Kocho

Kocho Kocho is a visual novel creation app for Android creators. Build scenes and branching plots with simple taps, design character dialogue, add images and music, and play or share—no internet required.

Kocho

Kocho is a visual novel creation tool built for creators. It lets you switch between Player Mode and Creation Mode so you can read comfortably and also build your own stories. You don’t need programming skills—just tap to assemble background scenes and branching plots. You can define each character’s personality and dialogue, add fitting background images and music, and produce polished visual reading content to share with the community, where other people can discover and play your work.

In Player Mode, you can pick stories you like, step into the game world, make choices, and steer the plot in different directions—great for a more immersive experience.

Best of all, Kocho works without an internet connection, so you can start creating or reading anytime, anywhere.

Key Features

Create Stories Without Coding

• After outlining your plot, Kocho helps you build scenes and branches using simple taps.
• The engine handles logic and flow, so you can focus on writing and pacing.
• Preview dialogue and choices as you work, so you can quickly check how each path plays out.

Community Interaction

• Share your visual novels on the platform and connect with both creators and readers.

Play and Share Community Stories

• Browse visual novels made by others and play them directly inside the app.
• When you finish a draft, share your story so others can read it.



• For the best compatibility with shared content, use the latest Kocho version on your device.

Offline Reading and Editing

• Kocho supports offline use for both playback and creation.
• Ideal for writing on the go or enjoying reading without using mobile data.

What Kocho Does Well

Simple, Intuitive Interface

Kocho’s layout is easy to navigate, making it straightforward to create visual novels even if you have no programming experience.

Drag-and-Drop Style Editing

You can easily add characters, backgrounds, and dialogue to build interactive storytelling.

Customization Options

Use a variety of customization tools to personalize characters, settings, and choices so your novel feels unique.

Multi-Platform Sharing

Visual novels made with Kocho can be shared and played across different platforms, helping your work reach more people.

Built-In Templates

If you want to get started quickly, Kocho includes templates you can customize to match your preferences.

Visual Novel Player

Alongside the creator tools, Kocho also includes a player so you can experience visual novels created by others.

Kocho Actions

Change BGM

The Change BGM action plays background music during your scene (BGM = background music). Inside this action you can:

• Select a music track to play.
• Upload a track from your device storage.
• Preview the selected track.



• Set volume from 0% to 100%.
• Music will loop immediately when it finishes.

Supported formats: mp3, wav, ogg, flac, m4a, aac, ac3.

Change Characters

The Change characters action controls which characters appear in the foreground. You can:

• Select multiple characters or create a new one.
• Choose character expressions, or upload images from your storage.
• Adjust sprite scale, horizontal position, and vertical position.
• Flip the sprite along the Y-axis (horizontal flip).
• Pick preset in/out transition effects.

You can select all characters you need within a single action. Note: character layering isn’t flexible—new characters appear on top of older ones. Any aspect ratio is supported, but 16:9 is recommended.

Supported formats: png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, wbmp, webp.

Add Cutscene

The Add cutscene action plays a video during the visual novel. You can:

• Select a cutscene or upload one from your storage.
• When used, the cutscene replaces everything on screen with the selected video.

Supported format: mp4 (currently the only supported type).

Add Actions Folder

The Add actions folder action lets you organize actions into folders for better organization. Inside a folder you can:

• Create new actions or insert existing ones.
• Give action folders a name (folders can also be called “action folders”).

Request Input

The Request input action enables player interaction. With it, you can:

• Add a prompt (optional) and choose a variable.
• The prompt limit is 50 characters.
• Whatever the player types becomes the chosen variable’s value.

To display the value in text, open a text box and type the variable name inside brackets (for example: [variableName]).

Summary

With Kocho, you can be either a player or a creator—building simple or more complex stories that include choices and bringing the stories you imagined to life.

As a player, you’ll also get access to community-made stories created by visual novel and anime fan creators.