My game won't launch?

[maricore]

okay so, i started a new project tried to launch it and i got this error.

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

After initialization, but before game start.
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 343, in prepare_screen
    screen preferences():
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 343, in prepare
    screen preferences():
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 351, in prepare
    grid 3 1:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 351, in prepare
    grid 3 1:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 356, in prepare
    vbox:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 356, in prepare
    vbox:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 373, in prepare
    frame:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 373, in prepare
    frame:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 375, in prepare
    has vbox
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 375, in prepare
    has vbox
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 378, in prepare
    bar value Preference("text speed")
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 378, in prepare
    bar value Preference("text speed")
  File "renpy/common/00preferences.rpy", line 397, in Preference
    rv = get()
  File "renpy/common/00preferences.rpy", line 225, in get
    return FieldValue(_preferences, "text_cps", range=200, max_is_zero=True, style="slider")
  File "renpy/common/00barvalues.rpy", line 246, in __init__
    step = max(range / 10, 1)
Exception: Character expects its what argument to be a string, got 20.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "C:\Users\TOSHIBA\Downloads\Programs\renpy-6.99.11-sdk\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 277, in bootstrap
    renpy.main.main()
  File "C:\Users\TOSHIBA\Downloads\Programs\renpy-6.99.11-sdk\renpy\main.py", line 478, in main
    run(restart)
  File "C:\Users\TOSHIBA\Downloads\Programs\renpy-6.99.11-sdk\renpy\main.py", line 85, in run
    renpy.display.screen.prepare_screens()
  File "C:\Users\TOSHIBA\Downloads\Programs\renpy-6.99.11-sdk\renpy\display\screen.py", line 835, in prepare_screens
    s.ast.prepare_screen()
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 343, in prepare_screen
    screen preferences():
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 343, in prepare
    screen preferences():
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 351, in prepare
    grid 3 1:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 351, in prepare
    grid 3 1:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 356, in prepare
    vbox:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 356, in prepare
    vbox:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 373, in prepare
    frame:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 373, in prepare
    frame:
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 375, in prepare
    has vbox
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 375, in prepare
    has vbox
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 378, in prepare
    bar value Preference("text speed")
  File "game/screens.rpy", line 378, in prepare
    bar value Preference("text speed")
  File "C:\Users\TOSHIBA\Downloads\Programs\renpy-6.99.11-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 1665, in py_eval_bytecode
    return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)
  File "<screen language>", line 378, in <module>
  File "renpy/common/00preferences.rpy", line 397, in Preference
    rv = get()
  File "renpy/common/00preferences.rpy", line 225, in get
    return FieldValue(_preferences, "text_cps", range=200, max_is_zero=True, style="slider")
  File "renpy/common/00barvalues.rpy", line 246, in __init__
    step = max(range / 10, 1)
  File "C:\Users\TOSHIBA\Downloads\Programs\renpy-6.99.11-sdk\renpy\character.py", line 808, in __call__
    raise Exception("Character expects its what argument to be a string, got %r." % (what,))
Exception: Character expects its what argument to be a string, got 20.

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 6.99.11.1749
Callum 0.0

what does this error mean? i have checked my code and i cant see whats wrong with it.

[PyTom]

Did you create a character named max? That's a reserved name.