From Ren'Py

Ren'Py Cookbook

Welcome to the Ren'Py cookbook. Here, you will be able to find user-contributed recipes that allow you to accomplish common (and not-so-common) tasks with Ren'Py.

Note that many of these are meant to accomplish specific tasks, and aren't very good examples of Ren'Py code that is used to write games.

Existing Recipes

Special Effects

• Showing and Hiding the Window (2007-12-19)
• Setting Fullscreen
• Showing a Quick Splashscreen While Ren'Py is Loading
• Showing a Fancy Splashscreen After Ren'Py has Loaded
• A Simple Flash (Light Saturation) Effect
• Using a "Noise" Image Dissolve
• Implementing a Double Vision Effect
• Shake Effect
• Animate Character Lip Movement (Lip Flap)
• Particle Burst
• Creating a TV-static effect for background

User Interface

• Adding On-Screen Buttons
• Readback (broken)
• Quick Save and Load
• Repositioning Elements in the Main Menu or Game Menu
• Setting Auto-Read Automatically
• Setting the Default Text Speed
• RPG frame
• Tile Engine for Tile-Based Maps and Unit Engine for Turn-Based Games
• Making adult scenes optional, by adding "Hentai Enabled/Disabled" to preferences

Localization

• Supporting Chinese or Japanese in Your Game (updated for Ren'Py 6.3.2 and above)
• Translating Ren'Py Menus, Buttons, etc.
• Inputting information in a language other than English
• Convert text strings to kana

Miscellaneous

• Single-Directory Mac Application
• New CG Gallery - Supersedes the next two entries. - Updated for 6.6.0
• Creating a Custom CG Gallery (with automatic unlocking)
• Unlocking a CG Gallery
• Good Looking Italics
• Point-Based Endings
• Tips menu
• Unarchiving files from rpa
• Who's that? Changing character names during the game
• Conditional Hyperlinks
• Timed menus
• Custom text tags
• About this game - How to add a simple readme into the game
• Additional basic move profiles - A collection of extra basic motion profiles to spice up your Moves.
• Springy movement - Adding bouncy motion to your Moves.

Sound and music

• Ambience generator

Create a new Recipe

You can create a new recipe by filling out this form with the title of the recipe you want. You'll need to be able to edit wikicode. See Help:Editing for details on that, and Wiki:Style Guide for a list of things specific to this wiki.

When done, add this to this page by adding the wikicode:

*[[../New Recipe Name/]]

to one of the categories above.

If someone forgot to add a cookbook page, it will show up in the Cookbook Index. Please add it here.