#renpy help

Here is the correct syntax for adding choices to menus.

menu: "Join the Art Club." if art_club: jump join_artclub "Join the Music Club." if music_club: jump join_musicclub "Join the Programming Club." if programming_club: jump join_programmingclub "Join the Writing Club." if writing_club: jump join_writingclub

Note how the format is

"Choice item." if variable:

In the above example, you can see the choices if art_club, music_club, programming_club, and writing_club are True. In practice, this would be used if you allow the player to visit a few different clubs and then choose which one to join. In this case, you’d only allow them to join clubs they have visited (or otherwise, if they have seen scenes that would mark these variables as True). However, this also works if you'd like to use string variables. For example,

"Ask Eileen on a date." if status == "single":

That choice will show up if your variable "status" is set to "single".

Point Value Conditions

Let's say you'd like a choice to only be available if you have a certain number of points. I'll post a full example code and then explain it.

$ eileen = 0 menu: "I think you're cute.": $ eileen += 10 e "I think you're cute too!" "So... Nice weather, huh?": e "Yeah!" #Later... e "Do you like me?" menu: "I love you!" if eileen >= 10: e "Really? I love you too!" jump eileen_route "I like someone else.": e "Oh, I understand." jump lucy_route

The first thing we do is establish "eileen" as a variable. We want to do this as close to our start label as possible so we don't forget!

Next, we create a choice. By complimenting Eileen, we get 10 eileen points. This doesn't come into play until later, but it's important to keep track. The game continues as normal from here on out.

Finally, you get another choice. In order to tell Eileen you love her, your points with her must be 10 or above. If you do not have at least 10 points, you can’t confess to Eileen, and will only be shown the “I like someone else” option.

Removing Choices

Finally, this is helpful if you'd like to let the player visit several areas before finally continuing the story. In the below example, we're letting the player visit three places in any order, but hiding the location if they've already been there.

$ town = False $ garden = False $ cafe = False menu visiting_places: "Go to town." if not town: "I went to town." $ town = True jump visiting_places "Go to the garden." if not garden: "I went to the gardens." $ garden = True jump visiting_places "Go to the cafe." if not cafe: "I went to the cafe." $ cafe = True jump visiting_places label after_visiting: "This text will show up once you have visited every choice, because it skips the menu and goes to the next available label."

You can continue the story however you want from there! Because you can jump to menus, you can jump to a scene in each area before jumping back to the menu again.

"Go to town." if not town: jump town_scene

Above will work, as long as your town_scene ends with $ town = True and jumps back to "visiting_places".