Lectrote Alternatives

Lectrote is described as 'A portable Interactive Fiction games interpreter application' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Lectrote for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Android apps. The best Lectrote alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lectrote are Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle, QuestJS and Interactive Fiction Archive.

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

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

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceLectrote is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightLectrote is not according to our users
  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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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.

    47 QuestJS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    The contents of the IF Archive -- including thousands of text adventures, text adventure development tools, articles, essays, hint files, walkthroughs, jokes, and sly references to Greek politics -- are contributed by the interactive fiction community, past and present.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Yarn Spinner icon
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    Yarn 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.

    44 Yarn Spinner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    WrittenRealms lets you build and play narrative adventure games. Features a rich combat system with four playable classes, each with distinct skills and character customizations.

    16 WrittenRealms alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Windows Frotz is an interpreter that can play all the old Infocom text adventures. Infocom used a novel approach to write their games: they had a system that produced a data file for the adventure that was the same on every computer, and an interpreter for every computer that...

    6 Windows Frotz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. StoryNexus icon
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    StoryNexus: The choice is yours. StoryNexus gives you free access to hundreds of interactive worlds, from science fiction to romance, from gothic fantasy to historical adventure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Gargoyle is an IF player that supports all the major interactive fiction formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Text Fiction icon
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    With interactive fiction novels you're more than just a passive book reader, following the adventures of the hero. Instead, you become the hero! Explore the world, make decissions and ultimately decide on the outcome.

    13 Text Fiction alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • Text Fiction is the most popular Android alternative to Lectrote.

    • Text Fiction is Free and Open SourceLectrote is also Free and Open Source
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    textadventures.co.uk is a community of interactive fiction game makers and players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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