Is it possible to make an assessment quiz on Ren'py?

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Is it possible to make an assessment quiz on Ren'py?

#1 Post by Ebulliently-Askew »

I know it's possible to make quizes and games, but instead of "yes/no" questions, I was wondering if it'd be possible to make questions like...

"what's your favorite color?" and "what sign are you?" then in the end, have a result based off the choices you make. sorry, I'm really bad at explaining

But any advice on how to do this would be great ;7; thank you!

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#2 Post by Tyrantauranox »

I don't see why not. You could have several choices at each question point, and increment some variable based on the answers. At the end point, you check the variable and provide a result depending on what bracket the total fell into. 100 points = Cool cat, 50 points = Normal person, 10 points or less = total lamer

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Re: Is it possible to make an assessment quiz on Ren'py?

#3 Post by trooper6 »

My advice would be to not leave the questions open ended.
In other words, don't say: What is your favorite color: _______
Because they might answer "Your Mama"...or chartreuse...or any other number of random things, and that would be difficult for your to deal with.
Better would be: Which color do you like best: a) Green, b) Black, c) Blue, etc
This way you control the possible answer and can more easily deal with answers.
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Re: Is it possible to make an assessment quiz on Ren'py?

#4 Post by SundownKid »

It would be fairly simple actually. Make a series of menus asking questions, and each answer would modify one or more variables. Then at the ending you would compare variables to each other to determine the ending.

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#5 Post by OokamiKasumi »

Ebulliently-Askew wrote:I know it's possible to make quizes and games, but instead of "yes/no" questions, I was wondering if it'd be possible to make questions like...

"what's your favorite color?" and "what sign are you?" then in the end, have a result based off the choices you make. sorry, I'm really bad at explaining

But any advice on how to do this would be great ;7; thank you!
Absolutely. I've made 2 so far:

The Walk -- A Psychoanalysis game
What kind of Fiction should You Write? -- A test to asses one's writing inclinations.

Both of these used hoards of menus that triggered different variable types to generate final assessments. The hard part was setting it up so that the player couldn't guess what variables the questions triggered.
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