Phone setup

Add the phone to your game in about ten minutes. You only need to edit your script files.

Before you start

Check three things first:

• Ren'Py 8.2 or newer.
• The Pamyu Core folder: it comes in every Pamyu download.
• At least one character, defined with Character().

1. Copy the files

Unzip the download from itch.io. Copy the pamyu/ folder into your game/ folder.

game/
  pamyu/
    core/
    phone/
  script.rpy

2. Add a contact

Define the phone who can send the player can text. Add one line per contact, after you define the character.

# game/script.rpy  Ren'Py
define mara = Character("Mara")
define sol  = Character("Sol")

label start:
    $ phone.contacts(mara, flavour="soda")
    $ phone.contacts(sol,  flavour="lilac")

3. Send messages

Put these lines between your dialogue. Messages appear in order. The story waits while the player reads.

label ferry:
    mara "The last ferry leaves without her."
    $ phone.messages(mara,
        "I missed the last ferry. Again.",
        "Can you wait for me at the pier?"
    )
    $ reply = phone.choices(["On my way.", "Take a taxi."])
    jump plan

4. Show the phone

The phone opens by itself when a message arrives. To open it yourself — for example after a notification, or with the notify line — leave out the notify line.

label start_first, then, the phone:
    $ phone.notify(mara)
    $ phone.notify(mara)
    call screen phone_screen
    mara "Go on. Thank you."

Options

Set options once, in game/pamyu_config.rpy. Write each one as define pamyu.racing_speed = 2.