Narrat

Make narrative RPGs for web and desktop

The game engine for making interactive narrative RPGs packed with features.

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Overview

Interactive Playground

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Super easy to get started

You can try narrat in your browser without installing anything. There's also a tool to automatically start a project for you.

Get Started

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Powerful skills system

Narrat comes with a powerful skill system that allows gaining XP, leveling up, and succeeding or failing at skill checks with typical TTRPG dice roll mechanics.

Skills Guide

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Beginner friendly scripting system

Narrat has a simple scripting system that is easy to learn and use. It also has advanced features for more complex games.

Scripting Guide

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Release on web, desktop and Steam

Narrat games are web apps and work on the web out of the box. They also come with preconfigured build systems for releasing on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam.

Build and export guide

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Hot module reloading for fast writing

The game reloads script live as you make changes, so you can edit your writing halfway through playing and continue with the changes without needing to restart.

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Easy and powerful UI theming with CSS

Narrat uses CSS for styling, so you can easily customize the look of your game. CSS is very easy to learn, powerful, and widely used so you can find resources easily.

Theming Guide

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Quests System

Easy to use built-in quests system with a quest journal UI, quest descriptions and sub-objectives

Quests Guide

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Extremely Customisable

Narrat is built to be customisable. yaml config files are very easy to edit and can let you tightly control how every feature of the engine is used

Config Guide

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Easy visual elements

The viewport system allows games to display screens that can contain interactive sprites, text, and buttons. You can use this to make visual novels, point and click games, and more.

Viewport Guide

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Characters System

Characters system with portraits and poses, similar to Disco Elysium

Characters config guide

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Inventory system

Ready to go inventory system with a UI, item descriptions, and item effects

Items Guide

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Audio without headaches

The audio system is simple but powerful, letting you have multiple channels of music, sound effects, and ambient sounds.

Audio Guide

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Achievements system

Built-in achievements system with a UI. You can even save global data across multiple game playthroughs

Achievements Guide

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Video Support

Narrat supports videos for backgrounds and character portraits, allowing for FMV games or pre-rendered animated backgrounds

Find how to use it

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Easy game settings

The settings system allows you to easily add custom settings to your game. The engine takes care of displaying them, letting the player edit them, and saving them.

Game Settings Guide

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Sprites system for advanced use

A sprite system allows dynamic creation of sprites and text with a scene graph to dynamically create custom elements, UI, etc.

Screen Objects docs

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Animations

Narrat supports animating anything on screen

Animations Guide

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Gamepad Support

Narrat seamlessly supports gamepad out of the box

Gamepad Guide

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Powerful plugin API

Narrat has a powerful plugin API that allows you to extend the engine with custom features. Plugins can add complete new features to the engine via custom scripting commands, custom UI, and even have their own save data.

Plugins Guide