Fungus

Unity 3D Library for Interactive Fiction

Overview

Fungus is a free visual novel creation tool for Unity. It provides visual scripting features for non-programmers, making it easy to create interactive fiction games.

Details

Fungus is designed to be easy to learn for beginners to Unity 3D, especially people with no coding experience. For power users, it provides an intuitive, fast workflow for visual scripting and interactive storytelling.

Use Cases:

• Visual Novels
• Point & Click Adventure Games
• Children's Stories
• Hidden Object Games
• eLearning apps

Key Features:

• Visual scripting
• No coding required
• Lua scripting support
• Available on Unity Asset Store

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Completely free and open source
• Can leverage Unity's powerful features
• Beginner-friendly design
• Visual scripting
• Friendly community

Cons

• Requires basic Unity knowledge
• More limited than dedicated visual novel engines
• May not be suitable for large projects

Key Links

• Official Website
• Documentation
• Unity Asset Store
• Community Discord

How to Use

1. Import Fungus from Unity Asset Store
2. Create a Flowchart object
3. Add Blocks to build your story
4. Add dialogues with Say commands
5. Create branches with Menu commands
6. Manage characters with Character
7. Run in Unity to test