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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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ASCII Art Paint
The editor for ASCII-graphics, combining a graphical editor and an image to text converter.
Kirill Live
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Run in browser
engine.lol
a tiny gamemaking tool for collage-based worlds (that is a game in itself)
chia
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Run in browser
Gruescript
Create point-and-click text adventures
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Run in browser
Twine Template ✦ Viewfinding
importable spells from the Twine Grimoire! ✦
Grim Baccaris
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Opuscule
A fragmented text editor.
lectronice
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Random Monster Generator (WIP)
Still a work in progress. Perhaps it'll turn into something interesting. Mostly just for fun though.
funwalker
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Run in browser
Herobook simple version
Tiny text game engine
Hellper
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Run in browser
Nonsensical
Grammatical sentence generator
Isaiah Odhner
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Run in browser
Rakugo
Project (inspired by Ren'Py) for story driven games in Godot
Jeremi
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Plot Bunni
Open Source Suite for Novel Writing with AI-Assistance
Fyrean
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Run in browser
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Hotline Miami 3D Text Generator
A utility for rendering text in the style of Hotline Miami
MD Wade
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Notepad (Tool)
A simple notepad app.
gamedevshlok
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
DnD Combat Tracker
Keep on top of your sessions combat with a bunch of easily accessible tools.
Bolthead
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
KITTY
A text based 8bit fantasy computer!!
smal
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
SIGNpad
Simple fun programming language + editor
kollumos
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Game Type Generator
One click to generate random game-type combinations. Useful for game jams and thinking outside your comfort zone!
Vyskei
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
DND Initiative Tracker
A very small and simple app that allows DMs to track combatants easily.
Python
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
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Taytiary Swyphilis
A gif generator that improves the written word
MuffinKitten
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Text Quest Interpreter
This is a tool for creating interactive stories
AndreySoldatov
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
TRBot
Powerful software that allows playing games through text.
Kimimaru
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
HECC-IT!
The hypertext game authoring tool for indecisive people
11BelowStudio
Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
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