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[Phlegethon]

My initial pursuit was a graphic novel, and though that may still come to fruition, I find the idea of a more interactive medium much more fun and impactful. A role playing game in which the player is directly responsible for the choices made by a character they control would have much more oomph to it than a flat story that progresses wholly as intended. Unfortunately, my skills are limited. I am a writer at heart, and though I am also an amateur artist, I am not a pixel artist, and that is my main hangup. Understanding programming is a secondary problem; I can grasp it somewhat - somewhat - but I find my coding illiteracy is far too acute to warrant trying to build an entire engine from scratch, and even going so simple as creating plugins and the like escapes me almost completely. Hopefully, I'll be able to find people here who can compensate for my own shortcomings as a creator.

 

[MushroomCake28]

First of all welcome to this community!

It sounds to me that a visual novel might be the better medium for you if you're primarily a writer and an artist (perfect combination for a Visual Novel). That does not mean that you won't be able to make an RPG out of it. RPG Maker is very intuitive and easy to learn, and you don't need to be able to code to make something with it. There are tons of plugins out there that you can use. However, building an RPG game will be significantly longer than making a visual novel of your story. So it's really about evaluating the pros and cons of both options and deciding from there.

 

[Phlegethon]

Thank you very much! This is the first time I've heard of a visual novel, I'll look in to it on your suggestion.