editor that uses the Ink narrative scripting language and allows you to play and test your interactive (game) narrative stories on the fly.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United Kingdom
Inform Alternatives
Apps similar to Inform include Inky by Inkle, which is free and open source. Other options are Ink by Inkle, QuestJS, Dedalus and InquisitorIF. You can choose from more than 10 Game Development Tools like Inform for Windows, Mac, self-hosting, Linux and the web.
Alternatives list
52 Ink by Inkle alternativesink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United Kingdom
Quest 6 is a full re-write of Quest, an interactive fiction app, to pure JavaScript. It's a framework for creating parser-based text adventures.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United Kingdom
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
26 InquisitorIF alternativesInquisitor is an engine for browser and multiplatform Interactive Fiction works. It bares similarities to Twine while facilitating creation of worlds with locations and items.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Moiki is a web-based platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and exporting of interactive stories. The stories can be played on a range of devices including computers, mobiles, and tablets. Moiki provides a dynamic and immersive format for an engaging user experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Online
+5
An interactive Fiction Space Engine and application for creating and playing Interactive Fiction games (e.g.: Colossal Cave, Zork, Choose your path books) with no coding required.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Self-Hosted
+2
44 Yarn Spinner alternativesYarn Spinner is a tool for creating interactive dialogue for games. Write your conversations in Yarn, a simple programming language that's designed to be easy for writers to learn, while also powerful enough to handle whatever you need.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
ChoiceScript is a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice games (MCGs) like Choice of the Dragon. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
ADRIFT Developer is a Windows application that allows you to create complex interactive fiction games quickly and easily. It allows you to concentrate on the story by making everything else easy, such as having all options available in dropdown lists, rather than you having to...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
Australia
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Squiffy is a tool for creating multiple choice interactive fiction. It's written entirely in JavaScript - the compiler uses Node.js and the games it generates run in a web browser so it can run on any system with a modern browser.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Spatterlight is a native Cocoa application plays most kinds of interactive fiction game files: AGT, Adrift, AdvSys, Alan, Glulx, Hugo, Level 9, Magnetic Scrolls, TADS (text-only), Quill, and Z-code (except v6).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
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