# VoidmatrixHeathcliff/VoidNovelEngine

A free, modern engine for visual novels | 自由，现代化的视觉小说引擎

Repository: https://github.com/VoidmatrixHeathcliff/VoidNovelEngine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/voidnovelengine
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-08T08:57:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 60, longevity 17
- inputs: {"age_days": 245, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 82, "gap_med": 81.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1674, forks 158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:20.386747+00:00)

## What it is
VoidNovelEngine is a free, open-source engine for building visual novels and narrative games using a flowchart-style node editor instead of scripting. It is built on C++ and Lua and ships as a portable, no-install development environment.

## Use cases
- create a visual novel without writing code
- build branching dialogue with a node graph editor
- make a galgame with built-in dialogue, choice, and transition nodes
- extend the engine with custom nodes for unique gameplay
- prototype narrative games quickly with a portable editor

## When to choose
- you want a no-code, node-based workflow tailored to AVG/galgame storytelling
- you prefer a lightweight, portable engine that works out of the box
- you need an MIT-licensed engine you can extend with custom nodes

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, battle-tested engine with extensive documentation
- you prefer script-based authoring like Ren'Py
- you require team collaboration features, which are still planned

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: game-engine, gui, interpreter, graphics
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, lua
- tags: visual-novel, galgame, node-editor, no-code, narrative-games, avg, game-development, desktop

## Member repositories
- VoidmatrixHeathcliff/VoidNovelEngine (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.386747+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:42:31.335132+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VoidmatrixHeathcliff/VoidNovelEngine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.386747+00:00, sha 90a17bdb9c90)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.