Design, write &
publish branching
visual novels.
Powered by AI. Built for storytellers. No coding required — drag, drop, and watch your story come alive.
Everything you need
One app. Every storytelling tool.
From the first scene node to the final exported build — Visual Novel Designer ships with the lot.
Story Map
A visual canvas of scene nodes. Drag, drop, and connect — see your branches at a glance.
Character Studio
Portraits, expressions, video portraits, voiceovers, roles & tags. Cast deep characters fast.
Asset Library
Backgrounds, sprites, music, SFX. Tag, search, reuse — your art at your fingertips.
Stats Designer
Player stats, world variables, protagonist setup. Build the systems behind your story.
AI Assistant
A built-in co-writer. Quick actions, free chat, writing & analysis modes.
Visual Effects
Screen effects, transitions, camera moves, particles — make scenes cinematic.
Interactive Elements
Timed choices, hotspots, QTEs, stat checks, item pickups. Real game mechanics.
Play Test & Export
Play test in-app with debug overlay. Export everything as a ZIP, an HTML build ready for itch.io, or the raw script as a text file.
The Story Map
Your story, on a visual canvas.
Forget spreadsheets and folders of text files. Lay every scene out as a node, drag connections between them, and watch the shape of your branching narrative emerge in real time.
- Scene Nodes — Click to edit dialogue, choices, effects, and characters.
- Choices — Add branching choices with conditions, stat changes, and timing.
- Connections — Drag to link scenes — every branch visualised at a glance.
Genre Templates
Start with a ready-made world.
Pre-built stat systems, character rosters, and chapter structures tuned to four classic genres, with more in development. Edit anything — the template is a starting point, not a constraint.
Modern Romance
4 chars · 5 chapters · 4 stats
Coffee shops, second chances, and slow burns set in the modern world.
Fantasy Adventure
5 chars · 6 chapters · 4 stats
Epic quests, magical worlds, and companions who become more than allies.
Mystery / Thriller
5 chars · 5 chapters · 4 stats
Suspenseful investigations and dangerous truths — everyone hides something.
Slice of Life
4 chars · 5 chapters · 4 stats
Quiet, character-driven stories about everyday moments and growth.
Your co-writer, built in.
A writing partner that understands your story's characters, stats and structure. Ask for a beat. Ask for a critique. Ask for the scene you can't quite see yet.
Requires an Anthropic API key (get one at console.anthropic.com). Usage is billed by Anthropic at standard rates.
Let AI playtest your entire story.
One click. The AI plays through your whole branching novel — every route, every ending — and reports back on dead ends, orphaned scenes, broken links, plot holes and inconsistencies. Catch in seconds what would take days to read.
Full Playthrough Simulation
AI plays your story start to finish, picking the most natural choices for each character. Reports the ending reached, final stat values, and any beats that felt jarring or off-tone.
Consistency & Plot-Hole Check
Scans every route for contradictions, character behaviour drift, and plot holes — across branches you'd never have time to read end-to-end yourself.
Dead Ends
Flags every non-ending scene with no outgoing connection so no player ever hits a wall.
Orphaned Scenes
Surfaces scenes that nothing connects to — secret endings you forgot to wire up, or branches you abandoned mid-draft.
Broken Links
Verifies every choice and connection points to a real, existing scene. No 404s mid-story.
Character Voice & Effects
AI checks each character's dialogue stays in voice, and suggests visual or sound effects for moments that need extra punch.
Powered by the same Anthropic API key that drives the AI co-writer — no extra setup, no extra service.
Make scenes come alive
Cinematic by default.
Polish every moment with a built-in toolbox of cinematic effects.
Real game mechanics — your reader becomes a player.
How it works
From blank page to shipped story.
Create
Pick Blank, Guided Setup, a Genre Template, or import your own script.
Design
Build scenes on the Story Map — write, branch, add effects and stats.
Export
Play test in-app, then export as a ZIP, an HTML build for itch.io, or the raw script text.
Frequently asked
Good questions.
Your story is waiting.
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