The Endless Rooms<p><strong>Language and Engine</strong></p><p>At this development stage, I plan to write this game using Python and the <a href="https://www.renpy.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ren’Py story engine</a>. This is because The Endless Rooms is narrative-heavy heavy and I have a little experience with Python. Not a lot of experience – the only complete project was a driver for a 7-seg display written in MicroPython. </p><p>I’m taking a few departures from your average Ren’Py visual novel. </p><ol><li><strong>Art style</strong> – as I hope you can see, my art style is fairly unique among visual novels and related media.</li><li><strong>The narrative is non-linear</strong> – the story is not so much divided into paths as such and can be explored in a number of different ways to get a range of endings.</li><li><strong>The focus is on exploration</strong> – you are encouraged to explore the rooms in whichever way you wish.</li><li><strong>Hidden secrets</strong> – there will be a fair amount of hidden options, items, and choices.</li><li><strong>Attention is key</strong> – ideas, clues, and easter eggs will depend on your attention to some details.</li><li><strong>I like to subvert expectations</strong> – expect your assumptions to be open to question.</li><li><strong>Fun fibs</strong> – I like games that fib (tell lies) in a way that is fun when you discover the truth</li></ol><p>As I begin to get into the guts of the coding, I will release code snippets and screenshots.</p> <span class="">Also on:</span><p></p><ul><li><a class="u-syndication" href="https://fed.brid.gy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> brid.gy</a></li></ul> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://endless-rooms.isbrill.com/tag/fibs/" target="_blank">#fibs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://endless-rooms.isbrill.com/tag/python/" target="_blank">#python</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://endless-rooms.isbrill.com/tag/renpy/" target="_blank">#RenPy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://endless-rooms.isbrill.com/tag/subversion/" target="_blank">#subversion</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://endless-rooms.isbrill.com/tag/visual-novel/" target="_blank">#visualNovel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://endless-rooms.isbrill.com/category/dev-log/" target="_blank">#DevLog</a></p>