inform7-ide
A design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. (by ptomato)
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Yarn Spinner is a tool for building interactive dialogue in games! (by YarnSpinnerTool)
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inform7-ide
Posts with mentions or reviews of inform7-ide.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-23.
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The Futures of Inform
For those looking for Linux packages instead of compiling themselves, there's a github build project of an earlier version this year https://github.com/ptomato/inform7-ide/actions/runs/19915523...
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Share a niche programming language you have tinkered with before
Inform 7 is a domain-specific language for creating parser-based works of interactive fiction (i.e. old-school "text adventure games"). It does the heavy lifting of parsing and maintaining the consistency of the world model for the programmer.
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How does programming language syntax affect screen readers?
Inform 7 takes this to the extreme, allowing code such as "A distance is a kind of value. 5 miles specifies a distance."
- Ask HN: Best language/framework to develop web-based text games today?
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Does anyone have examples of "dead" game genres?
Pure parser-based games have become niche, but they are still out there and, like others mentioned, have continued to evolve (see Inform 7). You no longer have to "guess the verb".
- What Languages to Learn for Interactive Fiction Right Now?
- Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity
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Gaiman: Programming language for text-based games in browser
Neat. Have you ever seen Inform? http://inform7.com/ Might offer some inspiration on future features. It's a pretty cool language that's been around for a long time and has the same use case.
- How is the method for wirting for a text advnture?, i like writting a story and then writting the variables, how can i write whit score in mind?
- Inform 7 v10.1.0 is now open-source
YarnSpinner
Posts with mentions or reviews of YarnSpinner.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-28.
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Dialogue system with scriptable objects
Another option if you don't want to implement it yourself though is to use an already built library. I've been playing with YarnSpinner a little bit recently and I'm liking it so far. I can't give much more details than that, but it's maybe worth a look. At least for some reference.
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Dialogue System Implementations
I looked into other solutions, but haven't tested them yet: (Ink)[https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/] (Yarn)[https://yarnspinner.dev/]
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How to make a Visual Novel 2D and 3D Hybrid, solo?
I am currently working on a 3d Unity game that uses a classic visual novel interface for conversations with NPCs. I am using Yarnspinner for the VN parts. It's a very powerful and flexible middleware that allows you to write your dialogue trees in a very simple domain-specific language.
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What do you guys use to outline quests and branching dialogue?
I recommend looking into Yarn
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How to allow replies in dialogue system (unity + C#)
After writing several own dialogue solutions, I decided to use Yarnspinner as a dialogue scripting solution for my latest project. It's really powerful, flexible and easy to use. I see no reason why I would ever want to invent my own again. It comes with a sample dialogue UI, but the website has a guide for how to create your own.
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Looking for a software to design dialogue paths
Please have a look at Yarn or Twine :)
- Ink – inkle's narrative scripting language
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Game dev as a person who enjoys writing stories?
Find ways to tell those stories without complex mechanics. Visual novels and text adventures are a great example. If you have a budget, hire a good artist and maybe look into voice over actors. If you're short on budget, look into AI to generate images and even to do voice over. As for tools you have Twine, Ink and YarnSpinner, to name s few and, in terms of game engine, don't lose too much time picking one. Whether is Unity, Unreal, GameMaker, Phaser, Pygame or just HTML with vanilla JS, go with whatever makes you feel comfortable and requires the lowest amount of effort for you to start doing something.
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New to game development, need help choosing an engine to start making crpgs like disco elysium
Yarn spinner
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I'm trying to redo my dialogue box -- feedback wanted! (left is new, right is old)
It’s a package for Unity. It handles all the dialogue stuff for you, and gives you software to write dialogue too. You can check it out on their website https://yarnspinner.dev
What are some alternatives?
When comparing inform7-ide and YarnSpinner you can also consider the following projects:
twinejs - Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
ink - inkle's open source scripting language for writing interactive narrative.
godot-ink - Ink integration for Godot Engine.
RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine
quest-driven-development
ink - inkle's open source scripting language for writing interactive narrative.
Skript - Skript is a Bukkit plugin which allows server admins to customize their server easily, but without the hassle of programming a plugin or asking/paying someone to program a plugin for them.
dialogic - 💬 Create Dialogs, Visual Novels, RPGs, and manage Characters with Godot to create your Game!
QuestJS - A major re-write of Quest that is written in JavaScript and will run in the browser.