NWES Engine

Testing engine for RPG-light text adventures through Unity. Uses XML templates to allow non-programmers to write intricate and free formed text adventures, a mix between Twine and Zork. Mobile may be funky and the fullscreen button only works from the main menu, fair warning.

Current features:

• Easy to use UI with mouse, touch, or keyboard support
• Scenes, Characters, Events all driven by XML templates
• Simple text markdown to allow for bold, italics, and character specific quote text
• Link events together by specific interactions or common groups
• Configurations for setting a custom UI appearance ( Colors, sizes, custom buttons )
• Global variable tracking, driving available interactions, characters, and output text
• Save/Load game state

Planned features to add before general release:

• Store and display player character information and party members
• Replace keywords in output text with dynamic PC/NPC information
• Store and display inventory and key items
• Allow authors to create dictionaries of replacement phrases

Stretch features:

• Detailed XML error messages to help authors correct formatting and improve displayed output
• Provide generic dictionaries for common replacement phrases
• Animated transitions between UI views and output text
• Simple RPG combat module
• Impose images for scenes, characters, and evens behind text log