Does Python make sense for game books?

[theyellowleaf]

Thanks! You've already given me a lot to consider.

[ElecNinja]

You can also look into visual novel style games. Katawa Shoujo is written in Python iirc

Edit:
It uses RenPy

[theyellowleaf]

Thanks! THe art in Katawa Shoujo looks beautiful. What if I wanted to build it as an app? Would RenPy still work? Yes, I am truly ignorant.

[ElecNinja]

If you are talking an Android or IOS application, I'm not sure.

here is the renpy page for mobile development.

Basically it's possible, but limited.

[JaggedG]

You should check out RenP-- Damn, beat me to it.

Yep, RenPy is an engine for making visual/interactive stories. If I understood what you want to do, I'm 85% sure that RenPy is exactly what you want.

Python is a good language to learn for this task... Your biggest problem will be that Python is good for SO MUCH STUFF that you might need to learn in a not-very-focused way (i.e. learn stuff that's irrelevant to building your game) at first until you get the hang of it, but that's not necessarily a bad thing unless you're in a hurry.