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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 31

Just posted the new article to the Ren'Py Patreon, talking what's coming in Ren'Py 8.5.

www.patreon.com/post...

renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 26

Visited a nearby federal courthouse to see a museum there, and had the lovely experience of helping a family of new Americans take a group photo together.

(Public pic zoomed in to protect their privacy.)

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 8

There's still a bit to do - right now it's leaking memory - but it's nice to see it working for the first time.
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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 8

My project for the last week has been integrating Live2D Cubism SDK for Web with Ren'Py's web platform support. I've had some success, you can see the first working version at:

share.renpy.org/l2dw...
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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 7

A quick question - is anyone playing Ren'Py games on a gsync-enabled monitor? If so, are you having any problems?

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 4

The name visual novel is a clue that literary and artistic merit is an aspiration of the medium. It's pretty rare to get both in one package - part of what drew me to VNs in the first place.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 2

Just added that config variable. (It'll be in 8.5.)

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ren'Py 8.5 is planned for late this year.
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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Aug 2

First new feature of Ren'Py 8.5 is config.image_directories, which lets you have multiple image directories. For example:

define config.image_directories = [ "dlcimages", "images" ]

would let you have dlc images that have priority over non-dlc images.
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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 31

The new Patreon article is up. It goes over July's work - including the two big releases. It also has a new displayable that lets you display taps on the screen.

www.patreon.com/post...

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 30

Right now you can rewrite 00images.rpy, but I should probably just change things to allow more than one.

renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 28

I suspect this could be made easier by having two images directories, with the game picking the patch image if present and using its non-patch equivalent if not.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 26

Had a great conversation with the University of Dayton Game Dev club, about Ren'Py and balancing life with engine development. I appreciate them having me.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 25

A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:

www.renpy.org/doc/ht...

A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:

www.renpy.org/doc/ht...

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm happy to announce the release of Ren'Py 8.4.1. This release addresses multiple issues, including a problem that prevented creators on Windows from creating new games in non-English languages.

Downloads of Ren'Py 8.4.1 can be found at:

www.renpy.org/releas...

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 24

I will say - thinking about this after a night's sleep - that I don't think the steam/itch teams had much of a choice in how they acted. It was losing some games, or lose every game.

So please, be kind to them when expressing your frustration.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 24

The goal would be you'd get your own key, and then you'd have your own 10GB to play with.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm leaning towards putting together a tool to upload games to Cloudflare's hosting, which has a 10GB free tier.
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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 24

Steam and Itch taking down games they host is a problem for game preservation - and of course, I'm not a fan of people trying to censor what creators can express.

This is one of the many reasons Ren'Py is free, and why its license means I can't censor what is made with it.
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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 20

I've made the first prerelease of the Ren'Py 8.4.1. You can find it at:

www.renpy.org/releas...

with the list of changes at:

www.renpy.org/dev-do...

You can update using the update button in the launcher.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 19

Even ones that don't ship with source code can usually be run by the SDK.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 19

I'm looking at making a prerelease of Ren'Py 8.4.1 later today. Should have some important fixes, especially one for an issue that's been preventing the creation of new non-English-language projects.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ren'Py 8.4 is the result of over nine months of work by myself and the other Ren'Py developers and testers. I can't wait to see what's made with it.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ren'Py 8.4 increases the minimum system requirements for Ren'Py and games. The Windows version now requires Windows 10 or later. Linux now requires Ubuntu 20.04 or later, the Steam "soldier" runtime, or a similar Linux distribution. 32-bit ARM Linux is no longer supported.

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renpytom.bsky.social @renpytom.bsky.social · Jul 12

* Ren'Py now supports OpenType features, enabling the use of ligatures, stylistic sets, and other typographic enhancements.
* When a traceback error occurs, the game's state is automatically saved. This save file can be sent to teammates to help diagnose the issue.

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