Squiffy Alternatives

Squiffy is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Squiffy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Squiffy alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Squiffy are Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle, QuestJS and Dedalus.

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  1. ChoiceScript icon
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    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
     
  2. Adventuron icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. ADLENGINE icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  4. InquisitorIF icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Ficdown icon
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    Ficdown is a set of standards using the Markdown formatting syntax that can be used to create choice-based interactive fiction. Formatting of text is done using standard Markdown, with a few Markdown elements taking on additional story-defining properties (for example, level-two...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Narrat icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Quest icon
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    Build text adventure games, role-playing games, training materials, simulations, and interactive fiction without having to program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  8. TADS icon
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    TADS 3 is a robust, modern programming environment specially designed for creating Interactive Fiction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Cross-platform tool for creating visual novels and interactive stories.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Jawa icon
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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Raconteur icon
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    Raconteur makes writing interactive hypertext fiction with Undum straightforward and perhaps even fun. It's a wrapper library that bundles oft-needed functionality and a new, cleaner, CoffeeScript-friendly, DSL-inspired API for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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