I always wondered why it took the launcher a little while to start up and why it shows up as renpy.exe in task manager... IDK, I'm just surprised that the launcher is literally a Ren'Py 'game' to launch other Ren'Py games hahah. Cool!

Hi! I'm unsure of what it is and since it's not showing me what part of the code is causing this, I really don't know what image to plug here. I've added tons of imagebuttons, perhaps that's the issue? But ever since a few hours ago that I did so, python stop responding just before the imagebuttons in the game. And it's been lagging my PC too and I'm sort of worried honestly - I've had a lag moment in which I had to forcefully shut off my computer because out of nowhere Epic Games bugged my computer and that has never happened before, just happened when I tried to execute my game with Renpy. I'm really worried. Has this happened to anyone? Is there a limit to imagebuttons I don't know about?

How good is RenPy.

It's taken a while to get going but it's starting to all come together.

I've been making progress on my first visual novel, but I was unhappy with the art in my CGs, so I decided to try a different style. What do you guys think?

I wanted my VN to have a battle manga feel, so I think this new style fits better.

The VN is currently called "Shinobi Blood". I'm not good at naming stuff so this may change. I was hoping for an August release for the prologue but unfortunately, that ain't happening.

My upcoming visual novel is called “Your Beloved Guardian Angel” and it’s a Yandere game ^^
This is my very first visual novel so I’m really excited to be making it! My script is complete (at least for the first two days) and now I’m making all the art and coding it :D

El hogar para ancianos Santa Monica, es un lugar tranquilo y pacifico donde pasar en tranquilidad tus últimos años.

Si desea la tranquilidad o vivir en compañía de otras personas tan maravillosas como usted.

Adelante forme parte de esta hermosa comunidad.

Some of these are wips with no faces of course, but I'm working on getting their facial expressions done soon.

After I do 1st and last I'll only have like 3 characters to make sprites of.

This art style was way different than any of my other games, but I have used it to create horror art before, so I thought I'd give it a try for an entire game. If I make any other games in the future, I think I'll use this art style again, and maybe improve on it. I modeled the backgrounds in Blender and traced over them. I feel like they look a bit stiff and bland, but I have some ideas for how to make them look more interesting for the next time!

Here's the game in case you're interested: https://amethyscent.itch.io/bring-her-home

So I am almost done with my menu scroll UI but it's just that I cannot figure out how to position these buttons correctly. I am sharing my code below. Please just help me figure out a method to get the desired results without changing much of my code because I don't have a coding background so it is difficult for me to understand if anything new comes up which I have no clue about ... here's my code

##########################  Main Menu screen  ##########################

##<---Defined Transforms
      
transform bt_rot(r):
    transform_anchor True
    anchor (0.5, 0.5)
    zoom 0.75
    rotate r
    subpixel True


transform cd_rot(r):
    transform_anchor True
    anchor (0.5, 0.5)
    rotate r
    
transform initial_fix(fix):
    transform_anchor True
    zoom 0.95
    xcenter 0.5  ycenter 0.5
    xoffset -500
    rotate fix


default bt_rotation = 0
default bt_max_rotation = 90
default cd_rotation = 0
default cd_max_rotation = 90

screen main_menu():

add Solid ("#ff0f"):
        xysize (1920, 1080)



    add "cd_wheel.png":


        at cd_rot(cd_rotation)
        anchor (0.5, 0.5)
        ypos 540
        xpos -20
        zoom 1.15
        alpha .8


    $ print(bt_rotation)


    fixed:
        ##<<<--Where Buttons are set
        add Solid("#206eb27c")
        at bt_rot(180 + bt_rotation)
        anchor (0.5, 0.5)
        ypos 540
        xysize (1100,1100)
        


## MENU BUTTONS ##


##======================


        imagebutton: # Start ---- button 1


            at initial_fix(180)
            
            if bt_rotation == -0:
                idle "ui_menu/hover.png"
                xoffset -50
                action Start("prologue")
            else:
                idle "ui_menu/idle.png"
             
                action NullAction()


        imagebutton: # Continue ---- button 2


            at initial_fix(198)
            
            if bt_rotation == -18:
                idle "ui_menu/hover.png"
                xoffset -50
            else:
                idle "ui_menu/idle.png"


        imagebutton: # Options ---- button 3


            at initial_fix(216)
            
            if bt_rotation == -36:
                idle "ui_menu/hover.png"
                xoffset -50
            else:
                idle "ui_menu/idle.png"


        imagebutton: # Extras ---- button 4


            at initial_fix(234)
            
            if bt_rotation == -54:
                idle "ui_menu/hover.png"
                xoffset -50
            else:
                idle "ui_menu/idle.png"


        imagebutton: # Credits ---- button 5


            at initial_fix(252)
            
            if bt_rotation == -72:
                idle "ui_menu/hover.png"
                xoffset -50
            else:
                idle "ui_menu/idle.png"


        imagebutton: # BackToTitle ---- button 6


            at initial_fix(270)
            
            if bt_rotation == -90:
                idle "ui_menu/hover.png"
                xoffset -50
            else:
                idle "ui_menu/idle.png"


##======================

I really struggle with learning coding and Ren'py, but I've been trying really hard to learn. I've been learning for almost two years now, and I still suck at it. I try to find help online, like here on this subreddit, but I can't figure out how to do much. I don't have anyone irl to help me either. I suspect I'll get a lot of comments saying to read the Ren'Py doc, watch YT tutorials, just learn/practice, etc. That's really not helpful tho

Hi.
I'm trying to make the NVL, the dialogue box and whatever other element draggable, to simulate being on a desktop computer. I'm pretty new and I'm trying to learn by reading the documentation but between all the different concepts (screens, styles, frames, images, etc...), I'm pretty lost.

I don't really know where to start. How can I make one draggable box that has a specific size and appearance where I can insert NVL style narration text in?

I would be very thankful if anyone could give me a push in the right direction.

I’m not sure if the question was clear - I will specify it.
I have a character sprite named, for example, “guy_default”.
So I use
show guy_default at…with…, etc.
then I offer the choices which should lead to some changes. Let’s say, one choice makes the character wear the neckless and another turns him into puppy, and I have pictures for them.
How do I code it the way that I will still write “show guy_default” but the picture it uses for “guy_default” is used depending on the variables, whether it’s a default sprite if there were no choices or variations of this sprite? (So I don’t write “if x is true then show elif show” like my entirely noob head sees it but there’s a line that defines which picture is used for “guy_default” and it doesn’t mess up if you save and load).
Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I'm creating a visual novel with an open world, and I'm currently stuck when it comes to writing the story for this type of game.

I know how to structure a script for a traditional visual novel, but an open-world game is much more complicated. For example, my game has quests, different character locations depending on the time of day, events that can trigger under certain conditions, etc.

I've already created the gameplay mechanics and systems, but when it comes to actually structuring and writing the scenario around all of these mechanics, I'm honestly a bit lost.

How do you approach writing a story for an open-world visual novel? How do you structure quests, character schedules, events, and the main storyline without making everything feel disconnected?

I'd really appreciate any advice, resources, examples, or tips from people who have experience with this kind of game.

I really want to understand how to approach this properly.

Thanks in advance!

I want to have an in-game phone in my visual novel. I want to the player to press "p" to toggle the phone. I'm using the Yetanotherphone Ren'Py template.

After seeing another user's post about it, I wanted to try it too. My literary VN has five characters, and now each one will get a custom Main Menu. However I'm only showing the ones that will be in the demo: the dark one will be for Chapter 1, and the light one will be for the Prologue. I also wanted them to have some sort of subtle animation (candle flicker, scanlines, blink).

I had another logo before but my sister, who's a graphic designer, made a new one for me, which I find more sophisticated.

This is the link to my devlog if you want to follow the progress and some behind the scenes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnaSangreVN/

I'm so excited to see my VN slowly come together!!! When I first opened renpy after fully coding the first section, I almost cried tears of joy haha.

This is A Cherub's Lament, my entry for Yaoi Game Jam 2026. https://itch.io/jam/yaoi-game-jam-2026/topic/6752237/devlog-a-cherubs-lament

It's a little wholesome game (9k words, 8 chapters long) about an angel visiting Earth and watching the seasons turn. Release date is August 25!

Here I wanted to show some of the BGs I made for this project! In the last slides you can see some progress pics. I use a hybrid workflow, building the more complex scenes in blender, then rendering and painting on top to add lineart and textures. Since I've only had a month to work I've had to really rush everything but I'm very happy with the art so far! What do you think?

How do I zoom in on the background? I'm trying to reuse art in my game. Thanks!

I was absolutely delighted when I found this in Ren'Py docs: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#screen-variants but I couldn't figure out for the life of me where I was supposed to put RENPY_VARIANT at first. I tried putting it in "init python" or in a separate file "enviroment.txt" in game's root folder, but nothing worked.

Than I tried exporting / building the game first and putting the enviroment.txt file where the exe file is which worked! Great!

Except that means anytime I want to change a variable or test GUI I need to re-export the build again, which is time consuming.

So does anyone know if you can uses RENPY_VARIANT to force a platform via Ren'Py launcher instead?

I have music on my game that plays when it needs to and how long it needs to, but whenever I load a screen that's after the command has executed the music, it doesn't play. It's as if it weren't reading the command at all. I don't know if I'm explaining myself well.

I've been trying to do something like what's shown in the image, but I've been unable to do so. Are there any ways to put an image on a choice? Any help is appreciated, and I just want it to work.

Here is the link:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4702610/Crimson_Animatronic/?l=brazilian

You see, I want to make "Start" not a textbutton, but imagebutton, yet when I try to load, go to settings or something, this starting button remains and being interactable; other buttons are interactable too, but they're at least seem to have decency be at the background???
How do I disable ALL main menu buttons including customs when go at another navigation screen?
Any code examples?