Spatterlight Alternatives

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

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  1. Twine icon

    Twine

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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
    The interface when a new story is made.
     
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    Spatterlight is for playing IF games, Twine is for creating them.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Twine is Free and Open SourceSpatterlight is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightSpatterlight is not according to our users
  4. Ink by Inkle icon

    Ink by Inkle

     9 likes

    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
    • Linux
    Ink by Inkle screenshot 1
     
  5. QuestJS icon

    QuestJS

     2 likes

    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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    QuestJS screenshot 1
     
  6. Inform icon

    Inform

     14 likes

    Inform is a free app for creating works of interactive fiction, available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Android. Inside it is a powerful programming language based on English language text. This redesigned website is part of the preparations for open-sourcing the software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Source text on one side, with compiled game in other tab.
     
  7. Yarn Spinner icon

    Yarn Spinner

     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Yarn Spinner screenshot 1
     
  9. StoryNexus icon

    StoryNexus

     1 like

    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.

    44 StoryNexus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    main page
     

  10. Gargoyle IF Player

     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Gargoyle IF Player screenshot 1
     
  11. Adventuron icon

    Adventuron

     1 like

    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
    Adventuron screenshot 1
     
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    Narrat

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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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Jawa icon

    Jawa

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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).

    27 Jawa alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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