Dynamic Menu Choices for Ren'Py
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More easily customize the display of Ren'Py choice menus!
Features:
-
Customize idle and hover text colors per choice
Don’t want all your choices to use the same GUI default? You’re covered! This lets you style individual choices with ease. -
Conditionally disable or remove choices
You're no longer stuck choosing betweenconfig.menu_include_disabled = True
or manually removing options. Do both — whenever you want! -
Use these features only when you need them
You can use kwargs for extra customization, or keep choices default.
How It Works
This system uses kwargs
(key-word arguments) in the parentheses of your menu
choices. Here’s what it looks like in action:
menu:
"It's time to wake up."
# This is an ordinary choice with no kwargs or conditionals.
"Go back to sleep":
"I'm so tired..."
# This choice appears in a bright yellow, with a lighter hover —
# but only if energy_level > 3.
# Otherwise, it's grayed out and disabled.
"Wake up" (color="#FAFF39", hover="#f8fd6f", sensitive=energy_level > 3):
"Fine, I'll get up."
# This one only shows up if cranky is True.
# When it does, it's bright red with a black hover.
"Curse the universe" (color="#ff0000", hover="#000", condition=cranky):
"You know what, this universe sucks!"
# This one has no condition — it always shows up.
# It's here to demonstrate how to style a normal choice with a
# color + hover.
"I need coffee..." (color="#a07d69", hover="#382015"):
"Coffee will fix this."
# You can still make choices conditional The Normal Way™.
"But do I really need to wake up?" if philosophical:
"This universe doesn't even make sense."
When you set a custom color/hover for a sensitive choice, it will use those when clickable, and switch to gui.choice_button_text_insensitive_color
when unclickable.
That’s it! You now have full control over the look and logic of your menu choices.
I may update this project to include additional features in the future. If you have any ideas, let me know what would be useful!
Published | 1 day ago |
Status | Released |
Category | Assets |
Author | aura-wave |
Genre | Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel |
Tags | 2D, Asset Pack, Dating Sim, Meaningful Choices, Narrative, Ren'Py, Singleplayer, Story Rich |
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Click download now to get access to the following files:
dynamic_menu_choices.rpy 1.8 kB
choice_insensitive_background.png 4.7 kB
Development log
- Update: Simpler Syntax1 day ago
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