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Ren'Py is a visual novel engine for telling interactive stories with words, images and sounds on computers and mobile devices. It covers visual novels and life simulation games, using an easy to learn script language and Python scripting. It is open source and free for commercial use, with supported platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
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WriteMonkey is a Windows writing application with a stripped-down user interface intended for distraction-free creative writing. It provides full-screen editing, is small, fast and portable, and stores work in standard text files. It supports Markdown Extra, Textile and WikiCreole markup, CSS export templates, and a JavaScript plugin engine available to donors.
Celtx is screenwriting and pre-production software for film, TV, ads, video, documentaries, and games. It offers multi-format script editors that automatically format scripts to industry standards, plus story development tools such as storyboards and Beat Sheets, and pre-production tools for shot lists, script breakdowns, location scouting, scheduling, and catalogs.
Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. Simple stories can be made without writing code, and stories can be extended with variables, conditional logic, images, CSS and JavaScript. Twine publishes directly to HTML, and creations are free to use, including for commercial purposes. It is available as a desktop app or in a browser.
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