Visual;Conference 2025 - Full Talks - YouTube Full talks from the annual Visual;Conference (aka VNConf) 2025

Thanks to everyone for their infinite patience! I'm happy to announce that the #VNConf 2025 talk playlist is now publicly available on the youtube channel!!

bit.ly/vnconf2025pl...

... TIL that most of the cardboard boxes we have stored in the garage (no HVAC) has softened since we moved everything in there... Soooooo I think half my computer stuff has sorta collapsed and merged into a mountain of books and wires and whatever... 🤦‍♂️

Hi, I have the large uncut vid downloaded and backed up, but haven't been able to unpack my desktop to cut the videos yet due to construction. I'm hoping within a week or two I can drag the box and NAS out of storage

true to 2025, #VNConf 2025 is... all sorts of chaos and unexpected stuff happening

#VNConf has started!!!!!!

(if you have a ticket and zoom is yelling at you to authenticate, sign up for a free zoom account w/ your email because that's how they're verifying links)

LAST CALL for #VNConf tickets! I'm closing ticket sales at 10:30am vnconf.com

LOL the counter installers showed up. there's power tools going off EVERYWHERE in the house

Lololololol I was NOT expecting the floor installation crew to also show up today at 8:30am so this is gonna be one hell of a vnconf. Also I hope the noise canceling on zoom is up to snuff

Ahaha ok fair enough. Get your beauty rest!

If you want I can give you a ticket just for the screaming during a break 🫡

Finally,
8- relax and have fun! we have folks joining from all over the globe to watch and discuss!

6- Speakers take questions via discord, some interact with it while they speak too. Otherwise we go nuts chatting and commenting while people speak
7- Yes there will be recordings. BUT this year it'll take a few weeks to upload because I won't have my desktop for a while
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4- emails w/ your invite to the zoom meeting will be sent out manually, if you bought a ticket prior to today you should've gotten one already, I add people when I notice the purchase and have time
5- we have a 1hr lunch break at 1pm EST, schedule any takeout deliveries as appropriate!
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We are about 16 hours away from #VNConf!!! Here's a 🧵 of stuff to prepare:
1- get your ticket(s) at vnconf.com
2- join the chat discord at discord.gg/devtalk , visual-conference is under "current events"
3- Ticket sales CLOSE about 30min before the event because I'll be busy
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remember how I joked about possibly hosting vnconf from a folding chair or inflatable mattress?

we have a correction. It's now a slightly leaky inflatable mattress.

Ahhh #VNConf is tomorrow! Please get your tickets ASAP because I have manually send the invites out, and the house is still under Reno and I'm gonna be hosting tomorrow from a folding lawn chair in a cold room with no floor installed 🤣

vnconf.com

This year's VNConf is gonna be slightly more chaotic than previous years 🤣 it's fine. totally cool. we're gonna just roll with it and the show must go on.

Also the kitchen countertops are somehow gonna get delivered and installed during that day. totally normal stuff to be happening mid conference

Ahhh #VNConf is tomorrow! Please get your tickets ASAP because I have manually send the invites out, and the house is still under Reno and I'm gonna be hosting tomorrow from a folding lawn chair in a cold room with no floor installed 🤣

vnconf.com

Here's a thread of fun things to know about #VNConf if you're considering attending, (tickets are available at vnconf.com , it's an online #gamdev conference so you can attend in your pajamas about making narrative games and visual novels) (1/

Anyways, it's a fun day, so consider getting a ticket, making a large food delivery order for lunch, and finish it with a nice dinner!
vnconf.com

Back to the speakers, they're from all over the world! There's a cluster from the European time zones, a bunch from the Americas, and occasionally someone from East/Southeast Asia time zones (none this year)

If not for this online conference, I don't think we'd all travel to one place to meet (7/

Recordings are usually handled within a couple of days of the event. This year I won't have my computer 😢 to do the necessary edits so I'm expecting things to be delayed until I get my rig back... hopefully a few weeks, pending home reno project (6/

7 hours is a VERY long time to be sitting in front of a computer. So the schedule is designed to be comfy. We have a dedicated lunch period we can grab food while all the speakers can say whatever they want live. there's lots of little breaks so you don't have to miss anything (5/

Visual;Conference Home of "Visual;Conference", the first industry/developer conference for creators of visual novels.

For some reason, we've had about 50/50 split of returning and new speakers. some have spoken for over 5 years running, always bringing new and interesting talks

The youtube archives show the amazing range www.youtube.com/@visualconfe...
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(Visual;Conference 2018) 02 - Nachi Kio - Directing YouTube video by Visual;Conference

We've had a huge mix of speakers over the past 8 years... artists, voice actors, programmers, musicians. our 2nd year, I invited two well known scenario writers from the JP VN industry to speak and did live interpretation of their talks
youtu.be/z4HiU8njOQ8?...
and
youtu.be/ObJXpJO_xBg?...
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The tickets are $15 for two reasons:
1- the event has never been sponsored, and is completely funded from ticket sales. Speakers can talk about largely anything they want related to vndev
2- we charge to make sure people who attend WANT to attend. it cuts down on people looking to troll
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Here's a thread of fun things to know about #VNConf if you're considering attending, (tickets are available at vnconf.com , it's an online #gamdev conference so you can attend in your pajamas about making narrative games and visual novels) (1/

Gyah, this is gonna be ... a week...
But #VNConf is still happening! vnconf.com
A saturday of #gamedev talks, laughter, chat, and discussions with your favorite #visualnovel devs, THIS WEEKEND!!
Please join us!

I’m very excited to present at #VNConf! For my demonstrations on drawing your own backgrounds, I will… draw a background! Then I will make it available to everyone as a free asset.

If you want to make a suggestion on what that background will be, you can do so here: forms.gle/nqd2pm8LGZJC...

We're in the final stretch! our 9th annual #VNConf 2025 is NEXT saturday! If you're free and want to spend 7 hours together online, chatting with fellow visual novel devs, artists, programmers, writers, etc. about #gamedev while watching talks in your pajamas, get a $15 ticket at vnconf.com