Quest lets you make interactive story games. Text adventure games like Zork and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Gamebooks like the Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy books. You don't need to know how to program. All you need is a story to tell. Your game can be played anywhere. In a web browser, downloaded to a PC, or turned into an app. Get started now for free, or find out more below.
Quest is free to use. You can use it free via your web browser, or if you're a Windows user, you can download the free desktop version.
And as open source software, Quest will always remain free.
No restrictions. Quest is licenced under Ms-PL, like the MIT open source licence.
This means you can download and modify the Quest source code, and do whatever you want with it.
You can sell the games you make with Quest. You can use the Quest source code inside closed source commercial applications.
You don't need to ask for permission - you already have it.
You don't need to know how to program to use Quest. But you might pick up some handy programming knowledge along the way.
Everything about your game is displayed in plain English, but the source code to your game is also viewable and editable for the more technically minded.
A full tutorial is included, and help is always available on our forums. Or you can contact us directly for help.
Ever wanted to create your own game, but were put off by complicated programming languages? Quest is a great way to get started.
Want to get into game writing, or prototype game narrative before turning it into something bigger? Quest is a quick way to experiment with interactive stories.
Quest is a powerful game platform. Although designed to be easy to learn, it has huge power when you need it.
There is a fully featured scripting language behind the scenes, which you can dip in and out of as required. You can use variables and functions, and encapsulate functionality using object types to share scripts between objects. You can create and share libraries of advanced functionality.
Who says text adventures are all about text?
You can add pictures to your game, music and sound effects.
You can even embed video, from YouTube and Vimeo.
And you can go even further, by customising the user interface using HTML and Javascript, to get your game looking exactly how you want it.
Create games in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Poruguese, Romanian, even Esperanto.
Who wants to play a text adventure game? People who search for text adventures.
This website is the top destination for text adventures on the web, so if you publish your game here, people will find it. So it's easy to share your game with the whole world, or you can make your game private and just share it with friends instead.
There's no need for players to download any software - people can play your game directly in their browser, whatever device they're using.
Why not get more publicity for your game by turning it into an app?
iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone and Kindle Fire users can download a selection of games created with Quest directly to their devices.
My name is Alex Warren and I am the creator of Quest. If you ever find yourself wondering "can Quest do this?" then please get in touch. I can help you with what you're building and even customise Quest for you.
If you know C# or JavaScript and would like to help with developing Quest, please see the Quest CodePlex site.
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