Multiple Ending scripting

[EriksBlue]

I think I understand but does the 'if' work with long stings of dialogue? Also do I need to use 'jump to label' for when dialogue ends and needs to continue in a place farther down than the other dialogue?

[redeyesblackpanda]

Yes, just remember to keep your indentation.

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label start:
    $ variable = True
    if variable:
        "Text"
        "Text"
        "MOAR TEXT"
        "Even more text"
        jump next_label
    "Random text (not read)"
label not_next_label:
    "More random text (also not read)"
    "You end up skipping this block of text. (not read)"
label next_label:
    "And you end up here instead. (Woah! This text is getting read!)"

[EriksBlue]

Yes, just remember to keep your indentation.

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label start:
    $ variable = True
    if variable:
        "Text"
        "Text"
        "MOAR TEXT"
        "Even more text"
        jump next_label
    "Random text (not read)"
label not_next_label:
    "More random text (also not read)"
    "You end up skipping this block of text. (not read)"
label next_label:
    "And you end up here instead. (Woah! This text is getting read!)"

Okay is there also a way to have diffrent variables/multiple choices (like in a otome game/date sim) determine wether you get certain text. Thank you.

[redeyesblackpanda]

This was already answered above, but here's a restatement, since it doesn't seem to be clear.

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label start:
#define your variables here. Every single one of them.
    $ made_choice_one = False
    $ made_choice_two = False
    "Random text before menu."
    menu:
        "What should I do tomorrow?"
        "I'll do this thing that I call choice one":
            "Making choice one here"
            $ made_choice_one = True
        "I'll make this thing that I call choice two":
            "Making choice two here"
            $ made_choice_two = True
    "More random text."
    "Well, it's the next day... Yesterday I decided to do something... what was it?"
    if made_choice_one:
        "Oh, that's right! I decided to do choice one!"
        "Okay, I'll do choice one."
    if made_choice_two:
        "Oh, that's right! I decided to make choice two!"
        "Okay, I'll do choice two."
    return

[EriksBlue]

Thank you. This was very helpfull.

[redeyesblackpanda]

No problem. ^^

[fathskie]

So lets say that early on the Main Character has the choice to buy some gum or buy a chocolate bar.

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# Player starts with twenty money
$ money = 20
menu:
    "Buy Gum":
        $ item_bought = "gum"
        $ money -= 5 //subtract 5 from money
    "Buy Chocolate":
        $ item_bought = "chocolate"
        $ money -= 10 //subtract 10 from money

We have two kind of variables/stats there. "money" is a number that we can use to see how much money the player has. "item_bought" is a box that we put the name of what they bought in.

So you go on with your game.


It is now several scene later when you meet up with a little kid that is crying. The player decides to give them something.
You use an if statement to make a decision.

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if item_bought == "gum":
    crying_kid "I hate gum!"


if item_bought == "chocolate":
    crying_kid "I love chocolate!"

Or lets say the player character has a chance to go to an amusement park. But does he have enough money?

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if money >= 15: //does he have at least 15 money?
    jump amusementpark_scene
else:
    jump forever_alone_scene

That is just a shortened version of the excellent link @redeyesblackpanda provided. But sometime another explanation is useful for understanding.

Susan

How do we shown the current money on the screen so that the player can keep track on how much they have money in hand? I know you said
# Player starts with twenty money

but how to let the player know without have to inform them first
#"You have %(coins)d coins remaining. What would you like to buy?"

Is there a way to make a box on the screen letting people know how much money they have?

[vociferocity]

ah, that's where screens come in handy! first you write a quick screen that'll just display your money:

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screen DisplayMoney:
    frame:
        xalign 1.0
        yalign 0.0
        vbox:
            text "Money: [playermoney]"

and then in your script, you write "show screen DisplayMoney" somewhere, and then it'll pop up and hang around being useful, like so:

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label start:
    scene whatever
    $ playermoney = 1
    show screen DisplayMoney
    
    mc "huh, I don't have much money! maybe I should change that..."
    
    $ playermoney = 500 #the displaymoney screen will automatically update itself. so handy!
    
    mc "much better!"

and then to make it go away, just write "hide screen DisplayMoney", and it'll go away.

[OokamiKasumi]

What script do I use to have certain endings play based of choices you made.

1) Through menus choices.
2) Through stats.

Please be specific I've been rather lost when working with renpy.

Go here:
http://www.otome-games.com/index.php/ma ... otome-game
Read that.

This is the best - and easiest to understand - tutorial for how to make a game that uses stats and menu choices. It's a tutorial for making an otome or dating simulation game, but what you want to know is there, plus how it works!

[Starshine]

Ah, to show numbers takes more programming. The cookbook has a recipe for that: http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/coo ... ion_Screen

Oh alright, thanks for the link.

[EriksBlue]

This is a new question how does stacking choices work because I'm making a date sim kind of game and I want to have an accumulated set of choices to result in a certain scene to play. An I’m not sure how I’m supposed to get that to work.

[sciencewarrior]

Use a variable to track "affection":

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label start:
    $ affection = 0

    menu:
        "do something nice"
            affection += 1 # affection is increased by one

    if affection > 2:
        jump loveydovey
    else:
        jump friendzoned

[Valmoer]

You can also use the and and or keywords if you have different variables that track different kind of events

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label start:
    $ i_have_been_nice = False
    $ i_have_been_helpful = False

    menu:
        "Do something nice":
            $ i_have_been_nice = True
        "Do nothing"

    menu:
        "Do something helpful":
            $ i_have_been_helpful = True
        "Do nothing"

    if i_have_been_nice and i_have_been_helpful: #if the player has done both
        jump i_love_you
    elif not (i_have_been_nice or i_have_been_helpful):  #if the player has done neither
        jump i_hate_you
    else:
        jump friendzoned