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**Choosing and Launching a Project.** You should first see what the completed *The Question* game looks like. To do this, start the Ren'Py launcher, and choose "The Question" from the first screen. Choose "Launch Project" to start *The Question*.

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You can get back to the Ren'Py demo by doing the same thing, but choosing "Tutorial" instead of "The Question".

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**Creating a new Project.** Create a new project by choosing "Create New Project" from the launcher. The launcher will then ask you for a project name. Since "The Question" is already taken, you should enter something different, like "My Question". The launcher will then ask you to choose a color theme for the project. It doesn't matter what you pick at this point, just choose something that appeals to you. You'll be returned to the top menu of the launcher with your new game chosen.

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A Simple Game

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This is perhaps one of the simplest Ren'Py games. It doesn't include any pictures or anything like that, but it does show a conversation between the two characters.

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To try this out, go into the launcher, select the "My Question Project", and choose "script.rpy" from under Edit File. Ren'Py may ask you to select a text editor, after which it will download the editor you select. When it finishes, script.rpy will open in an editor. Erase everything in script.rpy, as we're starting from scratch, so you don't need what's there. Copy the example above into script.rpy, and save it.

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You're now ready to run this example. Go back to the launcher, and choose "Launch Project". Ren'Py will start up. Notice how, without any extra work, Ren'Py has given you menus that let you load and save the game, and change various preferences. When ready, click "Launch Project", and play through this example game.

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This example shows some of the commonly-used Ren'Py statements.

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The first line is a label statement. The label statement is used to give a name to a place in the program. In this case, we create a label named ``start``. The start label is special, as it's where Ren'Py scripts begin running when the user clicks "Start Game" on the main menu.

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The other lines are say statements. There are two forms of the say statement. The first is a string (beginning with a double-quote, containing characters, and ending with a double-quote) on a line by itself, which is used for narration, and the thoughts of the main character. The second form consists of two strings. It's used for dialogue, with the first string being a character name and the second being what that character is saying.