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I'm trying to make a dict that uses lists as the values, and then reference that list within a dialogue string. The closest I've gotten allows me to create the dict and access it using a fixed number in the string, but trying to use a variable to select the position in the list breaks it. I have a few less elegant workarounds, but if I could actually get this to work as intended, it would be much cleaner.

$ Directions = {'up':['up','down'],'left':['left','right']}
$ Invert = 0
"We're going [Directions[up][0]]!" #works, says "We're going up!"
"We're going [Directions[up][1]]!" #works, says "We're going down!"
"We're going [Directions[up][Invert]]!" #fails, regardless of what "Invert" is set to, says "list indecies must be integers, not unicode"

It's a limitation of square bracket interpolation - you should use renpy.say to use python .format interpolation.
That said, not sure this is worth the effort given the simplicity of the variables in this specific case.

Ok, thanks. I'll see how this fits in with the rest.