Ana EngineText-driven RPGs, authored in plain files.

A TypeScript game engine with its own authoring language, giving you passages, macros, and a full set of RPG systems, with no HTML or JavaScript required to start.

Quick Start

Authoring Guide

Macro Reference

Write passages, not code

Stories live in .ana files. Each passage is prose plus macros like (if:), (link:), and (goto:), compiled through a typed pipeline to a safe DOM renderer.

RPG systems built in

Inventory, equipment, stats, relationships, quests, achievements, time, scheduling, dice, currency, and status effects ship with the engine and serialize into saves.

Authoring without a build

Variables ($), structural directives (@), and macros are the only three things to learn. Hot reload preserves game state; a built-in debugger inspects it live.

Extensible and themeable

Layouts, themes, and mods are first-class. Customize colors with CSS variables, inject content with @into / @wrap, and ship mods without touching the base game.

Where to go next

If you want to…	Read
Get a running game in ~15 minutes	Quick Start
Understand how the systems fit together	Authoring Guide
Look up the exact syntax for a macro	Macro Reference
Build a mod for an existing game	Modding Guide