Beam Me Up Scotty by Nicki Minaj

Doki Doki Literature Club (DDLC) was built using the Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine , which is based on Team Salvato

While Ren'Py scripts ( .rpy files) look like simple screenplays, they allow for raw Python execution. This duality is where DDLC shines. The game uses standard Ren'Py commands for dialogue and character sprites, but switches to raw Python to perform the "hacking" tricks that define the horror genre.

print("\n--- Poem Results ---") for girl, points in score.items(): print(f"girl.capitalize(): points points")

# poem_data.py

Example custom Python function that changes Sayori’s dialogue based on system time:

: Since DDLC is a Ren'Py game, you can find the full coding syntax on the Official Ren'Py Documentation Modding Community