【My Review 2】TyranoBuilder V2.0 【newest updated】

Before I wrote a blog about my  TyranoBuilder experience (It hasn't updated to V2.0 at the

time) The conclusion is that I will continue to use Renpy. Today I will open the latest version of TyranoBuilder 2.0 again and see if I will change my mind

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Some points that I pay attention to:

Appearance (UI) aspect

This time I opened it and found that the screen became bigger ! As an person whos eyes are very bad, I can finally use TyranoBuilder happily, just to say that it doesn't seem to have the function of adjusting the screen text , so if someone thinks that the screen text is too big or too small, there seems to have no way to do it.

Then the theme was updated! There are so many beautiful themes to choose from, which is really disturbing ww ((For me who always have problem to choose choice 

In addition to the theme's appearance update, there are also button appearance updates.

Now add original they have 34 different button styles - Preview how to change button style 

The other appearances seem to be unchanged. 

The tool list on the right:

The tool list on the left (( Live2D needs to add with plugin

Function aspect

At present, there seems to have no way to use Crtl + D to copy an component or to use Crtl + C / Crtl + V to copy a component . I think this point is still a very demerit point. Although many new functions have been updated this time, but there seems to have no way to use the shortcut keys to make the making-game-process quickly, this point may still be a very large point to persuade me. 

Other nice change is, I feel that the whole use of TyranoBuilder is smoother, and  it doesn't have the previous feeling of lag of switching between different scenarios

There is still no way to change the name of the character that has already been named

Live2D can be used now, but I don’t have much interest in Live2D, so I don’t know much about it.

There are 12 more animations for the display of characters - demo

You can see the text effect (animation) inside font - animation

Now you can choose your own game Icon, which is very nice point

In addition to the second, there are also various large and small updates. If you are interested, you can check the updates on their Steam. Because other updates cannot be felt on the horse (maybe after a period of trial use or a serious attempt to make a VN before you can feel it)

Finally, let me compare TyranoBuilder and Renpy

Let me talk about my conclusion after using  TyranoBuilder V2.0 for a few hours, I think I will still choose Renpy 

Reason 1

I personally pay a lot of attention to the GUI. I would want to (in the past) transferred from Renpy to other engines, the main reason is that I feel that modify of Renpy 's GUI is hard and code are hard enough to learn.

Therefore, I tried TyranoBuilder or VN Maker  because they are specialized in 0 Programming experience people + visualized interface so that people do not need to type any code.

Basically, TyranoBuilder is easy just to write a story. No code is needed for the plot. That’s right. But on the GUI, I searched all major websites and it didn’t work. It is no way to adjust the GUI (Preference Screen) with the component left side or other easy way. 

Before you want to point out that we can edit message box, save screen or other things I need to say yes we can modify save/load, menu and history screen but I want to have the ability to modify preference screen and maybe some other screen I want to add to the game too. (For example help or about screen)

I think if system screen design can add custom screen or preference it will be much better

Reason  2

In use of Imagebutton  or show a image doesn't have hover version((You must use the code to show the hover effect and 0 code or programming is the reason I chose TyranoBuilder 

In fact, it is not very difficult to use code. If you can find the tutorial easily, but the problem now is that the official tutorial is super short + The error prompt in Japanese even if you use the English version, the error that pops up is still displayed in Japanese. If your Japanese is not good (like me) you can only guess what it meant

Reason  3

It may be because the number of people is relatively small, or because there are very few discussions on various problems, it is difficult to find answers when problems are encountered.

Reason  4

There are still some basic functions that are not supported, like the shortcuts and character names that I wrote above.

Reason  5

The screen is messy - the screen becomes messy if you write a little bit longer. 

If there is anything, you can put the components that belong together, together in a place / a folder or something like a data folder to put away the components that are not currently being edited.

Features of TyranoBuilder  / Reasons to choosing it

Reasons I might choose for TyranoBuilder (although I didn't choose it in the end, but these reasons may be helped to you or someone who is considering which engine to use/ choose TyranoBuilder):

Reason 1 :

You don't need to process all the pictures to the same size in advance

You can use the positioning Tool to enter the upper picture and adjust the size of the picture in that screen.

Reason 2 :

You can know where the pictures or characters appear on the screen and change their positions immediately 

After you insert a picture, you can correct the position of the picture through the X position / Y position below or use the positioning Tool you just saw to adjust the position.

Reason 3 :

You can easily display the character movement and use various effects to show the character movement.

Reason 4 :

Basically, no code is needed when writing the plot

You can drag and drop the function you want from the tool bar on the left ((If you want to do advanced functions, you need to use the code)
Reason 5 :

You can directly see the available assets and preview pictures

Or if it is sound effects/music, you can also try it inside TyranoBuilder  

Reason 6 :
Price -The usual price is $14,99. When you buy it at a special time, it’s only $8. This is the price that I can save for a few months (1 month maybe, www). I can just save from the biscuits and snacks. After buying it once, I don’t have to pay anything later. There will be updates later... and so on, so I think it’s okay to buy it and test if it is useful (( I think the price is very conscientious for a continuously updated engine, but it also depends on the situation of each family