any other visual novel engine

[tastycandy3366]

anyone using or knows ? are there another visual novel engine except renpy?

 

[MissFortune]

anyone using or knows ? are there another visual novel engine except renpy?

Unity with the right settings/plugins/etc. is going to be about the only other one of value that you're going to find.

The reason why Ren'py is so popular is because it's basically idiotproof, at least as much as one can make an engine. While you absolutely need to know at least some C# and probably JS (a guess on my part.) for Unity, you just need to know how to type "scene xxxrender01 with dissolve"/window hide/window show/show xxxrender01_5/etc. Obviously, there's a fair bit more to it than that, but my point remains.

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[Fallen Eros]

After going in-depth with Ren'Py, for a visual novel/dating simulator no other engines can compare to Ren'Py versatility, customization and features. Most of Ren'Py games feel the same because they use the default template.

Unity is usual the second choice for VNs, but is almost always a step down and worse reading experience than even default Ren'Py. Unity should be used for more complex non-VN games.

If you want to check them out, Suika, Kirikiri (win only), and Tyranobuilder are other options, but their PROs and seemingly ease-to-use will only limit you at the long term.

 

[anne O'nymous]

anyone using or knows ? are there another visual novel engine except renpy?

Yes, among others,

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,

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, and

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. Then there's the engines purely dedicated to web VN, like

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, and those that are more multitask, while still being used for VN, like

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or

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. And obviously

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,

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and

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, that are really overkill for a VN, but punctually used for that.
Those being only the most known engines (I hope I'm not the only one to know all them), I'm sure that just asking google or whatever search engine you prefer, you would easily find few dozen more names.

This being said, Ren'Py is the best compromise between the possibilities offered by the engine, the simplicity to use it, and how deeply you can make it react exactly like you want. The others are either easier to use, but way more limited in what they offer or in the control you have over it, or way more powerful, but also more complex to use if you don't know what you're doing.