#NaNoRenO

[englishotomegames]

NaNoRenO 2024 has come to a close, and there were a total of 152 entries submitted! Congrats everyone!

There were several otome / adjacent submissions; the ones I could find are listed below in alphabetical order. If you know of more / see your game isn’t here, please feel free to let me know.

Accidental Necromancy (Demo)

Chromatic Agape

Cursed with a Dead Mom Hair (Demo)

Going Live!

her blue orbs.

In:Evanescence

M3NTICID3: Control Group

MindMindMind

Monochrome Pixels

Oh No! I have a cosplay fanclub (Demo)

Rendez-Doug

Ruby Dreams: Immortal Promise

The Inbetween

The Ouroboros Express

The Scarlette Mage (Demo)

This Date is TOAST(r)

Wake Me Up If You Need Me

Walking for Your Heart

[capriciousvisage]

Aftertaste

Just one taste. That's all.

Play here! But be sure to savor every bite.

Upon entering a cafe, you realize you do not remember anything about yourself whatsoever. But that's not important, for one customer is a Super Hot Guy. This Super Hot Guy seems to know who you are, and he might just hold the clue to remembering everything you've forgotten...or, at least, he'll be able to help you find a good coffee blend.

[doodlemancy]

i wanted to improve my Ren'py skills, and. uh. i semi-accidentally spent 96 hours over the last few weeks making a visual novel for NaNoRenO. it's called Potion Stand Story and it should be up for download here on itch.io on March 31st. (still beta testing/squashing bugs for the time being!)

[husbandogoddess]

Monochrome Pixels

Can you bring back the colors into your life?

Story

Diana, a Senior Game Designer from Mad Lobster Interactive, deals with burnout, night terrors and work harassment at the hands of her narcissistic boss, Godric, on a daily basis.

One morning like any other, without paying any mind to her already busy schedule, Godric tasks her with mentoring their new employee: Enya, an upbeat and passionate newbie who's yet to see the struggles of the game development industry.

Very much at her wit's end, Diana has to make an important decision that may affect not only her career but her life as a whole. Will she mentor Enya in her own way and get to know them better? Or will she be at the service of Godric and her own inner demons?

A game made for NaNoRenO 2024, with @prikarin @theominute @chzhxiayun @florisam and many more!

Features

29k words, roughly 1.5 - 3 hours depending on reading speed!

3 Endings

4 CGS

Partial Voice Acting

Developer notes

Accessibility Options!

Font options

Change UI Colors

Sound & Image captions

Reduce Animations

This will disable bright flashes

Self-Voicing

Content Warning

Although the characters and story of Monochrome Pixels are fictional, the issues of abuse and mistreatment in the games industry are not. This game contains the following content:

Toxic workplace

Abusive and oppressive boss

Struggles with mental health/depression

Nightmares

Burnout

Harassment

Misogyny

Play now On itch.io

[residentialrabbit]

We made a short VN/chatsim featuring everyone's favorite girl failure: Hana!! And it's FREE!!

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About

You/the MC found a strange ad at your local convenience store advertising $100 a week to be someone one’s friend. The catch? The girl failure is an incredibly lonely loser named “Hana” with a rather strange voice. Regardless of how you treat Hana one thing is for certain: she is desperate.

Features

Ability to play as cis, trans, or various other genders  (She/Her, They/The, He/Him)

5K words of girl failure interaction

Under 30 minutes of gameplay

Fully voiced

Ability to mute voice acting

Download for PC/Mac or play in browser

[capsaylt]

Mona Mourn is a visual novel set in Silverport;

A small town housing Vampires & Werewolves alike. All is peaceful until 3 mangled bodies show up within the span of a week & our detective is sent to solve the mystery.

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This is my submission for NaNoRenO 2024!! Go play it!!!

[bosimba]

Potions for Tomorrow is a visual novel me and my partner made together for NaNoRenO 2023! He wrote the story and programmed everything and I did the artwork and UI design. It's about a potion selling witch named Margarida that travels from town to town selling her wares and helping her clients with their various problems.

You can play it here on my itch.io! Its a short story and takes around 1 hour to beat

[esfiart]

WE MADE A GAME!!! This was done for NaNoReNo 2024 game jam✨

it's a visual novel game about two cousins going on a cross country road trip and having wacky (and emotional!?) adventures ✌️

->🚗Play it NOW its freeee!!! <-

Thank you to the love of my life @artmattgeddon for all the coding and rpg overworld sprites, my beloved bestie @/astronacht for the AMAZING writing and directing! I did all the character art, and illustrations!!

we dedicated the entire month of March working on this game, its put together with duct tape and it does have some bugs and gammar mistakes but it is our first time working on something like this! 🥰

ALSO! will be streaming playing our game this Saturday 12pm CST with Matt, we'll talk about fun stuff like what we originally planned, concepts and our process if that sounds fun to u 🥰 shamelessly plugs in my twitch!

will def show more of our work later :D!!

[sakevisual]

Once a year, Punxsutawney Phil crawls out of a hole in the ground to tell you how far away Spring is. Not long after, sake-bento also crawls out of a hole in the ground to tell you how far away NaNoRenO is. And the answer is: SOON.

NaNoRenO 2024 starts March 1st. Join the annual game jam where you make a visual novel from scratch in a month!

[knickknackpj]

I Got Transported Into My How to Draw Manga Book!?

Mica (name changeable) is an art student burnt out on making art. Suddenly, they get transported into a How to Draw Manga book from their teens and have to draw to get themself home. With Sakura and Pigma's help, will Mica be able to return home when their creative self-esteem is at their lowest?

Play the demo for this visual novel here!

[gr33n-schema]

Happy FEFO Friday!!

[englishotomegames]

Ballads at Midnight

Release date (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Steam) English: April 1st, 2022

"When a sarcastic bard is arrested and exiled to an abandoned castle, she expected to be at the mercy of a hungry, blood-thirsty vampire. She soon discovers that the vampire, Lucius, is not starving: he is gravely bored. She may just survive on borrowed time, one ballad each midnight."

This is a free game by Synstoria! You can download it from itch.io here, or from Steam here.

[vndev]

Free VFX & Consultation for NaNoRenO 2024 Jammers!

Hey everyone!  I hope you've had a great time participating in NaNoRenO this year!  I'm Nai from Make Visual Novels, though I imagine more of you know me either through our live team building events in DevTalk, or from the other jams and competitions I run.  I wanted to let you guys know that, for a limited time, I'm offering free consultations for jammers participating in NaNoRenO2024.  With those consultations, I'll also be creating VFX for your title screens to help you make a stronger first impression.

So you might be asking...

Why would I even want a consultation, Nai?

Something went really wrong and you want to know how to fix it .

Something went really right and you want to know how to take advantage of it.

You had an objective that you got close to, but couldn't quite hit it.

You want to go Pro with developing VNs, and you'd like guidance.

You feel lost in some part of the process, and need help setting goals for your circumstances.

You tasted VN Dev, you can't imagine a life without it, and you want tools, resources & opportunities.

Okay, but why you?

I've spent nearly a decade supporting and coaching visual novel developers reaching their personal and professional goals.

I've read over 500 indie visual novels.  I know what your peers are doing, and where they are succeeding and where they're struggling.

I run & judge for the largest sponsored visual novel development competition.  That 500 was a conservative estimate.

My network includes VN engine & game developers, game, book, comic & VN publishers, merchandise providers & manufacturers, marketing professionals, crowdfunding experts, professional programmers, illustrators, animators, graphic designers, VFX artists, 3D Artists(specifically modelling, texturing, rigging, and lighting) editors, pixel artists, Live2D capable artists, authors, narrative designers, translators, composers, musicians, singers, casting directors, voice actors (so many voice actors).And, probably most importantly, people who are living the experiences you're looking for.

In short: If I don't know the answer and/or can't come up with a solution to your very specific goals, I know someone who can.

I'm in.  Now what?

To be eligible for the free consultation and the VFX, you need to have a game submitted to the NaNoRenO 2024 jam page and follow its rules.

Having a list of questions to ask is a good idea.  Having goals is an even better one.  If you don't have goals, we can work on setting them.

For best results, you or a team representative should be present for the consultation.  These are conducted between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM ET on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Message me over on Discord (discord:naidriftlin) or in DevTalk(https://discord.gg/devtalk) to set up a time and day.

Some things to keep in mind: 

Don't ask me to roast your game/be brutal.  I don't do that.  I can provide critique with suggestions and examples.

These consultations will be conducted live on https://twitch.tv/makevisualnovels.  My viewers are typically your peers and VN industry folks, and usually not exceeding 10 concurrent viewers.  A VOD recording will be provided to you to download for 30 days afterwards.

The free VFX for your title screen is eligible for those who complete the consultations.  It will be tailored to your existing title screen visuals and delivered afterwards.  I may opt to stream and record the process of making them.

[madocactus]

CAUTION: Escape from this supervillain at your own risk...

Introducing my NaNoRenO 2023 entry - malViolence!

You’re a low-level agent for the worldwide security organization “STOP”. 

Motivated by a dedication to international safety, geopolitical stability, and a generous salary bonus, you set out to gather intel on a certain villain. Unfortunately, that villain's sidekick, Cautionne, got to you first!  

Now, ‌you need to solve his dastardly escape rooms with your life on the line...

Features

A gripping, villainous scenario written by Mado, Brian Mulholland, and Z.

Escape rooms with several brain-bending puzzles, crafted by speck and KigyoDev.

3 main endings and even more bad endings.

Animated, speaking CGs: all drawn by Mado!

Partial voice-acting by the talented Carrick Inabnett and Vyn Vox, with the direction of Very Berry Studio's Phebe Fabacher!

Gorgeous, rendered backgrounds by Reina!

A slick UI by spicaze!

An 100% original soundtrack by Melo-dii and Doran.

Organic audio mastering, SFX design and voice mixing by Cooking Companions'  D.ray!

An eye-catching trailer by jennymhulla! (coming soon)

1 cute mad scientist with a hidden agenda…

Get malViolence for FREE on Itch.io!

Support the release on 

Twitter || Reddit

[rice373]

my boring boy 💕

[doodlemancy]

POTION STAND STORY is a free short visual novel i made in Ren'py! i just finished an update for it this week!

You and your friend Elly are finally going to WitchCon, for sure this year! There's just one problem... you're both totally broke witches, and it's going to take at least 4000G to pay for the tickets. (And transportation. And an inn room. And food.) Not to worry, though, Elly has a plan: set up shop outside the local dungeon and sell healing potions to passing adventurers. Through hard work, patience, and friendship, surely a couple of scrappy spellcasters like yourselves can turn 100 gold into enough cash to buy your tickets!

ADVANCED FEATURES ✦ highly realistic shop simulation gameplay ✦ at least two characters. maybe even three ✦ achievements ✦ multiple endings ✦ unlockable image gallery ✦ sometimes you type something on your keyboard ✦ ELLY! we love her ✦ some reviewers say it made them cry a little ✦ theres a egg in it ✦ (looks at notes scrawled by 90s game exec i have preserved in a tank of green goo in my basement) blast processing?

✨ you can download it from itch.io!