Ren'py Drag and Drop Tutorial

Learn the basics of the Ren'py drag and drop system, and discover how it can be used for more creative uses than just inventory systems and card games!

Here's a github link to the code I used in this tutorial:

Ren'py Drag and Drop Documentation:

00:00 Intro
00:35 Regular Brain
01:44 Big Brain
02:18 Galaxy Brain
03:52 One with the Universe Brain

[dralithi]

Drag ideas:
1. A magnifying glass that magnified what was under the "lens"
2. A towel that could wipe away steam on a mirror or something covered in dust.
3. A fingerprint brush to search for hidden fingerprint clues.
4. A UV lamp that showed clues (like dried blood or a secret message)

[duckcluck]

Seriously, you make the most high quality and entertaining videos about renpy that I've seen on YouTube. It's really motivating me to keep working on my game :)

[sakoshiro]

I had no idea that renpy had such a cool functionality, you seriously help so much with everything that you do!

[vonkku]

I'm not even planning on making a RenPy game, I just watch these for fun and try to understand, even though my English is not the best :D

[igretrovods]

I’m definitely rewatching all those videos multiple times and pausing every 30 seconds to comprehend. It’s simple and yet complex. All those functions are truly game changers. Thank you for sharing

[tfw_thevoid]

omg this is AMAZING. I've been wanting to do a VN that had a crafting system and every person I spoke to made it seem like it was nigh impossible and here's the drag and drop feature just...existing. Thanks so much for this!

[dralithi]

Finally, now I can make Rupaul's Drag Race into a novel

[Katy]

This is SO AWESOME, thank you so much for making this tutorial! I've been really wanting to learn about drag and drop programming in Ren'Py.

[heus.correia]

Just found your channel while working on a project, wonderful quality and content, thank you for taking your time to work on it ❤

[Plantgrowth]

Damn. This is pretty neat stuff. Would love to see in-depth tutorials and examples on dragging too. Such as opening curtains to see what's behind them and so forth. But this is already super helpful.

[vtubereats]

Really nice tutorials! It's nice to see high-quality content about Renp'y, keep up the great work!

[jyc]

Outstanding tutorial as usual, mixing both the technical part of the subject and your thoughts about how to take advantage of it in a narrative. Hats off once again!

[floralzero]

i am already pogged at Regular Brain- THE TEXT MOVES

[codemonkey]

Another absolute banger. You have no idea how much you're helping my game out!

[messymoonmess]

Seriously I didn't see the potential of drag and drop system until you showed your exemples !!! Thank you sm I have so many ideas now !!

[pgasnow]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I can't even begin to express how grateful I am for this tutorial. I'm working on a VN in Ren'py that involves a part (or perhaps a minigame) in which you have the option to move birds around and today I was finally able to implement this.

I was inspired by the code in your video (to which I made some minor tweaks and added some pictures of birds i took myself) to keep working on it until I finally got it right.

I started moving the birds around a bit myself for a youtube video I uploaded and afterwards I continued to move around those birds on the screen for HOURS. It was so satisfying, an almost childlike sense of joy overcame me. This wouldn't have happened without the inspiration I found with this video (and i haven't even tried the "drop" part of "drag and drop" yet). thank you

[unciervoenciervado]

Its so cool, we will try to implement it. Since my favourite VN ever (Va11-Hall-A) centers the game around this particular mechanic.

[rogerricciardulli]

I was exactly looking for something like this, thank you!!! amazing video

[JuleSan_jk]

Epic chapter meme names XD Thank you so much for this video!

[tonywtyt]

This is the second time I've come to investigate Ren'py, because I'm interested in how to go beyond the fundamental, boring, way of approaching the UI, question-answer, multiple choice-pick, scenarios. Your videos always pop up in the list and I've loved them. There's another author that shows how to build the logic for a character creator system that's amazing. I really appreciate these shares!