starting test scene

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Build and Deploy Ren'Py Web
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main # Update if your primary branch is named something else (e.g., 'master')
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - 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: |
+          # 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
+          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:
+          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": "/Applications/renpy-8.5.2-sdk",
+    "renpyWarp.sdkPath": "/home/dynamitos/.config/Code - OSS/User/globalStorage/paisleysoftworks.renpywarp/file-downloader-downloads/8.5.3",
     "renpyWarp.renpyExtensionsEnabled": "Enabled"
 }

game/script.rpy

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # The Iron Hollow — Chapter 1 PoC
 # Scene 2: Sara Arrives
 
-define sara = Character("Sara", color="#c8a882")
-define luno = Character("Luno", color="#82b4c8")
-define narrator = Character(None, kind=nvl)
+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 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 default checkpoint_set    = False
 default rewind_used       = False
-default branches_explored = 0
-default luno_suspicion    = 0
+default purpose_chosen    = False
+default silence_chosen    = False # here Sara learns that Luno asks everyone the same question
 
 # ── Entry point ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 label start:
@@ -17,41 +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:
+    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:
-    $ branches_explored += 1
-    #show screen timer_bar(20)
 
     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
@@ -59,23 +82,21 @@ label choice_screen:
             jump choice_screen
 
         "For the money, like anyone.":
-            hide screen timer_bar
-            jump branch_money
+            if rewind_used:
+                jump branch_money_post_rewind
+            else:
+                jump branch_money
 
-        "To find something worth doing.":
-            hide screen timer_bar
+        "To find something worth doing." if not purpose_chosen:
             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 branches_explored >= 3:
-            hide screen timer_bar
+        "[[ You asked the others the same thing, didn't you. ]" if silence_chosen:
             jump branch_sharp
 
 label branch_money:
-    $ luno_suspicion += 1
     sara "Same reason as everyone else, I'd assume."
     luno "Honest. I can work with that."
     show luno amused at right
@@ -85,10 +106,23 @@ label branch_money:
     luno "Sure."
     "A pause. Just a half-beat too long."
     luno "They can be."
-    "She doesn't push. But her eyes stay on Sara a moment after the conversation moves on."
-    jump scene_continues
+    "She doesn't push. But her eyes stay on Sara for another moment"
+    jump rewind_choice
+
+label branch_money_post_rewind:
+    sara "Same reason as everyone else."
+    luno "Sure."
+    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
+    thinking "Probably nothing."
+    "But it wasn't nothing."
+    jump rewind_choice
 
 label branch_purpose:
+    $ purpose_chosen = True
     sara "I'm not looking for money exactly. More... something to point myself at."
     "A beat. Something opens in Luno's expression — not warm, but something."
     show luno curious at right
@@ -96,85 +130,28 @@ 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."
-    "A real moment. Brief. Neither of them knows what to do with it."
-
-    if checkpoint_set:
-        show screen rewind_prompt
-        "The rewind option surfaces at the edge of the screen, glowing faintly."
-        "Sara can step back. Give the safer answer. Luno will never know what she almost said."
-        menu:
-            "[ ↺ Rewind ] (14 seconds remaining)":
-                hide screen rewind_prompt
-                $ rewind_used = True
-                $ luno_suspicion += 1
-                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_after_rewind
-            "[ Continue ]":
-                hide screen rewind_prompt
-
-    jump scene_continues
-
-label choice_after_rewind:
-    menu (caption="— Why are you here? —"):
-        "For the money, like anyone.":
-            jump branch_money_post_rewind
-        "I'd rather not say.":
-            jump branch_silence_post_rewind
-
-label branch_money_post_rewind:
-    sara "Same reason as everyone else."
-    luno "Sure."
-    "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."
-    $ luno_suspicion += 1
-    jump scene_continues
-
-label branch_silence_post_rewind:
-    sara "I'd rather not say."
-    luno "Fair enough."
-    "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."
-    $ luno_suspicion += 1
-    jump scene_continues
+    thinking "I should go back. I told her way too much"
+    jump rewind_choice
 
 label branch_silence:
+    $ silence_chosen = True
     sara "That's a fairly personal question for someone I've known thirty seconds."
     luno "Fair. I ask everyone. You don't have to answer."
     sara "...Then I won't."
     luno "That's an answer too."
     "She's not unfriendly. But Sara just became a question mark in Luno's mental ledger."
-    $ luno_suspicion += 1
-    jump scene_continues
+    jump rewind_choice
 
 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
@@ -189,35 +166,58 @@ label branch_sharp:
     show luno laugh at right
     "But her eyes are sharper now, not warmer."
     show luno sharp at right
-    "This is not a win. It's a different kind of exposure."
-    $ luno_suspicion += 2
-    jump scene_continues
+    jump rewind_choice
 
-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(duration):
-    zorder 10
-    timer duration action Hide("timer_bar")
-    vbox:
-        xalign 0.5
-        yalign 0.02
-        bar:
-            value AnimatedValue(duration, duration)
-            xsize 400
-            ysize 14
-        text "Respond within [duration]s":
-            xalign 0.5
-            color "#c8c8c8"
-            size 18
-
 screen rewind_prompt():
     zorder 10
-    text "[ ↺ Rewind available ]":
+    text "Rewind available":
         xalign 0.05
         yalign 0.95
         color "#4ab8b8"

project.json

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+{
+  "build_update": false,
+  "packages": [
+    "pc"
+  ],
+  "add_from": true,
+  "force_recompile": true,
+  "android_build": "Release",
+  "tutorial": false,
+  "renamed_all": true,
+  "renamed_steam": true
+}