Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine - 6.18

Ren'Py is an engine that supports the creation of visual novels and dating sims, forms of computer-mediated storytelling. It supports a movie script-like syntax that makes creating simple games easy, while still being customizable and extensible by advanced creators. With no additional work by the game-maker, it supports features expected of all visual novels, like loading, saving, preferences, and rollback.

Ren'Py is based on on pygame, and uses Python to allow visual novels to contain reasonably complex logic.

Ren'Py is open-source software, and is free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes. Ren'Py is supported on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and can be made to run on other platforms.

I'm pleased to announce Ren'Py 6.18 "... through shared popular culture.". Major improvements in this release include:

• A full rewrite of screen language that has the potential for significantly improved performance.
• Self-voicing support that provides a level of accessibility to blind users.
• A high-level Android in-app purchasing framework.
• New Italian, Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese translations.

This release also includes many other features and fixes. It has been brought to you by:

• Koichi Akabe
• Duanemoody
• Emmannuel Marty
• Helloise
• Huanxuantian
• Daniel Luque
• Javimat
• Kyouryuukunn
• Mrstalker
• Oshi-Shinobu
• Renoa
• Shiz
• Tom "PyTom" Rothamel
• Winter Wolves

Downloads of 6.18 can be found at:
http://www.renpy.org/release/6.18

A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html

A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/incompatible.html