Novelty Is A Visual Novel Editor With Point and Click Ease

Humberto Saabedra

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Much has been made about Western attempts at creating visual novels, from Katawa Shoujo to various other fan projects with varying degrees of success.  Maybe you have an idea for a visual novel but you’ve been put off by the sheer amount of programming and development, or you lack the time and resources to do so.

A new tool has surfaced in Novelty, which claims to be the first WYSIWYG visual novel editor for the creation of such games for Windows, currently in beta with many core features implemented.  Aside from the visual editor, the tool does include a scripting engine for more advanced development.

Other features also include graphics acceleration support, art asset sharing and the capability to play completed games inside and outside of the editor.  The program is available now and is free.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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