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Academy & resources

You only need a hook, a few portraits, and a script.

Dorian's whole curriculum, in one place. Start with the 15-minute quickstart, then go as deep as you like.

Start creating, free Creator Course

Choose your track

The same curriculum, ordered for who you are.

Writers & narrative designers

  1. Engine basics: build without code →
  2. Game mechanics: relationships, pronouns, choices →
  3. Validate your idea before you build →

Artists & comic creators

  1. Genre templates →
  2. Engine basics: build without code →
  3. Invite collaborators →

Cosplayers & performers

  1. Essentials: your first 15 minutes →
  2. Set up your profile →
  3. Publish and promote →

Streamers & hosts

  1. Set up your profile →
  2. Publish and promote →
  3. Make money on Dorian →

Studios & IP holders

  1. Data & optimization →
  2. Make money on Dorian →
  3. Invite collaborators →
The library

Every guide, one shelf

Filter by focus, or scan the whole curriculum in one place.

intro 12 min

Essentials: your first 15 minutes

You only need a hook, a few character portraits, a cover image, and a short script to start. Here's the fearless quickstart.

Start the quickstart
intro 5 min

Create your creator account

Claim your handle, set up your public profile, and get ready to publish your first project page.

Set up account
intro 6 min

Set up your profile

Your profile is your home base. Banner, bio, links, and a featured project that makes fans hit follow.

Build your profile
intro 18 min

Engine basics: build without code

Combine art, text, animation and video, and add branching and game mechanics, all with zero coding.

Learn the engine
intermediate 16 min

Game mechanics: relationships, pronouns, choices

Relationship meters, pronoun systems, achievements, and choices that remember: the mechanics that make romance land.

Add mechanics
intro 8 min

Validate your idea before you build

Publish a concept page, gather wishlists, and let demand tell you what to make next. The new fourth pillar.

Validate demand
intermediate 7 min

Invite collaborators

Bring on artists, writers, voice actors, and editors with scoped roles, and credit them on your game page.

Find collaborators
intermediate 14 min

Make money on Dorian

Keep your IP, set your prices, and turn choices, Hearts, and community support into a real creator business.

Learn monetization
intermediate 11 min

Publish and promote

Launch checklist, trailer guidance, and the social playbook for turning a wishlist list into a launch-day crowd.

Plan your launch
advanced 13 min

Data & optimization

Real-time analytics show where players engage and spend, and why. Read the signal, ship the fix.

Optimize with data
intro 6 min

Genre templates

Start from a dating-sim, visual-novel, or interactive-comic template and make it yours.

Browse templates
intro 30 min

Become a Game Creator (21-day course)

The marquee creator-conversion course: three weeks from blank page to a published, fandom-ready game.

Start the course

Become a Game Creator

Three weeks from blank page to a published, fandom-ready game. The marquee Dorian course, now built right into the site.

Start the Creator Course