How To Make Your Own Visual Novel with AI (Part 2: Text)

If you’re here, you probably had the same idea as me — and a few others — you’ve come up with this clever idea to make a visual novel with the help of AI tools. This is part 2, where I walk through how to generate the characters, story, and script components of the visual novel.

The title screen for the game I made

If you are looking for part 1, please refer here.

Generating text for the visual novel

The chat during early stages of ideation

Overview: Questions I recommend you ask

1. Ask for themes, and a general plot synopsis. A prompt that worked for me: “I want to create a visual novel that will be popular and make money on itch.io. Do you have some story ideas for me?”
2. Ask for a list of characters, including descriptions about their personality and looks. A prompt that worked for me: “Can you come up with a list of characters for me, including their first and last name, age, occupation, birthday, interests, personality quirks, significant likes/dislikes, as well as a description of their looks? This description should include their hair color, eye color, hairstyle, and their outfits (including color and the…