#I looove Renpy

[skylilywolf]

Visual novels my beloved <3

If you are looking to try out working on a vn I find Inklewriter to be a great tool for writing since I can easily go through all the choice options I made and see them all in one place.

I've not fiddled with Twine so I'm not sure how easy it is to learn, but Renpy does have a lot of tutorials scattered over the internet and the basics (choices, dialogue, transitions, characters & backgrounds) are nice and simple. It's quite customizable for when you start to get more comfortable and want to expand to more complex mechanics too.

I'd just recommend starting off simple and working your way up to your dream project :3 Once you get the basic structure of what you want it's easier to conceptualize more complicated features and start to implement them.

absolutely devastating that i actually have the art skills now to produce the dating sim/visual novel my teenage self dreamed of and the only thing standing in my way is being a very mid storyteller and even worse at coding

[sonnet009games]

hey there! i love looove your stories so much, especially incubus and aloners! flea and trash will always have a special place in my heart. you became one of my many inspirations to write! in that regards, if it isn't too much, may i know how you did incubus in renpy? i'm interested on using it as the engine for the one i'm writing, but not for a VN, just an interactive novel. ik there are online resources but im kinda confused where to start. tysm in advance and sorry if this is bothersome ;-;

I'll try and explain as best I can! I'll be assuming you know the basics of Ren'Py, and just focus on how I twisted it to work for IF. (Also, I am sure there are a hundred better, prettier, easier, more efficient ways to do this! This is just how I muddle through.)

Firstly, you want to switch your game to NVL mode. The code you want to put at the top of your script is:

define narrator = Character(None, kind=nvl) define menu = nvl_menu

Then, when you're into the real meat of your script, it should look something like this:

Rinse and repeat as you go. Other things, like conditionals etc. work the same as if you were making a traditional VN.

Hope this helps give you a starting point!