What is Arcweave?
Arcweave is a collaborative platform designed for teams to create interactive stories, branching narratives, and game dialogue. It provides a visual editor where writers, designers, and developers can map out complex narrative flows, manage lore, and prototype story branches in real time.
With built-in tools for version control, playtesting, and structured data exports, Arcweave streamlines the narrative design pipeline from concept to integration. It supports official plugins for Unity, Unreal, and Godot, allowing seamless handoff to game engines. Use cases span video game development, serious games for training, and educational storytelling courses.
Features
- Visual Editor: Design branching flows with an intuitive, node-based interface.
- Collaboration: Real-time team editing with version control and guest access.
- Prototyping: Instantly playtest narratives and refine branching logic.
- Game Engine Integration: Official open-source plugins for Unity, Unreal, and Godot.
- Lore Management: Organize characters, locations, items, and background information.
- Export Options: Export to JSON, PDF, Markdown, CSV, XLSX, and image formats.
- Outcome Tracking: Score and track decisions for serious games and training scenarios.
- Localization: Support for multi-language narrative projects in Team plan.
- API Access: RESTful API for custom integrations in Team plan.
- Project History: Track changes and restore previous versions in Team plan.
Use Cases
- Designing branching dialogue for role-playing games
- Creating interactive training simulations for corporate learning
- Teaching interactive storytelling and game design in academic courses
- Managing narrative assets and lore for game development teams
- Prototyping and playtesting branching narratives before production
FAQs
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Can I use Arcweave for free?
Yes, Arcweave offers a free Basic plan with unlimited members, but limited to 200 items per project and 3 projects. It cannot be used for commercial projects. -
What is an item in Arcweave?
An item is a single piece of content in a project, such as an element or component. The free plan limits you to 200 items per project. -
What happens if I reach the 200-item limit on Basic?
You can still read, edit, and organize existing content, but you cannot add new items until you delete some to free up quota. -
What is the difference between a workspace member and a guest?
A workspace member has global access to all projects in the workspace. A guest is invited to collaborate on specific projects as an editor or commenter. -
Does Arcweave offer student discounts?
Yes, students and teachers can contact Arcweave for special discounts, certificates, and workshops.
