Ficdown is described as 'Set of standards using the Markdown formatting syntax that can be used to create choice-based interactive fiction. Formatting of text is done using standard Markdown, with a few Markdown elements taking on additional story-defining properties (for example, level-two' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ficdown for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Ficdown alternative is Dream Novel, which is free. Other great apps like Ficdown are Twine, Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle and QuestJS.