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I think a lot of people will hesitate do download a zip file in the internet and install it on their computer, while most would play an online game. My first renpy game (introduced in another threat) is not very big and rather simple, no sound or animation, mostly an illustrated quiz. Is there any way to transform a renpay game into a single file you could play via browser?

Not that I know of...but other people may have some insights. Just for the record, I almost never play browser games. I almost only play games I've downloaded. There are some browser games I'm actually interested in...but I still haven't played them. And if the browser game required me register? It just isn't going to happen.

trooper6 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:02 pm . And if the browser game required me register? It just isn't going to happen.

I wouldn't register to play a browser game either. I just assumed an online browsergame wich requires no download (especially a zip that could contain malware) would find more players. I am rather new to Renpy, has anyone experienced malware in Renpy games yet? Are there downlad places for Renpy games better avoided?

Browsergames aren't free of malware. If anything, they're more likely to include ads, which can be injected with malware.

There's this guy here: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=35502#p391966
He converted a lot of Ren'Py games to online games (including some I've created) but I don't know exactly how he does it (if anybody else knows).

Imperf3kt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 6:02 pm Browsergames aren't free of malware. If anything, they're more likely to include ads, which can be injected with malware.

I'm aware that browsergames can include malware, too, like everything on the internet. But as my first game is a not very complex quizgame you can start and finish in a few minutes, it think might be more attractive as browsergame for many players. I have the idea for a more complex game, too, that will probably work better as download.

Donmai wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:52 pm There's this guy here: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=35502#p391966
He converted a lot of Ren'Py games to online games (including some I've created) but I don't know exactly how he does it (if anybody else knows).

Thank you, I'll send him a message.

Hi,

I've created a RenPy game (for a special purpose, it's an alternative form of survey) and I have encountered people who would not download zips, don't know how to use them, have readonly errors (depending on where they unzip the package, if they do at all) and problems with mac users because the app is not signed...

For all of these reasons I am porting the game as best as I can to RenJS - it's a bit of work, but the main syntax is similar enough that I can search and replace a lot of things.

https://lunafromthemoon.itch.io/renjs

I have used the tutorial and adapted it. If I didn't have the requirement to have a downloadable game as well (to be put on a stick for example) I would have just used RenJS.

I have also stumbled upon sandbox adventure and contacted them, but never got an answer

Monogatari looks like a good option as well, but there's too much code differences for my case.
https://monogatari.io/

Good luck! Maybe you'll want to tell us how it went?

The engline looks very promising. Yet I hardly know how to program Renpy, so converting my game doesn't seem that easy. Is there anywhere a tutorial how to import or modify an existing Renpy to RenJS game?

If you haven't started with Ren'Py then I would suggest you try with RenJS from scratch and not use Ren'Py at all.
Unfortunately there's no easy conversion or convert tool that I know of.

Look at the tutorial and the RenJS code and try something easy to see if it is for you. Monogatari might also be worth a shot, it looks more sophisticated than RenJS.

I have started looking at the RenJS tutorial; it was a bit much information for me at the start, but I think 'ill coming back and watch it again. There's one thing. Although I would like to do to an online game, is there any limit for playable size? My first game was a rather easy and short quiz, but the zip file for the pc version is rather large. The new game I have in mind would be much longer, more complex, elaborate and will have much more images. Should this be a problem?

Sorry, I can't answer your question
As far as I could see, the assets are all defined in the setup file and are pre-loaded. So the load time of the game (until you can click start) might be affected.
My game is still rather small.