Attract mode?

[HotAndColdAF]

Is there a way to do an attract mode (that thing where you leave a video game idle on the start screen for a while and it plays a video or a demo reel or something of the sort) in Ren'py?

[SinnyROM]

I think you can use the timer element on the main menu screen for that: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#timer
Then for the action you can jump to a label that plays the video. Read here for more information on video playback: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/movie.html

[HotAndColdAF]

Thanks, timer was exactly what I needed. I was trying to use pause() and it wasn't working; I didn't know screens had their own version.

But now I'm having trouble figuring out how to return to the main menu after the movie plays. Using return itself just takes me to the start label, trying to jump to main_menu just tries to call the pre-set main_menu label, and trying to specify that I mean the screen version's just making Ren'py think I'm trying to code a screen.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind, I just got "call screen main_menu" to work.