Discuss how to use the Ren'Py engine to create visual novels and story-based games. New releases are announced in this section.
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Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is text that is displayed (and spoken) by the narrator if self-voicing is enabled. The text is not displayed if self-voicing is disabled. Self voicing text uses the sv variable, which is defined to be similar to a character.
sv = ...
A character-like object that uses the narrator to speak text if self-vocing is enabled.
For example:
e "Hang on, this is gonna be a bumpy ride!"
sv "And then the sun exploded..."
# A complex and exciting cut scene.
show event sun_exploding
pause 10
A self-voicing debug mode can be enabled by typing shift+alt+V. This will display the text that would be voiced on the screen for development purposes.