http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Home_PageThis is an odd one. If you are familiar with Nintendo DS games like Phoenix Wright and Hotel Dusk: Room 215, then you'll know what to expect from this engine. It is specifically created with these types of games in mind. It has a templates system and uses Python for scripting.
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Welcome to the Ren'Py home page. Ren'Py is an engine that supports the creation of visual novels and dating sims, forms of computer-mediated storytelling. It supports a movie script-like syntax that makes creating simple games easy, while still being customizable and extensible by advanced creators. With no additional work by the game-maker, it supports features expected of all visual novels, like loading, saving, preferences, and rollback. Ren'Py is supported on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux x86, and can be made to run on other platforms.
Ren'Py is open-source software, and is free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes. It does not require you to open-source your game.
