【Free Online Engines】Engine for making visual novels 【No-Code needed VN Engine】

1. CloudNovel

An engine that allows you to make your own visual novel online

Pros:

• There is an official assets store (there are free and paid resources)
• The official tutorial is easy to understand and easy to use
• Basically, there is no need to have any coding knowledge
• You can upload your own games to other places (like Steam or Itch io)
• You can upload already written dialogues/scripts

Cons:

• Free version users: no way to upload their own assets from the device
• For free User you can only connect to the assets from Link ( Sometimes the material that can be opened on Chrome but transferred to other browsers (such as edge) and the picture cannot be displayed anymore)
• Free version users have limited storage

Related Links :

• Documentation
• Terms Of Use
• Assets Library

I personally think its a bit similar to Oice . You can use Oice if you like the concept of CloudNovel  but you think CloudNovel is not suit for you.

2. Tuesday

It can be used online or downloaded (so that there is no need for internet)

Pros :

• Basically, you don’t need to have experience to use it
• Provide users to upload their own CSS/html, etc.
• No need to log in to use
• If you have any questions, you can send a message to the author. Usually you will get a response in 1 day.
• Can edit multiple languages at the same time / add plug-ins, etc.

Cons:

• Personally I think it’s more difficult to get started. It is a lot of different from other engines.
• Sometimes it stops at the first block when testing
• Basic functions/screens should be done by yourself (such as Load or save screens, etc.)

Related Links:

• Twitter
• Steam

3. Talefab.com

You can create your VN Online with Talefab.com

You can see the author’s updates in the community

Pros :

• There are a lot of built-in Assets in the engine, including backgrounds / character spirits/ objects, etc.
• The usage is very simple, easy to learn
• No coding experience is required

Cons:

• The capacity of a project can only reach 50MB
• The file uploaded by yourself cannot be larger than 5MB
• Perhaps because it is a new engine, there are quite a few functions missing (but the author is updating)

Related Links :

• Terms Of Use
• Update History

4.Headkanon

Can be very convenient and simple to make a Visual Novel

This is an Example(?) I made quickly in about 5 minutes.

Pros:

• Easy to learn, assets can be added quickly
• Has its own resource library
• You can upload your own assets and change their ID / Class at any time (the system will automatically update)
• The website is very smooth (Im not saying other website are not smooth just compare with other site I mentioned this site is way more smooth and not lag at all)
• You don’t need to know coding at all. Most functions just need to be drag from left side bar.

Cons :

• Looks like it can’t be exported, it can only be uploaded on this website
• There are few users, it may be difficult to discuss with others
• I don't know what is its Terms Of Use ((I cant find it

Related Links :

• Click here to browser story from other
• Twitter

5. Oice

Support English, Chinese and other user interfaces, there are also official tutorial. If you don’t know how to start, you can take a look at the script provided by the official at the beginning.

To add new elements, just drag in

I think the screen/editor is very smooth and does not give people the feeling of being stuck

You can upgrade your user level for $5, click for details-Here

Prs :     

• Has its own Assets library / There are many free materials available for download
• Most of the materials provided are of great quality
• Easy to use
• Each chapter can be easily classified

Cons :

• Looks like it cannot be exported, it can only be published on this website
• The free version cannot upload private resources
• The player's choice can only affect the same chapter, and the next chapter will not be affect any more, so if you want to use affection to determine the ending, you may not be able to do it, unless all the plots are squeezed into one chapter.

Related Links :

• Terms
• Help

6. WebGAL

It is a Chinese engine but offer a visual programming and coding system. To use it you need to download it at first then you will get a file, which you can double click it to open a new page in your browser

With it you can also create your visual novel game easily.

Related Links :

• Download