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Welcome to Make Visual Novel Assets!! Jam
There's two exclamation points because it's the 2nd one!
This jam is two weeks long, and your goal is simple: make something that helps people make visual novels. Art, audio, writing resources, scripts, templates, tools, tutorials—if it’s an asset that helps VN creators ship, it belongs here.
Submission Criteria
Your submission has to be an asset. What counts as an asset?
For the sake of this jam, we consider the following “assets”:
- Visual resources (sprites, backgrounds, UI packs, Live2D models, icons, VFX, etc.).
- Audio resources (voice acting, sound effects, music, loops, songs, etc.).
- Written narrative resources (scripts, screenplays, outlines, templates, prompts, etc.).
- Code/logical resources (Ren’Py utilities, plugins, scripts, tools, shaders, editors, etc.).
- Educational resources (tutorials, lectures, video demos, explainers, docs, etc.).
- Collections/compilations of any of the above.
Your submission must do at least one of the following for visual novel developers.
- Simplify development for the creator.
- Improve the experience for readers/players.
- Streamline team workflows and production processes.
- Solve a problem that VN developers regularly face.
No generative AI usage in any aspect of your submission.
- Generative AI cannot be used to create any part of your asset.
- Generative AI cannot be used to write, illustrate, script, or produce components of your submission.
- Do not use AI for thumbnails, placeholders, or “temporary” versions.
- If you are using third-party resources, be mindful that this rule extends to those assets too.
Your submission must include a usage license or terms.
You can choose your own license, but you must include one on your submission page. Here’s a common example:
Your submission must include a demonstration.
- A screenshot of it in use.
- A compilation graphic showing multiple samples/states.
- An animated GIF for motion/VFX assets.
- A demo recording for audio assets.
- A video clip of it in action.
- A short tutorial showing how to use it.
- Story assets can use an excerpt, outline, or sample pages.
Submissions must be freely available until March 1st, 2025.
Work can begin at any time, but the asset must have its first-ever release during the submission window.
Erotic/pornographic 18+ content should not be directly submitted to the jam.
Prizes
$100 goes to the highest voted submission, by quantity among all submitters. Everyone else gets street cred, redeemable for one (1) virtual high five. Only people who submit can vote. If the winner can’t accept, it goes to the next highest and so on.
Sponsors
We are seeking sponsors for Make Visual Novel Assets! Jam. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact us at Stella@RemortStudios.com.
FAQ
What kinds of assets do you want to see the most?
Can I collaborate with other people?
What if I’m not sure whether my thing counts as an asset?
Who are we?
We are the Visual Novel Development Network! We’re a community of visual novel creators and hobbyists focused on practical learning, networking, and actually making things. Most of the activity happens in our Devtalk Discord Server.
Legal Stuff
We don’t own any part of your submissions. By submitting to Make Visual Novel Assets! Jam, you agree that we may use parts of your submission for the purpose of promoting this jam and future editions, and for communicating with potential sponsors about the jam.
We reserve the right to remove submissions from the jam for any reason, including violations of jam or community rules. Removed submissions are ineligible for prizes.
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