Digital Novel Markup Language
| Original author(s) | Karin (Internet name) |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | J. |
| Initial release | 1998 |
| Stable release | 2.24
/ 2000 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Size | 3 MB |
| Available in | Japanese, English |
| Type | Visual novel engine |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA015183/ |
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Digital Novel Markup Language (DNML) is one of the first scripting languages game engines for creating visual novels, also known as interactive fiction games. DNML was developed using C++ by a Japanese programmer known by his or her Internet name, Karin. The programming structure is similar to HTML, which made it easy to produce dōjin games. DNML was succeeded by software like KiriKiri, Nscripter and Ren'Py.
Programming structure
<plugin src="jpg" name="ifjpegv6.spi">
<plugin src="png" name="ifpng.spi">
font color="#ffffff" ; font color similar to HTML
<Background Src="G028.jpg"> ; displays background images
<BGM SRC="d-g88.mid" ;; plays MIDI files
<Sound src="end.wav"> ;; plays WAV file
Outside Japan
In 1998, J met Karin by looking for resources for the English fan translation of Isaku. He is a co-founder of a dōjin group in the Philippines. He asked Karin to introduce DNML outside Japan, and he translated the documentation into English. The project is on long-term hiatus.
External links
- Author's website Archived 2006-04-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- DNML Webring (in Japanese) [dead link]
- DNML on Open Directory Project
- DNML notes
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