Really Simple Character Creation Stats

[Steamgirl]

It's not pretty, but it works! Hope it serves as a good starting point.

Copy it into your screens.rpy file or where ever.

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##############################################################################
# Character Creation Screen - by Steamgirl
#
# A screen lets you distribute skill points.
# To use this screen initialise the various points
# Then use the following in your script:
# call screen character_creation
##############################################################################
# Example initialisation of points below. Move it where you want it.
init:
    #The number of maximum creation points
    $ init_creation_points = 10
    #The current number of creation points
    $ creation_points = init_creation_points

    #Skill 1 (in the example case, it's Charisma)
    $ skill1_max = 10
    $ skill1_points = 0

    #Skill 2 (in the example case, it's Strength)
    $ skill2_max = 10
    $ skill2_points = 0

screen character_creation:
    
    frame:
        has vbox
        hbox:
            text "Points available: [creation_points]"
        hbox:
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Charisma") xminimum 200 action None
            else:
                textbutton ("Charisma") xminimum 200 action [SetVariable("skill1_points", skill1_points + 1), SetVariable("creation_points", creation_points - 1)]
            bar range skill1_max value skill1_points xmaximum 200
        hbox:
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Strength") xminimum 200 action None
            else:
                textbutton ("Strength") xminimum 200 action [SetVariable("skill2_points", skill2_points + 1), SetVariable("creation_points", creation_points - 1)]
            bar range skill2_max value skill2_points xmaximum 200
        hbox:
            textbutton ("Start Over") action [SetVariable("skill1_points", 0), SetVariable("skill2_points", 0), SetVariable("creation_points", init_creation_points)]
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Finished") action Return()
            else:
                textbutton ("Finished") action None

[Ishigreensa]

Is there a way to make the label font larger? When I design extra big screens: I am using a 2400 x 1200 for a game console widget, and the labels are too small to read in the bar readouts. I would like to be able to make the bar labels bigger and maybe the bars bigger, too.

[Steamgirl]

I'm not that good with styles etc but here's something to let you set the text size?

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##############################################################################
# Character Creation Screen - by Steamgirl
#
# A screen lets you distribute skill points.
# To use this screen initialise the various points
# Then use the following in your script:
# call screen character_creation
##############################################################################
# Example initialisation of points below. Move it where you want it.
init:
    #The number of maximum creation points
    $ init_creation_points = 10
    #The current number of creation points
    $ creation_points = init_creation_points

    #Skill 1 (in the example case, it's Charisma)
    $ skill1_max = 10
    $ skill1_points = 0

    #Skill 2 (in the example case, it's Strength)
    $ skill2_max = 10
    $ skill2_points = 0

    #Creating a style which sets the text size
    $ style.create('creation_points_style', 'default')
    $ style.creation_points_style_text.size = 30 #change this value for bigger/smaller text
    $ style.creation_points_style_button_text.size = 30 #change this value for bigger/smaller text on the buttom
    
screen character_creation:
    
    frame:
        style_group "creation_points_style"
        has vbox
        hbox:
            text "Points available: [creation_points]"
        hbox:
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Charisma") xminimum 200 action None
            else:
                textbutton ("Charisma") xminimum 200 action [SetVariable("skill1_points", skill1_points + 1), SetVariable("creation_points", creation_points - 1)]
            bar range skill1_max value skill1_points xmaximum 200 #ymaximum 36
        hbox:
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Strength") xminimum 200 action None
            else:
                textbutton ("Strength") xminimum 200 action [SetVariable("skill2_points", skill2_points + 1), SetVariable("creation_points", creation_points - 1)]
            bar range skill2_max value skill2_points xmaximum 200 #ymaximum 36
        hbox:
            textbutton ("Start Over") action [SetVariable("skill1_points", 0), SetVariable("skill2_points", 0), SetVariable("creation_points", init_creation_points)]
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Finished") action Return()
            else:
                textbutton ("Finished") action None

Unfortunately I couldn't find a good way to make bars wider - using ymaximum makes them wider but in a tiled way. XD
If you change xmaximum to a higher number, the bars will be wider.

[Kairuza]

Hey, sorry to be a bother, but I'm trying to learn how to use the Ren'py engine and I want to use this script however I'm not sure how to call the stats from the script if it's in the Screen.rpy file. Can you just call them from the Screen.rpy file? Thanks

[Steamgirl]

Sorry for the reply 6 months later, but you use 'call screen character_creation' to pop the screen up inside your script.rpy. ^_^

##############################################################################
# Character Creation Screen - by Steamgirl
#
# A screen lets you distribute skill points.
# To use this screen initialise the various points
# Then use the following in your script:
# call screen character_creation

[DanielCross]

Hi! I've got a problem I'm trying to figure out and I was wondering if you have any pointers for me. I'm trying to add the numerical values of the stats after the bars (which go up or down as the bar goes up or down), but I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Do you have any suggestions?

[Steamgirl]

It's probably something like this:

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        hbox:
            if creation_points == 0:
                textbutton ("Charisma") xminimum 200 action None
            else:
                textbutton ("Charisma") xminimum 200 action [SetVariable("skill1_points", skill1_points + 1), SetVariable("creation_points", creation_points - 1)]
            bar range skill1_max value skill1_points xmaximum 200 #ymaximum 36
            text skill1_points

[DanielCross]

O.O

That was embarrassingly easy. Thank you!