Here's the error code from the logs
2026-02-23 18:18:53 UTC
Windows-11-10.0.29531-SP0
Ren'Py 8.5.2.26010301
Heatwave: Sam's Stay DEMO
Built at 2026-02-23 17:50:16 UTC
Early init took 28 ms
Loading error handling took 21 ms
Full traceback:
File "renpy/bootstrap.py", line 401, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "renpy/main.py", line 412, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "renpy/script.py", line 456, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ["_ren.py", ".rpy"], dir, fn, initcode)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "renpy/script.py", line 1002, in load_appropriate_file
raise Exception(
"{} conflict, and can't exist in the same game.".format(" and ".join(i[1] for i in rpyfns))
)
Exception: E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage_ren.py and E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage.rpy conflict, and can't exist in the same game.
While loading the script.
Exception: E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage_ren.py and E:\Itch\heatwave-sams-stay-demo\Heatwave_Demo-win/renpy/common/00layeredimage.rpy conflict, and can't exist in the same game.