Inklewriter Alternatives

Apps similar to Inklewriter include Twine, which is free and open source. Other options are Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle, QuestJS and Dedalus. You can choose from more than 10 Game Development Tools like Inklewriter for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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

    57 Twine alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. Inky by Inkle icon
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    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Ink by Inkle icon
     9 likes

    ink 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)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. 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 (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. Dedalus icon
     1 like

    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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Chronicler icon
     11 likes

    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
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  7. ChoiceScript icon
     9 likes

    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
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  8. Squiffy icon
     2 likes

    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.

    24 Squiffy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. ADRIFT icon
     5 likes

    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
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  10. Undum icon
     1 like

    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 (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  11. Quest icon
     3 likes

    Build text adventure games, role-playing games, training materials, simulations, and interactive fiction without having to program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    v5.8
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  12. Chat Mapper icon
     3 likes

    a tool for writing & testing nonlinear dialogue, especially for video games, and a full featured visual editor for managing game storylines.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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