INSTEAD Alternatives

INSTEAD has been discontinued. Similar apps include Twine, which is free and open source. Other options are articy:draft, Spatterlight and AXMA Story Maker. In total there are four Game Development Tools like INSTEAD for Mac, Windows, Linux and the web.

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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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. articy:draft icon
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    The first professional tool for story and game design

    Create, organize and communicate your game vision. Compose every aspect of your game design in just one highly visual and versatile solution.

    Develop interactive stories, deep and meaningful characters and item bibles coveri.

    18 articy:draft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Spatterlight icon
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    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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  4. Cross-platform tool for creating visual novels and interactive stories.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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