Running Ren'Py in a browser

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Running Ren'Py in a browser

#1 Post by Aurelius »

Hi all,

I was wondering if there is any possible way to host a Ren'Py game on a site like Gamejolt(http://gamejolt.com/) and play it in browser like an HTML or Unity game? Would I have to use a template engine such as Jinja2, mako, Cog, or Cheetah to embed python script in HTML or could I port to Unity, somehow and create a distribution? I am happy enough with them downloading the distribution that Ren'Py can make but I thought I can gain more audience and views by them playing in browser. Any suggestions would greatly help.

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#2 Post by fluxus »

Ren'Py compiles to linux, mac, windows and android.
You might be able to have it parse your game into python, I'm not sure.

If you have a way of embedding python & pygame into HTML I suppose you have a chance..

..in any case, you're probably on your own, I haven't heard of anyone succeeding in this before.

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#3 Post by Alera »

I really wish there was an easy way of porting Ren'Py games into Unity. *sigh*

I remember a long-long time ago there was a talk about making Ren'Py work in browser but that kind of got abandoned? I'm not sure.

However there are a lot of alternatives to Ren'Py these days, there's even a way to make a visual novel in tumblr!
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#4 Post by Aurelius »

Thanks for replying guys :)

@fluxus: I was thinking about parsing the Ren'Py game into hard python and wrap it using a template engine, but that requires direct access to the hosting website, which I do not have. so I have to look more into that then.

@Alera: I really wish the Unity port was an option, but I guess we have to wait for that or figure out something ourselves somehow. Maybe Iron Python could be a solution idk

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#5 Post by Beuc »

Alera wrote: Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:23 am I remember a long-long time ago there was a talk about making Ren'Py work in browser but that kind of got abandoned? I'm not sure.
Here's a new attempt at bringing Ren'Py in the browser:
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=52015

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