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GB Studio vs Ren'Py

GB Studio

gbstudio.dev

Ren'Py

renpy.org

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FigureGB StudioRen'Py
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Game Engine Software8.1 (#55)9.0 (#6)
Spec score · Game Development Software8.0 (#28)8.5 (#17)
Free planYesYes
PurposeGB Studio is a drag-and-drop game creator for making Game Boy games.Ren'Py is a visual novel engine for creating interactive stories and life simulation games using words, images, and sounds.
SupportThe maker points users to Discord and Reddit for community discussion and Patreon for development support and progress updates.Ren'Py directs users to its Discord and Lemma Soft Forums for questions, and to GitHub for bug reports.

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GB Studio

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Ren'Py

Ren'Py is a free visual novel engine for making interactive stories and life simulation games with words, images, and sounds. Its script language handles visual-novel writing, while Python can be used for more complex game logic. Default games include menus, automatic saves, rollback, predictive image loading, and mouse, keyboard, or gamepad controls. Creators can customize screens and styles using the screen language and Python. The launcher builds Windows, Mac, and Linux games from any of those desktop systems. Ren'Py also supports Android export and can package games for WebAssembly browsers, though web support is beta and lacks networking and multithreading. It targets Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.10 or later, Linux x86_64 or Arm, Android 5.0 or later, and iOS 11 or later. Building for iOS requires a Mac and Xcode, and that support remains a work in progress. The engine is free for commercial and non-commercial use; most is MIT-licensed, with some LGPL components whose terms distributors must meet.

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