Arcweave is a collaborative game design tool that enables creators to visualize complex narratives and manage storylines, characters, and dialogues in a single platform. It allows real-time collaboration and integrates with popular game engines through flexible JSON exports and APIs, streamlining the development process for interactive prototypes.
Funding
$920K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Game development often involves managing complex narratives, storylines, characters, and dialogues across multiple documents and platforms, leading to inefficiencies and version control issues. Collaboration among team members can be challenging, especially when dealing with intricate branching narratives and interactive scenarios.
Solution
Arcweave is a collaborative game design tool that provides a centralized platform for visualizing and managing complex game narratives. It allows game creators to write and organize storylines, characters, and dialogues in a visual and intuitive manner, eliminating the need for disparate documents. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling teams to co-design and receive instant feedback on their projects. Arcweave also supports interactive prototyping, allowing designers to play through scenarios and test narratives as players would experience them.
Target Audience
Arcweave targets game developers, narrative designers, and creative teams working on interactive storytelling projects, including video games, interactive fiction, and virtual reality experiences.
Features
- Visual board and component system for organizing storylines, characters, and dialogues
- Real-time collaboration features for co-designing with team members
- Interactive scenario prototyping to test and experience narratives
- Flexible JSON export for seamless integration with game engines like Unreal, Godot, and Unity
- Web API for custom integrations and pipeline automation
- Cross-platform access for viewing and editing projects on all devices
- Bird's-eye overview for visualizing the structure of stories
- Tools for creating branching dialogues and interactive scenarios
- Centralized entity management for reusing game assets