Stagelight is a Windows visual editor for the Ren’Py engine. Build your
story on an infinite node canvas, direct every scene with cards, and
export a real, runnable Ren’Py project.
Dialogue is plain text. Staging is click to place. Effects, music,
and choices come from menus. You never write a line of script.
The whole authoring loop is visual.
real export
A real Ren’Py project, yours
One click turns your canvas into a complete, runnable Ren’Py project.
Readable, hand-editable, and fully yours. No lock-in, ever.
Exports pass Ren’Py’s own lint check.
zero data loss
Import without losing a line
Open an existing Ren’Py project and keep everything. Recognized
script becomes visual cards; the rest is preserved word for word.
A Raw Code View is always available.
How it works
Three steps from idea to game.
1
Draw the flow
Every scene is a card on an infinite canvas. Branches are arrows you can read at a glance.
2
Direct each scene
Open a card and stack steps: dialogue, backgrounds, character staging, music, effects, choices.
3
Export and play
Get a real Ren’Py project and test it in the real engine, jumping straight to the scene you are editing.
Inside the studio
A closer look.
The infinite canvas
Scene cards, readable branch arrows, and an amber START chip that marks where your story begins.
One-click auto layout
Untangle any graph. Cards line up cleanly and edges stop crossing your nodes.
label intro:
scene bg village
with dissolve
show eileen happy at left
e "Welcome to the village."
menu:
"Look around":
jump market
"Head to the forest":
jump forest
Export, in plain Ren’Py
The output is readable script you could have written by hand. Open it in any editor.
Shipped and working
Everything here works today.
This list only contains features you can use right now, in the current build.
Scene cards with a step editor
Double-click any card and stack ordered steps: dialogue, backgrounds, staging, sound.
Click-to-place staging
Five stage slots, manual placement, and mirroring. Direct up to five characters per scene.
A catalog of 60 effect entries
Character and full-screen effects with adjustable durations, picked from a menu.
Choices as labeled arrows
Branching menus are drawn on the canvas and export as real Ren’Py menu blocks.
Music, sound, and voice
Play, queue, and stop audio with fades, all from scene steps.
A one-button check
The Check button runs Ren’Py’s own linter and jumps you straight to any problem it finds.
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