Inky: editor for the ink interactive narrative language, README overview
The README presents Inky as an editor for writing ink, inkle's markup language for interactive narrative in games.
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Source: https://github.com/inkle/inky
What it supplies: The README presents Inky as an editor for writing ink, inkle's markup language for interactive narrative in games.
Useful for: - Write and test ink stories with the play pane open beside the editor.
- Split a story across files using INCLUDE lines.
- Export compiled JSON for use in other engines.
First action: - Download the latest release for Mac, Windows or Linux.
- Write ink in the editor and use the play pane to test choices.
- Add a .settings.json file next to your main ink file to define custom snippets.
Prerequisites and limits: The README names no version or prerequisites beyond downloading a release for Mac, Windows or Linux.
- The README itself says Inky is less robust and feature complete than many editors.
- Known issues are listed in a TODO file that was not read.
- The settings file needs some JSON knowledge.
Source-documented: Inky and ink are released under the MIT licence; attribution is not required.
Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run.
Based on README text only; the releases and code were not read. Nothing was installed or run.
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