What Is Chat Mapper?

Chat Mapper is a new, high quality, easy to use tool for writing and testing nonlinear dialogue, especially for video games. Built from the frustration of trying to use Final Draft, Word, or even Excel to write complex branching game dialogue, Chat Mapper was built from the ground up with usability in mind.

Saturday September 04 , 2010

Chat Mapper License Giveaway Offer

With the release of Chat Mapper version 1.0 early next year, we will be moving toward a new licensing system with free (non-commerical), indie developer (company with up to 5 employees and $250,000 annual income), and commercial license options.

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New Version Released: 0.9.2 (Final Beta)

Thank you again for the great suggestions and bug testing. Version 0.9.2 of Chat Mapper is now available for download. This will be the final Beta release of Chat Mapper and you should expect to see version 1.0 early next year. This is a substantial upgrade over the previous version and we would like [...]

 

New Version Released: 0.9.1 Beta

Thank you to everyone who helped with suggestions and bug testing.  Version 0.9.1 of Chat Mapper is now available for download.  Here is a short list of new features:

New Assets: Items and Locations
Dialog nodes can now be individually colored
New dialog validator finds warnings and errors with conversation
Search function
Export to RTF, CSV, and JPEG!
Dialog graph overview [...]

 

"I'm a freelance writer who works in the MMO field and I have to say that Chat Mapper is a phenomenal piece of software [...] it does a job that nothing else is currently capable of doing."

Adrian from Redhill, UK

"Much appreciation to the crew developing Chat Mapper as it's a step in trying to make the writer's job much easier."

Rob from Philadelphia, PA

"Good stuff! I was looking for something just like this but couldn't find a darn thing."

Craig from Chelmsford, MA