Problems with player input name not showing up (Solved)

[JudokaLilly]

Ok, my partner and I are kind of total newbies at this, so we're hoping to get some help here. Basically, we want the player to not have a name (just show up as 'Player' in her name box) for a few scenes, then an NPC asks her "what's your name?" and the player is prompted to type in their chosen name. That all worked fine actually, the tutorials online are great! However, we're having a problem getting her name to change from "Player" to the name that the player actually types in. Here is our code so far:

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$ a = DynamicCharacter("Player")
define n = Character('Naki', color="#0000FF")
define u = Character('???', color="#000000")
define y = Character('Ayame', color="#FF00FF")


# The game starts here.
label start:
    scene bg confront
    show Aisha Happy
    $ Player="Player"
    
    a "Well, I finally made it...."

((More scenes here))

    a "Oh, right! My name is...."
    
    $ player_name = renpy.input("What is your name?")

    $ player_name = player_name.strip()
    
    if player_name == "":
        $ player_name="Aisha"
        $ Player="[player_name]"
    
    a "%(player_name)s. It's nice to meet you." 

Everything works fine - "n" says the player's chosen name and everything, but the player tag isn't being renamed. Any help will be greatly appreciated - thanks!

[jayel]

The problem looks like it's here:

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    if player_name == "":
        $ player_name="Aisha"
        $ Player="[player_name]"

$ Player="[player_name] is written as part of the "if" block. Remove the indentation and the typed name shows up instead of Player.

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    if player_name == "":
        $ player_name="Aisha"
        
    $ Player ="[player_name]"

[JudokaLilly]

I changed the code as you suggested, and now I'm getting a fun new error xD

"Sayer a is not defined"

[saguaro]

Define your DynamicCharacter as:

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define a = DynamicCharacter("player")

For your personal sanity, I would recommend using lowercase variable names. You can interpolate (display the variable) by using brackets. You want to have the player variable reference player_name directly. See my changes below.

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label start:
    scene bg confront
    show Aisha Happy
    $ player = "Player"

    a "Well, I finally made it...."

((More scenes here))

    a "Oh, right! My name is...."

    $ player_name = renpy.input("What is your name?")

    $ player_name = player_name.strip()

    if player_name == "":
        $ player_name="Aisha"
    $ player=player_name

    a "[player]. It's nice to meet you."    

[JudokaLilly]

That worked - thanks so much for the help