articy:draft X FREE

articy:draft X is the place for all your narrative content: witty dialogue, compelling choices, charming characters, useful items, challenging quests, strategic locations and global variables. Even that idea you once had that you didn’t get a chance to fully explore just yet.

It’s a visual standalone tool for writing branching dialogue, planning and content management with dedicated integrations to Unity and Unreal.

With articy:draft X FREE you can explore all your ideas at your own pace. This FREE version has the same features as the paid Single User versions and includes 700 FREE objects for each project, more than enough for you to get started right away.

STANDALONE

articy:draft X free is a standalone version that you can use forever. With no expiration date or time limits, you can take your time learning the software and progress your project at your own pace.

FULLY FEATURED

What you see is what you get: articy:draft X FREE has the same set of features as any of the paid single user versions. There’s no one right way to create an interactive story, with a all the features at your disposal, you can explore and experiment to find the best workflow that works for you.

Here is a small summary of what you can do with the FREE version. For the full list of features, please visit the features section on the official website.

Story, Mission & Quest Design

articy:draft makes the creation of interactive, branching content easy. It’s perfect for your narrative structure design. Each node in your story or mission flowchart can contain an inner flowchart. You can start with a top-level chapter-like structure and break it down into further and further until reaching single lines of dialogue. This nested approach ensures clean and organized flowcharts.

Editable Template System

Create your own template system with editable and iteration-friendly templates due to their modular setup. Objects inherit the characteristics of their template making it easy to modify or expand them later.

Game Object Database

articy:draft includes a powerful game object database where you can keep track of all your game objects in one place. Everything is connected and just one click away. Build everything, from characters, items, spells to weapons and skills. 

Scripting and Global Variables

Create variables, conditions and instructions to control the flow your game and make your player's choices count.

Localization and VO

Add languages to your project and get all your narrative content localized either directly in-app or externally using the dedicated export-import function. With all narrative content in one place it becomes much easier to manage project languages, provide context, match text with voice-over, track progress, export and import new or changed content to articy:draft and finally to the game engine.

Checkup tools

Use the simulation mode to go through your story from a player's perspective and test your flow logic before you export it. The checkup tools will help you detect  invalid property values or references, duplicates, missing localizations and defective assets within the project.

Unity and Unreal Integrations and other exports

Boost your iteration process with the comprehensive engine plugins. Get your content ready to use with Unity or Unreal with just a few clicks. Both the Unreal and Unity importers are free to use.

UNLIMITED PROJECTS

Have several ideas and not sure where to start? With unlimited projects you can explore all your ideas until you find the one that wins your heart and will become your next project. 700 objects are included absolutely FREE for each of your projects to get you started right away.

COMMERCIAL RIGHTS

articy:draft X FREE is also free for commercial use. No royalties, you are free to use it for anything you want.