Story Machine

Story Machine is a visual editor and engine focused on 2D games and interactive stories. The workspace is built around direct scene manipulation: you drag and drop objects, preview changes instantly in Play mode, and attach plug-and-play components to give objects behaviour. Rather than writing code, you create sequences of commands drawn from a library of more than fifty actions covering everything from animation to save systems.

Narrative developers get first-class support for branching dialog with variables, dialog flow that reads like a film script, and text effects such as rich formatting, wrapping, drop shadows, outlines, and pagination. Artistic and technical depth is handled through sprite sheet slicing, Aseprite import, particle systems for fire, smoke, sparks, rain and magic, physics with collision, constraints and raycasts, and full-screen effect layers you can stack.

Story Machine exports to Windows, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, and the web, and its games run on Steam Deck with Steamworks SDK integration. Development is currently in beta, with builds and community support shared through the project's Discord server.