Ren'ai Games

Your one stop page for all your necessary Ren'Py How-To's! Due to the possiblity of there being future articles of Ren'Py, this page has been created. For other handy Development Articles, check out the right-hand column. If you have any questions not covered in these articles, your best bet is to ask PyTom, the creator of Ren'Py, himself at the Official Ren'Py Thread at Lemma Soft Forum.

Ren'Py & DSE Tutorials

Ren'Py 101: Starting Out Part I
Editing script, setting configs, buttons, save slots, and preferences.

Ren'Py 101: Starting Out Part II
Setting backgrounds, transitions, character images, objects, and animation.

Ren'Py 101: Writing Your Script Part I
About labels, save game title, menus, and jumps and passes.

Ren'Py 101: Writing Your Script Part II
About variables, movies, music files, text styles, and restarting.

Ren'Py 101: Releasing Your Game Part I
Obfuscating images, and making a readme file.

Ren'Py 101: Releasing Your Game Part II
Changing the icon, and making a windows installer.

DSE Tutorial
Covers the DSE (Dating Sim Engine) files, main.rpy, events.rpy, day planner, and using arcs to structure your game.

I would like to thank PyTom, chronoluminaire, and the folks at Lemmasoft forum for their comments, suggestions, and encouragement when making these tutorials. ^^