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Ren'Py Tom
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Creator of the Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine. DM me if you need to, but send a public message to @renpytom so I know to check my DMs. Call sign AA2TR.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jul 24, 2025
    Steam and Itch taking down games they host is a problem for game preservation - and of course, I'm not a fan of people trying to censor what creators can express. This is one of the many reasons Ren'Py is free, and why its license means I can't censor what is made with it. 1/2
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jul 24, 2025
    Replying to @renpytom
    I'm leaning towards putting together a tool to upload games to Cloudflare's hosting, which has a 10GB free tier. 2/2
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jul 24, 2025
    I will say - thinking about this after a night's sleep - that I don't think the steam/itch teams had much of a choice in how they acted. It was losing some games, or lose every game. So please, be kind to them when expressing your frustration.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jul 24, 2025
    Replying to @ONeillCam
    It's credit card related.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Oct 3, 2025
    This is basically why the default Ren'Py GUI exists.
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    Wholesome Monster Girl Academia
    @WholesomeMGA
    Oct 3, 2025
    There's an even worse version where I have the default renpy GUI, but this will have to do since I have a 1 to 1 comparison of the same scene. But for real, go make stuff!
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Sep 13, 2023
    I'm going to double the Ren'Py Runtime Fee.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Aug 24, 2024
    Today marks the 20th anniversary of Ren'Py 4 preview release 1. That's the first release that evolved into what we have today.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Aug 18, 2024
    Debugging is like being a detective solving a murder mystery, except you're also the murderer and have amnesia about it.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Nov 1, 2025
    Onward, men of the west.
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    Holsetys
    @Holsetys
    Oct 31, 2025
    In regard to recent events.
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    Ren'Py Tom
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    Jul 25, 2025
    I'm happy to announce the release of Ren'Py 8.4.1. This release addresses multiple issues, including a problem that prevented creators on Windows from creating new games in non-English languages. Downloads of Ren'Py 8.4.1 can be found at: renpy.org/release/8.4.1
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jun 26, 2022
    Ren'Py 8.0, the first release of Ren'Py to use Python 3, has been released. This release makes over a decade of Python development available to the Ren'Py community. renpy.org/latest.html
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jan 2, 2023
    Ren'Py seems to have been downloaded 160,000 times in 2022. That turned into over 2,700 releases (according to vndb). Both numbers are probably low. My original 2004 estimate was that the total market for Ren'Py was about 50 people.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Sep 13, 2023
    Remember, every time someone loads the HTML5 version of Ren'Py in their browser, that counts as an install. ... that you can brag to your friends about.
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    Ren'Py Tom
    @renpytom
    Jun 1, 2018
    Since after a decade of trying, I can't think of a reason not to do it, Ren'Py 7.0 "For all mankind" has been released. renpy.org/release/7.0
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