Ren'Py Tom
@renpytom
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.
Utility is the way to go. By choosing to allow some products and not others, the payment processors can now be criticized for every transaction they allow. Stepping away from that is the right decision for them. It's liberating to not care what people do.
Don't be surprised if the processors start to target up at the ISPs and more, but that's gonna turn into a shitshow. One thing to target a site/service, another trying to deplatform them. Going this route is turning the card companies into a utility.
Back down to one issue open, and as I work on it, I'm working on some of the things I do before a Ren'Py prerelease, like writing the changelog. I think a lot of developers, especially of larger games, are going to be happy with this one - Ren'Py 8.4 should make developing…
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.
I've made the first prerelease of the Ren'Py 8.4.1. You can find it at: renpy.org/release/8.4.1 with the list of changes at: renpy.org/dev-doc/html/c… You can update using the update button in the launcher.
I'm looking at making a prerelease of Ren'Py 8.4.1 later today. Should have some important fixes, especially one for an issue that's been preventing the creation of new non-English-language projects.
I've updated the Ren'Py 8.4.0 prerelease. A short description of the changes can be found at: patreon.com/posts/renpy-8-… and lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtop… You can update in the launcher, or download the prerelease from renpy.org.
Just put up the new Patreon article, talking about the ongoing Ren'Py 8.4 release campaign. You can find it at: patreon.com/posts/renpy-de…
It's a touch grass day today - or perhaps a touch the ionisphere today. I'll be working ARRL Field Day at the Dix Hills Fire Department, here on Long Island. We have a get-on-the air station for anyone who wants to try it out. larkfield.org 73, and catch you later.
Just like @WinterwolvesG , I remember making this balloon move around the screen. Still have my C=64 up on the wall of my office.
Great times when manuals had basic coding guides. Making the #C64 balloon from the manual tutorial was a right of passage. We all did it?!
The 8.4 prerelease marks the beginning of the end of Ren'Py's warring states period.
Ren'Py's new in-place Matrix transpose operation was so good, it would transpose the matrix twice in a row. (Fixed that one.)
I'll just make a screenshot for the release. I say. It'll be easy, I say. Three fixed bugs later...