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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 games made using Ren'Py; 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.
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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* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''
* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''
* ''[[Loren the Amazon Princess]]''
* ''[[Loren the Amazon Princess]]''
* ''The Question'' a small example game from LSF Team (also provided by Ubuntu).
* ''[[Seduce Me The Otome]]''
* ''[[Seduce Me The Otome]]''
* ''[[Sepia Tears ~midwinter's reprise~]]''
* ''[[Sepia Tears ~midwinter's reprise~]]''
* ''[[Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius]]''
* ''[[Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius]]''
* ''That Cheap and Sacred Thing'' from carosene (also provided by PlayDeb archive).


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Revision as of 22:25, 1 February 2017

The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine is a free software engine which facilitates the creation of Visual Novels, a form of computer-mediated storytelling. Ren'Py is a portmanteau of ren'ai (恋愛?), the Japanese word for 'love', a common element of Visual Novel - genre for which Ren'Py is made; and 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 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.

Games using Ren'Py: