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I SHALL BUILD THE HALL

lol, same!

They're definitely something that fits with certain developer's workflows better than others!

@@vimi Didn't even know they existed.

That one was a definite game changer!

I think that one I found in a ren'py changelog! There are so many little improvements added that get lost in the cracks!

OOOOOH I didn't know about that one! I might add that to the next video 😜

AND I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOUUUUU

You're welcome forever!

They're very useful for a lot of little tasks that need to get done!

hoard away!

Glad I could be of service!

I've actually been struggling with an "inventory system" video for a while, because that simple concept can mean VERY different things on the back end for different use cases! When I do tackle it, I think it'll be a way to sneakily cover defined classes!

@@vimi Thank you for the time you dedicate to these videos of yours. You deserve more

I guess I better figure out how to get Visual Studio working with Ren'py, then!!! Thanks for the heads up!

@@vimi on windows right-click on an .rpy file, select Open With (even if the Visual Studio Code is listed there) find Visual Studio Code again, and be sure to select "Always use this app to open .rpy files" in your RenPy launcher Preferences, change the Text Editor to System Editor finished now you have to figure out how to use VSCode

@@badmustard2070 haha i meant that I have a weird error popping up on my end when I've been trying to run it - I didn't do the "open with" thing first, so that might be my issue!

Which reminds me, I'll have to cover image maps at some point in the future...

That tutorial is on the docit!

Thank youuuu!

I actually have not messed around with either of them, so I wouldn't feel comfortable making any videos critical of them. Feel free to give Ren'py a try and see if that works for you - I have a video that has all the code you'd need to build a game in 44 lines!

@@vimi ok how about a video on big picture things like intelligently structuring your novel to include things like overland maps and day/night cycles?

@@Strangepaper I have a day/night cycles video, if that helps :)

Thank you for your nice comments! I am also a little confused why the shortcuts wouldn't work in your current project, but that is DEFINITELY a workaround I've had to do before!

@@vimi Hello again. I moved all my images, audio and script to a new project and now it works!

Screen recordings of my game, and then I assembled the trailer in adobe after effects. Now DaVinci Resolve is my video editor of choice!

YES, that's very doable! The trouble is, a lot of broad tutorials like "RPG fight system", or "Inventory" or "interactive flowchart" are things that are heavily dependent on your needs; I can make an rpg fight tutorial, but once you say "I want to do that, plus it needs to do X", it's easier to start from scratch than to modify the code I suggested! The best advice I can offer is that you don't want to make something 1:1 with another game built in another engine; instead, create a list of needs for your module, and then design something strictly around fulfilling those needs as succinctly as you can within your skill level.

@@vimi I see. Thank you for your help! ^^

It would depend on the computer - auto is just running through the vn as fast as the computer can, so a high end rig is gonna have a faster auto speed than a 15 year old machine. Why do you need to know the auto speed???

@@vimi Because I want to play the game on auto and I want to know the current scope of the game because as it stands, I got no clue whether my VN is 8 hours or 10 hours or 15 hours, and I don't want it to be extremely long. I've lost track of how much content I've done because I love writing and I always want to write more. But wouldn't this case heavily depend on the auto speed you play the game at? That's why I was wondering, how can I calculate the time with the variable of adjustable auto speed. As it stands my only idea is to let the game run at night and have a ballpark estimation of how long the game is. If the game's still running by the time I wake up, then the game should be this long, but that's not functional at all.

I could do that...

Ren'py does have web support; you need to find somewhere to host it, and there is a loading process, but as long as you add a splashscreen and preload page, it can feel pretty seamless!

@@vimi thankkss for the reply !

Sure!

@@vimi i really appreciate what you do man, thank you

You should be able to change the placement of the in-game menu in the screens.rpy file; you can either change the variable value that determines their positioning, or you can adjust the placement for each text button! Likewise, if you want to change the font in those textbuttons, you should be able to use any of the text tags you use in dialogue (I think {font="fontname"} would work!)

That's a tiny little Optimus Prime I got from a LootCrate!

@@vimi your other left ;)

@@Coffeeology Jolyne Cujo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure!

I usually use vs code; I haven't used editra enough to fairly compare and contrast the two.

I got it from Mike Rugnetta's videos for PBS Idea Channel. He described them as "doobly doos", and it just stuck that way in my head for years!

@@vimi huh amazing coincidence!

That's weird?! Do any error messages pop up, or does it just close?

@@vimi it just closes without any errors, I need to launch it again to see the changes I made, then it works perfectly fine until I change something and click shift + r again

@@naeshm9685 That's a weird one! I am not entirely sure how to solve that?! Best of luck fixing that 😰

Open the files from the renpy launcher

Best of luck on making a game! I'm rooting for you!