- Ren'Py
Infobox Software
name = Ren'py Visual Novel Engine
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author =
developer = PyTom
released = August 24, 2004
latest release version = Ren'Py 6.7.1 "Apple Juice"
latest release date = September 28, 2008
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
frequently updated = Yes
programming language = Python
operating system = Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
platform =
size = 14MB
language = English
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genre =Visual Novel Engine
license = MIT
website = http://www.renpy.orgThe Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine is an
open source software engine which facilitates the creation of visual novels, a form of computer-mediated storytelling. Unlike other popular visual novel engines such asNScripter , Ren'Py has proved attractive to English-Language hobbyists; over a hundred games [ [http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Ren'Py_Games List of Ren'Py games] ] use the Ren'Py engine, nearly all in English.Features
Ren'Py supports nearly all features that a visual novel might reasonably be expected to have, including branching stories, saving and loading of games, rollback to previous points in the story, a variety of scene transitions and so on. Ren'Py scripts have a screenplay-like syntax, and can additionally include blocks of Python code to allow advanced users to add new features of their own. Additionally, tools are included in the engine distribution to obfuscate scripts and archive game assets to mitigate copyright infringement.
Ren'Py is built on Python and
PyGame , and is officially supported on Windows, recent versions ofMac OS X andLinux , and is included as part of the Ubuntu andDebian Linux distributions.ee Also
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NScripter
*Visual Novel
*Dating Sim External Links
* [http://www.renpy.org/ Ren'Py website]
* [http://renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Features Feature list]
* [http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=8 Ren'Py forum]
* [http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2005/12/special/05.php Ren'Py-related Interview with PyTom for AnimeFringe]Notes
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