KaNovel is a Replit Template & Kaboom Plugin for make Visual Novels in your browser, open source and easy extendable
Visual novels are a very popular genre of videogames in sectors such as Japan and among the most recurrent readers. Our goal is to make the development 100% opensource, in the browser and easily extensible for someone with not much programming knowledge, such as a writer.
Originally made for Template Jam 2022 by Bean Corporation
Quick Example
// We start importing Kaboom and Kanovel plugin
import kaboom from "kaboom";
import kanovelPlugin from "./kanovel";
// Starts the Kaboom context
export default kaboom({
width: 800,
height: 600,
plugins: [ kanovelPlugin ], // IMPORTANT: Load the KaNovel plugin
});
// Define your characters with id, name and sprite
character("b", "Beany", "beany");
character("m", "Marky", "marky");
// The start chapter
chapter("start", () => [
// Write as the protagonist
prota("Two beautiful girls stare at me.");
// Show & Talk as a character
show("b", "left");
char("b", "Oh hi baby");
show("m", "right");
char("m", "Hey, that's my line!");
]);
// Start your Visual Novel game
go("vn");
What's KaNovel?
- A plugin of Kaboom for make Visual Novels with a understable API for writers
✅ - A Replit template that merges the Kaboom IDE with the functions of the KaNovel plugin
✅ - A game engine
❌ - A replacement for Kaboom
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