Ren'Py is a visual novel tool being used for porn games, and works about as well as it should in that capacity. RPGMaker is quite limited in the games it can make, but it's stable, well-documented, and easy to understand/develop for. Unity isn't perfect, it's as good as the developer. exe), you have to use an extractor program to grab images/assets from game files or even install some mods. Save file sizes can get bloated, rollbacks will quit working leaving you screwed without realizing it if your save is bugged.Ĭompression isn't that great in Ren, things like asset streaming are entirely impossible (meaning large games will always have large downloads, unlike some Unity titles), startup times on Ren'Py can get ridiculous (I have an i7, 16 gigs of RAM, and only SSDs, yet Summertime Saga can take up to 15 seconds to do anything after clicking the. Any Ren'Py game with a large amount of images, videos, or minigames will always have issues because the engine simply isn't meant for that sort of thing even if it's supported. Ren'Py is just a simple way to toss images on a glorified adventure game engine without text entry.
