A downloadable tool

Building a RenPy code and visual editor. 

You can fully create or edit renpy games within this IDE. There is a file explorer system (left panel), which can also extract .rpa files automatically. Bottom panel is for errors or warnings upon coding or running the project.

The flowchart window currently helps with navigating storylines, transcribing renpy code into a diagram. 



You can edit the script directly from the flowchart window.



You can also add nodes (script, media, or audio) between nodes. This is where the visual editor is being improved.



Character window shows sprites, animations, and scenes in a summary view.


You can go directly to the line in a file or open up the image.



You can also run renpy games using their source code and build them.

Usually the game folder is all you need with everything inside it. It doesn't matter how the files/folders look inside the game folder.



While the Visual Novel / RenPy community is against AI usage, I believe it can help with the coding portion on building your games. People who are new to coding can leverage AI and the visual editor to make really cool games. People who are currently building RenPy games can utilize these tools to make their work easier. 

The right panel is an in-progress AI chatbot that can edit files, where you provide your own API key.

I plan to make this an opensource project if there are people willing to contribute but the code is available in the github link. 

Credit to "Do Not Take This Cat Home" for the demonstration project. However, as shown, this project does make it easier to steal or copy work, which I don't condone.

Download

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https://github.com/dusty-art/renpy-ide
External
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renpy-ide.zip 457 kB

Install instructions

npm install

npm run setup:runtime

npm run dev

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