What is the best text editing software to write branching (nonlinear) scripts, stories, or game scripts?

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What is the best text editing software to write branching (nonlinear) scripts, stories, or game scripts?

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Best text editing software to write branching (nonlinear) scripts, stories, or game scripts	Price	Platforms	License
-- Twine	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac, Web	GPL v3
-- Ren'Py	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android	MIT

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Twine

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Limited

Sure, you can create a branching story and that's it. The whole UI and simplest changes to the design have to be done by css/html code, literally from scratch. See More

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Very easy to learn

Twine has a very simple and straightforward approach that can be picked up very fast. See More

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Free and open source

No need to empty a wallet in order to get a script done. Twine is free to use. See More

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Cross-platform

Available for Windows and OS X. See More

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Ren'Py

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Easy to create visual novels with

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Reasonably good at creating puzzle and point-and-click games

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Cross-platform

Available on Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS and Android. See More

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What is the best text editing software to write branching (nonlinear) scripts, stories, or game scripts?

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Twine

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My Recommendation for Twine

Limited

Very easy to learn

Free and open source

Cross-platform

Ren'Py

My Recommendation for Ren'Py

My Recommendation for Ren'Py

Easy to create visual novels with

Reasonably good at creating puzzle and point-and-click games

Cross-platform

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