Ren'Py

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Eileen, a mascot of sorts for Ren'Py

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.

One of the cool things about Ren'Py is how easy it is to get started. The engine ships with a short tutorial. The scripting is very close to plain English for most visual novels. Thus the barrier to entry is very low: A writer, artist, and musician are all that is needed to ship a competent visual novel with Ren'Py if one of the people is reasonably technically inclined. That said, Ren'Py also exposes a lot for those who are skilled programmers, though those seeking to make anything other than a visual novel are probably better served by other visual novels or engines.

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.

Tropes used in Ren'Py include:
  • Game Maker: Specifically developed for visual novels.
Games using Ren'Py include: created by Ren'Py include:

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