Larch Wiki: visual novel and RPG maker guides

Create a project, write your first lines, add a choice and press Play. Follow along and you will have a playable game in ten minutes.

The kinds of cards, three ways to add them, lines and quick playtests, chapters in one project, and version history.

Use player input, variables and line conditions so the story remembers names and choices and leads to different endings.

Build characters and expressions in the Character studio, then add backgrounds, music, sound and voice on dialogue cards.

Set up the title screen, aspect ratio, dialogue box, fonts and CG gallery so your game has its own look.

Project media, My assets and the marketplace explained; sharing your own packs; recommended sizes for backgrounds, portraits, buttons and dialogue boxes.

Where Larch’s AI tools are, what they do and what they cost: images, expressions, background removal, voice, translation, script import and AI mini-games.

Let characters answer players live with an AI dialogue card, or hand a whole episode to the AI director. How to set it up, end it well and keep it safe.

Connect AI assistants such as Claude Code or Cursor to Larch and let them add cards, sort assets and check for broken links.

How to add a plugin to a project, use it on the board and remove it — and how to have AI build your own plugin and publish it.

Let players pick up items, open their bag, unlock a door with a key or win a friend with a gift — all with cards, no code.

Install the RPG system, paint your first map, place an NPC who talks, and press Playtest to walk around. No code needed.

Turn-based and action battles, quests, the map check, weather and lights, the RPG database, and multiplayer with friends.

List your game on the Larch store, share a play link, invite friends to edit with you, or export to the web, Windows, Unity, Godot or Ren’Py.

What the Free plan includes, what Pro adds, how Pinecoins work, where your work is saved, and whether you can sell your games.

Making a visual novel or an RPG? We compare Larch, RPG Maker, Unity, Construct, GameMaker, Godot and Ren’Py on price, coding, AI, real-time co-editing and publishing.