Do You Really Have to Start From a Blank Screen?

Ever opened the editor thinking "okay, let's make a visual novel," and then just... stared at the blank screen?

It's a strange feeling. You had ideas a second ago, but the empty canvas somehow wipes your mind right along with it. I've been there. "You can do anything!" quietly turns into "...so what do I even do first?" Today, let's talk about how we made that first blank moment a lot less scary.

🫥 Why is a blank screen so hard?

Hit "new project" and you get a completely empty canvas. No characters, no backgrounds, not a single line of dialogue. "Go ahead, create freely!" — but honestly, that's the hardest possible start, because there's no thread to pull on.

And that's usually the moment people think "I'll do it later" and quietly close the tab. It's not a lack of ideas — it's that the starting point is invisible.

✨ So we start from a finished story instead

This onboarding doesn't begin with nothing. In the tutorial, one tap on "Bring into My Work" copies an entire 48-block finished sample straight into your own project.

Characters, backgrounds, assets, dialogue flow — all already there. So you skip the "study the structure first" part and start editing on top of a story that already works.

🧩 Okay, it's copied — now what?

Simpler than you'd think.

1️⃣ Look around first — you can see exactly how characters, backgrounds, branches, and lines fit together, in a working example.

2️⃣ Change the title, just a little — nothing big. Start with a name, or one opening line.

3️⃣ Keep what you like, swap the rest — turning it into your story is just a matter of time.

4️⃣ You see a result fast — when something "finished" is already in your hands, the next edit feels so much lighter.

🪴 And now, up to 5 projects on Free

One more thing. The Free plan now lets you keep up to 5 projects.

Instead of nursing a single idea, you can lay several stories side by side and grow them slowly. Funny thing — when there's a little room to breathe, you actually want to make more.

So this update is really two things: easier to start, and more room to build. Don't stop at the blank screen. Take one step from a story that's already there — that step tends to carry you further than you'd expect.

Give it a try! 🎬