Specifically, I wanted to add a simple world for the player to roam and explore in between cutscenes. I also wanted to keep pushing into new boundaries and add more “gamifying” elements to future visual novels. I made it a little over halfway through the course, and although I never finished, I learned enough about programming to jump-start Serafina’s Crown and add the mini-game debate system completely on my own.īy the time I finished Serafina’s Crown, I felt confident enough to call myself a programmer. Inspired by a local group of women called Coder Girl, I signed up for Harvard’s free CS50 course online. So I decided to take programming seriously. Eventually I was able to add a little code of my own.Īround the time I finished Quantum Conscience, I knew enough coding to be dangerous, but I still couldn’t program something new on my own I just knew how to mess with other people’s code. Gradually, as I began to customize and tweak the code, I learned what each line or function meant and what purpose it served. At this point I still had no idea what I was doing with the code, but I was able to get a system up and working. I was lucky enough to get some programming assistance from “CheeryMoya” & FunnyGuts” ( ), who already had a basic infoscreen system I could use, and they gave me some helpful tips on adding a system for reading thoughts. With Quantum Conscience, I wanted to make something more unique, and to do that I needed to push beyond the standard VN boundaries into the land of programming. After going through the typical tutorials and regularly checking the forums for help, I was well on my way to completing my project. When I first started making Serafina’s Saga, I knew very little coding outside of HTML, and I was very grateful for a program that required no programming knowledge to get started.
Ren’Py is fantastic software that is free, easy to use, and reasonably versatile. My first three games (Serafina’s Saga, Quantum Conscience, and Serafina’s Crown) were all made with Ren’Py.
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