How to add the "Choose Your Character" feature?

[Kuzlalala]

My visual novel (which you might see) will have two versions of it, like a "Choose Your Character". But I don't know how. Could you answer the topic title and give me some tips, please?

[chronoluminaire]

If you're happy for it to be a text choice, this can be simply a menu:

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label start:
  "Choose your character!"
  menu:
    "Bob":
      $ name = "Bob"
    "Jane":
      $ name  = "Jane"

"Well, here I am at the start of the game."
"This person treats me the same no matter who I am..."
e "Hello, %(name)s!"  # this will be "Hello, Bob!" or "Hello, Jane!" depending on the player's choice earlier
"But this person is prejudiced!"
if name == "Bob":
  l "Why hello there, handsome. Can I help you?"
else: # we're Jane
  l "Eww. We don't need girls like you in this town. Get lost!"

[Kuzlalala]

What happens if for each character the story is way different, like using different scenes and stories? Should I use a different RPY? If yes, how do you make them?

[Hime]

Stealing the base from chrono, I think it goes like this:

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label start:
  "Choose your character!"
  menu:
    "Bob":
      jump bob_story
    "Jane":
      jump jane_story

label bob_story:
  "Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Bob... etc etc"

label jane_story:
  "It was a dark and stormy night as Jane approached the mansion... etc etc"

Just make a label for each story and use jump commands to get into those labels.

For Ren'Py programming related questions, it might be easier to get answers from the Ren'Py board, by the way.

Good luck with your project!

[Maruta]

I have actually asked a similar question before, and after thinking about it, well, it really would be more easier to work on two paths. The Jane and Bob paths are separate, but meet only at the beginning when the player has to decide.