I'm new to Ren'Py but seem to be getting to grips with everything ok thus far
The only thing is, I'm having a bit of a problem copying and pasting my script into the engine though. I've been through it in Word and have added quote marks at the beginning and end of each line. After a bit of research I found out that Word uses the wrong type of quote marks so I did a find and replace on those. Although this made a lot more of the script green (and therefore ok) I still have a lot of black and brown bits, with most of the brown bits occurring after single quotes ('), from what I've read though Ren'Py should be fine with single quotes? I tried putting a backslash before every single quote but it didn't help.Would you mind checking out a small section of my story and letting me know where I'm going wrong? It would be much appreciated
“I awoke sharply, upright and panting heavily.”
r “Must have just been a bad dream”
“I muttered under my breath.”
r “After all, the last few days have been pretty stressful.”
“I collapsed back down and spent a minute taking in my new beach-side apartment.”
r “This feels alien.”
“It then registered that the light coming through the large windows was pretty bright…”
r “Shit!”
“I leaped out of bed and rooted frantically through the open suitcase on the floor.”
r “Damn it! 9:21 already? College starts in nine minutes... the alarm must have been muffled.”
“I grabbed my toothbrush and headed to the bathroom scratching the back of my head.”
“I didn’t need to turn on the light as it was already bright enough which seemed bizarre as it had been winter when I left England.”
“I looked barely human but unfortunately didn’t have much time to do anything about it.”
“As I brushed my teeth it dawned on me that I have little recollection of the last few days… ‘must be the lack of sleep’ I pondered.”
“’Things have been a bit of a mad, but I'm used to moving around, I need to snap out of it.’”
“And I was, I'd been enrolled into more schools than I could remember off the top of my head.”
“I threw on the first t-shirt and pair of jeans I could find. I grabbed a crumpled up map (along with various other miscellaneous items,)”
“and threw them in my bag, then legged it in the desperate hope I wouldn’t be more than ten minutes late.”
“It took me an extra five minutes to find classroom 1D, as the instructions on the map were nowhere near as straightforward as they made themselves out to be.”
“I ended up being around twenty minutes late; and the teacher was not impressed.”
“I apologised/introduced myself awkwardly while I felt the coldness of forty-odd pairs of eyes attempting to glare into my soul.”
“She cut my explanation short and agitatedly told me to take a seat. I turned around to face my new classmates, their expressions ranged from boredom to disinterest.”
“It was at that moment I saw her, the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen in my life.”
“She literally took my breath away; I stood there fixated on her.”
“She wasn't tanned (not to say she was pale,) but her hair gave the impression she had spent her life bathing in the sun as it appeared to contain every shade of blonde imaginable.”
“Although a rare perfection, it was not her flowing hair that first caught my attention, for her eyes were by far her most striking feature; a piercing apple-green.”
“I felt she had access to my very essence; there was nothing I could keep from her.”
“Although I felt exposed, I did not feel intimidated as her warm smile amongst all the dirty looks and sniggering comforted me...”
“’Bollocks!’”
“I came crashing back down to reality as I realised I'd been standing gormlessly there for a lot longer than could be considered socially appropriate.”
“I felt pretty stupid as I sheepishly took my place in the last remaining seat, which was guess where? Right next to her of course! Perfect...”
“I spent the rest of the day trying to avoid eye contact with her.”
''OK, good job class, I expect to see you promptly tomorrow, the teacher said glaring at me once again.”
k ''Hi, I'm Kira; it's a pleasure to meet you!”
“She turned to face me, her hair gently falling behind one ear.”
“Her full attention was focused on me and I was caught completely off guard, in that moment I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what to say.”
k “Are you new?”
k ''I haven't seen you around here before, but then again, I’ve only been on this particular island a few of terms myself.”
r ''Ryan!''
“I exclaimed, excited that I had finally figured out correct response to her introduction. I cleared my throat.”
r ''I mean, my name's Ryan and yeah I’m new here, it’s very nice to meet you.”
“I gave her a slight nod and clumsily shook her hand whilst she vigorously she beamed at me.”
“I felt my embarrassment subsiding.”
r “I just arrived here last night in fact, that’s why I’m still a tad zoned-out.”
r “I was lucky to find an international school in such a remote place really… especially on such short notice.”
“I smiled awkwardly.”
k ''I guessed you weren't from around here, you're from England aren’t you?
“I was shocked.”
r ''How did you know that?!''
k “Your accent.”
“She said chuckling a little at my expression.”
r “‘Great, glad things are picking up' I thought sarcastically; trying to stop myself grinning.”
“I tried to work out where she was from so that I could provide her with a half-decent response, but I was baffled.”
“Even though I had lived in various parts of every continent, I had never encountered an accent like hers before, not that it didn’t compliment her perfectly.”
“I had no choice but to succumb.”
r “I’m sorry, but I can’t work out where you’re from. I don’t think I’ve ever heard an accent like yours before?”
k “It’s a secret.”
“She replied flirtatiously with a wink.”
“My chest pounded.”
k “Would you like me to show you around... well the places I’ve discovered so far anyway?”
r “Yeah, that’d be awesome if you’re sure you don’t mind?”
“She smiled enthusiastically.”
k “I’d love to.”
“With that she grabbed my clammy hand and dragged me out the classroom.”
Replace them all in Notepad or in Ren'py.
