Textbox Scaler for Ren'Py

Are you worried that your default text size might not be accommodating to all players or monitors?

Already experimented with text size preferences, but grew tired of unpredictable overflows and weird cut-offs due to a manually added [\n]?

Then this plugin is the answer for you!

The Textbox Scaler adds a text size preference to your Ren'Py game, and also makes sure your line widths stay proportional to the text, preventing weird cut-offs and improving legibility!

Screenshots are from my current main project, Artificial Selection!

Features

• Adds text size options to make your game more accessible
• Dynamically adjust the line width to preserve cut-offs
• Flexible customization options
• Quick to set up (though not plug-and-play)
• Has a variable called [the_wiggle_room]

⚠️ Important Note

Changing a gui preference requires [gui.rebuild] to be run, which causes the game to freeze briefly. This is unavoidable, but this plugin makes sure it's only run once: When closing the game menu, and only IF the text size has changed.

Disclaimers

• This plugin works best with wide textboxes (either gradients or ones that cover the full width of the screen). Windowed textboxes will look wonky unless you scale them along with the text size.
• As mentioned above, changing the text size causes the game to freeze for around one second. If you don't want this, don't use this plugin!

How to Use

1. Plop this file into your game's script folder
2. Follow the instructions in the file
3. Enjoy!

Goal

↓ Got any additional feature requests, or need some help setting things up?  Feel free to comment below!