Ren'Py Distributor

This project aims to improve the building of Ren'Py projects, especially large projects. The main objectives of this project are:

1. Make the build process faster.
2. Make the build process more informative, especially if something has gone wrong.
3. Add a more user-friendly CLI and GUI interfaces.
4. Have the ability to run the build process via GitHub Actions.
5. Have an easier way to customize archives and formats for advanced users.

Installation

1. Clone or download this repository to your local machine.
2. Navigate to the root directory of the downloaded repository.

Usage

This tool serves as a distributor for RenPy games. It provides functionalities for building and distributing RenPy games efficiently.

Prerequisites

Before using this tool, ensure you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Python (version should match python used in SDK)
• RenPy SDK (8.0 or higher)

Command Line Interface

The tool offers a command-line interface (CLI) for various tasks related to building and distributing RenPy games.

Build Command

The primary command is build, which allows you to build the game. Here's the basic syntax:

python renpy_distributor.py build --project-dir PROJECT_DIR --sdk-dir SDK_DIR [options] [build_packages...]

optional arguments:
  --tmp-dir TMP_DIR     Path to the tmp directory.If ommitted, defaults to SDK-DIR/tmp.
  --log-file LOG_FILE   The name of the log file to write build progress.
                        If ommitted, only prints to the console.
  --legacy-build        Compiles the game to retrieve dump with build info.
                        If ommitted, buildinfo.toml file in PROJECT-DIR is expected to exist.
  --silent              Prints only error or success messages to the console
                        (but the log output remains unchanged).
  --verbose             Prints a more verbous output in the console and log.

License

This project is distributed under the MIT Licence and also contains files belonging to Ren'Py originating from https://github.com/renpy/renpy and https://github.com/renpy/renpy-build.