ink, Inkle’s open-source IF scripting language, hits version 1.0

ink, the open-source scripting language that powers the branching narratives for Inkle video games like Heaven’s Vault, Pendragon, and plenty of others, is now out of beta with a handful of recent options to indicate for it.

That huge milestone signifies that ink now contains the flexibility to each swap between and observe the influence of a number of, simultaneous in-game conversations on each other, together with some smaller options like a darkish mode, improved syntax highlighting, and enhancements to Unity integration.

Even with ink now at model 1.0, Inkle says that it will proceed to be usable totally free so long as they’re capable of help it.

Inkle launched an open-source beta model of the device again in 2016, aiming for the free-to-use mission to behave as “Phrase for Interactive Fiction,” in Inkle’s phrases, and permit IF writers to craft narratives in a extra fluid approach than different choices permit.

“Department when that you must, rejoin the circulate seamlessly, observe state and differ what’s written primarily based on what got here earlier than – with none have to plan, format, or construction prematurely. Organise your content material when you realize what form it needs to take, not earlier than,” explains a weblog publish.

That weblog publish, discovered here, traces ink’s evolution over time which incorporates highlights from its community-led characteristic improvement and the way Inkle itself has formed ink throughout its time in beta.