Launching Applications from Ren'Py

[Dylan_Bain]

Ok, this is a bit hard to explain, so I am going to try my hardest!

I am planning a game right now that I want to come in a package. By that I mean the game will be divided into 7 stories, and they will each be seperate Ren'Py games.
Is there a way to create some sort of launcher for these games? You know, like a menu that says something like 'Select Your Story!' or something like that, and after selecting their story launching that app?

For example- If when I went onto the 'Select Your Story' menu, I selected Story1, it would launch the first Ren'Py game, but if i selected Story2, it would launch the second and so on.

If the launcher can't be made with ren'py, do you have any suggestions on how I could make one?

Thanks!
Dylan_Bain

[PyTom]

You certainly can do this, using the python subprocess module. That's how the Ren'Py launcher does it.

That being said, a better way might be to have a single game, and actions like Start("game1"), Start("game2") and so on.