Ren'Py 6.99.7 "Here's to the crazy ones."

was released on November 1, 2015. The main downloads of Ren'Py 6.99.7 are:

Download SDK 7z.exe - 34 MiB Download SDK zip - 52 MiB Download SDK tar.bz2 - 48 MiB

You only need to download one of these files. Each contains the full Ren'Py software development kit, with everything needed to develop Ren'Py games for the Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms; the Ren'Py tutorial; and "The Question", an example game.

Ren'Py is free to download and use for commercial and non-commercial purposes. It may be modified and distributed under the terms of its license.

Additional Downloads. When necessary, the Ren'Py SDK will automatically download additional packages, such as text editors and Android/iOS support. These packages are available for direct download at the bottom of this page.

Release History and Updates

The history of older Ren'Py 6.99 releases can be found at the following URLs:

Announcement

I'm pleased to announce Ren'Py 6.99.7. This is the latest in a series of releases that introduce the new features that will make up Ren'Py 7. Ren'Py 6.99.7 is primarily to fixing bugs and rendering issues introduced in 6.99.7, but also introduces a number of new features, including:

  • A new dynamic images feature that lets Ren'Py interpolate text into displayables at the start of each interaction. This should make certain common patterns much easier to implement, such as dressup code that previously required a large number of ConditionSwitches.
  • An extension to the define statement that makes it possible to define config and persistent variables. Persistent variables use special semantics to ensure a persistent variable is only defined once.

A number of other smaller features have been added, as described in the changelog. Over a dozen fixes to bugs and regressions are listed in the changelog, and there are probably a few more fixes that didn't make it.

Ren'Py 6.99.7 is brought to you by:

  • Diapolo10
  • Emmeken
  • Kalawore
  • Javimat
  • Pavel Langwell
  • Ricardo Pérez
  • Spiky Caterpillar

and myself, Tom "PyTom" Rothamel.

Downloads of Ren'Py 6.99.7 can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/release/6.99.7

A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html

A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/incompatible.html

Please also check out the credits and list of sponsors.

Editor Downloads

When first asked to edit a file, the Ren'Py launcher will prompt you to download and install an editor. As this may fail if your Internet connection is unreliable, the editors can be downloaded separately. To install, extract the contents of the editor archive to the Ren'Py directory.

Editra (Windows): renpy-6.99.7-editra-windows.zip
Editra (Mac): renpy-6.99.7-editra-mac.zip
Editra (Linux): renpy-6.99.7-editra-linux.tar.bz2
jEdit: renpy-6.99.7-jedit.zip

Android and iOS Support

When building Android packages, iOS packages, or web distributions, Ren'Py will prompt you to download RAPT (Ren'Py Android Packaging Tool), Renios (Ren'Py iOS Support), or Renpyweb (Web Platform Support). As these downloads may fail if your Internet connection is unreliable, these packages can be downloaded separately. To install, extract the contents of the archive to the Ren'Py directory. (Place the "rapt", "renios", or "web" directory into the "renpy-6.99.7" directory.)

Android Support (RAPT): renpy-6.99.7-rapt.zip
iOS Support (Renios): renpy-6.99.7-renios.zip

Additional Downloads

Ren'Py Source Code: renpy-6.99.7-source.tar.bz2
Contains the source code of the Ren'Py distribution without any binary components.
Pygame_SDL2 Source Code: pygame_sdl2-for-renpy-6.99.7.tar.bz2
Contains the source code for the version of pygame_sdl2 required to run this version of Ren'Py. This may be newer than any released version of pygame_sdl2.
Other Dependencies: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/license.html
Ren'Py contains free software licensed under a number of licenses, including the GNU Lesser General Public License. A full list of software and links to git repositories from which the software can be downloaded is linked above.

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