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Ren'Py vs Spring Engine

Ren'Py

renpy.org

Spring Engine

springrts.com

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FigureRen'PySpring Engine
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · Game Engine Software9.0 (#6)7.7 (#71)
CustomizationCreators can customize interface screens and styles using Ren'Py's screen language and Python.The README says Spring games have many additional ways of control and customizability.
Free planYesYes
LicenseMost Ren'Py code is MIT licensed, while bundled components include LGPL and other licenses.The repository lists a license and two other licenses; its file list includes GPL 2.0 and GPL 3.0 license files.
Scripting languagesRen'Py script language; PythonLua
Source code modelopen_sourceopen_source
SupportRen'Py directs users to its Discord and Lemma Soft Forums for questions, and to GitHub for bug reports.The project homepage is described as a place for help, suggestions, bug reports, and the community forum.
Target platformsWindows 10+,macOS 10.10+,Linux x86_64/Arm,Android 5.0+,iOS 11+,HTML5/WebAssembly (beta)Windows,Linux,macOS

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Ren'Py

  • Ren'PyFree

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Spring Engine

  • Spring EngineFree

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In their own words

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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Spring Engine

Spring Engine has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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