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PlayCanvas vs Ren'Py

PlayCanvas

playcanvas.com

Ren'Py

renpy.org

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FigurePlayCanvasRen'Py
Price from$15/moFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Plans published31
Spec score · Game Engine Software8.9 (#7)9.0 (#6)
Spec score · Game Development Software8.4 (#20)8.5 (#17)
Founded20112004
Free planYesYes

Plans

PlayCanvas

  • FreeFree
  • Personal$15 a month
  • Organization$50 a month

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Ren'Py

  • Ren'PyFree

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PlayCanvas

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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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