~20% of ALL Visual Novels Credit THIS GUY

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Ren'Py has become synonymous with the art of visual novels, empowering storytellers, game developers, and artists to bring their narratives to life with unparalleled ease and creativity. Join us as we delve into the mind of PyTom, exploring the genesis of Ren'Py, its evolution, and gain valuable insights into the future of Ren'py.
00:00 Intro
00:31 Beginning of Ren'py
03:13 Ren'py's Design
07:19 Some Ren'py Tips!
08:30 Ren'py Support
12:14 Ren'py Games

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@renpytom 6 ай бұрын

Big thanks to Vimi for this, and especially for editing out all the umms and uhs and stutters, especially at the start of this when I was coming up to speed with being interviewed, something I don't do a ton of. He really did a lot of work to make me look like a person who knows how to say words in a coherent order, and I really appreciate it.

@renpytom 6 ай бұрын

I also add that there are now multiple people (Gouvernathor and Mal among them) who contribute to Ren'Py on a regular basis, and I want to make sure they get the credit they deserve (along with everyone else that contributes, documents, translates, finds issues, creates with, or plays Ren'Py games).

@vimi 6 ай бұрын

I also had a lot of learning to do on my end - you were a gracious and patient guest while I paused a lot and tried to think about the next question!

@Coffee_Bubblee 6 ай бұрын

you both are so humble aaaaa

@morgen3369 5 ай бұрын

@@renpytom You have had a huge impact on internet culture and you should feel very proud of that. I'm pretty sure that a lot of devs have started with renpy, tons of visual novels are made with renpy thanks to it's accessibility. After using renpy for a project i'm now using godot and i've very quickly learned how insanely it is difficult (at least for a novice like me) to do a visual novel engine. The fact that you made renpy so easy to use and make visual novel is a tremendous help and call to creation for a lot of people not confident enough to deal with complicated code and artists in general. So TLDR : Thank you Tom! A huge bow of respect to you and the contributors to the renpy engine.

@leedouglass4106 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so so so much for everything you've done for the visual novel community

$@retrofraction$

@retrofraction 6 ай бұрын

Dude made such an easy engine, every update is phenomenal, and I hope this is going to be something he works on for the rest of his life. (Because we keep funding him)

@a.s.2849 6 ай бұрын

This game engine allowed an aspiring game-developer newbie like myself to start believing I could create a visual novel-a genre that is so near and dear to me heart. I’m eternally grateful that Ren’py exists. ❤

@Voguekun 6 ай бұрын

We owe so much to Tom. He's the champ!

@stillfangirlingtoday1468 6 ай бұрын

I think if Ren'py had support to port to consoles like Switch, a lot of people wouldn't even use Unity for visual novel content anymore. The porting debate is the main reason why I also moved to Unity, the mini-games that I'm interested in were also doable in Ren'py and much simpler to achieve (in my opinion). This was a great watch, as always.

@renpytom 6 ай бұрын

Tell that to Nintendo! They rejected me both times I applied to their dev program.

@araarashinigami 6 ай бұрын

@@renpytom What about Xbox? There are tons of Windows games and apps that port to Xbox, and from what I hear, it's a pretty simple port.

@Duck_side 6 ай бұрын

There are services that do exactly this, paid of course. One such example being Ratalaika Games, though they're not the only option

@stillfangirlingtoday1468 6 ай бұрын

@@renpytom Aww that sucks! Still, I started with ren'py, it's incredibly friendly to beginners. It's an amazing engine. I hope those people see the potential, it makes no sense that they don't.

@stillfangirlingtoday1468 6 ай бұрын

@@AsheLucia That is why I said "the mini-games *I* am interested in" which are simple (common stats raising), the main point is: Ren'py is mainly created to make visual novels and most visual novels are not hybrids, so I'm sure a lot of people would rather stay there than to struggle with Unity's learning curve.

@Turbo_Waitress 6 ай бұрын

LIES! PyTom has pink hair and a hat. You cannot fool me! (In all seriousness, this is awesome! Thank you for the cool interview and the opportunity to put a face to a name I’ve seen for over a decade. Thank you tor all you’ve done for visual novels, Tom!)

@VAMichaelaLaws 6 ай бұрын

Tom is the coolest guy :) Supported me the entire way through Seduce Me's production and smaller games I developed. Wonderful interview!

@vimi 6 ай бұрын

Literally within a couple months of releasing my first game, he shouted it out, and it's been the catalyst for this whole channel existing in the first place!

@rateater1857 6 ай бұрын

Tom, you're a hero, Ren'Py is incredibly accessible even to people who aren't programmers, but still want to make a little something of their own, and some of them will make one thing and have fun and move on, and others will make genuine works of art, and it's all thanks to you. Insane how one man can open up an accessible entry to gamedev to so many people, and it's open source too!!

@zackinator1439 2 ай бұрын

I feel like Renpy really embraces all the best things a software can be in my opinion. It's open source, has first class Linux support, and it works for all skill levels. At first when I heard about renpy I assumed it was a more "basic" engine. "What you use if you don't want to or know how to make your own engine". But the thing is that's actually both true and not true. Renpy is both accessible to someone who has never programmed before and just wants to have a way to adapt a story to an interactive medium, but it also has all the features to do really low-level and advanced things in your games without feeling like those features are hidden away from you. You can make a complex game with all kinds of logic and custom UI and custom code, or you can basically just write a bunch of dialogue with some simple stage directions like background changes and sprites appearing and disappearing. I feel like a lot of programs or engines don't have a good balance between giving the user full control and also just allowing them to quickly and easy throw something together, so you would have like "oh I use this program for basic stuff and this one for more complicated stuff", but Renpy just works well for everything. Someone's first programming project or a professional studio's next release.

@SexyShoopuf 6 ай бұрын

Really amazed by the hard work Tom puts in with his continued updates and upgrades to the engine, what a king! 👑

@ayafan3876 6 ай бұрын

What a legend! I really admire how Tom removed a massive obstacle to entering an art form. Also, huge respect to his commitment to keeping Ren'Py free. And cool to hear about how he wanted the UI to be as generic as possible

@andreasmalikae472 6 ай бұрын

That was such a sweet and interesting interview, thanks so much ! He seems so happy to be there and talk about it, it just gave me a big smile ! Also, thanks so much because Ren’py was my very first try at coding and I love it !

@HermanoMorelli 20 күн бұрын

Renpy allows me to make games for my own entertainment I don't think the creator of the engine will ever see this message but I thank you from the bottom of my heart this is a fantastic tool for self-expression

@ringtone-sama9322 Ай бұрын

Man I wanna thank this guy so much, I've always wanted to make a game(visual novel) and having an easy to use engine like Ren'Py is great

@Mjumiman 6 ай бұрын

Tom is such a gem, I appreciate his work so much. Ren'Py genuinely opened up a whole new world of creativity for me. And the built-in accessibility features really are great! I remember playing a VN at a friend's house on a TV screen, and one of them had trouble reading the small text. There was no option for text size in the Preferences menu, but I could suggest hitting A, and there it was, because it was a RenPy game.

@Uncommon_Role 6 ай бұрын

I have no idea how to program, and Ren'Py seems easy, intuitive, and full of possibilities to me. When I release my game, I plan to make a donation to this good man for making it possible.

@andreimircea2254 6 ай бұрын

Without Renpy my hopes of making my ceeative project into something visual would’ve been 0. So thank you very much because now I finally make my project happen one step at a time.

@indecisiveponderer643 6 ай бұрын

Great interview!! It's really nice to finally see the mind behind so many of the games that get made in the indie community these days. Browsing through all the passion projects and game jam entries that get posted on itch every single day really makes it apperant just how important Ren'py has become.

@pacecory1 6 ай бұрын

Can I just say say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for making ren'py. It has given me the ability to start living my dream making stories the way that I always wanted too. Thank you XD

@noelcastillo3829 6 ай бұрын

This video has elevated this channel significantly.

@vimi 6 ай бұрын

😭 Significantly?

@noelcastillo3829 6 ай бұрын

@@vimi Absolutely, you have added a level of journalism that is much appreciated. Reminded of when Andrew Price flew out to LA to interview people in the field of 3D animation. I've been learning Renpy on and off for years, not to the best results (but that is on me), I really wish there was a bit more hand holding to the process on YT like there is with Blender. However this channel is certainly the most comprehensive I have seen on this subject.

@AlfredPros 6 ай бұрын

This is a very special episode! Thank you Vimi for the amazing interview with Tom! 💕💕💕

@Sporkekw 5 ай бұрын

Bro. Your videos are cool AF! ... Giving "a child of Ed Sheeran and Tomska" vibes👌

@cronicasdeeberron8782 6 ай бұрын

Love you so much, Tom! Thanks for all the hard work and years of service! 🙌🙌🙌🙌

@Flufferpup 6 ай бұрын

He could have very easily made profit from this, especially now that it's THE visual novel engine. But he didn't, and kept it free. Mad respect.

@serhii.korinnyi 6 ай бұрын

Tom, thank you so much! You are a true pillar of visual novels' world!

@martinthernlund 6 ай бұрын

Man, what a great interview! I'm really thankful for the engine and for all your tutorials. Two great people whose shoulders I can stand on as a newbie.

@michellebrooke1750 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, making my first visual novel and so grateful to this dude for making a user friendly platform

@bedivere20 6 ай бұрын

Heck yeah, Tom, you ROCK!!! Thank you for all your work. And thank you for the video and taking the time to give Tom the spotlight. I don't want to say that he's the unsung hero of the English speaking VN community but I'm not sure we can possibly praise him enough.

@rodrigovila6467 5 ай бұрын

I'm just so glad you two exist. Thanks vimi and tom :)

@domulus 6 ай бұрын

I always appreciate your videos. Thank you. I have faith you will continue to grow. Just brainstorming but maybe reviewing popular VNs (both classic remasters and new ones?) could bring in a new crowd of loyal viewers. By reviewing I mean breaking down the design and how they made it, strengths/weaknesses/etc.

@TONRG 6 ай бұрын

You have some of the best content Vimi and this video did not disappoint. I thank you and Tom so much for what you have done.

@vimi 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@watchandlearnLboard 6 ай бұрын

this is so cool 🔥 awesome interview, really inspiring

@YondaMoegi 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Tom!

@ExtemporaneousnessOne 6 ай бұрын

:O Man... Renpy Tom's so cool, seriously, he's the goat 👑

@louispaul4668 6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be able to learn and create my game without his engine, tried unity and unreal engine, but it felt heavy for me, and renpy? its super lightweight and I can easily learn the code logic there. Thank you Vimi for have a talk with tom! the engine dev himself!

@pablopiblito7955 5 ай бұрын

I 've just play LSD, was great, has some "naked lunch" vibes. You job is amazing, thank you.

@vimi 5 ай бұрын

I gotta rewatch that movie! I almost definitely was taking some pages from Cronenberg.

@MarioScott 6 ай бұрын

great interview

@Otinashi 6 ай бұрын

And that's why he's the GOAT

@fbidice8097 Ай бұрын

Legend.

@thirtysilver33 6 ай бұрын

What a great person.

@Armadill0h 6 ай бұрын

Ren’py singlehandedly got me into coding. Thanks Tom!

@ryuurufu 2 ай бұрын

Hi! Can you please make a video on sprites? I know theres the one video on how to make your sprites pop out, but well, as someone who wants to make visual novels with no artistic background, I dont have any sprites. So just a video on the sprite creation process would be really helpful!

@LegoKick 5 ай бұрын

Hello friend, I'm creating a visual novel and your videos always save my day, I appreciate it! And since you are a renpy master, I have a question: Is there a way for my visual novel to have collectibles? Scattered throughout different settings of my novel and with one click you can take them

@vimi 5 ай бұрын

Yeah! "Collecting" things is as simple as turning on a variable, and displaying the collectables is as simple as showing something if the variable is turned on. It can get a LOT more complex than that (I'm currently using a class system to autogenerate items with 20+ trackable attributes), but on a base level, you're just telling the game "the player has this item" and then reflecting that elsewhere in the game where the player can see it.

@-_a- 4 ай бұрын

Hello! I have a question: How do you adjust the line spacing and letter spacing of a text? I'm new to Ren'Py.

@jellyywellie 4 ай бұрын

i have a question!!! i get the feeling theres a simple solution to it, so please help me :). i want to animate multilayered sprites in renpy, have you posted a video explaining it? if not, how can i do this? amazing vid as always! ive stalked your account one too many times, but suprisingly havent followed yet!

@vimi 4 ай бұрын

Not yet, but I'm working on it, related to some other things I'm doing.

@jellyywellie 4 ай бұрын

take your time! thanks for replying :)

@stevena488 6 ай бұрын

That guys awesome

@Crazer006 5 ай бұрын

Dude please make a video on how to customise Character and backgrounds for scenes (not simple customisation on ren'py)

@vimi 5 ай бұрын

What do you mean, exactly?

@Crazer006 5 ай бұрын

@@vimiWhat I mean is that if I have designed the background or characters in different - different software then I have to customize them so they do not look different, customize like characters sleeping in bed , characters sitting on the chairs !!

@Crazer006 5 ай бұрын

@@vimi also one more question , how can I convert my 2d chacreter into 3d chacreter !!!

@marektomas9256 28 күн бұрын

Hello, can you pls. also explain or show how should all these labels arranged? where it should be jump / call, display etc? Just writing them one after each other is not working, right :) Thank you

@vimi 28 күн бұрын

Pay attention to how they're nested. Everything under one label is included in that label; if you put another label under that, then it's going to continue from one label to another. If you want to jump to a label, it will move you to that label. If you want to use "call", you need to create labels that generally don't have other labels leading to them, and you want to include "return" at the end, to tell ren'py "when we're finished with this label, go back".

@adderalloverdose637 4 ай бұрын

hi can I ask how can I add numpy library to renpy? thank you!!

@speed025 6 ай бұрын

Hello vimi I commented on your text messaging video and you actually replied thank you much I haven't been able to solve the issue because the error message just refers to the line that characters other than MC are speaking can you please help me ❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much for responding in first place I am new to game dev and commented as last resort

@vimi 6 ай бұрын

That means that the problem is related to the non-MC characters being referred to in the phone-texting module. It sounds like those characters aren't being defined as separate characters within the module possibly.

@speed025 6 ай бұрын

@@vimi I tried defining characters below the MC just like you did in the video , and also tried defining them separately in Script.rpy but it throws the same error when non MC character starts speaking

@vimi 6 ай бұрын

@@speed025 Take the time to look at how you set things up differently than the example project. Most of the time, these things come down to simple syntax errors. If you're still having trouble, try posting your relevant code up to the renpy subreddit or discord, with a description of how it's working differently than expected.

@speed025 6 ай бұрын

@@vimi i will let you know of my progress ❤️ thanks for replying ❤️