Free Visual Novel Maker — Make Your Own Visual Novel Online

How to make a visual novel: start with your premise and the routes players can take, then write your cast — a protagonist, the love interests or key characters, and what each one wants. Script the branching dialogue and choices, add sprites and backgrounds, then playtest and publish. Rosebud lets you build every step in your browser, with AI on hand to speed up art and code whenever you want it.

A visual novel is an interactive storytelling game that blends written narrative with visual elements like character sprites and backgrounds. Because they focus on character and plot, visual novels — also called interactive stories — let players shape the outcome through the choices they make, which makes Rosebud an interactive story maker as much as a visual novel maker.

With Rosebud, you can craft games in 2D or 3D, and also any kind of interactive web based project. The platform allows you to create both assets and code, and soon we will include the option to upload or design your own sprite sheets with AI.

With the Rosebud visual novel maker you can build narrative games with no code. Start from a 2D template, write your scenes, upload your own art, or create sprites and backgrounds right on the platform — then branch the story with choices, playtest, and share your finished visual novel with a link.

If you're looking to start reading visual novels on Rosebud, we can recommend a few great options.

Check out "Evenings Embrace", by our user Del Chupenebray; "Snake's King Tribute", created by the Rosebud team; and "Dreamscape Redemption: Awakened", by Shion.

Additionally, we have a Visual Novel AI template created by Manolo-chan, which you can use as a foundation to start creating your own.