i'd like to understand what you mean by "simple renpy". while i have similar tastes to you (rpgm and sanbox over vn and kn anytime) a lot of the great sandbox games have been made with the renpy engine and that at least since 2017 when i discovered this site. " vew of family" is just one example and there are many more even from that era. it's a fantastic engine imo, allowing a lot of freedom to the devs and is easy and practical to use for the players.
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I was talking about that in simple RenPy you can't do anything except picking choices from time to time while reading a story and watch the scenes,while in other engines as SandBox,RPGM and Unity you can do a lot of actions - moving around the map,going from one place to another,picking which clothes to wear or buy,trying to find something or someone,doing cam shows,buy specific item for someone to do some side quest,work and make money...and etr. I'm not talking about how good the design and scenes are made,of course they can be made good or bad(although if we speak about quality Unity has the best quality and after that it's SandBox) it all depends of the developer's work! For example,look at Anna's Exciting Affection and Fashion Business that are probably the two most popular SandBox games or some other games that are SandBox and where you can move around the map going from one place to another - The Tyrant;Innocence or Money; Steps of Debachery;Lida's Adventure...that are only a few examples where you are able to move around,buy stuff and even do some side quests instead only reading a story and watching how the scene changes while you keep reading the story and eventually picking a choice! I hope now you understand what i mean!
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