Changing game width/height with in game button?

[Geckos]

I am considering trying to combine two short visual novels into one game with title headings: Chapter 1, Chapter 2.
The idea is that Chapter 1 leads you to a game that is 800 x 600 resolution, and that Chapter 2 leads you to a game that is 768 x 1366.

I tried an if statement but the game didn't like that. Is this at all plausible or should I stop trying?

[PyTom]

I'll be honest, it would be kind of hard - Ren'Py isn't designed for this.

Probably the way to do this would be to have something like (requires 6.99.7):

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define persistent.part = 1

init python:
   if persistent.part == 1:
       config.screen_width = 800
       config.screen_height = 600
   else:
       config.screen_width = 768
       config.screen_height = 1366

   class ChangePart(Action):
        def __init__(self, part):
            self.part = part
        def __call__(self):
            persistent.part = self.part
            renpy.utter_restart()

label start:
    if persistent.part == 1:
        jump part1
    else:
        jump part2

[code]

And then add something like:

[code]
textbutton "Part 1" action ChangePart(1)
textbutton "Part 2" action ChangePart(2)

Another option might be to use some clever styles for the text box, and a layer transform to rescale the master layer.