Rencher - a Ren'Py game manager

why?

this was originally a ddlc mod manager because all of them suck.

however i thought it would've been better if it supported all ren'py games

it was originally named Doki Doki Mod Swapper, then Dossier and now Rencher (Ren'py + Launcher)! 😁😁

when?

idfk i've been trying to make this for like a year now 😭

back when it was named dossier, i tried adding way too many features and it just slowed dev down to a halt

also i didn't know anything about how to make your code good so,,

here's a link to the trello board lmao

promised features

• multiple save directories (i think i'll call them slots or something dumb like that)
• a nice looking ui :) (most likely will be made using gtk)
• symlinking base assets for mods (for unix only) No
• fully portable
• other

future additions maybe

• asset unpacking and maybe editing too
• ddlc mod list integration
• vndb integration
• other

running/compiling

!! you're on your own here !!

first of all, this is NOT production ready whatsoever

you will encounter lots of weird errors that only i know how to circumvent, and it will generally be a pain trying to use this app, at its current stage

second of all, right now this is tailored to linux specifically

while i will be forced to make this work on windows too, there are a lot of hiccups that happen on windows

for example, you cannot compile the .blp files used for the ui because blueprint-compiler is linux-only (for some fucking reason)

if you really want to run it right now...

1. install blueprint-compiler (linux-only right now!)
2. install dependencies from pyproject.toml
3. create the games and mods directories
4. run main.py
5. try to avoid bugs

note that if you really want to build it right now then you can run the build.py file

license

GNU General Public License 3.0 © 2007 Free Software Foundation