Basics of Ren'py (How I Make My Games)
0This is just a look at the basics of making a ren'py game. (If you have made a game in ren'py you probably wont learn too much watching this. If people enjoy this video I will happily make more and we can jump into more complex things. This is for people interested in making their first visual novel game using Ren'py.
We go over a short silly little script I made for this tutorial and so we will talk about; Defining Characters, Adding Images, Narrator vs character talking, Adding quotation marks to what characters say, basics of menus, basics of choices and remembering choices, adding sounds, adding music, and basic character placement and movement. Again it will all be the basics of those things for this video. If anyone has anything they want to know more of, let me know. If any one of those topics interest you, after the premiere is over the time stamps below will allow you to jump right to where it is mostly talked about. (Timestamps now listed below.)
I have one longer game and soon to be an "extra" free to download for people who like these kinds of games. The full game is the longest, with three possible endings. While this new extra that will be out was a game I made in 24 hours using art and such from the first game. (And I spent an extra 12 hours on some surprises that are in that extra.) The extra is meant to be played after my full game as it is super quick and doesn't go into the characters very much. Plus when it comes to story and such it is lacking due to the fact I didn't have that long to do it. But both are/will be available to download at the link below. (My next major game is still in the works with a release date that is TBA. If you follow me on YouTube/DA/itch.io you will know when the next game is going to be released and will have a lot more going on that my first game and certainly the "extra" did.)
https://timitu.itch.io/levars-life
00:00 - Starting
01:53 - Creating A New Game
(This is just talking about it, I don't show how you start a new game but I explain it.)
03:16 - Notes and Organization (using # )
3:40 - Adding and naming images
5:39 - Defining characters
6:25 - Line indentation simple label talk
7:54 - Statements (Part 1)
8:36 - Adding scenes/images and sounds
9:50 - Show with vpunch
10:24 - Adding Quotes
11:09 - Movement and Placement of Character (Part 1)
15:14 - Menus and Choices
17:06 - Statements (Part 2)
(This is short, we will go into it again more in part 3)
17:30 - Movement and Placement of Character (Part 2)
22:17 - (If) Statements (Part 3)
23:48 - Short Error (Restart game fixes it)
24:28 - (If) Statements (Part 3 Continued)
25:41 - Jump to label and Return
26:04 - Adding Music
27:16 - Sneak peek of Levar's Life Extra
28:51 - Final Thoughts and ending