Narraloom is an open-source visual novel engine and editor focused on narrative-driven games, branching stories, and rich UI.

The goal of Narraloom is to provide a modern, flexible alternative to classic visual novel engines while remaining simple enough for solo developers.

⚠️ Early development – APIs and features are subject to change.

• Custom visual novel runtime
• Branching narrative system
• Dedicated script language (Narraloom Script)
• Modern editor built with Avalonia UI
• Rich dialogue UI with typewriter effects
• Localization support (multi-language)
• Save / Load system
• Windows packaging support

• Language: C# (.NET 8 LTS)
• Rendering: OpenGL via Silk.NET
• Editor UI: Avalonia UI
• Platform: Windows (initially)

Narraloom is currently in active early development.

Current focus:

• Core runtime
• Dialogue UI
• Narrative scripting system

See the roadmap section in this repository for planned milestones and features.

License will be added soon (planned: MIT).

Developed by a solo developer as both a learning project and a production-ready visual novel engine.

Narraloom is being developed with extensive assistance from ChatGPT 5.2.

ChatGPT is used as a collaborative tool for:

• Engine architecture planning
• System and API design
• Code scaffolding and iteration
• Debugging and problem-solving
• Roadmap and documentation drafting

All final design decisions, implementation choices, and creative direction are made and controlled by the human developer.

Narraloom is a human-directed project, with AI used as an advanced development aid.