RenPy 6.99.13 Prereleased
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:22 am
This is a prerelease, so you need to consider if you want to make a release with it. While it features many improvements, it hasn't been fully tested against a variety of hardware.
I'd like to announce Ren'Py 6.99.13, the last in a series of releases that will culminate in Ren'Py 7.
This release improves Ren'Py for creators of all levels of experience. Some of the highlights of this release are:
Downloads of 6.99.13 can be found at:
https://www.renpy.org/release/6.99.13
A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:
https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/changelog.html
A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:
https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/incompatible.html
Please also check out the credits and sponsor list.
I'd like to announce Ren'Py 6.99.13, the last in a series of releases that will culminate in Ren'Py 7.
This release improves Ren'Py for creators of all levels of experience. Some of the highlights of this release are:
- The two games that are bundled with Ren'Py have both been remade. Both are now in the 16:9 aspect ratio and use modern Ren'Py programming techniques. The Tutorial has been rethought, and is now structured to be a basic and in-depth class in Ren'Py, with hundreds of new examples. (The old tutorial may still be used when a translation exists for a language.)
- Ren'Py now ships with the interactive director, which can be accessed by pressing 'D'. The directory allows one to edit scripts from inside Ren'Py, adding and modifying the scene, show, hide, with, play, queue, stop and voice statements.
- Ren'Py now runs on the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi files can be downloaded and added to a Ren'PY release, though it's a creator's responsibility to ensure that their project runs in the limited memory available on that platform.
- Ren'Py now takes advantage of Non-Power of Two (NPOT) textures to reduce memory usage, when supported on a platform. Memory usage can be reduced further by setting config.cache_surfaces to False.
- The functionality of the {a} text tag, which introduces a hyperlink, has been improved. It's now possible to use a hyperlink to jump to a label, call a label, or show a screen.
- The say statement has been extended to take arguments. This new syntax can be used by advanced creators to provide additional information to a say statement.
- Translations of the launcher to French and Brazilian Portugese have been added, while the new tutorial is also available in Russian.
Downloads of 6.99.13 can be found at:
https://www.renpy.org/release/6.99.13
A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:
https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/changelog.html
A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:
https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/incompatible.html
Please also check out the credits and sponsor list.