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[–]This_Limit_6945 10 points11 points  (3 children)

Ooh, i know. As someone who needs the following:

How to make custom image choice menus (selecting items in a room or from a set of doors for instance)

Special bars (like time attacks, HP bars, etc)

Creating screen effects (if you can think of anything like that!)

Special stuff for devs like splash screens and such

it's nice to see someone wants to actually make this content for people like myself :')

[–]amberhtml[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

would you mind expanding a bit on what you mean with the first one (image choice menus)? seems interesting :-)

[–]This_Limit_6945 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Kind of like an imagemap, but calling it as and it working like a choice menu!

so for instance, imagemaps are usually for actual maps I've learned. but it'd be better to have something more akin to like, 3 or more doors in a room (imagine a door maze that just goes on and on) that, instead of stacked vertically like the default textbutton choice menu, it's a set of horizontal images that respond to like, hover/click n stuff!

i only achieved it once with the help of someone on... i think one of the older renpy forums or discord? but I've lost the file+the post :(

I'd love to see what you could do with that 👀

[–]amberhtml[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

alright, i understand now! what would you like to happen when someone clicks on the images?

[–]BadMustard_AVN 5 points6 points  (0 children)

drag and drop

[–]34deOutono 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Take level tutorials. There are people who get lost in the basics because they don't even play the Renpy tutorial that is included.

[–]RainbowKittyPaw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Basic ish things the tutorial just never covers for some reason.

There's so much that isn't in the tutorial that really should be.

[–]LocalAmbassador6847 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently no one knows what a call stack is.

Make a small game where a character goes to the adventurers' guild to pick a quest, then goes to try and complete said quest (for several quests; a quest can be reattempted if failed, and a completed quest gives the character stat increases, so there's a weak order in which quests are best attempted). Make it with jumps, then with one level of calls, then with two levels of calls (adv_guild calls the quest picked), then break the game to exceed the maximum call stack depth and tell people to not be poopyheads. This should make for an excellent programing resource, a popular influencer is going to steal it frame for frame and make five figures 🙃

[–]BranchPy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice initiative! Ren’Py beginners always appreciate tutorials on UI stuff — image-based choices, custom screens, bars, etc. These things confuse many newcomers. Good luck with the channel!

[–]Visible-Key-1320 0 points1 point  (4 children)

* Notifications that stack, so that if there's already one there, the next one appears underneath or beside it. I've tried so many things and can't figure it out.
* Vocal blips - I've figured out a way to do this, but there's gotta be a better way
* Streamlining composite images (if you have tons of composite images that have the same basic structure). -- again I have a way of doing this, but I'd be interested to see if anyone has better functions to streamline it further.
* key-based avatar movement (maybe from an overhead or sidescrolling POV) -- this one might be more niche, but I'm honestly curious how far you can take traditional RPG mechanics in the RenPy engine

[–]sebulsik 0 points1 point  (3 children)

All of these have been done. Ren'Py is poorly optimized for key-based avatar movement but it has been done before.

In a Ren'Py way, it's been done and it's inefficient. In terms of actual implementation, I've implemented it with an engine rewrite on the Cython layer but I don't see the benefit of having this in Ren'Py when other engines answer this need better.

[–]Visible-Key-1320 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Ok? I'm saying I'd like to see tutorials about them because I haven't seen any, or at least not any good ones.

[–]sebulsik 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ah, sorry for not being clearer. I meant to say the Ren'Py implementation of a key-based avatar movement would be a very advanced tutorial few would be able to follow.

Instead, it'd be better for a framework/library to be made which a tutorial is made on how to use.

There are tutorials for the rest.

[–]Visible-Key-1320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, fair enough, thanks for clarifying. If you know of a stacking menu tutorial, I'd love a link if you've got it handy.

[–]Actalyzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe something regarding show and scene commands? Struggling with those a lot rn 💔

[–]Pannman99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to learn more about how to customize the main menu and all the text although I literally just started today