The first image is the same font on the same background in another program (Inkscape) and is generally representative of what the font looks like in various settings. The second image is what it looks like in RenPy. I'm not quite sure what's happening. It almost looks like it's slightly randomizing the size of each individual letter. If you look at the "draw" part, it's particularly noticeable. Any help would be appreciated.

(I noticed it on this font, but I suspect this has been happening on *all* fonts, not just this one.)

edit: messed up including the images, sorry about that

left = inkscape, right = renpy

I have a working inventory, and I'm currently trying to figure out how to make it so the player can use the items in their inventory and code it in a way that different items have different effects(attached to variables. Like using food would be $ health += 10, or something to that effect).

*** am able to manually check for an item and remove it myself, but my goal is for the player to be able to use the items in their inventory as needed.***
There are already things I'm able to do, such as checking for inventory items, removing inventory items; I'm just not sure how to associate that into those items effecting variables in the game. What I'm trying to do is make another button that would remove and item and trigger or effect another variable. I feel like this is possible but I just wasn't sure how to make it work, I think I have most of what I need to do it; I just don't know how to put it together.

I'll share what I have for my code, any help, advice or insight is so greatly appreciated!

This is how I check for the item myself and remove it manually in the script:

    $ InvItem(*item_sodac).pickup(2)


    if inventory.has_item(sodac) == False:
        "Nice, I have soda"
        $ health += 10 
    else:
        "Damn, I'm so thirsty..."


    if "item_sodac" in inv:
        $ inv.remove("item_sodac") 
    else:
        pass

This is my how my toss button is written in the script (I want to add a *use* button beside it and connect it to different variables depending on what item is used by the player.

            vbox:
                align (.9,.1)
                style_group "sort"
                if selling:
                    textbutton _("SELL") action ShowTransient("buying", whichitem=thisitem, howmuch=thisitem.value, selling=True)
                else:
                    textbutton _("TOSS") action ShowTransient("buying", whichitem=thisitem, howmuch=0)


            # shop-free alternative toss button:
                #textbutton _("TOSS") action [Function(thisitem.toss, 1), SetVariable("selected_item", None)]

I can post more/ all of the code but I didn't want the post to look too overwhelming T_T Any insight is much appreciated!

I'm a part of a team that is working on a murder mystery visual novel

If you saw a vn with a pretty artstyle, good story and cool gameplay (solving puzzles)

Is 5€ a normal amount?

I never bought a vn before, and I use a different currency, so I'm really curious if anyone would pay that for a game. (Considering there is more to the gameplay than just talking)

Hi, I've been coding RenPy for a while and would love to freelance. But is that something people are actually interested in? Do an of you guys freelance? Just looking to hear everyone's experiences, thanks.

currently working on a yuri dating sim novel but stuck on the name, not sure if i should go for something that relates to the plot and reveals some of the story, for example like "10 last dates" or "our office romance" (fake examples) or something more abstract that is relevant to the story in a less obvious way, like the vn "butterfly soup" where the title doesn't necessarily make sense until the end of the game, but the butterfly motif is very present before then. i'm curious which is better to entice players, assuming no visuals, if the title should very clearly present the plot or rather an aesthetic or idea they may find appealing.

this is the first time ive made a not super themed game, in the past i've actually mostly made games after coming up with a stupid/catchy title, so it's really hard for me to work the other way around

Why does the action statement work? Like, you can write multiple statements between brackets and it will work or is it because of another thing?

$ quick_menu = False
define e = Character("Eileen", voice_tag="eileen")
define y = Character("Yo", voice_tag="yo")


image botonvoz = "images/botonvoz.png"
image botonvozhover = "images/botonvozhover.png"
image botonvozselect = "images/botonvozselect.png"
screen voice_toggle:
    frame:
        xalign 1.0 ypos 70
        imagebutton:
            idle "botonvoz"
            hover "botonvozhover"
            selected_idle "botonvozselect"
#This stament below is the one i'm confused about!
            action [ToggleVoiceMute("eileen"),ToggleVoiceMute("yo")]
#    vbox:
#        textbutton "Mute Eileen" action ToggleVoiceMute("eileen")
#        textbutton "Mute me" action ToggleVoiceMute("yo")


label start:
    show screen voice_toggle


    voice "pistaprueba.wav"
    e "You can turn a character's voice on and off."


    voice "pistaprueba.wav"
    y "Yeah! Now I can finally shut you up!"


    voice "pistaprueba.wav"
    y "Wait... that means they can mute me as well! Really?"


    return

Hello there, I was planning to make a visual novel on a fantasy world setting and had some questions on what are the ways people generally make backgrounds.

I am against the use of AI for art and have art experience in making characters, but I hear people say it takes a lot of time to make just one background image if you make it from scratch.

So could anyone who has experience in this tell what are the ways that can speed up the process of either making or getting background art for a visual novel without using AI?

Hi, I’m developing a VN using Ren’Py. I don’t want the game to be boring, so I’m wondering.

Why do you play VNs? What makes them fun for you? And are there any features you’d want to see in a VN?

Thanks guys!

Curiosity question (I might wanna try making a vn one day [if I do it won't be for a LONG time, I have other passion projects to do first, but I wanna know for future reference in case I do again no promises jtbc

Hello, I having trouble with just one of my sprites causing an error message. I'm using layered image to make them and coded all the sprite similarly. The other two sprites work but the final one doesn't. I made sure all the file names matched up but I can't find the issue.

https://preview.redd.it/x9wyevfe132h1.png?width=1496&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf1c16b3011e21736d0f8c80f4b50112742c19f3

https://preview.redd.it/a3rr442f132h1.png?width=749&format=png&auto=webp&s=fce20e8613685dd48d47ddcbdd14a431e022badc

This is where the error appears

https://preview.redd.it/t5qhib1n132h1.png?width=824&format=png&auto=webp&s=e732568e32467ca7f9860f17ba8dc779ba6eda3a