Writing tools for Interactive Media
Celtx
"An all-in-one system for writing, planning, and collaborating on video and game productions"
https://www.celtx.com/index.html
ChatMapper
"ChatMapper is an easy to use tool for writing and testing nonlinear dialogue and events for fields where complex problems are the normal, such as entertainment, e-learning, emergency response, diagnoses health care, sales and customer service, and strategic planning."
Twine
Often used to demonstrate interactive storylines - not so much to prepare for shooting them.
"Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. You don't need to write any code to create a simple story with Twine, but you can extend your stories with variables, conditional logic, images, CSS, and JavaScript when you're ready. Twine publishes directly to HTML, so you can post your work nearly anywhere. Anything you create with it is completely free to use any way you like, including for commercial purposes."
ChoiceScript
"ChoiceScript is a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice games (MCGs) like Choice of the Dragon. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience."
https://www.choiceofgames.com/make-your-own-games/choicescript-intro/
Visual novel creator tools
Ren'Py, Tyranobuilder & Visual Novel Maker are reviewed here: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-visual-novel-engines/
Ren'Py - "Ren'Py is a visual novel engine – used by thousands of creators from around the world – that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers and mobile devices. These can be both visual novels and life simulation games. The easy to learn script language allows anyone to efficiently write large visual novels, while its Python scripting is enough for complex simulation games. Ren'Py is open source and free for commercial use."
https://www.renpy.org
Tyranobuilder-- - Start making your own multi-platform video games right NOW, even if you know nothing about game programming or scripting! TyranoBuilder’s suite of intuitive drag-and-drop tools allows you to create high quality visual novels with speed and ease, and bring your creativity visions to reality!" http://tyranobuilder.com
Visual Novel Maker - "Visual Novel Maker is an engine specializing in the creation of Visual Novels and its sub-genres. It helps the user to create interactive or non-interactive stories for computers and mobile devices. The easy to use editor enables you to create Visual Novels with relative ease and no programming knowledge. Visual Novel Maker is developed by André Radomski." https://asset.visualnovelmaker.com/help/index.htm#t=Visual_Novel_Maker.htm
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