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

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2 Options Considered	Price	Languages	Dev platforms
-- Twine	-	JavaScript	Web; Windows; Macintosh
-- Ren'Py	-	–	–

Twine

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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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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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Cross-platform

Available for Windows and OS X. 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

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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