About LVNAuth
LVNAuth is a desktop application that lets you create and view visual novels. Currently, it is available for Linux.
A Windows version is planned.
Built-in Editor: Manage your visual novel, from beginning to end, using LVNAuth's GUI editor.
A command system: You can start or stop actions in your visual novel by using some simple commands.
A built-in Wizard window will guide you with using commands so you don't have to memorize the commands.
No programming experience required. LVNAuth is made for story writers.
Chapters and Scenes: You can have multiple scenes within a chapter.
Simple Animations: Ability to apply character and object animations, such as fade, movement, rotate, and scale.
Support for backgrounds, characters, including the ability to change a character's image to show a different facial expression, and object images. Images in .png format are recommended.
Support for Font Sprite Sheets and Font Kerning. There is also a built-in bitmap font tracing tool to convert variable width font sprite sheets to a fixed width.
Compile your story into a single .lvna file, which can be opened using LVNAuth. Your viewers will need LVNAuth to view your visual novel.
No programming language support. LVNAuth only allows the use of its own commands. This restriction might even make it easier to create visual novels because you don't have to learn a particular programming language to create a visual novel with LVNAuth.
LVNAuth is a new project so there are some missing features worth noting.
Currently there is no way to branch off the story based on the user's choices. Only linear visual novels can be made.
This feature is planned.
There is no feature to ask the viewer a question and then save the answer for later.
This feature is planned.
LVNAuth is free and libre software. Creating and maintaining open source software takes considerable time and effort. Please consider donating to help with development costs.
Last updated: Sun 01 October 2023