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MSFS Starting Out, Curious About Working in Python or With a Light Game Engine

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Hi, everyone - I’m new to this and am hoping someone could point me in the right direction.

I’m interested in making a narrative companion app for MSFS, something that would tell a story and utilize Simconnect to read data from MSFS and possibly trigger things in-game like audio events based on proximity to a location. I have some experience with front-end web development (HTML, CSS and a little TypeScript), but am lacking any back-end or C/C++ experience.

I would love to create the game in something like Ren’py, since the narrative part of the game doesn’t need to be complicated. I even came across this GitHub repo which is a python interface for Simconnect, but I’m at a loss as to how to implement it (or if it’s even possible to). Does this strike anyone as a feasible path forward or have any experience with it? If so, I would love some guidance. If not, are there any other lightweight game engines that would play nicely with Simconnect, or is necessary to build from the ground up in C/C++?

Sorry if this sounds like me looking for an easy way out. If there is none feel free to tell me so. I’d be willing to start down the C/C++ road if that’s the best way. Thanks!
 
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Thanks for the reply! I was leaning towards Python because of Ren'Py, but the more I looked into it, the more I thought it would become restrictive eventually (and I don't know Python). Since I posed the above I've been learning C# and thinking about trying to work within Unity. Seems like the biggest hurdle is still the SDK and getting comfortable with the .NET framework. Lots to learn...

I'll look through the examples - good to see what other people have been able to build.
 
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