Inky by Inkle AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Inky by Inkle

Inky by Inkle is described as 'Editor that uses the Ink narrative scripting language and allows you to play and test your interactive (game) narrative stories on the fly' and is a game development tool in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Inky by Inkle for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Inky by Inkle alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Inky by Inkle are Ren'Py, Capsule VN Engine, Ink by Inkle and Inklewriter.

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Twine is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Inky by Inkle.

    • Twine is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Inky by Inkle.

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceInky by Inkle is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightInky by Inkle is not according to our users
  2. Ren'Py icon
     72 likes

    a visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers, mobile devices, and the web.

    47 Ren'Py alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  3. Ink by Inkle icon
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    ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. Inklewriter icon
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    an easy-to-use online tool to write basic interactive stories that can be shared or converted to the ink scripting language and then integrated with Unity.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Inklewriter is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Inky by Inkle.

    • Inklewriter is Free and Open SourceInky by Inkle is also Free and Open Source
  5. TilBuci icon
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    TilBuci is a free, open source tool to create interactive content. From a visual web interface, you can gather your media, texts, and all content in the form of interactive "movies" that can be exported as websites, embedded via iframes, made available as PWA apps or...

    23 TilBuci alternatives

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    • Online
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  7. A free visual novel creation tool — perfect for commercial use. Easily publish your game across all platforms, including PC, web browsers, smartphones (iPhone & Android), and tablets.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  8. Dedalus icon
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    Dedalus is an authoring system for generating Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) narrative. It is similar to other creation tools like Twine, Undum or Varytale.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.

    22 Visual Novel Maker alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Visual Novel Maker is the most popular commercial alternative to Inky by Inkle.

    • Visual Novel Maker is Paid and ProprietaryInky by Inkle is Free and Open Source
  10. Chronicler icon
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    Chronicler is an open source desktop application which allows users to create CYOA/MCG (choose your own adventure/multiple choice games) interactive fiction using a GUI not dissimilar to Twine (i.e. in the style of a flow chart).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
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