A modern interactive story engine for designing, editing, and playing branching narrative games. Write with rich mechanics like skill checks, dice rolls, and room state-tracking, then compile your stories directly to legacy interactive fiction formats.
( DOWNLOAD HERE: https://github.com/ViciousSquid/Adventure/releases )
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Modern Editor, Retro Deployments: Features a built-in story editor with full load/save support, plus an automated compiler tool to export straight to Z-Machine (v8) and Andrew Plotkin's Glulx format.
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TTRPG Mechanics: Native support for skill-checks, saving-throws, and randomized dice rolls with built-in animations.
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Dynamic State Tracking: Track room re-visits to seamlessly trigger extra content or alternate paths based on player history.
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Accessible Reading: Light/Dark modes and an optional Dyslexia-friendly font.
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Portable & Open Source: 100% free and open-source. Story files are packaged as simple .zip archives that are easy to download and share.
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Active Development: A basic inventory system is currently in active development.
Launch the engine and try the following built-in examples:
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Three Choices – A quick introduction to basic branching.
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NOIR – A deeper look at narrative choices and atmosphere.
Adventure structures games using clean, manageable data layouts. Here is a quick look at how a branching room with a stat check is defined:
{
"room_id": "dark_corridor",
"text": "The air is thick with dust. A heavy wooden door stands before you, locked from the inside.",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Try to force the door open [Strength Check]",
"type": "skill_check",
"stat": "strength",
"difficulty": 12,
"on_success": "secret_chamber",
"on_failure": "sore_shoulder"
},
{
"text": "Turn back to the main hall",
"type": "standard",
"destination": "main_hall"
}
]
}
}Love books? Love reading? If you want to craft your own interactive worlds, you are highly encouraged to submit your stories via a Pull Request to be featured directly in this repository!