Ren'Py/Cookbook

Text

• FancyText: Effects for Slow Text Display
• Kinetic Text Tags (Moving, waving, bouncing, shaking, replacement, style changes and more!)
• Font aliases
• Random selection custom text tag for procedural text
• Font Selection Option
• Allow player to change font
• Cycle and preview fonts in game.

Audio

• Sound - Many useful code snippets

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

UI

Widgets / Displayables

• RADC - Ren'Py Asset Download Complement (Download Bar)
• HSV color picker
• "Continue game" button
• Continue button
• Rotateable wheel with buttons
• Analog/Digital Clock
• Analog Clock (Updated)
• Wheel UI

Screens

• Health Screen
• Ren'Py Universal Player - A Improved Music Room Screen
• Character select screen using imagebuttons
• History screen - Many useful code snippets
• Separated History Screen
• Add images to history log
• Simple shopping menu

Systems

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

Inventory

• Inventory System
• Inventory Screen
• LezInventory - Free Inventory Framework!

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 [WIP]
• Basic Message System
• Mobile phone text-message system

Achievements

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

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

RPG

• 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)
• Raiser RPG Framework
• Character Creation (AD&D/RPG style)

Point-and-click

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

Stats / Points

• Character Stats
• Stats System (just like persona 5's social stats)
• Really Simple Character Creation Stats
• Affection Points

Other

• Email System
• Using a real Datetime to control flow of your game

Minigames

• 47 mini game Renpy
• Scratch Ticket
• Go minigame
• Simple minigames
• Renpystein: Pseudo 3D with Ray casting
• Hidden Object Game
• Quick Time Event
• Quick Time Events - For Noobs
• Color Lines
• Simple fighting minigame
• Simple shooting minigame
• Build a Rhythm Game!
• Simon minigame (Renpy 6.9+)
• Turn-based game on a grid
• Minigames on new context
• Dueling/Aim Hero minigame

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

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)

Tools

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

Build

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

Tutorials

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

Unsorted

• RenPSP Visual Novel Engine.
• Brightness in game settings
• Artificial Intelligence Personalities
• 3D Stereoscopic Sample (Side-By-Side for your fancy HDTV)
• How to enable Python 3 mode in Ren'Py 7.4
• Auto Highlight for Sprites
• How to make a custom theme for the Ren'Py Launcher!
• Useful codes for demo used in IRL fest
• Pink Engine: A framework for using Tiled-created orthogonal maps in Ren'py
• Encyclopaedia / Bestiary Framework
• Runtime visual novel editor
• Cursor Hand
• Dynamic Label Function!
• Custom icon based Quick Menu [Using ImageButtons]
• how to put a screen over a video
• Simple Chapter Per Character Selection Screen.
• Player gender and custom pronouns, changeable on settings
• Date with weekdays and leap year
• Viewport - zoom centered on mouse position
• New ATL warpers
• LezInventory - Free Inventory Framework!
• Betatester mode
• Python for Ren'Py Dev Cookbook
• Changing the Ren'py Icon on Mac
• Character Screen - Free source code on itch.io
• [Source Code Rhythm Game in Ren'Py!]
• Image Gallery/CGs/Album- Free source code on itch.io
• Non-Linear Game - How to make ren'py wait / pause for user input: click on npc, object, arrow for movement, in scene.
• 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)
• X-ray effect: Creator-Defined Displayable
• XRen'Py: visual editor for Ren'Py
• Leafing through the pages of the book
• Wave Rendering
• Extended Gallery functionality (+example) RenPy 7.4.4
• Imagebutton GUI Framework [GxImagebuttons]
• Configuring Notepad++ for Ren'Py
• Path motion
• Input MC name that filters NPC names! + extra nifty features (Ren'Py 7.4.2)
• BEST of Cookbook (working)
• Change Theme Quickly
• Change textbox look several time during the game
• Tilemap (Creator-Defined Displayable)
• Dark and Light Colour Schemes Source Code
• Detects what type of Game Pad the player is using.
• Ren'Py Chess Engine Source Code
• Button's behavior (explanation).
• Time spent in a game.
• Dating sim tool kit
• [Developer Tool Dynamic Value Adjuster]
• SWHolo : show images with a Star Wars-styled hologram effect
• PronounsClass to manage the pronouns of one or several characters
• Player controlled movementet of entity (update 2019-03-13)
• Separate Text and Voice Acting Selector, And Predicting User Language
• Japanese ADV Interaction Menu
• Per-Character Gallery (+ Multiple Pages)
• Ren'Geon - D&D 5e Stat Roller and Character Creator
• Extras gallery with actual GUI
• [Nonlogical Coder[In-Progress] Messenger - Version 1.0.0]
• Equalizer, shooter, and music tag parser.
• [TutorialAdding a Love Meter Bar]
• 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]
• Imagemaps explained by a dummy
• Automatic text translator for games on the RenPy.
• Another 3D dungeon crawl engine
• Dynamic Paper Dolls
• Animated Imagemap Main Menu
• How to encrypt / obfuscate your Ren'Py archive RPA files to prevent common programs from opening them
• Modified Extend Character
• Mark chosen choices
• Unofficial Launcher Skin Directory [Abandoned]
• Basic: Hentai Highschool Type of game framework
• Basic Top Down Dungeon Crawler
• Replying through dialogue/ Artificial Intelligence based
• Simple Choice logging system
• Simple Glossary / Dictionary / Footnote Implementation
• Implementing FMOD Studio into Ren'Py for All Platforms Community Project
• FSM and Ren'Py (label)
• Very Simple Gallery Code
• color map [update 2020-04-24]
• Dynamic Text Bleeps/Animalese/Phonemes
• story text to renpy text 2: code/program to change normal story text to renpy recognizable text
• Ramen, Renpy framework
• Text Adventure Engine for Ren'Py
• Hidden Object Example - Beginner
• Ren'Edit: Beta Tester & Editor GUI Tool for Feedback
• Gallery for Custom Characters
• Skyrim/Fallout-style Lockpicking Mini-Game
• How to convert loop information between samples and seconds
• Dynamic music in Ren'Py!
• Dating Sim Engine (DSE) 4.1! Day Planner and Event Manager
• [Renpy Connect to MySQL with Spring Boot]
• pygame and actions by holding the button
• Side story menu code
• Accessibility Options
• Camera plugin for the Ren'py Engine
• A timer that would work and after leaving the project
• Auto Weather Change weather-utils
• Combination lock
• [USABLE CODE Power/energy meter]
• Rotating an object with movement of the mouse
• Simple tracker for change of speaker (aka applying transforms to the namebox)
• Variable Text Size Without Breaking Your GUI
• All-In-One GUI Template (Version 2.2)
• Layered Parallax Code
• 0GUI
• Renpy editor UI - create story without code - need testers
• Screen with input box for variables that get stored
• Screen (click-to-type) User Input Examples
• Phoenix Wright Blip and mouth animation library
• Clickable areas for all
• Character Gallery based on "Help"
• how to write conditionswitch in python
• Gallery code
• Calling a call from screen
• Something like cheat codes
• Challenge System For Ren'Py
• Infinite, Stackable Inventory/Crafting/Vendor - UPDATED v1.5
• [CODE Jigsaw Puzzle Demo]
• RenPy onto Google Play - lessons learned
• Instant CG and BG gallery
• Scroll any, not even seamless background
• Unique password in the game
• Dynamic Dress Up Framework
• Ace Attorney style Court Record
• Play Video Element from Screens
• Deleting choices automatically after they have been chosen
• Example for a turn-based battle system
• Sakura River's FX: Rising Vortex
• Game Jolt API for RenPy
• Catmull-Rom Spline Paths
• [CODE Tetris]
• [CODE Glossary Screen Implementation]
• Information Screen
• Event Handler with Lexer based controls
• Another Rock Paper Scissors game
• [Re-usable Code Simple Interactive Chess Engine in Ren'Py]
• Add in-game purchases to the Android game and ios
• Simple beginner-level calendar using python
• {code} Imagemap character selection screen!
• [quick code Heart popup]
• Projection Starfield
• One approach to a non-looping Movie
• Showing Layered Sprites With Different Emotions (Corrected)
• Scarily simple game calendar... with day parts
• Pictures in the menu buttons
• Quest Log
• Easy way to give characters different nameboxes
• Arcade slot framework
• Changing mouse pointer midgame.
• Have characters greet you at game launch
• Determine zodiac sign by a day
• Quick special effects
• Joystick like an android
• Helping playtesters generate feedback.
• How To Doll in Renpy, with attributes, clothes, animation and blinking
• A simple wardrobe (and expression changer) using variable tags
• getting your head around Ren'py: for coders
• A really simple text / keyword highlighter
• Play events by day (quick mode)
• Noir-Style Shadow/Lighting Effects
• Shooter / Shmup / Shoot 'em Up prototype
• Using XML to populate lists using classes.
• Using %s to generate Images for sprites and more
• More usuful variable viewer
• How to make a character selection page for gallery
• a very simple screen-based inventory
• Automatic character, background, etc. image defining script
• Another dynamic gallery cookbook
• Main Menu with a Video Background Code
• 'Dark' Editra theme - kinder on the eyes
• Condition Switch within Condition Switch
• Player Naming your MC with Keyboard
• "Shuttering" a GUI panel
• How to display percentage of your game completed/read
• On Screen Text Input
• Main Menu Label
• Dungeons and Dragons Alingment System
• About full customization
• Nested image manipulators
• [Translation Ren'py translation to Portuguese]
• Yet another shooting game
• Event Editor (ver. 2.2)
• Persona-style animated calendar
• Rock Paper Scissors, Knock knock jokes and assorted code
• [codes Some Transitions for your characters]
• Simple Shooting Game for Ren'Py - CookBook
• SVG Color Chart
• Day display screen not changing
• Events for specific names
• Quaking Dissolve
• Renpy language support in Sublime Text
• edit per request
• How to interact with the environment
• 'Now Playing' popup window
• Mirage/Heat Shimmer/Kagerou Effect Displayable
• Splitting up long NVL text
• Namebox sizing problem
• Confusing multiflag-dependant if statement
• Hidden Quickmenu for a cleaner GUI
• All of Cute Demon Crashers! custom code :)
• Text input (on screen)
• Radar Chart
• 2 simple codes (Input names and blinking)
• Trouble coding different paths of dialogue.
• {code} A game for seven days
• Inserting a name/class into dialogue
• How to create a 3d dungeon crawler (WIP)
• EditPad Pro Syntax Coloring Scheme for Ren'Py
• Ren'Py language support in Atom
• simple game looper
• One-screen visual novel
• Position Viewer
• Spot The Difference Game skeleton
• Screen Sizes - Different Physical/Virtual Dimensions
• Screens for Android phone
• Measuring time for code execution
• Building your android app
• 3D camera motion and Transform Viewer
• Flash -> Ren'Py Exporter [v 1.4, 26/4/2013]
• Old game2
• How to Start Ren'Py For Beginners!
• "Flashlight" cursor
• How to have hidden ending, unlock scene, dubbing
• Returning to Main Menu from Settings
• Ren'Py Dictionary (Community Project)
• Automatically composite images define
• Horizontal Parallax Scrolling Starfield
• Creating a Skip Movie Button
• Showing side image during choice menu
• Sequel with different art
• Functions for renpy.show
• Ren'py Custom Text Tags Script For Renpy 6.18
• Using a Custom Controller
• Android-compatible Keyboard Screen
• Basic Customized Menu With Keyboard Shortcuts
• Custom/Bulk character definitions
• ATL transitions
• Diceroll on table using a 2D-Array
• Fading onscreen text
• custom mouse cursor code
• Translation to portuguese updated!
• Object Oriented Programming & Rollback Module
• Beginner Level>Ren'Py>Questions>Graphics>Basics
• TransitionShowingSwitch and TransitionConditionSwitch
• how to disable the speed skip on the space bar
• Easy guide to: Pause menu
• Passing a text value from Label to Label
• Dialogue and Diction Filter
• Ren'py Safe Logger - Version 2.7- Updated 2-15-2014
• Renpy On Screen / Touch Screen Keyboard. PC / Android.
• Alternate Menu (using Python/Class code)
• Getting started and "common" mistakes in Renpy
• Customizing and Polishing Your Game
• (UDD) animated pirouetting inverted triangle CTC
• Declare automatically images/sprites from your files names
• Timed Menus (Updated)
• Writing answers instead of choosing menu options [EDITED]
• A little script to speed up BG/Sprites declarations
• Event Editor
• Tile based Sprite Sheets
• Battle System in Visual Novel View
• OUYA Controls Screen
• LiveComposite Template Game
• Drawing a flashlight with a creator-defined displayable
• [code scrolling marquee]
• Select language automatically, based on system settings
• Simple "flat" blur image filter
• How to Customize Textbox and Choice menu
• Centering Text in Namebox
• [Tutorial CTC ~ Click to Continue Icon]
• ConditionSwitch tutorial
• Renpy Tutorial for beginners (YouTube)
• Tutorial: A very alternative CG/BG Gallery using Imagebutton
• Ren'Py Beginners Coding (Tutorial)
• Renpy Live2D Tutorial for Renpy 7.4.0
• LayeredImage Tutorial
• [Tutorial How to save space in your Ren'Py game]
• [Tutorial Customizing Menus]
• [Tutorial Customizing the NVL Textbox]
• [tutorial Dress up game]
• Implementing Translations in Ren'Py [Updated Tutorial]
• [Tutorial Easy Yes/No prompt customization (no imagemaps)]
• [Tutorial Using Ren'Py SpriteManager for Complex Systems (Beginner-Friendly)]
• TUTORIAL: Changing image/screen according to real time.
• [A (short) Tutorial on Bars]
• [Tutorial Dynamic blur background for overlay menu like iOS]
• [Tutorial Customizing the Textbox]
• [Tutorial Animation and Transforms by Example]
• [Tutorial Making a Mad Libs game. [Sample Game]]
• [Tutorial Making a Separate Content Patch]
• Image Tags Explained With Example On Sprites [Tutorial]
• Logo Intro, Opening and Press to Start Screen [Tutorial]
• Messy character customization tutorial
• [Tutorial Crash course in screen language/UI design]
• Renpy Android Set up/Tutorial/Error Troubleshoot
• [TutorialCustom Backgrounds:Save/Load/Pref/Yes-No/MainMenu]
• [Tutorial Moving from Pygame to Renpy]
• [Tutorial Making a Contents page / screen]

See Also

• Archived Ren'Py wiki cookbook
• LSF cookbook forum (Directory of posts prior to 2019)
• Patreon Articles