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Ren'Py

visual novel engine
CreativeWork visual_novel_engine Q1196014

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
visual novel engine, free software, game engine[2][3]
Inception
July 24, 2004
Official website
www.renpy.org
Copyright license
MIT License, GNU Lesser General Public License[6][7]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Mascot
Eileen
Named after
romance video game, Python[4][5]
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS[9][10][11]
Platform
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, web browser
Programmed in
Python[8]
Readable file format
Ren'Py Archive (v2), Ren'Py Archive (v3), Ren'Py Compiled game
Software version identifier
6.99.12.1, 6.18.1.670, 6.18.2.724, 6.18.2.725, 6.18.2.729, 6.18.3.761, 6.19, 6.99, 6.99.0.202, 6.99.0.244, 6.99.0.254, 6.99.0.257, 6.99.0.268, 6.99.0.271, 6.99.0.279, 6.99.0.299, 6.99.0.301, 6.99.0.303, 6.99.1.308, 6.99.1.318, 6.99.1.329, 6.99.2.399, 6.99.2.403, 6.99.3.404, 6.99.4.438, 6.99.4.466, 6.99.4.467, 6.99.5.587, 6.99.5.594, 6.99.5.595, 6.99.5.601, 6.99.5.602, 6.99.6.679, 6.99.6.692, 6.99.6.709, 6.99.6.711, 6.99.6.712, 6.99.6.713, 6.99.6.718, 6.99.6.722, 6.99.6.723, 6.99.6.726, 6.99.6.727, 6.99.6.731, 6.99.6.736, 6.99.6.738, 6.99.6.739, 6.99.7.843, 6.99.7.844, 6.99.7.845, 6.99.7.856, 6.99.7.858, 6.99.8, 6.99.8.902, 6.99.8.909, 6.99.8.910, 6.99.8.911, 6.99.8.912, 6.99.8.945, 6.99.8.949, 6.99.8.955, 6.99.9, 7.0.0.43, 7.0.0.44, 7.0.0.50, 7.0.0.51, 7.0.0.77, 7.0.0.88, 7.0.0.89, 7.0.0.95, 7.0.0.102, 7.0.0.106, 7.0.0.108, 7.0.0.172, 7.0.0.178, 7.0.0.190, 7.0.0.196, 7.0.1.256, 7.0.1.257, 7.0.1.260, 7.0.1.284, 7.0.1.291, 7.1.0.793, 7.1.0.795, 7.1.0.804, 7.1.0.817, 7.1.0.818, 7.1.0.820, 7.1.0.824, 7.1.0.873, 7.1.0.874, 7.1.0.877, 7.1.0.880, 7.1.0.881, 7.1.0.882, 7.1.1.919, 7.1.1.920, 7.1.1.926, 7.1.1.928, 7.1.1.929, 7.1.2.978, 7.2.0.408, 7.2.0.424, 7.2.1.457, 7.2.2.491, 7.3.0.200, 7.3.0.211, 7.3.5.606, 7.3.5, 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3, 7.4.4, 7.4.5, 7.4.6, 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 7.6.0, 8.1.0, 7.6.1, 8.1.1, 7.6.2, 7.6.3, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 7.7.0, 8.2.0, 7.7.1, 8.2.1, 7.7.2, 7.7.3, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 7.8.0, 8.3.0, 7.8.1, 8.3.1, 7.8.3, 8.3.3, 7.8.4, 8.3.4, 7.8.5, 7.8.6, 8.3.5, 8.3.6, 8.3.7, 7.8.7, 8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.5.0, 8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.5.3[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Writable file format
Ren'Py Archive (v2), Ren'Py Archive (v3), Ren'Py Compiled game
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 27
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wikipe-tan visual novel (Ren'Py).png ↗
AUR package
renpy-sdk, renpy-git, renpy6-demos, python2-renpy6, renpy6
AlternativeTo software ID
renpy
Arch Linux package
renpy-demos, renpy
Chocolatey Community package ID
renpy
Debian stable package
renpy
FreeBSD port
games/renpy, games/renpy6
Freebase ID
/m/0465q1v
Game Classification creation tool ID
336 (334–336, n=3)
Gentoo package
games-engines/renpy
Internet Game Database game engine ID
renpy, renpy--1, renpy-visual-novel-engine
Itch.io tag ID
made-with-renpy, tag-renpy
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LGDB game engine ID
renpy
LibreGameWiki ID
Ren'Py
Mod DB engine ID
renpy
NetBSD package ID
games/py-renpy
OpenBSD port
games/renpy
PCGamingWiki ID
Engine:Ren'Py
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
10726
RAWG tag ID
renpy
Repology project name
renpy
Semantic Scholar topic ID
10820214
Source code repository URL
github.com
SteamDB tech ID
RenPy
TV Tropes ID
UsefulNotes/RenPy
Topic's main category
Category:Ren'Py games
Zhihu topic ID
20014377

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🔗 Connections
← Software engine 242
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Platform 6
Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, web browser, iOS, macOS
Instance of 3
free software, game engine, visual novel engine
Operating system 3
Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS
Copyright license 2
MIT License, GNU Lesser General Public License
Named after 1
Python
Programmed in 1
Python
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ren'Py games
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ren'Py games
← Uses 1
Christine Love
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Summary

Ren'Py is a visual novel engine[1].

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    Programmed in → Python
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    Official website → https://www.renpy.org/
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