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a wiki dedicated to helping developers create visual novels,

with 133 articles and counting!

Help us expand the wiki!

Announcements

• The jam statistics system has been upgraded! You can see trends for entries and participants, and even compare statistics to the average - just click its "view more detailed stats" button on the "list of jams" pages (Ongoing, Discontinued).
• The VNDev Wiki underwent maintenance on March 14th, 2025. If you encounter unexpected behavior, especially with VN jam statistics pages, please let the wiki admins know via the DevTalk Discord server.

Jams happening now

• NaNoRenO (ends March 31)
• IntRenAiMo (ends March 31)
• Worst (ends April 12)
• Road Trip (ends April 23)
• Ossan (ends May 1)
• Mecha Trans-Yuri-BL (ends June 19)
• IF Showcase (ends December 31)

Upcoming jams

• Blossom (begins April 1)
• Clown (begins April 1)
• Mystery (begins April 4)
• Velox Formido (begins April 25)
• Otome (begins May 1)
• Short Circuit (begins May 1)
• Josei (begins May 1)

Featured Topics

Main

• Visual novel
• Development
• Asset
• Genre

Resources

• List of resources
• Visual novel engines
• List of VN interviews

Community

• DevTalk
• Lemma Soft Forums
• Visual;Conference

Visual Novel Jams

• Guide:Your first jam
• List of jams
• Jam statistics

How to Contribute

This is an open call for contributors! Anyone is welcome to join and begin contributing and editing right away. All you need to begin editing is sign up in the top right, validate your e-mail, and then you're good to go.

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