Ren'Py
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An example of a Ren'Py-created scene. | |
| Original author(s) | Tom "PyTom" Rothamel |
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| Developer(s) | Tom "PyTom" Rothamel[1] |
| Initial release | August 24, 2004 |
| Stable release | Ren'Py 6.99.3 / April 26, 2015 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Android, IOS |
| Size | 25 MB |
| Available in | English for the engine - UTF-8 use for resulting programs |
| Type | Game engine (visual novel) |
| License | MIT License[2] |
| Alexa rank | [3] |
| Website |
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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 or 'visual novel,' the type of game made using Ren'Py; and Python, the programming language that Ren'Py runs on. Ren'Py has proved attractive to English-language hobbyists; over 850 games use the Ren'Py engine, nearly all in English.[4][5]
Features
Ren'Py natively supports almost all typical visual novel features, including branching stories, save file systems, 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 also include blocks of Python code to allow advanced users to add new features of their own. As well, tools are included in the engine distribution to obfuscate scripts and archive game assets to mitigate copyright infringement.[6]
Ren'Py is built on pygame, which is built with Python on SDL. Ren'Py is officially supported on Windows, recent versions of Mac OS X, and Linux; and can be installed via the package managers of the Arch Linux (as an AUR package), Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo (in experimental overlay[7]) Linux distributions. It has also been ported to Android,[6] as well as OpenBSD and as of the pre-release of version 7, iOS.[8]
Notable Ren'Py games
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- BerndSoft
- Bernd and the Mystery of Unteralterbach[9]
- Christine Love
- Digital: A Love Story[10]
- Don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story[11]
- Analogue: A Hate Story[12][13]
- Dischan Media
- Cradle Song
- Juniper's Knot[6][14]
- Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos[15]
- Four Leaf Studios
- Hanako Games
- Marcel Weyers
- Nekomura Games
- Riva Celso
- Always Remember Me
- Bionic Heart
- Heileen
- Loren The Amazon Princess[21]
- Planet Stronghold
- Roommates
- Summer Session
- Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf
- roseVeRte
- sakevisual
- Soviet Games
- Everlasting Summer
- Winter Tale
- Spicy Tails
- World End Economica (Sakai Visual port)[27]
- Team NEET
References
- ↑ Lin, Maria (December 2005). "Returning the Love: Three Fans Taking the Next Step". Animefringe. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ "Legal Notice". renpy.org. December 2011.
- ↑ renpy.org, Alexa.com
- ↑ "List of Ren'Py games". renpy.org.
- ↑ QuickJump staff (24 November 2007). "Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine: make your own visual novel, dating sim". QuickJump. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine". Ren'Py. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ "Installing Ren'Py on Gentoo Linux".
- ↑ "Ren'Py 6.99".
- ↑ "Bernd and the Mystery of Unteralterbach". BerndSoft. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- ↑ Love, Christine. "Digital: A Love Story". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story". Scoutshonour.com. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ Love, Christine (2012). "Analogue: A Hate Story". Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Analogue: A Hate Story on Steam". www.steampowered.com. Valve Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ↑ "Juniper's Knot". Dischan Media. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ ""Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos" Released | Devblog". Dischan.org. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "Katawa Shoujo". Katawa Shoujo. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "Sleepless Night | ~Marcel Weyers~". En.marcel-weyers.de. 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "This Is Where I Want To Die | ~Marcel Weyers~". En.marcel-weyers.de. 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "To Kill A Black Swan | ~Marcel Weyers~". En.marcel-weyers.de. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Nekomura Games. "Princess Battles". Nekomura Games. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ↑ "Loren the Amazon Princess". Games.renpy.org. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ↑ roseVeRte. "Cafe 0". Roseverte.net. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "About Jisei". Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Visual novels and anime games for your computer!". sakevisual. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "Kansei - A supernatural murder mystery game by sakevisual". sakevisual.com. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "Yousei - A supernatural murder mystery game by sakevisual". Sakevisual.com. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ Sekai Project (2014-08-14). "New build out". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ↑ "Team NEET". Evn.eternicity.net. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Sepia Tears". Team Neet. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Ren'Py Games List : Sepia Tears". Games.renpy.org. 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Sepia Tears". Vndb.org. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Sepia Tears | Studio Mugenjohncel". Studiomugenjohncel.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Sepia Tears on Desura". desura.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ↑ "Sepia Tears on Google Play Store". play.google.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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