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Custom Preferences

Our second article is now up. As promised, it covers how to add a custom preference to Ren'Py. It covers two kinds of preferences: a checkbox preference that can be toggled on and off, and a radio preference that can be one of multiple choices. Since I think being able to shut off timed menus is important, I'm going to make this available to the general public in a couple of weeks. But since it could only b...

Update

I'd like to thank everyone once again for sponsoring Ren'Py. Since the start of the month, I've been busy improving the engine, mainly by fixing bugs and adding a ton of examples to the revised tutorial game. Right now it has about 250 examples, with more to be added. I've also made a hardware purchase - a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B - so I can investigate supporting Ren'Py on that $35 computer.

I'm going to lock down the Patreon for June on Sunday. If you've sponsored Ren'Py, please go to 2017-06-09 00:49:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Last chance...

I'm taking a few minutes from Ren'Py development (last night's project: adding a way for screens to customize viewport scrollbars) to remind people that today's the last day to sponsor Ren'Py during June. Those of you who sponsor at the $10 or up level will get our first postcard: Idol Singer Eileen by Deji (Autumn's Journey, Cute Demon Crashers). 

This is just a crop of the top part of the postcard image - there's a lot more.

And as a second announcement, I've mad...

On Sponsor-only Articles

After thinking it over a bit, I'm going to make the sponsor-only articles sponsor-only for a limited amount of time - after the first couple, probably 120 days. I want to make this clear now, before the first Patreon cycle starts.

While the patreon is really useful when it comes to these articles, as it lets me pay a creator-editor to ensure they're readable, at the end of the day my goal is to enable people to make visual novels. And so I think a limited time aspect is a good compromise betwe...

Postcards and the Seinfeld Method

One of the things I swear by as a programmer is the Seinfeld Method . The idea behind it is that if you want to get something done - like your visual novel - the fastest way to get it done is to work on it every day. And the way to ensure you do that is to set a goal for every day, and make a mark on the calendar when you meet it. As you build up a streak of days, the desire to extend your ac...

Timed Choice Menus

Since 'How do I make a timed menu?' won the first article poll by a little more than a 2 to 1 margin, it's the topic of the first sponsor-only post. If you wanted to know 'How do I choose the ending of the character with the most points?', don't worry - I'll answer that one as well, probably within the next couple of weeks.

 I've set up a sponsors-only website to host these articles. Posting the content there mean...

Thank you, and a poll.

First off, let me say thanks to everyone who's sponsored Ren'Py so far - the initial response has been really gratifying.

I'm thinking about making the first patreons-only post either this weekend, or next week. Since I'm going to be working out the right way to post code here, I thought I'd start with something simple.

Here are a couple of topics that people asked me about, that I'd like to elaborate on. I'd like to do both of them, but which question would you like me to answer first?<...

Welcome to the Ren'Py Patreon

Welcome to the Ren'Py Patreon. If you're seeing this as the first post on the page, you're one of our very first visitors. Thanks for visiting us so soon!

Here's an overview of what's going to happen in our first month and a half. 

• On June 1, Patreon will collect your pledges from you. Be sure to get them in while it's still May, so you don't miss out on being one of our first sponsors!
• We'll lock down sponsor URLs and logos sometime between the 2017-05-15 23:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post

How to set up your sponsorship.

Thank you for sponsoring Ren'Py! Your contribution will become the hardware and software needed to keep making Ren'Py better.

New sponsors are added to the Ren'Py website on the 15th of every month.  To make sure we have the right information for you, please complete this form. 

Once again, thank you for sponsoring Ren'Py!