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Publish to Web

Nongine allows you to publish your visual novel to a public URL with a single click. Published projects are hosted on Nongine's infrastructure and can be shared with anyone via a link. This is the simplest way to distribute your work and gather feedback.

Publishing Your Project​

To publish, open your project in the editor and click the "Publish" button in the toolbar. A dialog will appear showing the URL where your project will be available. The URL follows the format https://noveleditor.io/play/your-project-slug. You can customize the slug in your project settings. Click "Confirm" to publish. The process takes a few seconds as your project assets are optimized and uploaded. Once complete, the URL is live and anyone with the link can play your visual novel in their browser.

Versioning​

Each time you publish, a new version of your project is created. Nongine maintains a version history, and you can view all published versions from the project settings page. Readers always see the most recently published version. If you make changes to your project after publishing, those changes are only visible to you in the editor until you publish again. This means you can safely edit and test without affecting what readers see. You can also roll back to a previous version if a new publish introduces problems, restoring the reader-facing content to an earlier state.

Unpublishing​

If you want to take your project offline, click the "Unpublish" button in the project settings. This removes the project from the public URL immediately. Anyone who visits the link after unpublishing will see a "project not found" page. Your project data and all versions remain intact in the editor, so you can republish at any time. Unpublishing is useful when you want to temporarily remove access during a major revision, or when you decide to move your project to a different distribution channel.

Free vs Pro Limits​

Free accounts can publish up to three projects simultaneously, with a total asset size limit of 100 MB per project. Published projects on free accounts display a small "Made with Nongine" watermark in the corner of the player. Pro accounts can publish unlimited projects with up to 1 GB of assets per project and no watermark. Pro accounts also get access to custom domain support, allowing you to host your published project on your own domain name instead of the noveleditor.io subdomain. Analytics are available on Pro accounts as well, showing you reader counts, completion rates, and choice distributions.

Sharing and Embedding​

Once published, you can share the URL directly or use the embed code provided in the publish dialog to embed your visual novel in an external website using an iframe. The embed code includes responsive sizing parameters so the player adapts to the container width. Social media share cards are automatically generated using your project's title, description, and a screenshot of the first scene, making links look polished when shared on platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Discord.