Perhaps the largest theme of this release is that the tools we use to make Ren'Py are now the same tools that we use to make Ren'Py games. Along this vein:
- The Ren'Py launcher has been rewritten. It's now far more attractive, and contains a new script navigation function that makes it easy to navigate Ren'Py code.
- For most creators, we now recommend using the Editra editor with Ren'Py support. While still in beta, Editra is a lightweight and powerful programmer's editor to which we've added features that ease Ren'Py development. (jEdit is still supported, when Editra is not suitable.)
- The Ren'Py build process has also been updated. Now, it's possible to, in a single click, archive files and build a distribution of your game. Games may also use the same web updater that's used to update Ren'Py.
- Video playback has been rewritten to improve robustness, performance, and stability. WebM is now a supported format.
- The new A White Tulip theme, written from scratch, provides some diversity to the look of Ren'Py games.
- Improvements to rollback, including the ability to fix rollback so that the user can't change a choice once made, without reloading.
- Several convenience shortcuts have been added to screens. A viewport with scrollbars can now be created as a single statement, and the style properties of text inside textbuttons and labels can be changed directly.
- An experimental new image load log helps creators understand image prediction and cache misses.
- Linux x86_64 is now supported by Ren'Py. Linux distributions will support both x86 and x86_64 cpus.
- Ren'Py ships with Python 2.7, and many of the libraries that underly Ren'Py have been updated.
- Edwin, for contributing the improved rollback support and several bug fixes and new features.
- Doomfest, for the visual design of the new launcher.
- Ren and Jake Staines for contributing the new A White Tulip theme.
- SleepKirby for improvements to Ren'Py's documentation.
- Apricotorange, for adding the NVL-mode tutorial to Ren'Py's documentation.
As of this release, Ren'Py uses github for project hosting.
Due to the change to the new web updater, shift+U updating from previous versions of Ren'Py is not supported.
Downloads of 6.14 can be found at:
http://www.renpy.org/release/6.14
A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html
A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/incompatible.html