Visual Novel

Tutorials and devlogs on building visual novels with AI. Covers branching narrative, dialogue systems, character portraits, and how to use Makko's Art Studio and Code Studio together to produce a complete visual novel without writing code or drawing assets. Includes the Visual Novel Tutorial series starting from first setup.

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Sprite Animation

One Pixel Art Character Powers Two Games: How to Build Genre-Specific Movesets and Animations

A single pixel art character deployed across two completely different games — a horror platformer and a visual novel. How to build genre-specific movesets, clean sprite animation frames, and organize manifests so each game's build stays clean.

AI Game Development

AI Game Development as a Brick-by-Brick System: Scene Architecture, Debugging, and Sprite Animation Discipline

Many creators approach AI game development with the same expectation they bring to a text generator: describe the end result and receive a complete output.

Visual Novel

Visual Novel Tutorial - Episode 1: Getting Started with Makko AI

Introduces the Makko workflow for creating a visual novel, focusing on project setup and early narrative structure.