If you have dreams of publishing your own game, but don't have the programming savvy to make your own homebrew script, then you might be interested to know that we have a worthwhile alternative for you.

Developer PyTom has created a Windows-based engine which works on the concept of creating your own visual novel or dating sim. The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine supports a movie script-like syntax that makes writing the code for simple games quite easy. Ren'Py uses a robust engine which is still easily flexible and extensible enough for advanced users.

If you've seen some of the visual novel games on the market, you can pretty much emulate all the features with this application. You can even create something with a more *ahem* adult theme, if you like. Just type in the script then add any corresponding images and background music you want for your game.

The best thing about this application is that its open-source and free to download from the Ren'Py website. It also has multi-language support, as well as cross platform compatibility on Mac and Linux.