Spatterlight AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Game Development Tools

The best Game Development alternative to Spatterlight is Inky by Inkle, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Spatterlight and ten of them are Game Development Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Game Development Tool alternatives to Spatterlight are Ink by Inkle, QuestJS, Yarn Spinner and Adventuron.

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Spatterlight

Free • Open Source

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).

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Spatterlight alternatives page was last updated Jul 26, 2023

Inky by Inkle
editor that uses the Ink narrative scripting language and allows you to play and test your interactive (game) narrative stories on the fly.
47 Inky by Inkle alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Game Development Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Inky by Inkle Features
1. Works Offline
2. No registration required
3. Ad-free
4. Support for scripting
5. Interactive storytelling
6. Visual Novel
7. Unity Integration
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Ink by Inkle
ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.
48 Ink by Inkle alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Game Development Tool
- Novel Authoring Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Ink by Inkle Features
1. Ad-free
2. No registration required
3. Support for scripting
4. Works Offline
5. Unity Integration
6. Visual Novel
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QuestJS
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.
45 QuestJS alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Game Development Tool
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
QuestJS Features
Single player
No registration required
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Yarn Spinner
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Game Development Tool
Platforms
- Windows
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Adventuron
Adventuron is a text-adventure authoring tool, used to create games playable on desktop, mobile as well as old computers including Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum. Featuring a web-based code editor with autocompletion and a fast development workflow that lets you play as...
23 Adventuron alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Game Development Tool
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
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- Adventuron is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Spatterlight.
- Adventuron is Free and ProprietarySpatterlight is Free and Open Source

Narrat
Narrat is a narrative game engine for text-based games. Game dialogue info is written in files with a similar syntax to Ren'Py (.rpy files). Those files get loaded by the game engine which plays through them.
24 Narrat alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Game Development Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
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ADLENGINE
Adliberum Engine is a multiplayer compatible role-playing text adventure engine. Complete with real-time world-building commands; craft text powered games and scenarios alone or with others. Complete with world editing commands; create worlds, games and puzzles that you can...
24 ADLENGINE alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Application types
- Game Development Tool
- IDE
Platforms
- Windows
- Steam
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InquisitorIF
Inquisitor is an engine for browser and multiplatform Interactive Fiction works. It bares similarities to Twine while facilitating creation of worlds with locations and items.
26 InquisitorIF alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Game Development Tool
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
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AXMA Story Maker
Cross-platform tool for creating visual novels and interactive stories.
26 AXMA Story Maker alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
- Game Development Tool
- IDE
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
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Jawa
JAWA is an online tool which makes it possible to create, free, easily and quickly, point'n'click type investigation / adventure games, playable directly in the browser or in the form of mobile apps (smartphones & tablets).
26 Jawa alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Application type
- Game Development Tool
Platforms
- Online
Jawa Features
Support for scripting
Portable
No Coding Required
Web based platform
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