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A list of resources and code snippets for the Ren'Py game engine.

Audio

Sound - Many useful code snippets
Dynamic music in Ren'Py!
Phoenix Wright Blip and mouth animation library
Sprite blinking with voice beeps
Dynamic Text Bleeps/Animalese/Phonemes
How to convert loop information between samples and seconds

UI

Images

ChromaGlitch : show images with a DDLC-like glitch effect
Simple glitch effect
Shaders
Wave shader
Side Images with Circular Cropping
Custom Placeholder Portraits on the Fly
Sprite blinking with voice beeps
Parallax Camera and "Drunken" Blur
Scrolling credits
Layeredimages dynamic control using adjust_attributes

Inputs / Controls

Joystick like an android
Text input (on screen)
Non-Linear Game - How to make ren'py wait / pause for user input: click on npc, object, arrow for movement, in scene.
Screen with input box for variables that get stored
Screen (click-to-type) User Input Examples
On Screen Text Input
OUYA Controls Screen
Player controlled movement of entity (update 2019-03-13)
Using a Custom Controller

Detects what type of Game Pad the player is using
Something like cheat codes
pygame and actions by holding the button

Minigames

47 mini game Renpy
Simple minigames
Go minigame
Ren'Py Chess Engine Source Code
Simple Interactive Chess Engine in Ren'Py
Dress up game
Dynamic Dress Up Framework
Scratch Ticket
Another Rock Paper Scissors game
Rock Paper Scissors, Knock knock jokes and assorted code
Dueling/Aim Hero minigame
Yet another shooting game
Simple Shooting Game for Ren'Py
Simple shooting minigame
Shooter / Shmup / Shoot 'em Up prototype
Renpystein: Pseudo 3D with Ray casting
Hidden Object Game
Hidden Object Example - Beginner
Quick Time Event
Quick Time Events - For Noobs
Color Lines
Simple fighting minigame
Build a Rhythm Game!
Rhythm Game in Ren'Py!
Simon minigame (Renpy 6.9+)
Minigames on new context
Skyrim/Fallout-style Lockpicking Mini-Game
Spot The Difference Game skeleton
Mad Libs game
Tetris
Jigsaw Puzzle
Combination lock
Diceroll on table using a 2D-Array
Turn-based game on a grid
Breadth First Search Graph Based Pathfinding (Find shortest distance between two graph points)
Breadth First Search Grid Based Pathfinding w/Walls (Find shortest distance between grid points)

Platform-specific

Add in-game purchases to the Android game and ios
Screens for Android phone
Android-compatible Keyboard Screen
Building your android app
Renpy On Screen / Touch Screen Keyboard. PC / Android.
Renpy Android Set up/Tutorial/Error Troubleshoot
RenPy onto Google Play - lessons learned
Changing the Ren'py Icon on Mac
RenPSP Visual Novel Engine

Project management

Debug

More useful variable viewer
Position Viewer
3D camera motion and Transform Viewer
Dynamic Value Adjuster
Measuring time for code execution
Ren'py Safe Logger - Version 2.7- Updated 2-15-2014

Testing

Betatester mode
Ren'Edit: Beta Tester & Editor GUI Tool for Feedback
Helping playtesters generate feedback
Simple game looper

File size reduction

Optimizing images
PNG quality with 30% size using JCC + a trick
How to reduce the size of the project Renpy
Automagically recreate project with smaller image sizes
How to save space in your Ren'Py game

Randomness

Random selection custom text tag for procedural text
Save-proof randomness
Randomized Item Clicking Mini-game
Random Music Generator
Random Chance Label Function
Random Name Generator
Random event code. (Example)
Random sounds for sound sample button
Amy's simple Markov chain text and randomized menu choices
Unique password in the game

Systems

Achievements

Achievement Module
Ren'Py Achievements
A Guide to Achievements/Persistents
Extended achievements

Gallery

Another dynamic gallery cookbook
How to make a character selection page for gallery
Tutorial: A very alternative CG/BG Gallery using Imagebutton
Extended Gallery functionality (+example) RenPy 7.4.4
Per-Character Gallery (+ Multiple Pages)
Extras gallery with actual GUI
Very Simple Gallery Code
Gallery for Custom Characters
Character Gallery based on "Help"
Gallery code
Instant CG and BG gallery
Image Gallery/CGs/Album- Free source code on itch.io

Glossary

Encyclopaedia / Bestiary Framework
Simple Glossary / Dictionary / Footnote Implementation
Glossary Screen Implementation

Inventory

Inventory System
Inventory Screen
LezInventory - Free Inventory Framework!
Infinite, Stackable Inventory/Crafting/Vendor - UPDATED v1.5
a very simple screen-based inventory
Ace Attorney style Court Record

Phone / Message

yet another phone system + UI
telegram messenger (2 version)
Simple messaging UI for mobile game
RenPy phone messaging system
Adding a smartphone with various functionality
Basic Message System
Mobile phone text-message system
Messenger - Version 1.0.0

Map / Navigation

Automatic Location/Minimap System
Simple Navigation System
Simple navigation map
Navigation Quest Time Routine System for Ren'py
Node-based Non-linear Navigation Framework
Basic Interactive Grid Map
Location Manager

Point-and-click

Point-and-click adventure framework
Point and Click Sample Project
Point and Click Tutorial (YouTube)

RPG / Dungeon crawler

Animated RPG Battle Engine 1.2
RPG Weather System
RPG Overworld Engine
RPG Battle System/Other Misc Features
Dungeon Crawl RPG Framework
Simple RPG Battle Framework A.K.A Sheepstorm
Simple RPG Framework
1-on-1 RPG Battle Framework
RPG combat library 2.0.0
RPG Battle Engine - Alpha 7.5, downloads in first post
RPG Battle Engine (similar to RPG Maker)
Customizable battle system(RPG homebrew)
Example for a turn-based battle system
Raiser RPG Framework
Character Creation (AD&D/RPG style)
Battle System in Visual Novel View
Basic Top Down Dungeon Crawler
Another 3D dungeon crawl engine
How to create a 3d dungeon crawler (WIP)

Save / Load

Save/Load - Many useful code snippets
Alternate Quick/Auto Load/Save screen
Naming Your Saves
Real "Delete" Button. At Save Menu.
Save-proof randomness
Arcade slot framework

Stats / Points

Character Stats
Stats System (just like persona 5's social stats)
Really Simple Character Creation Stats
Ren'Geon - D&D 5e Stat Roller and Character Creator
Dungeons and Dragons Alignment System
Affection Points
Hentai Highschool Type of game framework
Dating sim tool kit
Dating Sim Engine (DSE) 4.1! Day Planner and Event Manager

Other

Email System
Quest Log

Text

FancyText: Effects for Slow Text Display
Kinetic Text Tags (Moving, waving, bouncing, shaking, replacement, style changes and more!)
Ren'py Custom Text Tags Script For Renpy 6.18
Fading onscreen text
Font aliases
Random selection custom text tag for procedural text
Font Selection Option
Allow player to change font
Cycle and preview fonts in game.
Replying through dialogue/ Artificial Intelligence based
Artificial Intelligence Personalities
A really simple text / keyword highlighter
Splitting up long NVL text

Third party integration

Ren'Py Steam Quickstart
Ren'py compatibility with Steam
Ren'Py Steam Achievement Guide
Ren'Py Discord Rich Presence
Yandex Mobile Ads in Ren'Py Game
Attaching Admob to RenPy
Expanding Mobile Functionality With Pyobjus/Pyjnius (Notifications)
Game Jolt API for RenPy
Implementing FMOD Studio into Ren'Py for All Platforms Community Project

Time

Using a real Datetime to control flow of your game
Date with weekdays and leap year
Time spent in a game.
⭐Timed choice menus
Timed Menus
A timer that would work and after leaving the project
TUTORIAL: Changing image/screen according to real time.
Simple beginner-level calendar using python
Scarily simple game calendar... with day parts
Persona-style animated calendar
A game for seven days
Determine zodiac sign by a day
Play events by day (quick mode)

Tools

Articy: draft converter for RenPy
Translation tools
Twine to Ren'Py tool
Converting Twine source to .rpy files
Converting normal story text into renpy text v2
Tool: Converting normal story text into renpy text
Convert Python(.py) files to Ren'Py(.rpy)
Detailed word counts for Lint
Connect to MySQL with Spring Boot

Editors

Runtime visual novel editor
XRen'Py: visual editor for Ren'Py
Renpy editor UI - create story without code - need testers
Event Editor
Ren'Edit: Beta Tester & Editor GUI Tool for Feedback
EditPad Pro Syntax Coloring Scheme for Ren'Py
'Dark' Editra theme - kinder on the eyes
Configuring Notepad++ for Ren'Py
Ren'Py language support in Atom
Renpy language support in Sublime Text

Tutorials

Ren'Py from beginner to advanced (video series)
Lots of video tutorials

Unsorted

Mark chosen choices
Deleting choices automatically after they have been chosen
Showing side image during choice menu

Custom/Bulk character definitions
Automatic character, background, etc. image defining script
Automatically composite images define
Using %s to generate Images for sprites and more
A simple wardrobe (and expression changer) using variable tags
A little script to speed up BG/Sprites declarations
Declare automatically images/sprites from your files names

Auto Highlight for Sprites
Showing Layered Sprites With Different Emotions (Corrected)
Tile based Sprite Sheets
(Tutorial) Using Ren'Py SpriteManager for Complex Systems (Beginner-Friendly)
How To Doll in Renpy, with attributes, clothes, animation and blinking
Dynamic Paper Dolls

Finite State Machine
Dynamic Label Function!
Passing a text value from Label to Label

Input MC name that filters NPC names! + extra nifty features (Ren'Py 7.4.2)
PronounsClass to manage the pronouns of one or several characters
Inserting a name/class into dialogue
Events for specific names
2 simple codes (Input names and blinking)
Player gender and custom pronouns, changeable on settings
Player Naming your MC with Keyboard

Brightness in game settings
Select language automatically, based on system settings
3D Stereoscopic Sample (Side-By-Side for your fancy HDTV)
How to enable Python 3 mode in Ren'Py 7.4
Useful codes for demo used in IRL fest
Pink Engine: A framework for using Tiled-created orthogonal maps in Ren'py
how to put a screen over a video
Simple Chapter Per Character Selection Screen.
Viewport - zoom centered on mouse position
Python for Ren'Py Dev Cookbook
Character Screen - Free source code on itch.io
Leafing through the pages of the book
Wave Rendering
Imagebutton GUI Framework (GxImagebuttons)
BEST of Cookbook (working)
SWHolo : show images with a Star Wars-styled hologram effect
Separate Text and Voice Acting Selector, And Predicting User Language
Equalizer, shooter, and music tag parser.
Speaking animation while playing an audio using layeredimages
A Tooltip whose x/y position follows the mouse's.
Ren'Py QuickStart (Gallery, Codex, Scheduler, Tutorials etc)
Automatic text translator for games on the RenPy.
How to encrypt / obfuscate your Ren'Py archive RPA files to prevent common programs from opening them
Modified Extend Character
Color map
Ramen, Renpy framework
Text Adventure Engine for Ren'Py
Accessibility Options
Camera plugin for the Ren'py Engine
Auto Weather Change weather-utils
Rotating an object with movement of the mouse
Layered Parallax Code
Clickable areas for all
how to write conditionswitch in python
Calling a call from screen
Challenge System For Ren'Py
Scroll any background seamlessly
Play Video Element from Screens
Event Handler with Lexer based controls
Imagemap character selection screen!
One approach to a non-looping Movie
getting your head around Ren'py: for coders
Noir-Style Shadow/Lighting Effects
Using XML to populate lists using classes
Condition Switch within Condition Switch
How to display percentage of your game completed/read
About full customization
Nested image manipulators
SVG Color Chart
How to interact with the environment
'Now Playing' popup window
Confusing multiflag-dependant if statement
All of Cute Demon Crashers! custom code :)
One-screen visual novel
Screen Sizes - Different Physical/Virtual Dimensions
Flash -> Ren'Py Exporter (v 1.4, 26/4/2013)
How to have hidden ending, unlock scene, dubbing
Ren'Py Dictionary (Community Project)
Object Oriented Programming & Rollback Module
Beginner Level>Ren'Py>Questions>Graphics>Basics
Dialogue and Diction Filter
Customizing and Polishing Your Game
Writing answers instead of choosing menu options
LiveComposite Template Game

Getting started and "common" mistakes in Renpy
How to Start Ren'Py For Beginners!
ConditionSwitch tutorial
Renpy Tutorial for beginners (YouTube)
Ren'Py Beginners Coding (Tutorial)
Renpy Live2D Tutorial for Renpy 7.4.0
LayeredImage Tutorial
(Tutorial) Customizing Menus
Implementing Translations in Ren'Py (Tutorial)
(Tutorial) Easy Yes/No prompt customization (no imagemaps)
A (short) Tutorial on Bars
(Tutorial) Dynamic blur background for overlay menu like iOS
(Tutorial) Animation and Transforms by Example
(Tutorial) Making a Separate Content Patch
Logo Intro, Opening and Press to Start Screen (Tutorial)
Messy character customization tutorial
(Tutorial) Crash course in screen language/UI design
(Tutorial) Custom Backgrounds:Save/Load/Pref/Yes-No/MainMenu
(Tutorial) Moving from Pygame to Renpy
Button's behavior (explanation)
Imagemaps explained by a dummy
Image Tags Explained With Example On Sprites (Tutorial)

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 == Audio ==
 * [https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=54324 Sound - Many useful code snippets]

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Ren'Py/Cookbook: Difference between revisions

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Audio

UI

General

Cursor

Displayables / Widgets

Main menu

Particles

Quick menu

Screens

Textbox / Namebox

Transitions / ATL