Inky by Inkle

Inky is inkle’s editor for ink, the markup language used to write interactive narratives in games like 80 Days. It’s an IDE (integrated development environment) because it gives you an application where you can both write and play in the editor, fixing any errors in your code as you go. 80 Days Features • Write and play: The play pane remembers the choices you’ve made, so when Inky recompiles, it fast-forwards to the last point you were at in the flow. • Syntax highlighting • Error highlighting as you type. Inky continuously compiles, letting you fix errors early. • Issue browser: Lists errors, warnings, and TODOs in your ink and lets you jump to the exact line number and file in the source. • Jump to definition: Shift targets (like ->theStreet) are hyperlinked and can be clicked by holding alt. • Multi-file project support: Inky automatically infers story structure from INCLUDE lines, meaning no additional project files are needed. To create a new include file, just type INCLUDE yourfile.ink where you want it included. • Export to JSON: While not needed if you use the ink-Unity-integration plugin, Inky allows exporting to ink’s compiled JSON format, which is particularly useful in other ink runtime implementations like inkjs for running ink on the web. • File watching: Modern text editors, including Inky, watch files on disk for changes, so it reflects edits when you change them. This is especially useful if you keep your ink in source control.

Inky by inkle is an IDE for writing interactive game narratives using inkle's markup language, ink, allowing game testing and debugging while writing.