hi, i wrote an 11 page pdf about designing visual novel user interfaces!

it's intended for developers working with ren'py, but it can easily apply to other engines as well (and even other game genres!)

the contents are mostly about fonts and textboxes, but i'd like to add more in the future, as long as it relates to UI (i didn't talk about the game menu at all...) so feel free to leave suggestions if that interests you!

RESOURCES LINKED IN PDF:

Calligraphr (custom font maker) - https://www.calligraphr.com/en/

Caption Tool for Ren’Py (by npckc) - https://npckc.itch.io/caption-tool-for-renpy

Dyslexia Font and Style Guide - https://www.dyslexia-reading-well.com/dyslexia-font.html

Lemma Soft Forums (for help with Ren’Py!) - https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/

Making Games Better for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Designing for Disability (by Game Maker’s Toolkit) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGe4dzlukc

Ren’Py Accessibility Add-On (by minute) - https://minute.itch.io/renpy-accessibility

Ren’Py Documentation (ESSENTIAL coding resource) - https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/index.html

Visual Novel Interfaces tumblr (for design inspiration!) - https://visual-novel-interfaces.tumblr.com/



