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Hi, technical developer here. No, saves won’t be compatible. We’re changing the game engine from Ren’Py to Godot, and converting saves is not possible.

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Dear developer, tell me what technical issues are involved in switching from one engine to another? Isn't the last one ideal for light novels? Or is Godot a cut above in some ways?

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Ren’Py is indeed a very capable VN engine. However it suffers a little bit from performance and resource consumption issues, especially on low-end hardware. We hope the Godot transition will allow us to alleviate those issues, and allow more players to enjoy the game. It would also allow us to offer more features to the game in the long run. Saves cannot be converted due to major differences in the technologies used in the two engines: Ren’Py uses python, with the use of pickle for data storage, and Godot uses C++, with a custom data storage format.

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Thank you for your answer, I just wanted to start making a visual novel myself, I was interested in your experience of changing the engine, very valuable information, thank you!

I am getting Gustavo Vibes here. Scary

There was no way to test how the game works on weak devices to confirm the "bad" aspect of the old engine, this game flies everywhere for me...