Hey, just wanted to make you all aware of a new engine/tool that would be great for IF.

It's an open-source clone of Apple's HyperCard called Decker:
https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker
https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker

You can run it in the browser live: http://beyondloom.com/decker/tour.html

Just like Twine it spits out a standalone .html file of whatever you make with it.

If you don't know about HyperCard, it was basically a program that shipped with every Macintosh in the mid-80's. It was like a virtual stack of cards that you could add sound, text, images, buttons to. You can link cards together with hotspots or buttons. You can do scripting. You can make whatever you want.

The original Myst was prototyped in HyperCard. Cyan's first two games (pre-Myst) were made in HyperCard: The Manhole and Cosmic Osmo.
https://youtu.be/YyOTq1EpV5o
https://youtu.be/K30UmVsqTn8

There are some aesthetic limitations (that I think make it interesting). It has 1-bit vintage Macintosh style graphics (pixels are either black or white, no grays). It has 8-bit low sampling rate audio limited to 10 seconds per clip (but clever programming can have longer audio).

I'm not the creator of Decker, I'm just someone excited to use it. For me it's like what I always wanted Twine to be.

It doesn't have a large userbase yet, but you can see some examples of Decker projects here: https://itch.io/jam/decktember/entries

Anyway, I just thought you should be aware of this. It's so cool.