Gamebook company announced the launch of an online tool Gamebook.io . It is designed to create episodic interactive novels right in the browser.
Gamebook.io supports development in several genres: mobile graphic novels, interactive e-books and audiobooks, as well as educational applications.
Format support Gamebook.ioHow to work with Gamebook.io
The creators claim that to work in Gamebook.io you don’t need technical skills. The authors write the script in a text editor and build the branches of the storylines in a simple graphical interface, dragging the plot blocks with drag-and-drop.
Graphical Script Editor Gamebook.io
A separate publication screen allows you to view or listen to the story on the target device, monitor different versions of the story (for example, localization) and access the resources and images of the project.
When the story is ready, Gamebook.io It can prepare it for placement on iOS and Android, as well as on the cloud platform of Amazon’s Alexa voice service. Support for PC development via HTML5 will appear later this year.
Is it free?
Monetization Gamebook.io goes through the revenue share of each project. The company plans to charge from 5% to 15% of the revenue of games that earn from $ 100 thousand per month.
The closed beta test of the platform will start in May this year.
Interactive novels are a promising genre, which has already attracted the attention of major gaming companies. In early March, Ubisoft bought the French studio 1492 Studio, known for a series of episodic dating simulators Is It Love? for mobile platforms.
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