Really enjoyed this game. I was thinking about getting into creating my own stories with renpy. I have coded for about 20 years now in ASP, .net, C++, SQL , VB and a few other languages I was curious as to how hard the renpy language was and then as to where you get the assets as far as character models go. Thanks again for a great story.
Programming....
RenPy is as easy or hard as you want it to be.
You can get a fully functional VN up and running with very little actual knowledge just by using tools like
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to effectively decompile someone else's game and see how they did it. I'd recommend finding a simple game that has released more than 5 or 6 versions. Less than that, and you'll be reading code by people who barely have a clue and abandoned their project before getting anywhere.
Like any programming language... look for the common themes and avoid the "clever code" that hardly anyone understands.
Art....
Daz3D is frequently the 3D model software of choice for VNs. It's free too.
There's nothing easy about Daz3D. It's not terrible to learn. But using it well enough to render a whole VN takes a while.
A lot of 3D assets can be
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from this site (it is a pirate site after all). There's
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with a list of other recommended sites where free assets can be downloaded too. Obviously, it's the internet... so there's even more out there.
Alternatively, there's
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, which allows creation of characters and scenes too. It's not something I've ever personally looked at. So maybe it's available free somewhere. I've no clue.
Story...
And this is where you lose me.
I haven't a creative bone in my body. Though the thread I mentioned earlier with
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also includes links to story oriented guides.