Ren'Py homebrew port to Nintendo Switch

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Ren'Py homebrew port to Nintendo Switch

#1 Post by uyjulian »

The project is now archived.

Since Switchroot Android has gotten a lot better over the past couple of months, please use it with the official Android port of Ren'Py instead.


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This is a port of Ren'Py, a visual novel game engine, to the Nintendo Switch for homebrew purposes. If you are looking for a commercial port for publishing to the Nintendo eShop, contact Ratalaika Games.

The main discussion forum for this port is on the Lemma Soft Forums: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=55503

Downloads of this port can be found at
https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switch/releases

For users wanting to take a sample of the functionality of Ren'Py, place "renpy-switch-the-question-vXXX.nro" in the "switch" folder of your SD card.

For game authors wanting to port to the Nintendo Switch, use the "renpy-switch-sdk-vXXX.7z" package. Read "README.html" for instructions on how to port your project.
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Ooh, this is pretty awesome. I've always wanted to see Ren'Py work on the Switch. Not that I have one :(
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uyjulian wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:37 pm I made a quick-and-dirty homebrew port using devkitPro and libnx of Ren'Py to the Nintendo Switch. Downloads can be found at
https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switch/releases

For users wanting to take a sample of the functionality of Ren'Py, use renpy-switch-the-question package.

For game authors wanting to port to the Nintendo Switch, use renpy-switch package. Elf and nacp files are included so you can use elf2nro to insert your own title or icon.
Hi, can I check the launch on this emulator? Or a big difference in software? https://yuzu-emu.org

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Andredron wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:38 pm
uyjulian wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:37 pm I made a quick-and-dirty homebrew port using devkitPro and libnx of Ren'Py to the Nintendo Switch. Downloads can be found at
https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switch/releases

For users wanting to take a sample of the functionality of Ren'Py, use renpy-switch-the-question package.

For game authors wanting to port to the Nintendo Switch, use renpy-switch package. Elf and nacp files are included so you can use elf2nro to insert your own title or icon.
Hi, can I check the launch on this emulator? Or a big difference in software? https://yuzu-emu.org
I have only tested on real hardware, not using emulators.

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uyjulian wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:15 am
Andredron wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:38 pm
uyjulian wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 2:37 pm I made a quick-and-dirty homebrew port using devkitPro and libnx of Ren'Py to the Nintendo Switch. Downloads can be found at
https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switch/releases

For users wanting to take a sample of the functionality of Ren'Py, use renpy-switch-the-question package.

For game authors wanting to port to the Nintendo Switch, use renpy-switch package. Elf and nacp files are included so you can use elf2nro to insert your own title or icon.
Hi, can I check the launch on this emulator? Or a big difference in software? https://yuzu-emu.org
I have only tested on real hardware, not using emulators.
Understand you, if you make detailed instructions https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switc ... ld_tips.md then they ask you to make a video instruction if there is an opportunity (Fraps for example)

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Andredron wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:30 am
uyjulian wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:15 am
Andredron wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:38 pm

Hi, can I check the launch on this emulator? Or a big difference in software? https://yuzu-emu.org
I have only tested on real hardware, not using emulators.
Understand you, if you make detailed instructions https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switc ... ld_tips.md then they ask you to make a video instruction if there is an opportunity (Fraps for example)
You don't need to follow those instructions. Just go to the downloads page linked above, extract "renpy-switch-v1.0.7z" to your SD card, place your project's "game" folder in the extracted folder, then run the game from hbmenu. I don't think those steps are complicated enough to warrant a video tutorial.

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Aha! I do have an account... it just seems I couldn't login because I somehow named it wrong...

This is really nice... I've been slowly writing a engine for cross-platform(on consoles) but I just had to drag the game folder and bam! Working.

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Version v1.1 has been released. Various bugs have been fixed. https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switc ... s/tag/v1.1

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Ooh, I'll keep this in mind for later

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Thank you very much!
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It seems like "Ratalaika Games" has an official port of Ren'Py to the Nintendo Switch, so you might ask there if you are interested in submission to the Nintendo eShop.

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uyjulian wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:41 pm It seems like "Ratalaika Games" has an official port of Ren'Py to the Nintendo Switch, so you might ask there if you are interested in submission to the Nintendo eShop.
And who is it?

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Andredron wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:01 pm
uyjulian wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:41 pm It seems like "Ratalaika Games" has an official port of Ren'Py to the Nintendo Switch, so you might ask there if you are interested in submission to the Nintendo eShop.
And who is it?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ratalaika+Games

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Threading support is now available, and documentation is improved. I'll make a release on Monday.

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Version 1.2 is now out. Please download from https://github.com/uyjulian/renpy-switc ... s/tag/v1.2 . Threading support and exiting the game are now fixed. Python is now built with optimizations. Building documentation has improved.

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