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Agilis

@aginyan.bsky.social
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Translator (JP->EN), Narcissu, etc VNConf / Visual;Conference organizer Sometimes VN product manager Sorta gamedev, but not a lot

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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thanks to everyone for their infinite patience! I'm happy to announce that the #VNConf 2025 talk playlist is now publicly available on the youtube channel!! bit.ly/vnconf2025pl...
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Visual;Conference 2025 - Full Talks - YouTube
Full talks from the annual Visual;Conference (aka VNConf) 2025
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
... TIL that most of the cardboard boxes we have stored in the garage (no HVAC) has softened since we moved everything in there... Soooooo I think half my computer stuff has sorta collapsed and merged into a mountain of books and wires and whatever... 🤦‍♂️
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Hi, I have the large uncut vid downloaded and backed up, but haven't been able to unpack my desktop to cut the videos yet due to construction. I'm hoping within a week or two I can drag the box and NAS out of storage
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
true to 2025, #VNConf 2025 is... all sorts of chaos and unexpected stuff happening
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
#VNConf has started!!!!!! (if you have a ticket and zoom is yelling at you to authenticate, sign up for a free zoom account w/ your email because that's how they're verifying links)
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
LAST CALL for #VNConf tickets! I'm closing ticket sales at 10:30am vnconf.com
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
LOL the counter installers showed up. there's power tools going off EVERYWHERE in the house
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Lololololol I was NOT expecting the floor installation crew to also show up today at 8:30am so this is gonna be one hell of a vnconf. Also I hope the noise canceling on zoom is up to snuff
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Ahaha ok fair enough. Get your beauty rest!
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
If you want I can give you a ticket just for the screaming during a break 🫡
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Finally, 8- relax and have fun! we have folks joining from all over the globe to watch and discuss!
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
6- Speakers take questions via discord, some interact with it while they speak too. Otherwise we go nuts chatting and commenting while people speak 7- Yes there will be recordings. BUT this year it'll take a few weeks to upload because I won't have my desktop for a while (3/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
4- emails w/ your invite to the zoom meeting will be sent out manually, if you bought a ticket prior to today you should've gotten one already, I add people when I notice the purchase and have time 5- we have a 1hr lunch break at 1pm EST, schedule any takeout deliveries as appropriate! (2/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We are about 16 hours away from #VNConf!!! Here's a 🧵 of stuff to prepare: 1- get your ticket(s) at vnconf.com 2- join the chat discord at discord.gg/devtalk , visual-conference is under "current events" 3- Ticket sales CLOSE about 30min before the event because I'll be busy (1/ #gamedev
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
remember how I joked about possibly hosting vnconf from a folding chair or inflatable mattress? we have a correction. It's now a slightly leaky inflatable mattress.
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Ahhh #VNConf is tomorrow! Please get your tickets ASAP because I have manually send the invites out, and the house is still under Reno and I'm gonna be hosting tomorrow from a folding lawn chair in a cold room with no floor installed 🤣 vnconf.com
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This year's VNConf is gonna be slightly more chaotic than previous years 🤣 it's fine. totally cool. we're gonna just roll with it and the show must go on. Also the kitchen countertops are somehow gonna get delivered and installed during that day. totally normal stuff to be happening mid conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Ahhh #VNConf is tomorrow! Please get your tickets ASAP because I have manually send the invites out, and the house is still under Reno and I'm gonna be hosting tomorrow from a folding lawn chair in a cold room with no floor installed 🤣 vnconf.com
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Here's a thread of fun things to know about #VNConf if you're considering attending, (tickets are available at vnconf.com , it's an online #gamdev conference so you can attend in your pajamas about making narrative games and visual novels) (1/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Anyways, it's a fun day, so consider getting a ticket, making a large food delivery order for lunch, and finish it with a nice dinner! vnconf.com
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Back to the speakers, they're from all over the world! There's a cluster from the European time zones, a bunch from the Americas, and occasionally someone from East/Southeast Asia time zones (none this year) If not for this online conference, I don't think we'd all travel to one place to meet (7/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Recordings are usually handled within a couple of days of the event. This year I won't have my computer 😢 to do the necessary edits so I'm expecting things to be delayed until I get my rig back... hopefully a few weeks, pending home reno project (6/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
7 hours is a VERY long time to be sitting in front of a computer. So the schedule is designed to be comfy. We have a dedicated lunch period we can grab food while all the speakers can say whatever they want live. there's lots of little breaks so you don't have to miss anything (5/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
For some reason, we've had about 50/50 split of returning and new speakers. some have spoken for over 5 years running, always bringing new and interesting talks The youtube archives show the amazing range www.youtube.com/@visualconfe... (4/
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Visual;Conference
Home of "Visual;Conference", the first industry/developer conference for creators of visual novels.
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
We've had a huge mix of speakers over the past 8 years... artists, voice actors, programmers, musicians. our 2nd year, I invited two well known scenario writers from the JP VN industry to speak and did live interpretation of their talks youtu.be/z4HiU8njOQ8?... and youtu.be/ObJXpJO_xBg?... (3/
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(Visual;Conference 2018) 02 - Nachi Kio - Directing
YouTube video by Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The tickets are $15 for two reasons: 1- the event has never been sponsored, and is completely funded from ticket sales. Speakers can talk about largely anything they want related to vndev 2- we charge to make sure people who attend WANT to attend. it cuts down on people looking to troll (2/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Here's a thread of fun things to know about #VNConf if you're considering attending, (tickets are available at vnconf.com , it's an online #gamdev conference so you can attend in your pajamas about making narrative games and visual novels) (1/
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Gyah, this is gonna be ... a week... But #VNConf is still happening! vnconf.com A saturday of #gamedev talks, laughter, chat, and discussions with your favorite #visualnovel devs, THIS WEEKEND!! Please join us!
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Apple Explosion @applesplosion.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I’m very excited to present at #VNConf! For my demonstrations on drawing your own backgrounds, I will… draw a background! Then I will make it available to everyone as a free asset. If you want to make a suggestion on what that background will be, you can do so here: forms.gle/nqd2pm8LGZJC...
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How To Draw Your Own Backgrounds (With Minimal Artistic Skill (That Look Good)) Pre-Talk Survey
To demonstrate techniques, I will draw a background for this talk. Your input into this survey will decide what this background looks like. Here’s how this works: fill out this survey. There are two ...
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We're in the final stretch! our 9th annual #VNConf 2025 is NEXT saturday! If you're free and want to spend 7 hours together online, chatting with fellow visual novel devs, artists, programmers, writers, etc. about #gamedev while watching talks in your pajamas, get a $15 ticket at vnconf.com
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We're in the final stretch! our 9th annual #VNConf 2025 is NEXT saturday! If you're free and want to spend 7 hours together online, chatting with fellow visual novel devs, artists, programmers, writers, etc. about #gamedev while watching talks in your pajamas, get a $15 ticket at vnconf.com
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
#VNConf is next weekend!?! 😱 It's been a hectic sprint, but view the talk schedule and join all the speakers and audience together, sharing experiences and advice about making #visualnovel vnconf.com #gamedev #vndev
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Runa Winters @runa-liore.itch.io · 14/12/2024
Hi to all my fellow VN devs! I make Visual Novels in Godot, and I wanna host a talk about what Godot can do for your VN dev at VNConf 2025! If you want to see what Godot's capable of or learn where to get started, vote for my talk (code fb2) ☺️ opavote.com/en/vote/6498...
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VNConf 2025 Talk Vote | OpaVote
Vote for VNConf 2025 Talk Vote.
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🌵🌺 mado 🌺 🌵@ C•ko•fn•ta•C 💧🪱 @madocactus.itch.io · 11/01/2025
i’m proud to announce that i’ll be returning to give a new talk at vnconf this year! if you’ve ever wondered where to start with writing your visual novel… do i have the talk for YOU. (i’ll also give advice on working with a writing team!)
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Normally post conference I'm eating a giant order of takeout while slicing the video up =x this year, probably rearranging construction piles to find something
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
One heads up about #VNconf 2025, the videos are probably going to take a couple of weeks to get uploaded... because I don't have access to my normal video editing desktop until the house stops being an active construction zone and I pull it out of storage 🫠 Sooo, highly recommended you get a ticket
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Ok folks, between home renovation and super chaotic life this year, I'm a bit behind on advertising #VNConf around. Plus social media landscape has been nuked as of recently. So if everyone could help spread the word about vnconf so we have a huge audience for speakers it'd be awesome
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Time for a thread of most of the talks that will be at #VNConf 2025! Get your tickets at vnconf.com to watch and ask questions of the speakers and talk to all the other attendees live on Jan 25th, only for $15 (1/n #gamedev #visualnovel
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
If any of these talks look good to you, or someone you know, please share and help get the world out! a lot of these topics are relevant to almost any indie #gamedev project $15 tickets at vnconf.com Hope we can see you there! (16/16)
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@applesplosion.bsky.social will be explaining how to draw your own backgrounds, even when you are artistically challenged (like I am), there are techniques you could apply to get a good result vnconf.com/events/how-t... (15/
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How To Draw Your Own Backgrounds (With Minimal Artistic Skill (That Look Good)) | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@madocactus.itch.io will be giving tips on how to start to writing your own visual novel vnconf.com/events/whats... (14/
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What’s Your Story? – Writing A Visual Novel From Start to Finish | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@renpytom.bsky.social will stop by and talk about some upcoming features and stuff that will be coming to Ren'py. (I was not informed what will be discussed) vnconf.com/events/renpy... (13/
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Ren’Py Developer Demo | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@yukimisoft.moe will be talking about Horror in visual novels, with examples of how to portray dark, psychological topics in a VN vnconf.com/events/authe... (12/
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Authentic Horror in Visual Novels | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@demeru.bsky.social will be talking about UX and UI considerations for your visual novel, while juggling style and overall usability vnconf.com/events/make-... (11/
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Make your visual novel readable: Good UI for your textbox | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@kigyo.itch.io will be talking about the usability of the textbox UI. How you don't have to sacrifice style for usability, and tips on knowing if you've accidentally gone too far vnconf.com/events/a-gui... (10/
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A Guide to UX and UI: Making Your Game Appealing and Readable | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@calloway.city is talking about finding voice actors, without putting out a casting call, including how to reach out to individuals and hopefully getting a positive response vnconf.com/events/how-t... (9/
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How to find & contact voice actors without publishing a casting call | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@just-write-studios.itch.io will be talking about accessibility and how you can make accessibility improvements to your VNs without adding much to your project scope (if at all) vnconf.com/events/how-t... (8/
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How to Make Accessibility Features Accessible for YOU: A crash course in 5 minutes (or less) | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@cuteshadow.itch.io will be talking about using the 3d stage and camera features that are in Ren'py, a feature many don't even realize exist. Complete with tutorial and examples vnconf.com/events/renpy... (7/
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Ren’Py 3D Stage and Camera Tutorial | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@kyuni.bsky.social will be talking about finding and using public domain assets for your visual novels. There's a host of stuff out there most of us don't even realize is out there and available vnconf.com/events/the-a... (6/
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The artists you need are all dead! Public-domain on visual novels | Visual;Conference
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Agilis @aginyan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@runa-liore.itch.io will be talking about making #visualnovels in Godot. We can all benefit from learning about another potential engine for our projects vnconf.com/events/creat... (5/
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Creating Visual Novels in Godot – What are we waiting for? | Visual;Conference
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