Comparison

A comparison is a way of comparing (checking) the similarities or differences between two or more values. Usually you compare variables against constant values e.g. x < 3 or gift == "camera" and use the results of the comparison in a conditional to do things like change dialogue or branch off in an entirely new direction.

Equality Comparisons in Ren'Py
This tutorial covers equality comparisons in Ren'Py, as well as the concepts of Truthy and Falsey. You'll learn how to compare things like strings and integers to display different dialogue.
Resources
Simple Variable Types in Ren'Py
This tutorial covers four variable types: booleans, integers, floats, and strings. You'll learn when and how to use them in your game to track information.
Booleans vs Strings
In this brief tutorial, you'll learn to avoid a common beginner mistake of using booleans where strings would be a better choice of variable.
Numerical Comparisons and Combinations in Ren'Py
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to compare numbers to do things like track affection points or branch the player onto a bad ending, and how to make complex conditional statements.

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