Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
United States


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.


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.




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).





