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The '''Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine''' is a [[Freeware|free software]] engine which facilitates the creation of [[Visual Novel]]s, a form of computer-mediated storytelling. Ren'Py is a portmanteau of {{nihongo|''ren'ai''|恋愛}}, the Japanese word for 'love', a common element of [[Visual Novel]] - genre for which Ren'Py is made; and [[Python (programming language)|Python]], the programming language that Ren'Py runs on. Ren'Py has proved attractive to English-language hobbyists; over 1000 games use the Ren'Py engine, nearly all in English. See [http://games.renpy.org/ that large, categorized and tagged list on Ren'Py site].

Repositories for some [[Linux]] distributions (at least Debian and Ubuntu) offer ready to install RenPy with everything the engine needs (including fonts), as well as a few games for it.

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* From [[Christine Love]]
** ''[[Digital: A Love Story]]''
** ''[[Don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story]]''
** ''[[Analogue: A Hate Story]]''
** ''Hate Plus''
* From [[Hanako Games]]
** ''Black Closet''
** ''[[Date Warp]]''
** ''[[Long Live The Queen]]''
** ''[[Magical Diary]]''
** ''The Royal Trap''
** ''Sword Daughter''
* ''[[Everlasting Summer]]''
* ''[[Jisei]]''
* ''[[Juniper's Knot]]''
* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''
* ''[[Loren the Amazon Princess]]''
* ''Magical Boutique'' - [[Simulation Game]] from Chibi Goddess.
* ''The Question'' a small example game from LSF Team (also provided by Canonic Ubuntu repository).
* ''[[Seduce Me The Otome]]''
* ''[[Sepia Tears ~midwinter's reprise~]]''
* ''[[Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius]]''
* ''That Cheap and Sacred Thing'' from carosene (also provided by PlayDeb repository).

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