How to Create A Scene | Basics Documentation

Note: If your visual novel contains any explicit content (Hentai, Eroge, Yaoi, etc), please select mature. Failure to do so may result in deletion of your visual novel and a banned account.

This is NOT where you add characters for your game, this is for submitting free to use character art for other game creators to share their artwork with the community in the public resources gallery.

To add characters to your game project, go to your Dashboard, choose a project and click "Open Project," click on the library tab, and add characters there.

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This is NOT where you add backgrounds for your game, this is for submitting free to use background art for other game creators to share their artwork with the community in the public resources gallery.

To add backgrounds to your game project, go to your Dashboard, choose a project and click "Open Project," click on the library tab, and add images there.

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This is NOT where you add GUI for your game, this is for submitting free to use GUI for other game creators to share their artwork with the community in the public resources gallery.

To add GUI to your game project, go to your Dashboard, choose a project and click "Open Project," click on the library tab, and add GUI there.

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This is NOT where you add objects/item images for your game, this is for submitting free to use art for other game creators to share their artwork with the community in the public resources gallery.

To add objects/images to your game project, go to your Dashboard, choose a project and click "Open Project," click on the library tab, and add images there.

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This is NOT where you add music/soundtracks for your game, this is for submitting free to use music/soundtracks for other game creators to share their music with the community in the public resources gallery.

To add music to your game project, go to your Dashboard, choose a project and click "Open Project," click on the library tab, and add sounds there.

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This is NOT where you add sound effects for your game, this is for submitting free to use sound effects for other game creators to share their sounds with the community in the public resources gallery.

To add sounds to your game project, go to your Dashboard, choose a project and click "Open Project," click on the library tab, and add sounds there.

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Note: If your dress up game contains any explicit content (Hentai, Eroge, Yaoi, etc), please select mature. Failure to do so may result in deletion of your visual novel and a banned account.

Features	Free	Premium
Scene map for organizing scenes and connecting your story
Flags or Point System: Keep track of simple statistics like love points, flagged triggers, etc.
Creating screens such as CG gallery or extra screens
Add collaborators to your visual novel project so multiple people can work on it at once
Cloud Storage: Directly upload files from your computer into your project	-
Video Files	-
Flag Folders: Organizing your flags into folders	-
Customizable Save Slots	-
Character Popularity Poll	-
Password Protection Feature	-

Features	Free	Premium
Pieces system for creating your character or avatar model
Creating screens such as character closet/wardrobe or other screen systems
Add collaborators to your dress-up game project so multiple people can work on it at once
Cloud Storage: Directly upload files from your computer into your project	-
Masking to hide certain shapes or "cutouts" of pieces or other assets	-
Special effects such as blurring or coloring filters	-
Sharing your saved images with online web community	-
Password Protection Feature	-

Getting Started Creating Your First Visual Novel Knowing Your Workspace How to Upload Assets How to Create A Scene

Adding Dialogues Adding Character Asset into a Scene Managing Background Images Working with Sounds Adding Choices How to Publish a Visual Novel How to Download Your Game

Create A New Scene

Creating a scene in CloudNovel is very easy!

First of all, open your project and make sure you are in the scene maps.
Click Add Scenes button.
A form box will appear.
Name your scene.
Click Create.
Wait, until a box with the name of your scene appears on the scene map.
Check on your right Scenes panel, make sure your recently created scene is listed there.
And with that, you have successfully created a new scene. Repeat however many scenes you needed. There is NO LIMIT on how many scenes you can create.

If you already have a scene and you want to copy it, all you have to do is follow the steps below.

Copying a scene

Click Add Scenes button.
Name your scene. Do not click Create yet.
Look below description, there should be a dropdown button. Click on it.
Choose the scene you wish to copy.
Check if you are choosing the correct scene to copy.
Click Create. Wait until the scene appears on the scene map and under the Scenes panel.

Copying a scene can be really useful if you do not want to redo a whole scene or you want a backup. The copied scene, however, is not a reflection of the original scene. Therefore, any changes you made to a copied scene after it is created will not appear in the original scene and vice versa.

Connect Two or More Scenes using Branch

Creating a branch between scenes is very important. A scene can only proceed to another scene only if you have branched them together.

Imagine a scene is like an island. If you want your player to travel from Scene A to Scene B, you need to create a bridge that will connect these two scenes together. A branch works exactly like that.

Connecting scenes using a branch is really easy.

Click on the scene of your choice.
A new panel called Branches will appear on the left of your screen. Click Add Branch in the panel.
And a red directional arrow following your cursor will appear right after you click on Add Branch button.
Next, direct the arrow to the other scene you want to connect and click on it.
Once the red arrow turns to a white straight line, it means that your scenes are connected.
To double-check, you may look at the Branches panel and see if they are connected.

A branch is one-directional only. So, if you connect Scene A to Scene B, Scene A can go to Scene B but Scene B cannot go to Scene A.
You can click on the scene and look under Branches panel to see which scene that the clicked scene can go.

If you want Scene B to go to Scene A as well, all you have to do is click on Scene B and add a branch to Scene A.

Extra tips!
For faster branching, you can right-click on Scene A and click on Scene B. This will quickly create a branch from Scene A to Scene B without the need to click Add Branch button.