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Posting Guide/How to Ask For Help (discuss.tchncs.de)
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To preface this, do not be afraid to ask questions! This guide is meant to help reduce frustration for potential helpers, and make your post easily searchable for developers who might run into the same problem in the future.

Please adhere to the following guidelines when posting a question or asking for help:

Follow the "Read, Search, Ask" Principle

  • If you run into an error, don't panic and patiently read the error message first
  • Search the web, the documentation, or this community to ascertain if this problem has been discussed before
  • If neither of these methods could help, ask your question!

How to Ask for Help

Here are a few pointers on how to format and what to include in your post.

Use a helpful Title for your Post

Please do not just write variations of "Help!!" in your title. Instead, summarize your problem in one sentence. Also, lease use the appropriate post tag [Question].

Bad examples

  • "Can someone help me please?"
  • "HELP Animation Loop"
  • "Dumb question lol"
  • "Quick question"
  • "Translation question"

Good examples

  • "[Question] How to check which translation language is currently used?"
  • "[Question] Making a looping animation for a sprite"
  • "[Question] FilesNotFoundError when trying to open .rpy-File"

Explain your problem

Try to explain what you are trying to do and in what way your code behaves differently from what you expect.

List what you have tried to solve the problem

List what you have tried so far, and ideally include a code snippet.

Explain what you need help with concisely

Formulate a precise question or request for your problem.

Provide Examples and/or Screenshots

In general, add screenshots, code snippets, or in case of errors, the error message you are getting.

For code snippets, please use the code formatting feature of the Lemmy post editor so it's easier to read, like this:

define s = Character('Sylvie', color="#c8ffc8")
define m = Character('Me', color="#c8c8ff")

label start:
    s "Hi there! How was class?"
    m "Good..."
    "I can't bring myself to admit that it all went in one ear and out the other."
    s "Are you going home now? Wanna walk back with me?"
    m "Sure!"

Close the thread

If your question has been answered to your satisfaction, post a reply to let the participants in the discussion and future readers know, and show appreciation for your helpers by thanking them! Change the post tag to [Question Solved].

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New Library: renpy-table by brunoais (goblin.band)
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New Library: renpy-table by brunoais

It adds a table component that works as a drop-in replacement for grid. It works the same, except it allows you to use variable column sizes.

Itch.io

Source Code

@renpy@discuss.tchncs.de

#renpy #vndev #gamedev #indiedev

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New Tool: Build Project for Ren'Py by BezerraC (goblin.band)
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New Tool: Build Project for Ren'Py by BezerraC

This project contains scripts to automate the build process of games developed with Ren'Py for different platforms, including Android and Windows. The scripts are written in Python and use the subprocess library to execute build commands.

Git repository

@renpy@discuss.tchncs.de

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[Guide] How to Make a Visual Novel Solo by Arimia (mastodon.social)
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[Guide] How to Make a Visual Novel Solo by Arimia

A compilation of advice from over 30 solo vn-devs!

https://arimiadev.com/how-to-make-a-visual-novel-solo/

@renpy

#IndieDev #VNDev #RenPy #GameDev

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Submissiones open: NOVELASIA - SEA Visual Novel Showcase 2024 (files.mastodon.social)
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Submissiones open: NOVELASIA - SEA Visual Novel Showcase 2024

NOVELASIA is an upcoming event on YouTube celebrating visual novel games developed in Southeast Asia!

If you are a SEA-based VN-dev, you can find more info and submission forms here:
https://southeast-asia-game.fandom.com/wiki/NOVELASIA_-_SEA_Visual_Novel_Showcase_2024

The deadline for submissions is on Sunday, 22th September 2024.

@renpy

#GameDev #VisualNovel #VNDev

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Monstrous Desires - a horror jam for monsters! (mementomori.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by vsitante@mementomori.social to c/renpy@discuss.tchncs.de
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Monstrous Desires - a horror jam for monsters!

A little late in posting this to the group, but if anyone is interested, Monstrous Desires, a horror game jam starts in (checks calendar) one day!

It will run from August 28, 2024 to October 28, 2024, ending at 11:59 pm/GMT+8.

Monstrous Desires is an unranked Visual Novel Jam dedicated to the love of entities, horrors, and monstrosities. Participants are tasked with creating a romantic Visual Novel (VN) that heavily focuses on a monster may it be original or from classics, folklore, modern media, etc.

More here: https://itch.io/jam/monstrous-desires-2024

Use #MonstrousDesiresVNjam on Twitter or Tumblr (unfortunately) for retweets or reblogs!

@renpy @gamejams

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New Ren'Py Extension guiManipulate allows you to adjust the position of screens in-game (files.mastodon.social)
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New Ren'Py Extension guiManipulate allows you to adjust the position of screens in-game

guiManipulate by bronoais is a Ren'Py extension to manipulate the UI Displayables and obtain the values modified to achieve the result being seen.

In this alpha version, only moving (xpos and ypos) is implemented. More are expected to be added in the future.

Download:
https://brunoais.itch.io/renpy-guimanipulate
ReadMe and source code:
https://gitlab.com/brunoais/renpy-guiManipulate

@renpy

#RenPy #GameDev #VNDev

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Ren'Py 8.3.0 and Ren'Py 7.8.0 have been released! (mastodon.social)
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Ren'Py 8.3.0 and Ren'Py 7.8.0 have been released!

The biggest new features in this update are:
- Audio Filters, allowing for effects like high-pass and low-pass filters, reverb etc.
- Text shaders, which allow GLSL shaders to be applied to text. Making a whole new range of text effects possible

8.3.0 Download:
https://www.renpy.org/release/8.3.0

7.8.0 Download:
https://www.renpy.org/release/7.8.0

List of changes:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html

Breaking changes:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/incompatible.html

@renpy
#GameDev #VNDev #RenPy

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VSCode Extension - Ren'Py Launch and Sync by Paisley Softworks (mastodon.social)
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VSCode Extension - Ren'Py Launch and Sync by Paisley Softworks

This extension allow you to:

- start and quit ren'py in your project
- warp to a specific line or jump to a label in your game
- update cursor position in the editor as dialogue progresses
- automatically enable autoreload

Download:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PaisleySoftworks.renpyWarp

@renpy

#RenPy #GameDev #VisualStudioCode #VSCode #VNDev

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The first prerelease of Ren'Py 8.3 and Ren'Py 7.8 is out! (mastodon.social)
submitted 1 month ago by Berin@mastodon.social to c/renpy@discuss.tchncs.de
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The first prerelease of Ren'Py 8.3 and Ren'Py 7.8 is out!

These releases will bring audio filters and text shaders, along with many other improvements.

Ren'Py 8.3.0 Downloads:

https://www.renpy.org/release/8.3.0

Ren'Py 7.8.0 Downloads :

https://www.renpy.org/release/7.8.0

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

https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/changelog.html

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

https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/incompatible.html

@renpy

#RenPy #GameDev #VNDev #IndieDev

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Tales to Thrill Jam will start in 1 week (August 7th - September 1st) (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 1 month ago by berin@programming.dev to c/renpy@discuss.tchncs.de
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cross-posted from: https://mastodon.social/users/Berin/statuses/112881450062182458

Tales to Thrill Jam will start in 1 week (August 7th - September 1st)

It's an unranked visual novel game jam in which you can pick one of the following themes:

- Possessive Possessions
- Lost & Found
- Forgotten Promise

https://itch.io/jam/talestothrill2024

@gamejams

#T3Jam2024 #GameJams #VNDev #IndieDev #GameDev

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4 free Ren'Py GUI templates you can use for your next visual novel (files.mastodon.social)
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4 free Ren'Py GUI templates you can use for your next visual novel

All of these are full HD drop-into-your-project-and-go templates, free to use in personal and commercial works!

Pastel Stripes by Skolaztika

https://skolaztika.itch.io/pastel-stripes-renpy-gui

Dark Elegance by Skolaztika

https://skolaztika.itch.io/dark-elegance-renpy-gui

Pastel Fairytale by chimeriquement

https://chimeriquement.itch.io/pastel-fairytale-gui

Custom Gui by Kick14

https://kick14.itch.io/custom-gui-renpy

@renpy

#RenPy #VNDev #IndieDev #GameDev

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Spooktober 6th Annual Visual Novel Jam (September 1st 2024 - October 1st) (mastodon.social)
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Spooktober 6th Annual Visual Novel Jam (September 1st 2024 - October 1st)

The Spooktober game jam will start in a bit more than a month! It's the biggest competitive visual novel jam of the year โœจ

In preparation for the event, there are going to be several team-building events throughout August on the DevTalk discord.

They are also still looking for more sponsors and judges!

https://itch.io/jam/spooktober-2024

@renpy

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameJam #VNDev #RenPy #VisualNovel

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[Guide] Ren'Py Tutorials by Feniks (mastodon.social)
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[Guide] Ren'Py Tutorials by Feniks

Feniks' tutorials are a great way to get acquainted with Ren'Py; even devs who already have some experience might learn a new thing or two!

Each topic is explained in detail and there are quizzes at the end of each chapter.

https://feniksdev.com/navigation

@renpy

#RenPy #VNDev #IndieDev #GameDev

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New Ren'Py Lemmy Community! (files.mastodon.social)
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New Ren'Py Lemmy Community!

Heyo, I made a community for Ren'Py developers to ask for help and share their projects! Feel free to tag it to crosspost your mastodon posts, just like this post here. (But read the rules first, please)

https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/renpy

@renpy

#RenPy #GameDev #VNDev #IndieDev #VisualNovel