v0.1.0 — Initial open-source release

Local-first Ren'Py engineering and prototype generation toolkit for Chinese visual novel creators — open source (MIT), non-commercial.

Highlights

• Full pipeline: AI intake → brief → outline → blueprint freeze → multi-chapter scenes → assets → transactional script write-back → build/preview, all reviewable and rollback-safe
• 70+ MCP tools (script, assets, build, preview, SDK provisioning) usable standalone from MCP clients
• Local-first, BYOK: Kimi/Anthropic-compatible, DeepSeek, Qwen, OpenAI-compatible providers
• Verified: 492 unit/chat tests + 417 integration tests green; clean-venv install validated on Python 3.11

Install: Python 3.11 on Windows — pip install -e . or uv sync --extra dev, copy .env.example to .env, set one LLM key, run vn-creator start (the Ren'Py SDK auto-downloads on first start).

Notes

• Python 3.12+ is not supported yet (rembg/numba dependency chain); the resolver blocks it with a clear message
• Desktop installer (Electron/NSIS) is deferred; the pip/uv path is the supported install for now

See CHANGELOG.md for the full 2026-07-19 reliability-fix list.