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Overview
What Ren'Py does
Ren'Py is a free visual novel engine that allows creation of interactive fiction and visual novels. It uses a simple scripting language and supports multiple platforms.
What people use it for
- Writing visual novels with a text-based script language
- Building dating and management life simulation games
- Shipping the same story project to Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
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Where it falls short
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- Desktop support is limited to Windows 10 and later on x86_64, macOS 10.10 and later on x86_64, and Linux on x86_64 or Arm
- Android and iOS are secondary platforms and development must be done on one of the three desktop platforms
- Browser builds require WebAssembly support and Ren'Py states this platform remains Beta
- Text support covers languages that do not require ligatures, with only some ligature-requiring languages supported
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Pricing
What Ren'Py costs
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Free
Free
- Full engine
- Cross-platform support
- Rich scripting language
- Community support
- Open-source
- No royalties
Capabilities
Features
Simple scripting language
Simple scripting language capability
Text rendering
Text rendering capability
Image display
Image display capability
Animations
Animations capability
Sound and music
Sound and music capability
Choice system
Choice system capability
Save/load functionality
Save/load functionality capability
Translation support
Translation support capability
Python
Integration with Python
Git
Integration with Git
GitHub
Integration with GitHub
Open-source
Open-source security feature
Behind it
Who makes Ren'Py
- Company
- Ren'Py Team
- Based in
- Community-driven
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