

“Tutorial” can be played through clicking on “Start”. This will open the project in a playable view. With “Tutorial” selected, click on “Launch Project” in the lower, right-hand corner. By selecting projects on the left-hand side (“Tutorial” is selected by default), they can be changed, built, or run. The Ren’Py Launcher provides access to all of the files, directories, and possible actions for any project. To run Ren’py, open the “renpy” executable on Windows, “renpy” shell script in Linux, or the “renpy.app” on Mac. Navigating to the now uncompressed folder shows its contents. On Mac and Linux, it can be uncompressed either through the default file viewer or from command-line tools. On Windows, this is done through its self-extracting file. (Additional, individual downloads for tools can be found under at the bottom of the same page.)ĭepending on the platform chosen, the downloaded file will need to be uncompressed into its full content of files. It has builds for Windows, Mac, and Linux by default. Ren’Py can be downloaded from its its Download (Latest) page. All screenshots and code in this guide are based on that version. Note: As of this writing, the latest version is Ren’Py 7.0. It comes with a suite of tools for taking code and transforming it into programs that can be run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and even, with a little more work, mobile platforms like Android and iOS. Ren’Py is a engine for creating visual novels.

Part 4: Special Screen Names and Overriding Screens.Part 3: Style Inspector and Overriding Styles.Part 3: Animation and Transformation Language.Part 5: Variables and Conditional Statements.Part 2: Editing and Creating Characters.
