MAKE A VISUAL NOVEL, GET COOL PRIZES!

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FOR TEENS 18 AND UNDER...
This month's challenge ends October 31st, 2025

HOW DOES STORYBOARD WORK?

Track your art and coding hours, create a visual novel based on a new genre every month, and get cool prizes

Raccoons talking about joining Hack Club Slack
thinking emoji (about story obviously)
locking in on storyboarding (haha get it) and art
locking in out on coding through Ren'Py
Publish the visual novel on itch.io!
Project Submission link to get your prize

THEME OF THE MONTH: THE ENEMY IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

RANKS

Depending on the number of hours spent and quality of product, you can get different prizes!

APPRENTICE

Spend 3+ hours of quality work, get this month's custom stickers

SPELLCASTER

Spend 10+ hours of quality work, get a BIG Ikea plush!(Blahaj!)

MAGE

Spend 30+ hours of quality work, get a STEAM LICENSE

ARCHMAGE

Spend 50+ hours of quality work, get a DRAWING TABLET

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO EVERYTHING

Here's a step-by-step, super easy guide to creating a visual novel!

#1: WRITING A STORY

#2: TRACKING YOUR HOURS

1. Track your time spent on art/writing through OUR JOURNAL TEMPLATE
2. Track your coding hours with our HACKATIME EXTENSION

#3: CODING WITH REN'PY

New to coding? Ren'py makes it super easy!
Check out RENPY QUICKSTART for a non-slideshow tutorial

#4: PUBLISH & GET PRIZE!IZE!

1. Publish on itch.io
2. Post playable URL on Tumblr or Reddit
3. Submit link to your post
4. Get your prize!

FINAL SUBMISSION HERE!!

Examples:

Stuck? Explore the storyboard channel and feel free to ask questions. Additionally, below we've compiled some amazing visual novels
Want a full comprehensible guide? Check out Kat's Ren'Py Guide

Here are some epic Storyboard submissions:

Floorboards

Made by: Chuqi Z..
Theres been a murder... under your floorboards. Investigate the seven deadly sins to find the murderer..

For the Hungry

Made by: Lincheeto L..
I made a dating sim where you can date and marry different foods and got an amazon gift card through the YSWS!!

Slay the Princess: 'Instead of saving the princess, you have to kill her'
Genre: Horror


Doki Doki Literature Club: 'It's a dating sim... or not?'
Genre: Horror

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