Stella @ Make Visual Novels
@makevisualnovels.itch.io
Visual Novel Dev Community Manager
Narrative Game Competition Host & Judge
Asset Creator, Indie Dev and Bot Developer
Velma if she were more purple
Opinions are my own
Narrative Game Competition Host & Judge
Asset Creator, Indie Dev and Bot Developer
Velma if she were more purple
Opinions are my own
When you've been running and judging for jams for nearly a decade, you learn to either optimize your workflow, or get real comfortable with bulk downloading.
I showed a few curious jammers the output of the python I used to capture, catalog and verify all of the #Spooktober2025 submissions.
I showed a few curious jammers the output of the python I used to capture, catalog and verify all of the #Spooktober2025 submissions.
October 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When you've been running and judging for jams for nearly a decade, you learn to either optimize your workflow, or get real comfortable with bulk downloading.
I showed a few curious jammers the output of the python I used to capture, catalog and verify all of the #Spooktober2025 submissions.
I showed a few curious jammers the output of the python I used to capture, catalog and verify all of the #Spooktober2025 submissions.
I'm convinced I should stop doing stuff, for the sake of Itch and everyone else.
September 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm convinced I should stop doing stuff, for the sake of Itch and everyone else.
Last but not least, THE OOZE. The pack comes with an ooze effect which you can adjust the shape and speed of. This pack includes a transition version, and a number of other wipe and adjust version. The color is customizable, and has 12 other adjustable options to get the right look.
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Last but not least, THE OOZE. The pack comes with an ooze effect which you can adjust the shape and speed of. This pack includes a transition version, and a number of other wipe and adjust version. The color is customizable, and has 12 other adjustable options to get the right look.
The Ghostifcation effect (aka Lucify) allows you to make your characters go ghost. The color and depth of transparency is easily customizable, and it comes with an invert mode to flip the application of color and transparency.
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Ghostifcation effect (aka Lucify) allows you to make your characters go ghost. The color and depth of transparency is easily customizable, and it comes with an invert mode to flip the application of color and transparency.
The candle effects have two major components, the illumination and flicker, and the candle warp. Combine with a few frames of animation and you can create nice, reactively bending candles and flames, and have them emit a halo of illumination. Comes with 20 customization options!
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The candle effects have two major components, the illumination and flicker, and the candle warp. Combine with a few frames of animation and you can create nice, reactively bending candles and flames, and have them emit a halo of illumination. Comes with 20 customization options!
But that's not all! This same effect also incorporate digital glitches, so you can create digital or analogue horrors. This effect contains 20 adjustable components in total, plays nicely with animations.
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
But that's not all! This same effect also incorporate digital glitches, so you can create digital or analogue horrors. This effect contains 20 adjustable components in total, plays nicely with animations.
By popular demand, this pack includes a reworked version of my VHS effects, and now includes VHS warps with adjustable settings. This combines chromatic aberration, scanlines static and noise, and VHS warps into one effect. Apply it to your camera to warp an entire scene at once!
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
By popular demand, this pack includes a reworked version of my VHS effects, and now includes VHS warps with adjustable settings. This combines chromatic aberration, scanlines static and noise, and VHS warps into one effect. Apply it to your camera to warp an entire scene at once!
Spooky Effects pack coming soon. It'll feature the following, just in time for you to have fun with for this upcoming Halloween season!
September 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Spooky Effects pack coming soon. It'll feature the following, just in time for you to have fun with for this upcoming Halloween season!
Actually I was further along than I remembered. A testament on how unstoppable I am, I can't even stop myself!
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Actually I was further along than I remembered. A testament on how unstoppable I am, I can't even stop myself!
I promise I'm not complaining about having a thing work successfully, but this really isn't what I was expecting
I've never sold 100+ of anything ever, and the one time I set up a soft limiter on something by introducing a price barrier, it sells 115 things when I projected 50.
What the shit.
I've never sold 100+ of anything ever, and the one time I set up a soft limiter on something by introducing a price barrier, it sells 115 things when I projected 50.
What the shit.
September 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I promise I'm not complaining about having a thing work successfully, but this really isn't what I was expecting
I've never sold 100+ of anything ever, and the one time I set up a soft limiter on something by introducing a price barrier, it sells 115 things when I projected 50.
What the shit.
I've never sold 100+ of anything ever, and the one time I set up a soft limiter on something by introducing a price barrier, it sells 115 things when I projected 50.
What the shit.
This is easily the most kitchen sink effect I've made to date.
It's a full VHS effect, similar to the one in my OG pack, except it's all of it in one, plus the digital glitching and now full VHS banding.
Going to try to release the full pack soon.
It's a full VHS effect, similar to the one in my OG pack, except it's all of it in one, plus the digital glitching and now full VHS banding.
Going to try to release the full pack soon.
September 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is easily the most kitchen sink effect I've made to date.
It's a full VHS effect, similar to the one in my OG pack, except it's all of it in one, plus the digital glitching and now full VHS banding.
Going to try to release the full pack soon.
It's a full VHS effect, similar to the one in my OG pack, except it's all of it in one, plus the digital glitching and now full VHS banding.
Going to try to release the full pack soon.
Eye doctor visits be like
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Eye doctor visits be like
Ah, shit, censors got ahold of this one.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ah, shit, censors got ahold of this one.
These are actually all the same effect with different knobs turned.
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
These are actually all the same effect with different knobs turned.
Presumably what pixel based characters see after a heavy night of drinking.
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Presumably what pixel based characters see after a heavy night of drinking.
Without inversions, otherwise the same
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Without inversions, otherwise the same
More thinly sliced eileen, with some inversion, scanlines and snow slipped in
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
More thinly sliced eileen, with some inversion, scanlines and snow slipped in
Trying to distract myself with more vfx work. Nothing crazy, just fun stuff people might like. Here's a few videos. Comment on your favorite version.
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Trying to distract myself with more vfx work. Nothing crazy, just fun stuff people might like. Here's a few videos. Comment on your favorite version.
There we go.
September 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There we go.
Gotta make a few more versions, but it's not shaping up too bad.
Was hoping to have my spooky pack out before Spooktober but life (read: stress overload from anti-trans politics) caught up with me.
Pictures are coincidental, they're what come with RenPy's tutorial.
Was hoping to have my spooky pack out before Spooktober but life (read: stress overload from anti-trans politics) caught up with me.
Pictures are coincidental, they're what come with RenPy's tutorial.
September 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Gotta make a few more versions, but it's not shaping up too bad.
Was hoping to have my spooky pack out before Spooktober but life (read: stress overload from anti-trans politics) caught up with me.
Pictures are coincidental, they're what come with RenPy's tutorial.
Was hoping to have my spooky pack out before Spooktober but life (read: stress overload from anti-trans politics) caught up with me.
Pictures are coincidental, they're what come with RenPy's tutorial.
Tomorrow I'll be releasing my Make Visual Novels! Speech Bubble Tools for RenPy over on itch.
These tools address some of the issues with managing and editing bubbles. It adds presets you can save & apply, uses drop down menus to select styles, and comes with a script to bake IDs into your lines.
These tools address some of the issues with managing and editing bubbles. It adds presets you can save & apply, uses drop down menus to select styles, and comes with a script to bake IDs into your lines.
August 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Tomorrow I'll be releasing my Make Visual Novels! Speech Bubble Tools for RenPy over on itch.
These tools address some of the issues with managing and editing bubbles. It adds presets you can save & apply, uses drop down menus to select styles, and comes with a script to bake IDs into your lines.
These tools address some of the issues with managing and editing bubbles. It adds presets you can save & apply, uses drop down menus to select styles, and comes with a script to bake IDs into your lines.
Oh my god it's finally here. I cannot understate how excited I am to finally listen to Prison of Plastic.
August 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Oh my god it's finally here. I cannot understate how excited I am to finally listen to Prison of Plastic.
My action effects pack will be releasing this Wednesday! It will be available for a minimum of $10, until the pack itself raises $500.
Once the pack raises $500, I'll make it free for everyone and update it with two additional effects that people have been asking for.
Once the pack raises $500, I'll make it free for everyone and update it with two additional effects that people have been asking for.
July 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My action effects pack will be releasing this Wednesday! It will be available for a minimum of $10, until the pack itself raises $500.
Once the pack raises $500, I'll make it free for everyone and update it with two additional effects that people have been asking for.
Once the pack raises $500, I'll make it free for everyone and update it with two additional effects that people have been asking for.
Let me get this straight.
You think that gamers and devs, some of the most loud and motivated people on the planet, are too horny and your plan is to use 1000 phone calls to deprive these people?
You think that gamers and devs, some of the most loud and motivated people on the planet, are too horny and your plan is to use 1000 phone calls to deprive these people?
July 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Let me get this straight.
You think that gamers and devs, some of the most loud and motivated people on the planet, are too horny and your plan is to use 1000 phone calls to deprive these people?
You think that gamers and devs, some of the most loud and motivated people on the planet, are too horny and your plan is to use 1000 phone calls to deprive these people?
WIP on the next effects pack.
I should write a visual novel some day.
I should write a visual novel some day.
July 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
WIP on the next effects pack.
I should write a visual novel some day.
I should write a visual novel some day.