A downloadable engine for Windows

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This tiny engine plays .ini files as RPG games using nothing but dialog boxes.  Just edit game.ini, save it, and run!

Here is what the included demo game.ini file looks like:

[START]
title=Welcome
message=Welcome to INI RPG ENGINE!
icon=INFORMATION
buttons=OK
OK=PATH
[PATH]
title=Dilemma
message=Your path branches off to the right.  Take the fork in the road?
icon=QUESTION
buttons=YESNO
YES=FORK
NO=STRAIGHT
[FORK]
title=Notice
message=You approach a dark forest. You attempt to enter but are startled by a piercing screech. Try again, or continue along the edge of the forest in search of a detour around it?
icon=EXCLAMATION
buttons=CANCELTRYAGAINCONTINUE
CANCEL=QUIT
TRYAGAIN=FOREST
CONTINUE=DETOUR
[STRAIGHT]
title=Oops
message=Turns out this path loops back on itself. You are back where you started!
icon=EXCLAMATION
buttons=OK
OK=PATH

Well, that's part of it.  Download the program to read more, and try it out!

Features

  • Randomness: 
[START]
title=RANDOM(Randomness Demo||Example of Randomness)
message=The title, icon and buttons of this dialog are chosen randomly.
icon=RANDOM(INFORMATION||EXCLAMATION||ERROR||WARNING)
buttons=RANDOM(OK||OKCANCEL||YESNO||YESNOCANCEL||RETRYCANCEL||CANCELTRYAGAINCONTINUE||ABORTRETRYIGNORE)
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorGirkov Arpa
GenreRole Playing
TagsCute, Fast-Paced, minigames, Minimalist, RPG Maker, Short, Simple, Text based
Average sessionA few seconds
InputsMouse

Download

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

Engine v1.0.0 + INI files 186 kB
Engine v0.1.0 + INI file 165 kB

Development log

Comments

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(+1)

This looks awesome! Can we add our own custom icons?

Not at the moment, since it only uses the default Windows dialogs.

(+1)

Ah, I see - it's really great anyway. Thank you.

(+2)

I doubt this is possible, but could you add variables/randomness? Thanks!!!!

(+2)

Latest update added support for randomness, stay tuned for variable support!

(+3)

This is unironically pretty cool