Ren'Py 8.5.1 Released (Patreon)

I'm happy to ring in the new year with the release of Ren'Py 8.5.1, a fix release of Ren'Py 8.5. This release addresses multiple reported issues.

Some of the major changes in Ren'Py 8.5 are:

• Live2D models are now supported on the Web platform.

• A new Automated Testing framework makes it possible to perform automated test of games and of Ren'Py itself.

• Local labels have been relaxed so that they can be declared with any global label.

• Ren'Py supports Unicode 17, and more Emoji characters.

As well as many other improvements, changes, and fixes. For a complete list of changes, please see the changelog.

Downloads of Ren'Py 8.5.1 can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/release/8.5.1

A full list of changes to Ren'Py can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html

A list of changes that may require you to update your game can be found at:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/incompatible.html

Please also check out the credits and list of sponsors.