Saving all my games in one directory....?

[Gingerbread&Arsenic]

Alright, so I'm a complete noob when it comes to programming, and it's possible that this glitch is just my horrible computer. I'm using Windows Vista, incidentally.

Basically, I made a game as a test, and when I logged out, went back in and tried to play it it wouldn't start, claiming that "start was defined twice" (I'm sorry, I didn't save the error messages and deleted the game.) After some messing around with the code, I discovered that the problem was that all the games I made were being saved as sub-folders in the "the_question" directory (the demo game that came with Ren'Py. I didn't have time to fix it then and deleted my game because I had messed up my script trying to find the error.

So I tried to make another game, and it did the same thing--the game directory was being saved in the "the_question" directory, and so start was being defined in the "the_question" game script and in my new game script; so naturally it couldn't run. I moved my new script into the Ren'Py folder, but then when I tried to launch it, it gave me the following traceback:

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: "C:\\Users\\Maya Pillay\\renpy-6.11.2\\the_question\\game\\Anandhi's bday/*.*"

Before loading the script.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

  File "C:\Users\Maya Pillay\renpy-6.11.2\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 270, in bootstrap
  File "C:\Users\Maya Pillay\renpy-6.11.2\renpy\main.py", line 144, in main
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: "C:\\Users\\Maya Pillay\\renpy-6.11.2\\the_question\\game\\Anandhi's bday/*.*"

Before loading the script.

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.11.2b

I did the rather stupid thing of deleting "the_question"'s game script when the first game wouldn't work so my game would run. So if I make a new game, it is automatically saved in "the_question" directory and can run as it is the only script...but if I try to make a new script, it is also saved in "the question" directory and gives me the "start defined twice" error.

So I can only have one game at a time--writing one game, then writing another, is impossible as they are all being saved in the same directory, and if I try to move them out, ren'py cannot find the file. Is this a problem with my computer? Or can someone help me with the bug? (I might have to use ren'py on Linux if it's a problem with windows..."

[PyTom]

My gut feeling is that the projects directory is set wrong. In the launcher, go into Options, Project directory, and pick a new one.

[Gingerbread&Arsenic]

I tried it, and it's now working perfectly! Thank you very much PyTom

andIfeellikesuchanoobnowiamnotworthy. (shuffles off)

[PyTom]

andIfeellikesuchanoobnowiamnotworthy. (shuffles off)

There's nothing wrong with being new, as long as you keep trying to improve.

[Gingerbread&Arsenic]

I shall indeed. Thanks again.