Not AI-generated images: every frame, ornament, circle and transition mask is drawn by code.
A jade, gold and red-lacquer GUI for Ren'Py 8 visual novels set in a cultivation, xianxia or wuxia world.
DROP-IN INSTALL (3 STEPS)
- Copy the game folder over yours: the images use the names Ren'Py already uses (textbox, name box, choice buttons, save slots, menus, frames, bars, sliders, scrollbars), so they replace the default look right away.
- Paste the color lines into gui.rpy (included).
- Optional: one line in gui.rpy turns on the animated main menu with a slowly spinning bagua formation circle.
INCLUDED
- Dialogue box with cloud-scroll corners + red lacquer name plate
- Choice buttons, save/load slots shaped like jade tablets, menu buttons with a soft jade hover glow
- Main menu and game menu backgrounds + ink-wash side panels
- Confirm frame, notification box, bars, sliders, scrollbars
- Animated main menu (bagua circle + inner seal, pure Ren'Py ATL)
- 8 ink brush transitions (ImageDissolve): ink bleed, brush sweep, cloud curl, bamboo blind, ink drops, mountain mist, scroll unroll, seal circle. The masks are plain PNGs, so they also work in other engines.
No made-up Chinese characters anywhere: only the real bagua trigrams and geometric shapes.
FREE SAMPLE
Dialogue box, name plate, choice buttons and 2 transitions are a free download on the itch.io page: https://pixeldreamerstudio.itch.io/jade-and-ink-renpy-gui
MATCHING ASSETS
Backgrounds (12 Asian scenes x day/evening/night): https://pixeldreamerstd.gumroad.com/l/asiavn
More UI + 12 formation circles: https://pixeldreamerstd.gumroad.com/l/xianxiaui
LICENSE
Use in any personal or commercial game. Do not resell or redistribute the files as they are.
Code written with AI assistance, tested by hand in Ren'Py 8.5.3.
