Ink

A scripting language for interactive narrative

About Ink

Ink is a free, open-source narrative scripting language from inkle, designed for writing interactive stories that integrate with game engines such as Unity. It powered commercial games including 80 Days, and includes the Inky editor for writing and testing stories. Overall, it is built for people who want that kind of job done reliably, without unnecessary complexity, steep learning curves or heavyweight software getting in the way of everyday work.

Ink key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: narrative, scripting, games
Official site: inklestudios.com

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Ink, it includes Yarn Spinner, Defold, CRYENGINE, Open 3D Engine.

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