Write Mode: Authoring Dialog Like a Document

Most visual novel editors make you work with dialog in spreadsheets, property panels, or script files. We think there's a better way.

Writing, not configuring

Write mode gives you a clean document-like editor for each scene. Type / to open the command menu and pick from 14 block types:

• Dialog — character speaks with portrait and name
• Narration — narrator text without a speaker
• SFX — trigger a sound effect
• BGM — change background music
• Wait — pause for a duration
• Portrait change — switch character expression
• Screen effect — shake, flash, fade, tint
• Show image — display a CG or overlay
• Change background — swap the scene background
• Character enter / exit — stage characters
• Notify — show a notification toast
• Play animation — trigger a character animation

Each block has inline controls — pick a character portrait, set timing, adjust parameters — all without leaving the editor.

Rich text

Dialog text supports bold, italic, color, and ruby text (furigana). Inline variables are inserted with {variableName} and resolve at runtime.

The typing effect in the player respects all formatting — colored text types out letter by letter with the correct colors.

Search across scenes

Ctrl+F opens a global search that finds text across all scenes in your project. Click a result to jump directly to that step in that scene.

Split mode

Can't decide between graph and write? Split mode shows both side by side. Click a node in the graph and the write editor scrolls to that scene.