Branching stories for the web, desktop, and X.
Interactive Fiction Designer is a visual story-map editor for writers. Wire passages and choices on a canvas, play-test as you write, and export to a single HTML file, a Windows app for Steam, or a color-coded thread on X.
Everything you need to write a world.
Visual story map
Each passage is a node, each choice a connection. Drag, draw, and auto-layout with one shortcut.
X thread mode
Character counts, depth indicators, and color-coded branches built for tweet-thread storytelling.
AI writing assistant
Generate passages, expand text, rewrite tone, suggest choices, or check your story for consistency.
AI auto play-test
Play it yourself, or let AI walk every path end-to-end and flag dead ends, loops, and broken logic.
Five reader themes
Classic Dark, Parchment, Terminal, Modern Light, Storybook — plus full custom CSS.
Script import
Write in IFD's plain-text script format, paste it in, and the canvas builds itself.
Three ways to begin.
Pick the mode that fits how you write — the editor adjusts its guardrails to match.
Upload a Story
Paste or drop a story written in IFD script format. The editor parses it and builds every node and connection automatically.
Write for X
A blank project tuned for X threads — character-count warnings, depth indicators, and shallow-branching guardrails baked in.
Write for Web / Desktop
Full editor from the start. Sounds, images, unlimited branching, custom themes — no restrictions.
Ship to anywhere your readers are.
Single HTML file
Plays in any browser, fully offline. Upload to itch.io, embed on a site, or share by email.
Windows application
A ZIP with IFReader.exe and your story data. Players unzip and double-click. Steam-ready.
Color-coded thread
A formatted .txt where each branch is prefixed with a color emoji. Post manually or via Typefully.
Wishlist now to know the moment we ship.
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