Visual novel engines

The '''Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine, often called RenPy' for short, is a free and open-source game engine that facilitates the creation of visual novels. Ren'Py'' is a portmanteau of , the Japanese word for 'romantic love', a common element of games made using Ren'Py; and Python, the programming language that Ren'Py runs on. The engine was developed for and targeted at multiple platforms, including Microsoft Windows and Linux.