Tutorial Ren'Py - Make an Animated Menu

A new quest is available on the Discover with Mia channel! In this tutorial, we will learn how to create an animated menu in a Ren'Py project. There are several possible solutions. Are you ready to make this new quest? (=˃ᆺ˂=)

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link to documentation :
transitions:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/transitions.html

animation and transformation language (ATL):
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/atl.html

video:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/movie.html?highlight=video

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Here are the steps we will see together:

A - display a video (webm format recommended)
B - display an animation using animation and transformation language
C - add a music to the menu

Summary of the quest: Displaying an animated menu

A - display a video (webm format recommended)

1- replace this line in the GUI.rpy file:

define gui.main_menu_background = Movie(play="your_video.webm")

B - display an animation using animation and transformation language

1- create an animation block to display several images. Here is a simple example to display several backgrounds in a row:

image your_background:
"background_A.png"
pause 1.0
"background_B.png"
pause 1.0
repeat


2 - replace this line in the GUI.rpy file:

define gui.main_menu_background = "your_background"


C - add music to the menu

go to the options.rpy file and replace this line of code:

define config.main_menu_music = "your_music.ogg"

Credits:
Characters: NoranekoGames - Jloo
Musics: Karugamo_BGM - Trial And Error

Thank you for your support! See you soon! (=^ ◡ ^=)

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