April 2025 Progress


Hello Adventurers~🌻

✦ About Stella Character Generator

There’s been a bit of confusion around the initial release of our engine, so we wanted to clear a few things up. Due to certain circumstances and feedback, we ended up drifting from our original goal. The engine was never meant to be seen as "early access."

To clarify: Stella Character Generator was first and foremost designed with Visual Novels in mind—not RPGs. Sideview sprites and character sprite support weren’t part of our original vision. They were added to make the generator more flexible and accessible—especially for those who wanted to import their own assets. Even so, we still stand by our original vision: this generator was made with Visual Novels in mind. Looking back, we realize how that may have sent a different message to our user base. It’s one of those growing pains that come with creating our first product, and for that, we sincerely apologize.

We also want to address a clause in our terms that’s caused some misunderstanding. When we ask users to seek permission before using the engine to create and redistribute their own asset works, we’re referring to large-scale collaborations or derivative tools based on the generator itself. We do allow collaborations! It’s just important to check in with us first. Unfortunately, some of this was misinterpreted, partly due to language barriers, and we’re sorry for any confusion that caused.

✦ Development Progress

Thank you once again for your patience! We've been busy behind the scenes squashing bugs and refining visuals to make sure everything works smoothly.

1. We’ve finished all the generator assets—from male and female adults to children. Every part now includes both sideview and character-equivalent graphics. We’re currently in the process of cleaning them up and ensuring compatibility within the engine.

2. There’s a small bug in the ā€œDLC installā€ function of the new editor, related to how masks are handled. (This function is designed to make importing both custom and official resources easier.) One of our team members is on vacation until May, so this fix will take a bit more time.

We did consider releasing the software early, but we want to make sure that—at the very least—all included resources and core features work flawlessly before we do.

Thanks again for sticking with us. Your support means the world! šŸ’›

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It's November 2025 now..I really wonder why they haven't given an update in itch.. best I could find is this post on their Patreon from August:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/update-on-136378684

Which is also oddly hard-ish to find as its not advertised on itch, Twitter, or the Yanfly website lol.. I had to search them up directly on Patreon. They do amazing work but make very interesting business decisions, keeping their customers in the dark is one of such bold decisions. 

Nonetheless, looking forward to if/when an update does release :) 

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I don't even think they're keeping us totally in the dark anymore, there's probably just very little progress and focus on the character generator so there's nothing to really show. No one would be excited reading "We finally found some time to create 2 new sprites for skirt A", and they know that.

We're expecting something great now, it's been several years after all, they know that too. The issue is that while we're expecting them to have years worth things to show whenever the update comes, there won't actually be years worth of new content in it.

Time keeps outrunning them. Expectations grow faster than they can justify working on the generator and it probably isn't bringing in a lot of money anymore. I bet the generator's development is running on fumes while the team members are busy with other projects and life things.

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So can we agree it's effectively dead now?

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I sure hope not. At least I've been drawing as a hobby for 21 years since I was 4.

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I bought this in 2021 - its been going on 4 years and it makes me sad to see such little progress being made :(

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It's July now.

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August says hello.

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September reporting in.

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Even though I told VisuStella to take all the time they need, they still should at least provide more frequent updates as opposed to half a year or so. Just some constructive criticism for them.

Also, I apologize if what I said sounds kinda off topic. It's just because of all the months this is taking for the next update.

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They should take whatever time they need, but the waiting for updates does suck which is why I joined the "X-month is here" joke chain. I don’t mind waiting for it to be ready, but it would be nice to hear another update soon. We're close to October now. šŸ˜…

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Yes, it would.

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A wild October has appeared! O.o

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Yeah, they REALLY need to speak up sooner rather than later. I know they're working on the RMMZ plugins, but like I said, they still need to speak up and send us an update.

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I think they're different teams too; the Stella team (which works on the art stuff and this character creator) and the bunny team (which works on the plugins). For some random reason they also released a super quick update on Patreon too but not on here? Don't get what that is about...

I totally get something went wrong and things got delayed, but I really see no reason for the radio silence. Even if it's just to say "things are ongoing, this is what we made this month", that'd suffice. Especially so since the current one is too buggy to be used properly. It doesn't export colors correctly and has plenty of other flaws. People have waited with complains about it because everyone was under the impression that the next version was just around the corner...

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Is this still going to have a macOS version? I do remember, but I could be mistaken, this being mentioned.

I didn't even know this was supposed to be assets for Visual Novel games, but I can see this being the case. I do like you adding support for side view battles though :)

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Is it going to be an update or a DLC addition? I'm so excited, I can't wait! 

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**waiting intensifies**

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Thing are slowly wrapping up apparently... I'm so glad, I'm hyped c:

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Thanks for the update. I've been watching the generator for some time now while I worked on the narrative for a game I am working on. 

With the announcement that all of the intended generator assets now being completed, is there an expected date of release or should we just wait for the next update? 

I understand that you want to ensure that the engine is released to meet VS quality standards but would just like some more information to help me make my decision to purchase. Thanks in advance.