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Why Ren'Py?

5 comments

  1. [3]
    unkz
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    This is a super fun environment. I worked with my daughter to make a few interactive stories and it was pretty accessible, even to a 12 year old with minimal coding experience.

    This is a super fun environment. I worked with my daughter to make a few interactive stories and it was pretty accessible, even to a 12 year old with minimal coding experience.

    13 votes
    1. [2]
      balooga
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      I was just thinking, my daughter loves building and playing this sort of game in Scratch… something like Ren’Py might be a good next step for her. I started my programming journey with HyperCard...

      I was just thinking, my daughter loves building and playing this sort of game in Scratch… something like Ren’Py might be a good next step for her. I started my programming journey with HyperCard and World Builder some 30+ years ago, and I’m always on the lookout for contemporary analogs for my kids.

      How does one pronounce “Ren’Py,” anyway?

      1 vote
      1. unkz
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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%27Py So, ren, like ren and stimpy, and py like “pie”

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%27Py

        Ren'Py is a portmanteau of ren'ai (恋愛), the Japanese word for 'romantic love', a common element of games made using Ren'Py; and Python, the programming language that Ren'Py runs on.

        So, ren, like ren and stimpy, and py like “pie”

        4 votes
  2. Carrow
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    I looked at Ren'Py again recently when I was fiddling around with some game dev tools. I often recommend it for folk that want to make a VN. I ended up messing about with Godot after some...

    I looked at Ren'Py again recently when I was fiddling around with some game dev tools. I often recommend it for folk that want to make a VN. I ended up messing about with Godot after some meandering about.

    Some of the most popular Ren'Py games include Katawa Shoujo, Doki Doki Literature Club, and Slay the Princess.

    3 votes
  3. clayh
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    There's a Ren'Py game from 2013 worth visiting, called Save the Date. You can find it here: https://paperdino.com/save-the-date/

    There's a Ren'Py game from 2013 worth visiting, called Save the Date. You can find it here: https://paperdino.com/save-the-date/

    1 vote