Inklewriter Alternatives

Inklewriter is described as 'An easy-to-use online tool to write basic interactive stories that can be shared or converted to the ink scripting language and then integrated with Unity' and is an app in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Inklewriter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Inklewriter alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Inklewriter are Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle, QuestJS and Dedalus.

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  1. Twine icon
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    Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

    52 Twine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    • Most users think Twine is a great Inklewriter alternative.

    • Twine is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Inklewriter.

    • Twine is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Inklewriter.

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceInklewriter is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightInklewriter is not according to our users
  2. Ink by Inkle icon
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    ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.

    49 Ink by Inkle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Comments about Ink by Inkle as an Alternative to Inklewriter
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    • inklewriter is an easy-to-use online tool to write basic interactive stories. • ink by comparison is a more powerful narrative scripting language that is primarily designed for professional game development, though it can also be used to write and share choice-based interactive fiction. It is also surprisingly easy to learn, though for ease of use it's hard to beat inklewriter!

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    • Ink by Inkle is Free and Open SourceInklewriter is also Free and Open Source
  3. QuestJS icon
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    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

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. Dedalus icon
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    Dedalus is an authoring system for generating Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) narrative. It is similar to other creation tools like Twine, Undum or Varytale.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Dedalus is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Inklewriter.

    • Dedalus is Free and Open SourceInklewriter is also Free and Open Source
  5. Chronicler icon
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    Chronicler is an open source desktop application which allows users to create CYOA/MCG (choose your own adventure/multiple choice games) interactive fiction using a GUI not dissimilar to Twine (i.e. in the style of a flow chart).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  6. ChoiceScript icon
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    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
     
  7. Squiffy icon
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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
     
  8. ADRIFT icon
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    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Undum icon
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    Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure, or Fighting Fantasy books? Where you got to choose what your character does next? Well if you think of that in a web-page you have hypertext interactive fiction, or HIF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Quest icon
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    Build text adventure games, role-playing games, training materials, simulations, and interactive fiction without having to program.

    26 Quest alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  11. Chat Mapper icon
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    a tool for writing & testing nonlinear dialogue, especially for video games, and a full featured visual editor for managing game storylines.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Windows
     
    • Chat Mapper is the most popular commercial alternative to Inklewriter.

    • Chat Mapper is Paid and ProprietaryInklewriter is Free and Open Source
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