NScripter

NScripter
Developer(s)Naoki Takahashi
Initial releaseSeptember 6, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09-06)[1]
Final release
final version / February 23, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-23)[2]
Operating systemWindows
TypeGame engine (visual novel)
LicenseFreeware
Websitenscripter.com

NScripter (エヌスクリプター, Enusukuriputā), officially abbreviated as Nscr, also known under its production title Scripter4, is a game engine developed by Naoki Takahashi between 1999 and 2018 functioning with its own script language which facilitates the creation of both visual and sound novels. The SDK is only available for Windows. From version 2.82, NScripter supports both Japanese characters - these are two bytes long - and any single-byte character; before that, it only supported Japanese characters. This engine was very popular in Japan because of its simplicity and because it was free for amateur game makers. Additionally, there are forks available to extend NScripter's capabilities to display characters from another language, run a game on other platforms, etc.

  1. ^ "高橋直樹のホームページ" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 1999-10-11.
  2. ^ Takahashi Naoki. "nscripter.com". Retrieved 14 December 2018.