#renpy anon game

[applottl]

Hey! Is there anything else you have for Welcome to Wobbletown? I love Mallory sm, she(?)'s a cutie! I can't wait to see what you have in store for a jester dating sim! :-D

eeeek!! tysm! so glad to see someone interested in this! unfortunately this project is VERY SMALL cuz im focusing on rules for relationships currently, but i can drop sum extra concepts and official art! (also, yes, mallory uses she/her pronouns!)

above is a concept of the main menu screen, one of my sprites for annie (the co-manager of wobbletown!), and a bg for the teen zone created by @shauwkip0pz ! so, like i said, not much so far consisting of the art, but i have ALL of the story fully developed!

the game will have a total of 10 characters, with 5 male characters, 3 female characters, and 2 nonbinary characters! it takes place at a mall playplace!

(xtra concept art under the cut, sum of this is old tho lolsies)

[shadowpeachyuri]

I thought macaque knew shockingly little about the modern day. But then he revealed he knew how to make a video game, so all bets are off

sorry got distracted. can we all start headcanoning macaque as a tgirl programmer now

[throwaway-yandere]

Hi! Love your work so much and I adore the effort you put into your stuff. I'm making a genshin otome and was wondering if it'd be okay to ask for a promo of sorts in the future? It's absolutely completely 100% valid and understandable if you don't wish to promo other works in your own blog though! I just wanted to ask first for permission or whether it's okay or not! Thanks for reading! Love ya <3

Love your work so much

Press X to doubt, you sound saner than an average reader

Okay kidding aside, I'm not exactly the most influential/popular person so I'm not sure how I'd be able to help but I can reblog it(?) for sure! I enjoy genshin and otome games so yeah!!! Even if you didn't read my works I'd still look forward to this lmao. Wish you the best in making the game <333

[kroovv]

previous anon here: dorian's predatory business practices are a lot like wattpad's if you know anything about that—they pocket a huge portion of the proceeds for every VN they publish and only give very few pennies to the actual authors, essentially using other people's work to line their own pockets, while pretending to provide a great platform for artists. Last I heard they also have terms that say whatever you upload to them becomes their property IP. it's the kind of situation where they convince artists its the easiest option for publishing a VN, when in reality there are other ways that are just as or even more simple that allow u to keep full ownership of ur work. I also have a grudge against them specifically because they bought up an indie VN studio that I was a fan of, put previously free stuff behind a paywall and otherwise ran it into the ground, and their social media people were very unprofessional and sent threatening messages to fans for making fan content.

Renpy takes some learning, but it's really simple once you know how it works. And besides renpy there are other VN engines that are even simpler (Unity even has a VN library called Fungus thats very simple and straightforward to use) TyranoBuilder is also a popular one. As for chapters, there are absolutely people on itchio updating their VNs a chapter at a time, although i dont know if its in the way youd want; pushing each separate chapters as updates to the main game, or releasing each chapter as a separate game come to mind as options.

(i'd honestly even offer to convert the game to renpy for you since ive been working extensively with renpy for the past 2 years and am very familiar with it and how to work it, if it meant i could save one artist from the clutches of dorian, but that feels too much like overstepping 😅)

So i am not sure if maybe they have changed things, but with games self published to them they own 0% of that IP so I will own Gravehearts 100% only if they where to buy it from me then they’d own it but i personally do not see that happening lmao. From what i understand about it is it is like Webtoons but for VNs anyone can upload to it but they still own it like how i still own Horizon Walkers even though it’s on Webtoons and Tapas. They do take a % of what you make so that is why I would love to also have my own app or game on itch as well!

I have a decent following for my artwork but who knows what that vendiagram is for people who like VNs is, so if i where to publish the game somewhere by itself i don’t know how well it would do because I don’t know if i have the audience for it, also i don’t know if people would even see it when i post about it cause social media sucks. So like posting HW to webtoons so that people who read comics might see it that’s what I am kind of hoping for with posting Gravehearts to Dorian.

Again with Gravehearts i own it 100%, with publishing games there you can chose when and where people pay for things, and people do paywall love interests and main story stuff but i fully do not intend to do that because I don't want to do that. So I will not be putting any main story or love interests behind paywalls the only thing I would do as paid stuff are optional scenes with a character where you can get a nice full art piece of them from it! (Im also trying to figure out if i could put some kind of code on the image so people can download high res versions of it as phone wallpapers! So you’re actually paying for something more tangible)

However like i said previously i would love to make my own app for it, or something like an app or on itch, but i could maybe try do it in tangent with Dorian, so people who don’t want to support them can still support the story somewhere else! But it might take a little while for me to be able to do something like that because it’d be learning a whole bunch of new stuff and it is just me but I will do my best 👍

[h-sleepingirl]

hey, i'm sure you get stuff like this all the time, but i just recently discovered your renpy games, and holy shit, they were such a game changer for me! i kept trying out hypnosis stuff, but nothing put me in trance like i think therefore did. it's very exciting to be able to return to trance because i know what it feels like now, but even aside from my interest in it as a kink, it's done so much for my emotion/bodily awareness in general :) like wow, i can actually feel and influence my thoughts and emotions and mood changes inside my body?? wild lol. even just guided meditation never worked for me because i would get too caught up wondering if i was calm yet, and they always sort of took it for granted that i already know what my body and mind actually feel like. NOTHING else guided me into such an immensely calm and nice-feeling state like those games, AND i got to have a ton of fun while i was at it. my anxiety management skills have Skyrocketed since then! thank you for sharing the amazing work you do!!

This is really cool anon! My games are definitely not intended to be therapeutic but I think it makes sense you had this effect because I emphasize awareness and observation a lot when I do hypnosis :) Makes me feel proud and confident that this is a good direction to go for people like yourself who have a difficult time with trance because (many times) they don't really know what to look for or how to look. Thank you :)

[oneknightstand-if]

With so many variables and possible outcomes, how do you plan your storyline? We've all already acknowledged coding is a nightmare for you, but writing with all those variations must be too, right?

How do you plan your IF?

I know I was joking with that other Anon about the coding being eldritch, but it's actually not that hard.

The stuff I was programming in Renpy way back when was way more fiddly. It might be hard for a codereader to parse since I use *gosubs and multireplace and such so that there's no repeated text, but that kind of stuff doesn't really make the actual coding/writing all that harder.

During the first part of the fencing route, I actually tried to do that thing where you just repeat the text instead of using *gosubs & such to see if it would make things easier/faster, but that made hunting down typos a real PITA, so I didn't think it was worth it. (Also that would've bloated the word count outrageously in the end)

The biggest time sink will always be going back and replaying through every variation of a scene. If I just wrote/coded the game, ran Quicktest/Randomtest, and then slapped the IF up immediately for playing then this would've taken 1/4 of the time. But it also would've been a way more bug-filled experience for the player.

Otherwise, I've got several hundred pages of research notes & backstory and such, but that was mostly written before I started writing the actual game. I don't start writing until I already know exactly what's going to happen in the story. (Or at least the major plot beats. I don't know that I'll give an option for the MC to tie their shoelaces in Chapter 5 or something such)

My version of the game code is actually filled with a lot of *Comments such as Remember to allow MC to use [SPOILER] in the upcoming fight (+ a description of exactly what each of the variables in the startup file do), so the version of the game put out for the public is the way less annotated one.

[barbwritesstuff]

i loooove blood moon and cant wait for your future ifs. i know you mentioned that you were planning on a mermaid/siren if (pls correct me if im wrong) but i was wondering if you plan on a sequel for blood moon?

Okay. I'm glad you asked this anon, because it's all a bit messy, and I think it would be good for me to explain this. Bear with me, as my brain is a bit disordered right now, so this may or may not make sense.

Will there be a sequel to Blood Moon?

I dunno. Maybe. I want there to be. But I don't know, which is frustrating (for me, as well as you).

See, it's not that I don't have ideas or anything.

I have this idea for a Blood Moon sequel that I really like. It's titled 'Thicker Than' and focuses on the vampires of the city, rather than werewolves. The MC would be a new vampire with a mission from the Night King: solve a series of murders targeting members of the Night Court.

Here's the problem:

I haven't been paid or seen any sales data from Blood Moon, in part because the Australian Tax Office is taking months to organise a document that they said would only take two weeks.

So... without any data, and with everything in life just getting more and more expensive, I literally just can't financially commit to another large project set in this world. I don't mean to be dramatic, but that's the honest truth.

I need to know how many people bought Blood Moon before I can consider writing a sequel (because a sequel is probably not going to sell better than an original). And I just don't have those numbers. I don't know when I'll get them either.

I'm really sorry about that.

Will there be a dark mermaid thing?

Again. I don't know.

I have this really cool idea for a dark mermaid thing that I think people would really enjoy. It involves pirates and ancient sea gods and cannibalism.

It'd also be another full length thing. Eg, around the same size as Blood Moon.

However, I'm holding off on using Choicescript for the reasons above (I need to have sales data).

I've been experimenting with some shorter Renpy games, the first of which I'll release next month on itch.io. If people like the style of those, I'll consider using Renpy as a tool to make the dark mermaid game... if no one buys the short games, then I'll reconfigure and try to come up with a new plan.

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I'm sorry if all that was a bit blunt. I'm really trying to be forthright and honest about all this. I want people who read my stuff to know what's going on, and I wish there was more to say, but everything has a lot of 'hurry up and wait' energy, which is all a bit stressful.

I'm also querying a prose novel right now (asking literary agents if they want to help me sell it) which also has a lot of 'hurry up and wait' energy, which isn't helping. 😅

Despite all this admin-y stuff, I am still drafting and writing, but it might not be stuff that you get to see for a little while.

I really hope that all makes sense.

[nadianova]

I'm the renpy anon and thank you so much for the explanation!! It really helped me to motivate to start. I was wondering if there was a specific way you write your scripts? Like I've heard that sometimes it's better to write directly into the program for example

hmmm i am not 100% sure what you mean. but i tend to write my narration and dialogue first in google docs (just because of autocorrect and stuff) and when its ready to put in renpy format i use notepad++ but literally any code editor works. i just copy paste in chunks at a time and add in all the needed renpy syntax like quotation marks around sentences and who is saying the lines etc

you can make changes in script.rpy and while keeping open the renpy game window and hit shift+r to refresh the game and see your changes in real time

[teabutmakeitazure]

i saw your post and omg.. good luck with the finals!!!

i understand your helplessness because whenever i surf the net, i see people doom posting and saying that compsci is dead.. that we're not guaranteed to get a job and it's so... eugh ( ◞ ⌓ ◟ )

buuuuttt thats not the point of this ask, i just want to drop a good luck ! we can do it, never give up !

i only have one week left before break and i can't wait to finally play my silly games and draw (i have to study too but who cares), but i cant wait to finally sleep properly !!

wishing you the best ☀️🩷

- sunshine anon

i feel like every single field is doomed at this point. i'm seeing my comp-e seniors doing software engineering jobs and my cs seniors either doing the most whacky thing you can think of or working in a government funded start-up. unlike a few of my seniors, i dont want to get into hedge funds or anything finance related, even if it pays like 125k USD per year (only salary) as the bare minimum. honestly, idk what i wanna do. the superconductor industry is also whacky, i dont want a dead-end software engineering job, working in a game development studio is challenging (would go to japan for this one but the language barrier hnnnggghhhh).

is writing messed yup stories not an employable trait? IS IT NOT??

anyway, i feel you sunshine anon. i too cannot wait for the week to be over and be able to finally do the things i want to do without guilt. oh and study too. im still gonna be coding and trying to learn either renpy or unreal engine (idk anything about unreal engine so i gotta see if blender is better for beginners or not). if my toe dipping into game making is successful, i will post updates. i want to create a game. the idea has been marinating in my brain for almost a year now

in the meantime, computer architecture is interesting so that's that :D

[enkvyu]

jjk x mystic messenger sounds so cool is that going to be your new smau because please don't give up on your gojo one 🥹

i miss it so much when will you update????

hi anon! wait …. when did i mention my jjk mysme game 😵 i totally forgot OOPS anyway it isn’t a smau !! its a game i’m making on renpy rn

this is why i have been rlly bad at posting recently (kinda)

i havent abandoned two faced !!! she is still alive and well and i will bring her back soon 🫶 please wait a little longer 💕 i hope this also answers for the other asks ive gotten abt two faced 😭

[when-life-gives-you-lemons-if]

I just want to say, I love The Wedding so far. I’m a huge fan of enemies to lovers so the bully route with Micah already sounds so promising but I have a couple of questions I hope you don’t mind answering:

Has Micah always been into MC but didn’t know how to express themselves so they chose to bully them as a result or do their feelings get deeper as the story progresses? I love the kind of tension that brings to a possible romance route with a difficult background like that with a character.

Certain people express their love in many different forms; how does Micah express care or affection for someone she deeply cares for? Do they have any preferences as to how MC displays their care for them?

Final question: do you plan on doing RO POVs with The Wedding just like you did with WLGYL and The Midnight Saga(I absolutely love their perspectives and what I love about both of your projects by the way) Anyway, have a great day and great job with all your work!

Hmmm, you're asking the right questions, Anon. And thank you for the kind words, glad you love my games. 🥰

As you know, I don't really do toxic, so you are totally correct about Micah. I envisioned the bully route with Micah as the type that the one who can't really express their love and just decide to be a dick about thinking that's the way to go. And I think they love MC for who MC is, someone that never really bent to their whim, someone who is not afraid to call them out.

I'm planning to do some character development to show how everything plays out, but one main thing about this story is all the characters are flawed.

You have Danny who has anger issues and the scars they hide under their tattoos. Micah is spoiled, but deeper in the story MC will get to see another side of them. And Hayden who is a complete manipulator, and then Tar, and now Cass. I really hope I can manage to write them as in this game the characters are supposed to be complex and not lovey-dovey as the ones in Lemons.

As for the POVs. I don't know if I can get away with that in a VN. but I do plan on doing some more scenes like the one I made for Hayden. So will see. But if you're referring to like side stories in Choicescript for The Wedding, the answer is no as I'm trying to keep it away from CS as possible.

I can't wait to share the new Renpy updates.

So far it will only be PC and Mac, no phones yet.

[intimidatingpuffinstudios]

Hi, I encounter a bug on the android app, just after metting Zack, and tell them 'you're here to rob me' or something like that

[code]

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:

Exception: String 'The quip leaves your mouth before you have any time to think about it, dry and emotionless. You do not pause to consider how your words could be interpreted as offending, especially considering that this [Zach_manwoman} is helping you unprompted.' ends with an open format operation.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:

File "script.rpyc", line 490, in script

File "renpy/ast.py", line 930, in execute

File "renpy/exports.py", line 1474, in say

File "renpy/character.py", line 1337, in __call__

File "renpy/character.py", line 1251, in prefix_suffix

File "renpy/character.py", line 1231, in sub

File "renpy/substitutions.py", line 278, in substitute

File "/home/tom/ab/renpy-build/tmp/install.linux-x86_64/lib/python3.9/string.py", line 165, in vformat

File "/home/tom/ab/renpy-build/tmp/install.linux-x86_64/lib/python3.9/string.py", line 174, in _vformat

File "renpy/substitutions.py", line 162, in parse

Exception: String 'The quip leaves your mouth before you have any time to think about it, dry and emotionless. You do not pause to consider how your words could be interpreted as offending, especially considering that this [Zach_manwoman} is helping you unprompted.' ends with an open format operation.

[/code]

What an excellent bug report 😫👌THANK YOU, anon! It should be fixed now!

[throwaway-yandere]

@genshinotome :: I played the demo and it's so INTERESTING! You did really good with it and I loved the references to other otome games :D!!

I'm very impressed with what you've got so far and very excited to see more ^^

[The yandere otome game diluc VN demo]

Uwahhh thank you!!! Btw everyone pls check out @genshinotome cuz their game looks really awesome and incredibly aesthetically pleasing!!! The premise of their game is definitely intriguing with how there's a new nation in genshin please do check their work too <3

Also just me and phitre's idiocy here lol:

[manonamora-if]

Hello, Manon

I was wondering if you could help guide me to a beginner guide to Renpy :-;

cause it's really overwhelming with all its info

Hi Anon!

I'm not a VN person (well, I like to play them, but that's how far I'm going...) so my knowledge of the program goes as far as knowing its name 😬

I've asked around and got some links for you, though I can't say if they are super duper beginner or not...

The Quickstart Guide from the official Ren'Py documentation

How to make a VN in 10 minutes from Freecode Camp

Ren'Py Essential Youtube Playlist by Vimi

Ren'Py Tutorial Channel by ZeilLearnings

The Ren'Py Resource Tag of @interact-if

I've also been told there is an intro project in the Ren'Py Install to help make a basic game.

Hope this is useful! 🤞

[just-a-carrot]

same anon from the ask about whether or not you'd add a system that'd allow you to switch between arcs - that's completely understandable ! i just wanted a way to reread each iggy asexual validation scene without having to go back through an old save or replay the entire game ^ - ^ your game is awesome by the way, really love it !! and each time i think about it i go insane and crazy (in the good way)

ah!! hmm......

i know that renpy has a feature you can make that's like a scene replay gallery? 🤔 i could maybe look into adding something like that in for the final update. i'm unsure what scenes i would choose since i'd need to pick specific ones lkdsajfads and make it clear that once you play the scene it'll take you back to the menu (like you can't start from that scene and then keep playing afterwards). it could be a cool way to easily replay like key scenes tho!! i will do some research lol

in the meantime, you can also use the skip function! either the CTRL key or the TAB key will let you skip through quite quickly (i have to use this copiously while playing and testing LDKJSADKF) and you can use that to at least go a bit faster to refind scenes you're looking for

ahhhh and thank you very much???? that's so kind and sweet ahhhhhh you will make me cry 🥺💕

[brainwroms]

im not sure if i ever told you this but i played your jesus as an idol girl game and it was very good and freaky but also whyd you create it and what was the inspiration for it?

thanks anon! i made it for mostly practice on renpy but also because im gay and raised christian and theres a lot of tangles i want to untangle >_> im probably gonna make more stuff regarding my feelings on religion. it consumes my every waking day i think