starting test scene

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -11,24 +11,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Download and Install Ren'Py SDK
-        env:
-          RENPY_VERSION: "8.2.1" # Ensure this matches the version you built the game with
+      - name: Setup Ren'Py with Web Support
+        uses: remarkablegames/setup-renpy@v1
+        with:
+          version: '8.5.3'
+          web: true
+
+      - name: Install System Dependencies (OpenGL)
         run: |
-          # Download and extract to the system's temporary directory to keep the workspace clean
-          wget https://www.renpy.org/dl/${RENPY_VERSION}/renpy-${RENPY_VERSION}-sdk.tar.bz2
-          tar -xjf renpy-${RENPY_VERSION}-sdk.tar.bz2 -C /tmp
-          mv /tmp/renpy-${RENPY_VERSION}-sdk /tmp/renpy-sdk
+          # Install OpenGL dependencies needed by the Ren'Py executable
+          if command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libgl1
+          else
+            apt-get update && apt-get install -y libgl1
+          fi
 
       - name: Build Web Distribution
         run: |
           # Execute the build from the /tmp directory, targeting your workspace root
-          /tmp/renpy-sdk/renpy.sh /tmp/renpy-sdk/launcher web_build $GITHUB_WORKSPACE $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/web-dist
-
-      - name: Deploy to Gitea Pages
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+          mkdir -p $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/web-dist
+          renpy-launcher web_build $GITHUB_WORKSPACE --destination $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/web-dist 
+      
+      - name: Deploy to Itch.io via Butler Action
+        uses: Ayowel/butler-to-itch@v1
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: ./web-dist
-          publish_branch: pages
-          force_orphan: true
+          butler_key: ${{ secrets.BUTLER_API_KEY }}
+          itch_user: 'dynamitos'
+          itch_game: 'visual-novel'
+          # Pushes to the web channel automatically
+          files: |
+            html5 web-dist

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
         "**/*.rpymc": true,
         "**/cache/": true
     },
-    "renpyWarp.sdkPath": "/Users/dynamitos/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/paisleysoftworks.renpywarp/file-downloader-downloads/8.5.3",
+    "renpyWarp.sdkPath": "/home/dynamitos/.config/Code - OSS/User/globalStorage/paisleysoftworks.renpywarp/file-downloader-downloads/8.5.3",
     "renpyWarp.renpyExtensionsEnabled": "Enabled"
 }

game/script.rpy

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # The Iron Hollow — Chapter 1 PoC
 # Scene 2: Sara Arrives
 
-define sara = Character("Sara", color="#c8a882")
-define luno = Character("Luno", color="#82b4c8")
+define sara = Character("Sara", color="#5acbd5")
+define thinking = Character("Sara", color="#1d9fa4", what_italic=True)
+define luno = Character("Luno", color="#1b449d")
 define narrator = Character(None)
 
 # ── Persistent flags ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -10,8 +11,6 @@ default checkpoint_set    = False
 default rewind_used       = False
 default purpose_chosen    = False
 default silence_chosen    = False # here Sara learns that Luno asks everyone the same question
-default timer_left        = 20
-default timer_max         = 20
 
 # ── Entry point ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 label start:
@@ -19,63 +18,63 @@ label start:
     with fade
 
     "The Iron Hollow training yard sits inside a converted warehouse district. Stone walls, packed dirt, the smell of old metal and new sweat."
-    "Sara takes it all in before she steps through the gate."
+    thinking "So this is where the Iron Hollow has its base."
 
     show sara neutral at left
     with easeinright
 
-    "Two people are already here. A boy against the far wall, watching nothing. And a girl near the gate — moving like she already belongs."
+    thinking "Two others have arrived already. The boy over there is seems to know where to go, maybe I should ask him."
+    thinking "Looks like the other one noticed me."
 
     show luno curious at right
     with easeinright
 
-    "The girl notices Sara first."
     jump luno_greeting
 
 label luno_greeting:
     luno "You're here for the recruitment?"
     sara "Yes. Where do I register?"
     luno "The man over at that table takes your name. Then we wait."
+    thinking "Seems like she told him where to go."
     luno "I'm Luno. Been here a few days already — helping with the wounded from last month's job. I know how things run here if you need anything."
-    "She doesn't say it like an offer. She says it like she's already taking notes."
+    thinking "That's a strong question right away."
     luno "So. Money, glory, or are you just bored?"
     jump choice_screen
 
-label rewind_choice(continue_label=None):
-    if checkpoint_set:
-        show screen rewind_prompt
-        menu:
-            "\[ Rewind \]":
-                hide screen rewind_prompt
-                $ rewind_used = True
-                scene black
-                with dissolve
-                show screen teal_wash
-                "The world pulls back."
-                "Colour drains to teal. Sound slows to nothing."
-                hide screen teal_wash
-                scene bg training_yard
-                with dissolve
-                show sara neutral at left
-                show luno curious at right
-                "Sara is standing at the choice again. Luno's question still in the air."
-                jump choice_screen
-            "\[ Continue \]":
-                hide screen rewind_prompt
-                jump scene_continues
+label rewind_choice:
+    if not checkpoint_set:
+        jump kaeros_arrives
+
+    show screen rewind_prompt
+    menu:
+        "[[ Rewind ]":
+            hide screen rewind_prompt
+            $ rewind_used = True
+            scene black
+            with dissolve
+            show screen teal_wash
+            "The world pulls back."
+            "Colour drains to teal. Sound slows to nothing."
+            hide screen teal_wash
+            scene bg training_yard
+            with dissolve
+            show sara neutral at left
+            show luno curious at right
+            thinking "Let's try this again."
+            jump choice_screen
+        "[[ Continue ]":
+            hide screen rewind_prompt
+            jump kaeros_arrives 
 
 label choice_screen:
-    show screen timer_bar
 
     menu:
         "Why are you here?"
-        "\[ Create Checkpoint \]" if not checkpoint_set:
+        "[[ Create Checkpoint ]" if not checkpoint_set:
             $ checkpoint_set = True
-            hide screen timer_bar
             scene black
             with dissolve
             "A flash. Sara's hand, signing something. A contract. The ink is red."
-            "It could mean anything."
             scene bg training_yard
             with dissolve
             show sara neutral at left
@@ -84,22 +83,17 @@ label choice_screen:
 
         "For the money, like anyone.":
             if rewind_used:
-                hide screen timer_bar
                 jump branch_money_post_rewind
             else:
-                hide screen timer_bar
                 jump branch_money
 
         "To find something worth doing." if not purpose_chosen:
-            hide screen timer_bar
             jump branch_purpose
 
         "I'd rather not say.":
-            hide screen timer_bar
             jump branch_silence
 
-        "\[ You asked the others the same thing, didn't you. \]" if checkpoint_set and silence_chosen:
-            hide screen timer_bar
+        "[[ You asked the others the same thing, didn't you. ]" if silence_chosen:
             jump branch_sharp
 
 label branch_money:
@@ -114,20 +108,18 @@ label branch_money:
     luno "They can be."
     "She doesn't push. But her eyes stay on Sara for another moment"
     jump rewind_choice
-    jump scene_continues
 
 label branch_money_post_rewind:
     sara "Same reason as everyone else."
     luno "Sure."
-    "Unremarkable. Fine."
+    thinking "Unremarkable. Fine."
     "But when Sara finishes speaking, Luno's eyes linger — just a half-second longer than they should."
     show luno linger at right
     "Not suspicion. Not quite. More like the feeling of reaching for something that moved."
     show luno neutral at right
-    "She shakes it off. Probably nothing."
-    "Sara knows it wasn't nothing."
+    thinking "Probably nothing."
+    "But it wasn't nothing."
     jump rewind_choice
-    jump scene_continues
 
 label branch_purpose:
     $ purpose_chosen = True
@@ -138,16 +130,15 @@ label branch_purpose:
     sara "What did you expect?"
     luno "Something about honour. Or family legacy."
     show luno tilted at right
-    luno "The clothes suggest a script."
+    luno "The clothes tell me nobility, and nobles are always on the look for honour."
     show sara pained at left
-    sara "The script didn't survive."
-    "She doesn't mean to say it. Too true. Too fast. Too much."
+    sara "Honour is pointless when everyone is dead."
+    thinking "I said too much."
     "She can feel it land — can feel Luno actually {i}looking{/i} at her now, not just watching."
     show luno soft at right
     luno "...Yeah. I know that feeling."
-    "Sara can step back. Give the safer answer. Luno will never know what she almost said."
+    thinking "I should go back. I told her way too much"
     jump rewind_choice
-    jump scene_continues
 
 label branch_silence:
     $ silence_chosen = True
@@ -157,11 +148,10 @@ label branch_silence:
     luno "That's an answer too."
     "She's not unfriendly. But Sara just became a question mark in Luno's mental ledger."
     jump rewind_choice
-    jump scene_continues
 
 label branch_sharp:
     sara "You asked him the same thing."
-    "She nods toward Eron."
+    "She nods towards the guy who also arrived already."
     sara "Before I arrived."
     "Luno goes still. Not alarmed — but recalibrating."
     show luno still at right
@@ -177,29 +167,53 @@ label branch_sharp:
     "But her eyes are sharper now, not warmer."
     show luno sharp at right
     jump rewind_choice
-    jump scene_continues
 
-label scene_continues:
+label kaeros_arrives:
     "Before the silence can settle, footsteps at the gate."
-    "Two more arrivals. The scene continues..."
+    show kaeros guarded at right
+    show mira curious at left
+    kaeros "Is this the Iron Hollow?"
+    luno "Looks like quite a few people are interested. You are at the right place."
+    luno "Why do you want to join the Hollow?"
+    mira "To protect people from evil---"
+    kaeros "To make some money. Have to live off something around here."
+    show mira timit at left
+    show luno laughing at right
+    luno "I see, you have you priorities in order."
+    show luno neutral at right
+    luno "I like that. I am Luno, I arrived a while a go. Give the man over there your names and wait."
+    sara "I am Sara, not sure what else to say."
+    kaeros "I am Kaeros, and this is Mira."
+    luno "She also just arrived you can register together."
+    scene black
+    with dissolve
+    scene bg table
+    show sara at left
+    show iron_hollow_mercenary at right
+    sara "The three of us are here to register."
+    "Iron Hollow Mercenary" "Tell me your names and blessing."
+    show mira excited at left
+    mira "I'm Mira, and I have a fire blessing. I can do a lot of things with it, like make bursts---"
+    show kaeros guarded at left
+    kaeros "I'm Kaeros, and I have a wind blessing."
+    kaeros "..."
+    "Iron Hollow Mercenary" "Alright, what about you?"
+    show sara at left
+    sara "My name is Sara, I have a wind blessing, but its really weak. My expertise is more with strategy."
+    "Iron Hollow Mercenary" "It's rare to have a strategist join a band of mercenaries. I hope you can at least hold your own in combat."
+    "Iron Hollow Mercenary" "I think fo-- five people are enough for now, grab Luno and that guy over there and we'll get started."
+    jump first_test
+
+label first_test:
+    scene black
+    with dissolve
+    scene bg training_yard
+    "Iron Hollow Mercenary" "It's time to prove you worth. We are gonna start with a simple test, so everyone gets a feel for each other."
+    "Iron Hollow Mercenary" "One-on-one fights, but since we are an uneven number, one person will have to fight twice."
     return
 
-# ── Screens ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-screen timer_bar:
-    zorder 10
-    timer timer_left action Hide("timer_bar")
-    vbox:
-        xalign 0.5
-        yalign 0.02
-        bar:
-            value AnimatedValue(timer_left, timer_max, 0.1)
-            xsize 400
-            ysize 14
-        text "Respond within [timer_left]s":
-            xalign 0.5
-            color "#c8c8c8"
-            size 18
+# ── Screens ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 screen rewind_prompt():
     zorder 10