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DarkRift NetworkingBased on our record, RenPy seems to be a lot more popular than DarkRift Networking. While we know about 16 links to RenPy, we've tracked only 1 mention of DarkRift Networking. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Food for thought: I have started, stopped, rewrote, given up, and restarted development of a visual novel engine over and over again. My vision is something kind of like Ren'Py[1] but with cross-device game saves, cleaner packaging, improved DRM, better support for complex nonlinear plot development, and better tools for developing game mechanics that go beyond clicking through paragraphs of text. A... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
This marks the second phase of my expedition into the realm of Artificial Intelligence, the realm of Stable Diffusion, and the intricate domain of Ren’py. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago
Haven't used it but I hear nothing but good things about Ren'Py for Visual Novels. Source: 10 months ago
You could also try download Renpy 8.1 from the renpy.org to see if that helps if it is something with that copy of Renpy 8.0.3. Source: 10 months ago
You mentioned that your interests lay in more story/narrative roles? Get yourself a good book on Narrative Design, grab Ink+Unity or, better yet, Ren'py (renpy.org) and get to making some Narrative Games! Show your skills in not only writing but implementation. Source: 12 months ago
I'm working on a project that uses the Darkrift library for multiplayer (someone else's code that I might be taking over). I want to learn more about how Darkrift works but the website everyone points to (darkriftnetworking.com) is down. Is this just a temporary thing or has it been like that for ages? Source: 10 months ago
Twine - Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
Photon Engine - Independent networking engine and multiplayer platform.
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Nakama - Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps.
Unity - The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Unity Multiplayer - Create real-time, networked games.