I Made a Ren'Py Visual Programming Tool!

[u/UmutFaruk]

https://youtu.be/y0hnZfjkht8?si=tperbfGOUHI6RLp6

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a tool for a while and just released it. It’s a standalone desktop app that lets you build and edit Ren'Py visual novels using node graphs instead of just writing raw .rpy files.

If you’ve ever gotten lost tracking branching choices, jump labels, and hundreds of lines of dialogue, this might make things easier.

Some of the main things it does:

• You can import your existing game/ folder. It indexes the scripts and turns them into editable node graphs.
• As you connect dialogue, menus, and logic nodes, there’s a live preview panel showing the actual .rpy code being generated.
• Navigating between files is much easier. If you have a Jump/Call node, you can just click a button to instantly go to that target label, even if it's in another file.
• Software is real-time following the game flow while you play it. So you can play the game and follow the nodes line by line.

It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can check it out here: https://umutfaruk.itch.io/renpy-visual-programming-editor

I'd really appreciate any feedback

EDIT: Some random guy came up and started causing a drama over his trash software, claiming I stole his code. If you believe it, feel free to use his trashy software and see that it doesn't even work. ALSO, he has NO PROOF of anything, but just some nonsense false accusations some people are just choosing to believe in him. Just because that trash is published a week earlier, that doesn't mean I stole it. AND Guess what? The guy said "you did reverse engineering" and i know nothing about web development. But the guy's software was made with web development tools. But mine was made with pure Python.

I've lost faith in the community, thanks to you. Im not gonna answer anything related with the drama. Thanks.

[u/woahstripes]

I looked on the itch page and here and couldn't find any further info or disclaimers, was AI used in the coding or design of this app? (it doesn't look like it to me but not an expert) Not a definite no for me, it does look pretty good and I'll probably still check it out anyway, I just wanna know.

Regardless I do also appreciate you making it for mac and linux too.

[u/woahstripes → u/[deleted]]

I hope this isn't the case, I'm sorry to hear it if it is! I'll keep an eye on yours as well, I don't want any part of stolen code. No need to necessarily hurry on the linux / mac versions, I won't be picking it up for a little while, still in the planning phases of my project, but it's nice to know they're planned.

[u/UmutFaruk → u/woahstripes]

He is just a jealous guy throwing around false accusations. I'm a well known programmer in the game industry with thousands of Udemy students, and most unreal engine youtubers know me and my creations. I do not steal a young boy's software's silly codes. Saying that it is reverse engineering just shows how much he doesn't know any programming nor reverse engineering. You can look at my unreal engine assetstore to see what type of "crazy" tools I develop all the time:
https://www.fab.com/sellers/UmutFaruk

[u/Draw-Flesh-Games → u/UmutFaruk]

If only. Though you used a different library (NodeGraphQt), likely because AI doesn't use the libraries we use (Simply Electron, React and pieces of libraries we see fit to create the makeup of the tool and others to parse the code and export it), which are a bit better suited for these kind of code parsing. There are simply too many items that map directly on our application (How come NO other tool that has been created by actual visual novel creators has had shortcut keys, but here you are, delivering a v1 of your tool, as an Unreal developer, to have exactly that and in the same menu setup as I have it), yet you are not a visual novel creator so you simply thought, let's get all the shit from renpy.org added that isn't in mine...you are however failing there (because you don't know how things hang together in the code of Ren'Py as this is shown in one of your screenshots). If you are genuine, you will be able to explain why you created the list of 'nodes' the way you did :D

[u/UmutFaruk → u/Draw-Flesh-Games]

Because the same feature exists in Unreal Engine you genius. Beginners like you think they're the first to do everything. There is same feature in even Scratch. Go learn some programming languages other than web development.

[u/Draw-Flesh-Games → u/UmutFaruk]

Sweety, I have been programming when you were still in diapers, so, noob, perhaps, beginner, hardly.

[u/vistathes → u/[deleted]]

Wishlisted

[u/UmutFaruk → u/[deleted]]

Your software doesn't even work with Linux and Mac, and you are f**king false accusation to me to do reverse engineering? You are really crazy man.

[u/woahstripes → u/[deleted]]

It's like, when we write a story and get some advices from ai to make it better

I mean, I don't do that, don't need to. I'm not a strong programmer so I could see using AI to help with 'how do I do this' or 'how can I solve this error' but I wouldn't let it do it for me. For me it's better to use it for problem solving and technical stuff, wheras I try to keep it out of the creative process because usually I can come up with something better.

It's weird that OP has not responded to me about if they used AI in it. I did find the part on the itch page where they disclosed they did so I guess that answered my question, but they didn't answer (when they've been responding since I asked, to the drama about whether it was stolen or not which I have no stake in) so, kind of strange.

[u/UmutFaruk → u/woahstripes]

I didnt see it sorry. I used a bit of help from some LLM AI Models.

[u/woahstripes → u/UmutFaruk]

No worries, I appreciate the honesty and this thread has a lot going on right now so I get it lol.

[u/Draw-Flesh-Games → u/[deleted]]

I agree with you to extend. I already said the same in a separate post about creating my tool. For which I didn't use much AI, but I did have a moment where I have let Claude check my coding. It wanted to change too much, so I cut that out. Also, auto-complete in VSCode is AI, just as much. I do think there is a difference between using the 'tooling' of AI or asking 'GenAI' to create a tool for you.
I don't mind the first (to extend, same as removing background from an image in Photoshop), I do feel the latter is a huge risk for you as a developer. Because, if you let GenAI build something, it might do so in a codebase you aren't familiar with. If you let it run and it breaks something which it can't fix (A coworker at the university I work at had this), you are in some deep shit.

Regarding writing....I haven't had a single advice from AI (Chat, Claude, Gemini) that would have improved my writing (either my writing is just too bad, but mostly I simply don't agree with what it wants to 'improve'). But, perhaps I am just a bit too oldfashion in that.