love letter engine
well so this here is a tiny engine for kinetic visual novels. the focus is in easy and fast writing without the temptation to scope creep and complicate things with features, as well as keeping file sizes small and cute. the demo game appimage, for example, is just under 5mb, and my first proper vn made with it, like an animal, is 5.5mb.
inspired by freya campbell's videotome, written in love2d in under 48 hours by someone who's never touched lua before.
features:
- up to two images displayed on screen (one "background" and one "sprite"). the sprite can be positioned wherever, with very basic animation when moved / repositioned
- audio (looping) and sound effects (non looping)
- very basic text rollback and auto (with three speeds!)
- script written in a plain old .txt
what else could you possibly require?
you'll need love2d to test the game and stuff. more info such as syntax and stuff is on the readme within. good luck have fun.
| Updated | 15 days ago |
| Published | 26 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Category | Tool |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Author | solflo |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | LÖVE |
| Tags | Game engine, LÖVE |
| Links | Homepage, GitHub |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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love-letter-engine-source.zip 706 kB
Version 2
Development log
- v1.2.2 (comments)18 days ago
- v1.2.1 (auto)21 days ago
- v1.1 (sprite movement)25 days ago
- v1.0.1 (bugfix)25 days ago

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why are simple engines so Charming!! <3<3
hehe yes i think they’re so cute :3