#tyrano builder

[stchematelier]

Dev Diary #23

A reflection on Tyrano Builder so far and others...

Early this year I contemplated joining Short Circuit VN Jam but as the event period approached, and I juggled with which ideas to work on, nothing was working out. Flash forward to the end of May, Neo-Twiny Jam announcement pops-up. On a whim, I draft out a short story within its 500 words limit rule. Lo and behold, I managed to write something overnight, retrieving an old idea from sometime during lockdown.

When fellow devs informed me we can submit more than one projects -still within the 500 words limit - and I managed to write two more, I decide to drop out of Short Circuit VN Jam and join Neo-Twiny Jam instead. Something I have been meaning to do since I saw it years back, but was too insecure to do.

And since I've had Tyrano Builder around for so long without having used it at least once, I figured right now was the perfect chance to learn to master the tool. Something I already did early this year at The Worst Visual Novel Ever Challenge with "this is a trial game" where I finally played around with Tuesday JS Visual Novel Engine.

First impressions! Once you get past feeling overwhelmed by the interface, read through the basic tutorial and watched video tutorials, the steps become more intuitive. So far, I appreciate the convenience of dragging and dropping resources into Tyrano and manually placing custom images around the tool area. The downside with the latter however is the lack of alignment and distribution feature you'd commonly found in any editing software nowadays to automically align said images.

Another aspect I am not fond of is how reliant the engine could potentially be with Steam. In a hypothetical scenario Steam shuts down, does it mean the engine itself is lost?

TyranoBuilder can still be a decent tool for a beginner wanting to start making vns, and yet overall Ren'Py - despite its complexity - continues to be a reliable option in my opinion in terms of how well-documented it is with the amount of plug-ins and tutorials you can find online.

I've had to dig around online just to figure out how to even implement a hover effect in TyranoBuilder. Once I did, the result was satisfying! The in-tools at your disposal are still very limited, unless you know Japanese and have no problems reading through the JP tutorials (which I am not sadly *big sigh*), but again it's a good enough tool if you're just starting and want to handle the coding aspect to a minimum, same with Tuesday JS.

As of the time of this blog post, I have a working kinetic novel with as much customisation I could get away with. I like how it looks so far. Working on this is the most fun I've had since putting aside my inherent need for perfectionism.

This won't be the last dev diary for the month! Thank you for reading so far :D

– S. H.

[valy-gc]

Chapter 1 is complete.

Please try it and tell me ♥

In "The lost performers," the MC finds themselves mysteriously transported to an unknown forest. As they explore their surroundings, they stumble upon an abandoned circus hidden within the depths of the trees. To their surprise, they discover that the circus members, eleven in total, have been cursed with immortality, stuck between space and time since the Victorian era.

[tvheadfalls]

cant find some specific notes on my ocs that i need, 7 dead 13 injured

[perfectlovevn]

Hi <3 been a while since ive been into this game but fortunately the mind infection is back!! anyway back to questions

out of curiosity, do you have any programs you'd recommend to make visual novels?? if so it'd be much appreciated :3

do the milos like any card games or board games? how competitive would they end up being?

and finally, from a friend i've introduced to the game: "are is eris, milo, and ryan based on anyone specific or just ocs?"

hope you have a good day and keep making good stuff!!

Yipppeee you’re back!

Yaay I love talking about game dev. Renpy is pretty flexible and beginner friendly, though if you wanna do more complex stuff it’s good to know a bit of python. It’s also free, which is a plus. There’s also tyrano builder but it’s a lot more restricted and costs money. However requires basically no coding. People have also made visual novels in rpg maker though I don’t have a lot of experience with that. Finally if you wanna delve more into coding or know how to code there’s unity and godot. People have made visual novels in them though it is kinda like buying an entire art studio so you can sit inside and draw with crayon: basically while it can be used to make vns there’s a lot more utility for other options too.

Premilo I think would probably play less intensive games like goldfish or crazy eights or something. I think he’d like more cooperative games like spirit island or cute games like sushi go. I think he’s actually pretty lucky too in some of these games.

Violence Milo is highly competitive but I think instead of strategy games he’d like ones that are more reaction time like Speed. For board games it’s similar- he might like monopoly too and rage over it.

Manipulation Milo would be the best at social deduction games like Old Maid, but he’s pretty good at strategy too. Like to always win at things like Werewolf or even Catan.

Eris, Milo and Ryan are specifically made for this game so they are ocs, though I took inspiration from a bunch of different things. Valli, Desmond and Seph are from different ocs that I had previously from other ideas though.

[ask-zerotrio]

Lol do you want to date Sada/Turo/Clavell

Yes. I made a spoof visual novel in Tyrano Builder of these three lmao. (The photo that pops up is art I commissioned from @garbledtomato on twitter!) The other art was my preexisting refs of them lmao.

No, I will not actually be making this thing 😂 Maybe if someone tipped me enough for it lol

anyway enjoy these 45 seconds of silliness

[hurrixanek]

The start of this week has been devoted to researching Ren'Py and Tyrano Builder. Both programs have choices integrated into their visual novel creating software, but it seems like a massive undertaking to choose which one would be best. At the moment, I'm thinking Ren'Py would be best, it has a lot of tutorials, I'm just not sure if it allows different endings aside from player choices. The idea of self learning these programs in a short time span is overwhelming and I may need to reevaluate my creative process.

[sailorspencer]

I'd have to find the file on my millions of usbs but does anyone wanna see the dating sim demo I made for my video game class finals like a year ago????

[max-stash]

ZADR game! Help needed!

Hey! me and a few Bros have been (abit slowly) started work on a Zadr game!

So what is this?

Its going to be a visual novel, nothing fancy, depending on who we can get on board its either going to be made in renpy, visual novelty, or tyrano builder.

Its going to have some puzzle elements and some dating sim elements, you play as both Zim and Dib. There will be four endings (currently)

What do we have?

Since we started this project just before the holidays, not a lot really got finished, and not a lot of people could sign on sadly. but we do have stuff!

I have some experience making prototype VNs and if I have to I’ll do this whole thing myself (although, it really wont get done if its just me ._.)

ive got basic designs down for zim and dib

some final(ish?) mockups for the UI

as well as a working prototype

So what do we need?

lots of help! Right now Im the only artist working on stuff! and as you can see all the BG art is stand ins from the show! we have a couple of writers but they probably need help as well! we also desperately need a programmer (familiar with python) and a musician!

If you’re interested in the project please join our discord!

[metalmiku]

I made a short visual novel with Tyrano Builder -> metalmiku.net/fiesta/ (it might load some time😅). I used my Ai Dungeon story for that and I generated the game's graphics in Artbreeder and I then edited the pics to fit the story (and I did use some pexel's photos too). My brother helped put the game online and exported it (and made the game over animation). I need to change the game's music at some point if I want to publish this"officially".

[seak1ng]

Me when I’m having a hard time with a new program but didn’t bother to actually study up first: what the fuck

[gunloyal]

What program did you use to make Little Devil? ;_;

renpy! i wouldnt recommend using it if you’re just starting out though! use cloudnovel first, then try tyrano builder, then renpy.

all my game info is stated in the faq on @gutrotz

[dellanonsense]

Ohara Clinic ♡ First Blood playtesting

https://danderenonsense.itch.io/ohara-clinic-first-blood

I’m asking for playtesters for my graphic visual novel!! It’s very pink and set in a hospital! 

It has heavy gore and is intended to be +18

[3dcinetv]

Tyrano Builder - how to create .apk for Android (video training)

Tyrano Builder – how to create .apk for Android (video training)

Tyrano Builder is a visual novel editing application where you can create your interactive stories with very easy controls, actions, dialogues, effects and much more. Once you finish your project you can export it to Android. But to produce an .apk that plays on your phone or tablet gets too technical and without a guide you´ll be lost in fuzzy code here and there. It´s a frustrating process. But…

[sailorspencer]

I am very very tempted to make another dating sim I wish tyrano builder worked on macs I wanna make an actual witcher dating sim but without tyrano builder I've gotta learn actual coding UGH

[hothoovesgaming]

Welcome to Hot Hooves Gaming

Hi everyone! This is the official Tumblr for Hot Hooves Gaming, an indie game development group specializing in visual novels and RPG games. The gaming engines we are familiar with are Tyrano Builder (visual novels) and RPG Maker VX Ace and MV (rpg sprite-based games).

Hot Hooves Gaming currently consists of only one member who acts as writer, editor, artist, coder, and game designer. One of our major goals is to recruit more project team members to help fulfill other roles within the group.

It is through this Tumblr account that we hope to spread the word and connect with our audience as we embark on our first full fledged project. A fan game made by fans for fans, a My Little Pony Visual Novel inspired by the art of storytelling popularized by visual novel games like Fate/Stay Night, Shuffle!, DokiDoki Literature Club, Oreimo, Haganai among many other titles.

Assuming the role of an original character who has been thrust into the world of Equestria, he will join Twilight and the rest of the mane six to rediscover his past and solve the mystery of The Crystal Crisis which threatens to bring all of Equestria to the brink of destruction.

We look forward to posting updates, pictures, script exerts and much more here as we develop the game and story from brainstorming phase to a fully released title.

Welcome everyone, to Hot Hooves Gaming. ^_^

[pinkprettycure]

"why would people want vnmaker when tyranobuilder has been out for years" tyrano builder fucking sucks and you cant even add something as basic as a damn options menu so no