Knowing My Options

While I am developing my story for my first visual novel Trapped, I think it is important that I keep in mind the various places where I can submit my visual novels.  Through some searching on Google, a few places came to mind.

1. Lemmasoft
 Lemmasoft seems like the place to get the most help for making Ren'py games.  There is not only an abundance of members but also an abundance of Ren'py games (there is a database complete with categories to choose from) or demos (often in the Work in Progress section) to try out.  Lurking the forum from time to time and reading various Work in Progress, Completed Games, or coding topics has provided me with plenty of ideas for my visual novels.

2. TeaCup
I was honestly not aware of this message board until a friend told me about it. The board is not as active as Lemmasoft but there are a ton of interesting topics that I have looked through.  The "Spritemaking for visual novel beginners: things and tips to consider" tutorial  and the discussions on various aspects in visual novels really made me think deeply about making my visual novels. There are games that I have not seen on Lemmasoft which are submitted only to TeaCup.

3. Pre-Embryonic EVN Forum
This is the last forum that I looked up before calling quits on finding English visual novel developing forums.  This forum is slower than TeaCup and might stop existing in a few days or months due to a lack of members.  The creator of the forum seems dedicated to pushing the development of English visual novels further and gathering other serious indie game developers along with him or her. I hope I can make my first visual novel before the forum gets taken down.

Of course there are a lot of other places that speak of Ren'py or English Visual Novels but I think I should look at EVN, TeaCup, and Lemma Soft before spreading out.  I feel that joining these forums are a great way of spreading my work and getting help with indie game development so that I may grow as an indie game developer.