I keep tossing all of my VN ideas, what helps you finish one?
This has been an issue for me for years and I feel like I just need to express it to someone other than my close friends.
I have loved VNs as a medium since I was a teenager. I've made bits and pieces of them over the years, but I always quit before finishing anything significant. I do my own art, know how to code in Ren'py, and do my own writing. Things I don't do, like music and sound effects, I know where to find. I've purchased a lot of game making assets over the years but never use them. I have tried to collaborate with friends many, many times and the projects always fall apart, too. I'm extremely frustrated with myself.
My issue is every single project I try never feels "worth completing". I'll draw a bit, write a bit, but then I see flaws and just give up. It's not even boredom with a project that stops me. I'm worried I'm wasting my time making something that no one will like. It's not rational imo, still I've been stuck in this loop for years. I desperately want to make a VN but it has to be a "good" VN. I don't even want to sell what I make, I just want to finish a project I can be proud of.
Does anyone else feel this way? Have you broken through a loop like this and just, well, found peace finishing a VN on your own that wasn't "perfect"? 😅
Posted Jun 27, 2026, 7:22 AM UTC