Programmer needed

[Lucky Duck]

I was curious to ask if a programmer could help with some code that makes the game check if the games files have been deleted to continue the game

What I mean by this is...

...Maybe this'll help explain better: I'm sure everyone has played or at-least know of the game "doki doki literature club". Im curious to ask how they did the whole bit of where you need to delete something from the game to make the game fixed if that makes sense?

Like the script/game is constantly searching for a file in its folders but asoon as you remove it you break the game to fix the game, if that makes sense? ^^'' so basically im asking how can i replicate the script looking for a file like how they did in doki doki literature club? ^^

hopfully that made sense ^^'' I probably said it wrong ;-;

Like how Monika makes you delete her, so the game can play without her BUT it knows if you deleted her from the beginning it wont give you the good ending, but the bad one? hope this makes sense ^^''

[RyuKing]

Hi! You can check for different files on the computer system programmatically.

I guess what they basically did is look for a certain file like Monika.jpg and see if it is still in the game folder. And if she isn't, it activates a flag which gives you a different ending.

But you can also do something like make the game have parameters (variables) that can change value (ex: If ThisScene == true then _Monika = Deleted)
which also calls a function that deletes some game files and tells your game that Monika is now deleted without having to look for files in the games folder.

I haven't played Doki Doki Literature club yet but I've heard that they really do delete its character data, so ideally it's either of those two.

[MilywayObree]

Well, you can delete files by

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python:
    import os
    os.remove("path")

but i don't know how I would make the game or code manage and detect files to continue the story if they have been deleted

[MilywayObree]

Well, you can delete files by

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python:
    import os
    os.remove("path")

but i don't know how I would make the game or code manage and detect files to continue the story if they have been deleted

[Taleweaver]

Moved to Ren'Py Questions.

[irredeemable]

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/file_python.html

[AIL]

$ fileisthere = renpy.exists("Mokia.chr")

and then you can simply check it with

if fileisthere:
m "Did you know I am vegetarian?"
else:
m "What is happening?"