Inscape

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A scripting language, editor, and lightweight toolchain for visual novels and branching narratives.

What it includes

• Branching narrative scripting.
• Editor and self-hosted tooling.
• A tested multi-package codebase.

Windows desktop editor

The authoring P0 includes native workspace opening, editing and saving, Runtime preview, localization review, and a self-contained Windows package.

• Build only when needed: npm --prefix src/ExternalSupport/SelfHostedEditor run check:release.
• Extract the entire src/ExternalSupport/SelfHostedEditor/dist/Inscape-Windows-x64.zip and run Inscape SelfHostedEditor.exe.
• GitHub Actions is manual-only; pushes and PRs do not trigger builds.
• P0 validation and limitations.

Getting started

Restore and build with an installed .NET SDK:

dotnet restore
dotnet build

Repository map

• src/ — Application and library source.
• tools/ — Development and content tools.
• docs/ — Project documentation and design notes.
• tests/ — Automated tests and validation fixtures.
• samples/ — Runnable examples.

Documentation

• docs/adr/0002-mark-uncertain-designs-as-draft.md
• docs/architecture-evaluation-methodology.md
• docs/architecture-evaluation.md
• docs/architecture.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md

Status

Inscape is under active development and is not presented as commercially ready. The repository has a substantial implementation and test suite, but the language and editor contracts may still evolve.

License

No open-source license is currently included in this repository.