RetroFed Forum

A community to discuss anything related to visual novel development.

👥 Community

🎓 Resources

📜 Rules

Posts need to be in English
Follow the rules of the tchncs instance
Feel free to show off your current project, but refrain from excessive self-promotion (as a rule of thumb, no more than once a week)
No generative AI content or discussions

🏷️ Post Tags

There are no post flairs on Lemmy, so please use these in your post titles:

[Guide] for tutorials and guides
[Question] for questions and help requests
[Question - Solved] for solved questions
[Show] to show off your projects (games, tools, sprites, etc.)

Related Communities

Engines

!renpy@discuss.tchncs.de
!Godot@programming.dev
!unity@programming.dev

For Fans

!visualnovels@ani.social
!otomegames@ani.social
!adventuregames@lemm.ee

Credits

The community icon is an edited version of this picrew by らっきーせぶん

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

A community to discuss anything related to visual novel development.

👥 Community

🎓 Resources

📜 Rules

Posts need to be in English
Follow the rules of the tchncs instance
Feel free to show off your current project, but refrain from excessive self-promotion (as a rule of thumb, no more than once a week)
No generative AI content or discussions

🏷️ Post Tags

There are no post flairs on Lemmy, so please use these in your post titles:

[Guide] for tutorials and guides
[Question] for questions and help requests
[Question - Solved] for solved questions
[Show] to show off your projects (games, tools, sprites, etc.)

Related Communities

Engines

!renpy@discuss.tchncs.de
!Godot@programming.dev
!unity@programming.dev

For Fans

!visualnovels@ani.social
!otomegames@ani.social
!adventuregames@lemm.ee

Credits

The community icon is an edited version of this picrew by らっきーせぶん

A community to discuss anything related to visual novel development.

👥 Community

🎓 Resources

📜 Rules

Posts need to be in English
Follow the rules of the tchncs instance
Feel free to show off your current project, but refrain from excessive self-promotion (as a rule of thumb, no more than once a week)
No generative AI content or discussions

🏷️ Post Tags

There are no post flairs on Lemmy, so please use these in your post titles:

[Guide] for tutorials and guides
[Question] for questions and help requests
[Question - Solved] for solved questions
[Show] to show off your projects (games, tools, sprites, etc.)

Related Communities

Engines

!renpy@discuss.tchncs.de
!Godot@programming.dev
!unity@programming.dev

For Fans

!visualnovels@ani.social
!otomegames@ani.social
!adventuregames@lemm.ee

Credits

The community icon is an edited version of this picrew by らっきーせぶん

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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