Drafft vs Naninovel
Drafft
drafft.devNaninovel
naninovel.comSide by side
| Figure | Drafft | Naninovel |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Narrative Design Software | 8.1 (#7) | 7.8 (#13) |
| Integrations | Optional remote collaboration and sync use a CouchDB-compatible server that users configure themselves. | Naninovel has an official VS Code extension with syntax highlighting, error checking, auto-completion, and interactive documentation for scenario scripts. |
| Maker | The privacy policy identifies Alexis Boni in Argentina as Drafft. | The site identifies ReWaffle LLC as the licensor; the pages reviewed do not state its headquarters or founding year. |
| Scripting | Drafft scripts can be used for dialogue, scenes, and game logic, and the app can generate screenplay documents with voiceover tags. | Writers can create stories in text documents using NaniScript or with a visual Story Editor, with branching, variables, and conditions built in. |
| Support | The site lists [email protected] as its support contact. | Community help is available on Discord; an active Support Plan adds priority team responses, a support bot, source repository access, and GitHub package access. |
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In their own words
Naninovel
Naninovel is a Unity extension for creating dialogue, cutscenes, and visual novels, with authoring tools for writers and a C# framework. Stories can be written in NaniScript text documents or assembled in a visual Story Editor, with branching, variables, and conditions. Built-in systems include UI, save and load, rollback, localization, auto-voicing, and dialogue triggers; features can be extended, replaced, or overridden with prefab changes or a C# API. Naninovel can run as a standalone visual novel engine or supply dialogue and cutscenes in games of other genres. A browser game demo and separate web sandbox let users try the product before purchase. It also has a VS Code extension with script editing aids. The product is paid with a free trial; its single-seat license allows use on up to two computers and includes one year of Support Plan. Unity 6.0 and 6.3 LTS with the latest patches are listed as supported; non-LTS releases are unsupported.