This month's article is the June Developer Update. While a bit of a slower month after the big 8.1 release, June still had a fix release, a ton of bug fixes, and several new features. This months article goes into ...
2023-06-30 23:10:11 +0000 UTC View PostI'm pleased to announce the release of Ren'Py 8.1.1 and Ren'Py 7.6.1. These releases contain fixes for Ren'Py 8.1 and Ren'Py 7.6, respectively.
Downloads of Ren'Py 8.1.1 can be found at:
May was a great month for Ren’Py. Not only did it mark the release of Ren’Py 8.1 and 7.6, I’ve also been able to make material progress towards improving how I’ll release future versions of Ren’Py.
2023-05-31 21:26:47 +0000 UTC View PostI'm happy to announce Ren'Py 8.1, the second feature release of Ren'Py to support Python 3. This release is the first version of Ren'Py 8 to run on the web platform, and is recommended for all new games and games that plan to release after May 2024.
I'm also happy to announce Ren'Py 7.6, a...
It’s here, almost. In April, I made the first prerelease of Ren’Py 8.1 and 7.6. This month’s article talks about the last changes that were made before the prerelease, what’s left to do, and then some depre...
2023-04-30 19:14:42 +0000 UTC View PostI'm happy to announce that Ren'Py 8.1 and Ren'Py 7.6 are now in prerelease.
(I'm sending this up to my sponsors because I think you'll be interested. I'm not going to make a post for every prerelease, because that would be annoying - please check 2023-04-22 22:51:22 +0000 UTC
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March was another productive month of Ren'Py development. This month's update covers the fixes, new features like movie groups and per-sample mixing, and the next-generation enhancement system.
I also d...
2023-03-31 22:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post
February is the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean this month's article is a short update. While most of this month has been spent on fixing issues and stabilizing Ren’Py 8.1 and Ren’Py 7.6, th...
2023-02-28 23:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
2023 started well for Ren’Py, with the first improvement to Ren’Py happening just two hours into the year. January was a month of fixes and improvement, culminating with the public announcement of Ren’Py sync at Visual;Conference.
This month's developer update covers the work that went into Ren'Py this month, from the look of the documentation, to the ton of work that went into completing the web port, to the save token security feature.&nbs...
2022-12-31 01:10:20 +0000 UTC View Post
November was an interesting month for Ren’Py development, as while a lot of productive work got done this month, it all went into a single feature, web support for Ren’Py 8.1, which is based on Python 3.
2022-11-30 13:58:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's article is the Ren'Py Developer Update, covering things that happened in October 2022. While I was a bit sick this month, I still managed to finish speech bubbles, implement image overscaling, and star...
2022-10-31 22:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post
September is always an interesting month for Ren’Py, as it marks the anniversary of the day in 2013 when I decided to start working on Ren’Py every day. This month was no exception, and it meant that this September was a productive month of Ren’Py development.
I'm pleased to announce the releases of Ren'Py 8.0.3 and 7.5.3. These releases upgrade the Android support to support Android 13 and Play Billing 5, adjust how modal timers and pauses work, and add Ukrainian translations of the Tutorial game and The Question. Please see the changelog for a full l...
2022-09-11 00:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post
August was a scattered month of development for Ren'Py, but looking back, I got quite a few things done. This month's article covers the release I made in August, two new features, and what's coming in in Ren'Py 8....
2022-08-31 22:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostI'm pleased to announce the releases of Ren'Py 8.0.2 and 7.5.2. These releases fix issue with Ren'Py 8.0.1 and 7.5.1, respectively. Please see the changelog for a full list of what's changed.
Downloads of Ren'Py 8.0.2 can be found at:
This year has been going great, and while July has been a bit slower than most months, that's largely because I took a week off to go on vacation. This month's article talks about the first release, the upcoming re...
2022-07-31 19:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostI'd like to announce the release of Ren'Py 8.0.1 and Ren'Py 7.5.1. These releases fix issues reported with Ren'Py 8.0.0 and Ren'Py 7.5.0, respectively, including an issue that was preventing people from updating from Ren'Py 7.4 and earlier if Steam support was installed. These releases also inclu...
2022-07-08 23:51:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis month's article is the June Developer Update. June was another great month for Ren'Py development, culminating in the release of Ren'Py 8.0 and Ren'Py 7.5. This month's article covers some of the changes that ...
2022-06-30 21:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostI'd like to announce Ren'Py 8.0.0, the first release of Ren'Py based on Python 3. This release modernizes Ren'Py by embracing a decade of Python development, and brings the many improvements of Python 3.9 to Ren'Py.
I'd also like to announce Ren'Py 7.5, a continuation of the Ren'Py 7 serie...
This month's article is the May developer update. It goes over the changes that were made to Ren'Py this month, including the dismiss and nearrect displayables, the focus rectangle system, and the new prefere...
2022-05-31 22:36:35 +0000 UTC View PostI've made prereleases of Ren'Py 8.0.0 and 7.5.0. Ren'Py 8.0 adds support for Python 3, while Ren'Py 7.5 continues support for Python 2.7 and improves support for the web platform. Both fix issues and add features, including Visual Studio Code integration, new displayables, and support for the Ste...
2022-05-22 17:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I keep saying 2022 has been a good year for Ren'Py - but the reason I say it is that it's completely true. This month's article starts with the usual synopsis of what happened with Ren'Py in April, including the ma...
2022-04-30 21:06:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The first quarter of 2022 has been one of the most productive periods of Ren'Py development ever, and this month's article summarizes what's been accomplished this month. It goes over the progress of the Python 3 p...
2022-03-31 12:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's article is the February Ren'Py Developer Update, describing another productive month of development. This month included Visual Studio Code integration and getting Ren'Py 8 working on Android, using Py...
2022-02-28 17:53:08 +0000 UTC View Post
January 2022 was an incredibly productive month of Ren’Py development. This month’s developer update covers Python 3 work, some work I did to make it easier to develop Ren’Py, the new version numbering scheme...
2022-01-31 23:08:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This year's final article is the December Ren'Py developer update. It starts with a brief review of Ren'Py in 2021, which has been the most successful year for Ren'Py to date, but showed ways in which I can improve...
2021-12-31 15:49:36 +0000 UTC View PostI'd like to announce Ren'Py 7.4.11, the eleventh patch release to Ren'Py 7.4. This is another fix-only release, with a special focus on Android and ChromeOS support via android.
Check the changelog to see ...
2021-12-03 01:25:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone. This month's article is the November Ren'Py developer update. This month's update talks about the development of Ren'Py 7.4.11, and since one of the new features is the new gui.variant decorator, i...
2021-11-30 22:18:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's article is the October developer update, which talks about the two releases in this month and upgrades to the way Ren'Py is developed. It also talks about some changes to versioning that should hopeful...
2021-10-31 22:15:39 +0000 UTC View Post