Re: [pygame] DMs, what are you doing?!

[Miriam English <mim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RenPy http://renpy.org a free, open-source scripting language and 
environment, built on top of pygame, but which can drop down to python 
code for special needs. It is mainly used as a graphical interactive 
fiction engine, mostly for romantic stories, but has a real-time mode 
for Player vs Game play that has been used for combat games and 
simulations. I've never seen it used with 3D environments, but expect it 
could be done; all the RenPy games that I've seen use 2D backdrops. They 
can look very 3D, but are 2D animations on zooming, panning scenes with 
new backgrounds loaded on cue.

Some of the stories that have real-time combat use it for just part of 
the story, basically triggering the real-time stuff at a certain point 
and continuing till you have either won over the opponent or been killed 
or found certain items, then the main story either continues or ends. 
But I expect it should be possible for a RenPy story to use real-time 
stuff all the way through. That way the RenPy engine would be used to 
move to different "rooms", keep track of stats and skills, and manage 
levels.

I wonder if it could be used for multiplayer... You'd have to ask Tom, 
the guy who is main developer. You could ask at the forums:
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/
or via his email address which you'll find on his homepage:
http://bishoujo.us

Almost 130 freely downloadable games
http://renai.us/special/all

To see how it can be used for combat check out some of the games in the 
rpg category:
http://renai.us/category/rpg
and some of the simulation category:
http://renai.us/category/sim

Best wishes,

	- Miriam


B W wrote:
> I'm curious. :)
>
> Is anybody out there working on a dungeon crawler?
>
> My interests travel specifically along this line:
>
>     * RP with a storyline and character building
>     * PVE
>     * real-time combat and movement (not turn-based)
>     * melee-range-magic
>     * not too deep in stats or skills
>     * plans for network co-op a plus
>
> Gumm

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