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Robert CieslaGame Development with Ren'Pyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4920-8_7

7. Three Little Games

Robert Ciesla1 
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Helsinki, Finland
 

In this chapter we’ll create an actual visual novel. We’ll see how the synopsis from Chapter 1 translates into Ren’Py, Twine, and TyranoBuilder as we create a little game called Taking Back August. This project will be split between the three aforementioned frameworks with the majority of the game being presented in Ren’Py.

You can, and should, write your own stories. However, it’s useful to see how the process evolves from synopsis to game, especially if you haven’t written your first game yet.

Laying Out a Plan

Before embarking on the coding side of things, it’s good to lay out a plan ...

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