It's possibly the simplest game making tool available, it will take you mere minutes to get started, and it has a wonderfully simple visual editor. And aside from being free, it's really not programming at all — if you can write a story, you can make a Twine game. Twine is the closest we've come to a blank page. Create Your Own Text Adventure Games While game creation was once a closed shop, these days there are many free game development tools. So, if interactive fiction, text adventures, or text-based RPGs are your thing, the tools listed above are perfect.
A new tool has emerged that empowers just about anyone to create a game. It's called Twine. It's extremely easy to use, and it has already given rise to a lively and diverse development scene.
Carolyn Petit, Gamespot
Although plenty of independent games venture where mainstream games fear to tread, Twine represents something even more radical: the transformation of video games into something that is not only consumed by the masses but also created by them.
Laura Hudson, The New York Times Magazine
Adventure Game Maker
The simple beauty of Twine is this: if you can type words and occasionally put brackets around some of those words, you can make a Twine game.
If you're interested in making interactive fiction then there's no better place to start than Twine. It's possibly the simplest game making tool available, it will take you mere minutes to get started, and it has a wonderfully simple visual editor.
And aside from being free, it's really not programming at all — if you can write a story, you can make a Twine game.
Twine is the closest we've come to a blank page. It binds itself and it can bind itself along an infinite number of spines extending in any direction.
Adventure Game Maker Mac
Free Text Adventure Game Maker
Single User License
With this license you can only use Visionaire Studio as a single indie developer. You will be able to compile your games for Windows, LINUX, iOS, Android and Mac OS X.
49€Team License
With this license, Visionaire Studio may be used by multiple developers who belong to your team. It enables you to compile games for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android.
79€Mobile License
The MOBILE-License allows you to commercially distribute your games in mobile markets (iOS Store, Google Play). With this license Visionaire Studio may also be used by multiple developers who belong to your team.
125€Education License
With the education version we give educational institutions (like universities) the opportunity to use Visionaire Studio as part of their teaching program. The games can be compiled, but may not be sold.
250€Distribution License
Games which are developed with this license can also be distributed physically without any further costs and limitations on all available platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS und Android).
500€