Quest Viva

Quest Viva is an open-source system for creating and playing text adventure games. Designed for accessibility and flexibility, Quest Viva makes it easy for anyone to create a game without needing any previous experience of programming. For those who want more control, Quest Viva also offers powerful scripting capabilities.

Formerly known as Quest 5, Quest Viva is a modern cross-platform update, currently in development.

Features

• User-Friendly Interface - Create text adventures with an intuitive editor, no coding required.
• Powerful Scripting - Extend your games with custom logic using Quest's scripting language.
• Cross-Platform - Games can be played in a web browser, or offline on Windows, Mac and Linux.
• Multimedia Support - Add images and sounds to your games, run JavaScript, and embed videos.
• Extensible and Open-Source - Modify and expand Quest to suit your needs.
• Multiple languages - Quest Viva supports creating games in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and more.

Getting started

⚠️⚠️⚠️ If you just want to create a game, then please use Quest 5 for now ⚠️⚠️⚠️

For Developers testing and contributing to Quest Viva

• Install Docker
• Clone this GitHub repository
• Run docker compose up --build

Community and Support

• Documentation
• For help, join us in Discord or post in Quest discussions

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Sample compose.yml

services:
  webplayer:
    image: ghcr.io/textadventures/quest-viva-webplayer:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      Home__File: "/data/game.quest"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/game.quest:/data/game.quest:ro"