Tutorial Unity Ren'Py How to Remake a Unity game in Renpy

[Night Mirror]

Do you have a favorite visual novel but for some reason it got put in Unity instead of Ren'py? Do you have a LOT of free time on your hands and want to give "porting" something over a try? Then I have a tutorial for you! Be warned there is no quick click and done, but the outcome can be very rewarding if you decide to make the effort!

Before You Start:

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What You Need to get Started:

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First Steps (Getting Assets):

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Dialog Extraction:

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Make a New Game (in Ren’py!):

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A Bit More Prep Work (optional):

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Making a Scene!

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I hope that was helpful, let me know if you have an questions, or think parts of this could be clearer!

 

[selectivepaperclip]

Thanks a lot for detailing your process. You've done so much great work to move A Way Back Home off that janky engine.

I didn't know that it was so easy to muck around with Unity code with dnSpy; feels like that opens up a whole world of possibilities!

I don't have anywhere near the kind of time it would take to rewrite a game but I did use this newfound knowledge to make a Text Speed hack for Something Unlimited

 

[ErgoVis]

Many years later, I used this guide to get dialog from Naninovel based VN. I applied it quite differently, but still. I probably would not be able to get what I want without it so thanks.