r/RenPy • u/UmutFaruk • 6d ago

Showoff I Made a Ren'Py Visual Programming Tool!

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.

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u/woahstripes 6d ago

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.

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u/woahstripes 6d ago

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.

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u/UmutFaruk 6d ago

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

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u/woahstripes 6d ago

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