Phone calls

The following functions are defined in the phone.calls namespace (not phone.call, Ren’Py doesn’t like me using that).

Phone calls require a certain type of sayer. The need those 3 properties:

screen set to "phone_say"
who_style set to "phone_say_label"
what_style set to "phone_say_dialogue"

The rest is as usual.

define phone_eileen = Character("Eileen", screen="phone_say", who_style="phone_say_label", what_style="phone_say_dialogue")

Functions

def call(caller, video=False, nosave=False): Starts a phone call with the *character* caller. If video is true, a video call is started (this is ignored if the game is on a version prior to 7.5.0). If nosave is true, the call won’t be saved to the call history. Replaces the narrator with a special narrator. The python equivalent of the phone call statement.
def end_call(): Ends the current phone call, and registers it for both *character*s (the caller and the current pov). Sets the narrator back and clears the video call layer. The python equivalent of the phone end call statement.
def register_call(char1, char2, duration=None): Saves a call between the *character*s char1 and char2. If duration is not None, it’s a float, a number of seconds the call lasted. This is called automatically by the phone.calls.end_call function.

Statements

phone call: Used to start a phone call. It expects a *character*. If the video clause is given, a video call is started. If the nosave clause is given, the call won’t be saved to the call history.
phone end call: Used to end a phone call. It doesn’t expect anything.

Example

# define two phone sayers
define phone_s  = Character("Sayori", screen="phone_say", who_style="phone_say_label", what_style="phone_say_dialogue")
define phone_mc = Character("MC", screen="phone_say", who_style="phone_say_label", what_style="phone_say_dialogue")

# create the two phone characters
default pc_sayori = phone.character.Character("Sayori", phone.asset("sayori_icon.png"), "s", 21, "#22Abf8")
default pc_mc     = phone.character.Character("MC", phone.asset("mc_icon.png"), "mc", 35, "#484848")

label phone_call_test:
    phone call "s"
    phone_s "Ohayouuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
    phone_mc "Hey!"
    "Why is she always this energetic?"
    phone end call
    "..."

    return

label phone_video_call_test:
    show sayori onlayer phone_video_call
    show bg sayori_room onlayer phone_video_call
    phone call "s" video
    phone_s "Hey! That's my room"
    phone end call
    "..."

    return