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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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Twine

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Sojan Janso
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Very easy to learn

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Twine has a very simple and straightforward approach that can be picked up very fast.
thermoplastics
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Cross-platform

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Available for Windows and OS X.
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Sojan Janso
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Free and open source

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

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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.
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Ren'Py

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Easy to create visual novels with

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

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thermoplastics
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Cross-platform

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