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RouteVN
RouteVN Creator is a free, open-source tool that lets anyone, writers, artists, hobbyists to create their own Visual Novels. No coding or technical background required.
2D
Point&Click
Interactive Fiction
Visual Novel
Editor
Decker
Decker is a multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents and adventure games with sound, images, hypertext, and scripted behavior
Interactive Fiction
Own Script Language
Editor
TilBuci
TilBuci is a free, open source tool to create interactive content, focused on building interactive narratives like visual novels.
2D
Interactive Fiction
Visual Novel
Visual Programming
Editor
Ren'Py
A visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers and mobile devices
Interactive Fiction
Visual Novel
Own Script Language
Inky
Inky is an editor for ink, inkle's markup language for writing interactive narrative in games and exports to HTML5
Interactive Fiction
Own Script Language
Editor
Twine
An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
Interactive Fiction
Editor
Capsule VN Engine
Capsule VN Engine is a lightweight, no-code game development tool designed for the creation and distribution of 2D visual novels using web technologies.
2D
RPG
Adventure
Interactive Fiction
Visual Novel
Point&Click
Visual Programming
Editor
Narrat Engine
Narrat is a beginner-friendly game engine for making narrative games with RPG features, visual novels, interactive fiction, and more
Point&Click
RPG
Interactive Fiction
Visual Novel
Own Script Language
Luna Visual Novel Engine
Luna is a visual novel engine made using JavaScript.
2D
Point&Click
Interactive Fiction
Visual Novel
Editor
Calico
An interactive fiction engine for web games, powered by Inkle's ink
Interactive Fiction
Inform
Inform is a programming language for creating interactive fiction, using natural language syntax
Interactive Fiction
Own Script Language
Editor
Bitsy
A little engine for little games, worlds, and stories
2D
Interactive Fiction
Editor
EngineLol
An experimental web-based Game Engine to create simple interactive fiction
Interactive Fiction
Editor
Flickgame
Flickgame is a game-/story-/thing-making tool. You have sixteen frames, sixteen colors, a few brush sizes, and the means to link together frames via the color menu.
Interactive Fiction
Editor
Tinychoice
Extremely minimalist choice-based text adventure engine
Interactive Fiction