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[Coding #1: New Gym Location] - VN Creation

Added 2023-06-07 08:48:55 +0000 UTC

A little bit of something different here. I'm posting a glimpse of what it looks like beneath the game. The code, so you will. Those code-savvy of you might scoff at how disastrous it is, but I'm honestly proud of where I'm at now. I literally started from nothing last year.

For the rest... it looks intimidating, but it's actually fairly easy to create a VN as long as you're only creating a simple VN (Story + Branching Choices). Attempting an open world/ sandbox mechanic is.... stressful. You need more than the official Ren'Py tutorial to make something remotely good. Not to mention the different elements needed to make a functional UI, the variables you create that you need to remember.. Honestly the best advice I could give you, is to dissect a game you like and REALLY learn how it works. I'm still learning myself, to hopefully create a better game.

If you look at the image again, you'll see the code for gym.rpy, that's cause I'm working on it for version 0.6! You can guess which character you'll see next, just based on the variables. The right page is just a list of characters that I've had to input to properly display their names on the text box. It looks tedious, but it's just compounded over time, adding new characters for every release does that.

I also have tons of other files that make up my game, but I won't explain into detail about coding this entire thing right now. But if you have a question(anything at all), just let me know!

P.S: I'm still on the fence about this kind of content, but I want to give something back. It might not be useful to everyone, but hopefully someone can get something from it. It's also not all coding, there's story-writing, editing, and some HS2 posing to get through for my future posts. Look forward for these over the coming weeks and months!