful.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated!