Hey, what do you use for the renders? Some other games with a similar visual style seem to use Honey Select 2 or some modification of it it seems. I want to know for sure before I bother to obtain a totally legal and legitimate copy of it. I have been wanting to try my hand at making a visual novel (or any game for that matter) for a bit.
Yep, it's all honey select 2, though I do sometimes incorporate photoshop as well, mostly just to fix visual glitches and stuff. If you decide to try your hand at it, be sure to get one of the precompiled modpacks for it, since totally default HS2 has almost nothing in it in terms of maps, clothes, etc. Be warned, these packs can be like 250gb in size, but they're basically essential if you wanna make a VN, so you kinda have to just bite the bullet if you really wanna explore what you might be able to do. I'd also recommend joining the Illusion discord once you've got it downloaded and installed, as that's probably the best place to get new mods as they're released. There's a special channel there for it where you can see what mod creators are releasing to the public, and from there if you find a specific modder who makes a lot of stuff you like, there are links to where you can support them if you choose to. It's a pretty chill setup.
Good luck with whatever you have planned :D