<s>
,	O
officially	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
Nscr	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
under	O
its	O
production	O
title	O
Scripter4	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Naoki	O
Takahashi	O
between	O
1999	O
and	O
2018	O
functioning	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
script	B-Language
language	I-Language
which	O
facilitates	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
both	O
visual	O
and	O
sound	O
novels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	B-Application
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
2.82	O
,	O
NScripter	B-Application
supports	O
both	O
Japanese	O
characters	O
-	O
these	O
are	O
two	O
bytes	O
long	O
-	O
and	O
any	O
single-byte	O
character	O
;	O
before	O
that	O
,	O
it	O
only	O
supported	O
Japanese	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
engine	O
was	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
Japan	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
free	B-License
for	O
amateur	O
game	O
makers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
forks	B-Application
available	O
to	O
extend	O
NScripter	B-Application
's	O
capabilities	O
to	O
display	O
characters	O
from	O
another	O
language	O
,	O
run	O
a	O
game	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NScripter	B-Application
's	O
development	O
ranged	O
from	O
to	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
called	O
by	O
its	O
production	O
title	O
Scripter4	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Scripter3	O
,	O
Naoki	O
Takahashi	O
's	O
previous	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
the	O
date	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
NScripter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
script	B-Language
is	O
executed	O
by	O
the	O
engine	O
in	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
functions	O
needed	O
to	O
create	O
visual	O
novels	O
and	O
sound	O
novels	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
displaying	O
text	O
,	O
sprites	O
and	O
CG	O
,	O
playing	O
music	O
and	O
handling	O
choices	O
,	O
are	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
engine	O
as	O
a	O
basic	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
game	O
creation	O
is	O
simplified	O
by	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
script	B-Language
that	O
calls	O
these	O
functions	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
meet	O
specific	O
needs	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
method	O
called	O
'	O
system	O
customisation	O
 '	O
which	O
modifies	O
the	O
behaviour	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
itself	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
add	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
save	O
system	O
,	O
complex	O
effects	O
not	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
basic	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
video	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
before	O
version	O
2.92	O
,	O
object-oriented	B-Language
elements	O
were	O
not	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
NScripter	B-Application
did	O
not	O
handle	O
parallelism	B-Operating_System
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
statement	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
do	O
structured	B-Language
programming	I-Language
within	O
NScripter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
NScripter	B-Application
specialises	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
visual	O
novels	O
and	O
sound	O
novels	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
these	O
types	O
of	O
games	O
is	O
simplified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
2.82	O
,	O
NScripter	B-Application
was	O
given	O
support	B-General_Concept
for	O
1-byte	O
characters	O
-	O
this	O
allows	O
writing	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
Latin	O
alphabet	O
and	O
the	O
English	O
alphabet	O
for	O
English	O
locutors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.93	O
released	O
in	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
NScripter	B-Application
by	O
using	O
Lua	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lua	B-Language
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
DLL	O
and	O
is	O
launched	O
by	O
NScripter	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
call	O
any	O
function	O
of	O
this	O
language	O
from	O
a	O
conventional	O
NScripter	B-Application
script	B-Language
and	O
call	O
an	O
NScripter	B-Application
function	O
on	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
side	O
which	O
allows	O
to	O
transfer	O
almost	O
completely	O
the	O
game	O
script	B-Language
itself	O
to	O
Lua	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
complex	O
numerical	O
operations	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
possible	O
with	O
conventional	O
NScripter	B-Application
,	O
this	O
language	O
provides	O
full	O
functionality	O
typical	O
of	O
script	B-Language
languages	I-Language
such	O
as	O
file	O
operations	O
,	O
block	O
scoping	O
,	O
array	O
methods	O
and	O
module	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lua	B-Language
allows	O
NScripter	B-Application
to	O
support	B-General_Concept
parallelism	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
now	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
manipulate	O
every	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
simultaneously	O
and	O
in	O
parallel	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
when	O
an	O
animation	O
is	O
played	O
,	O
NScripter	B-Application
does	O
nothing	O
else	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Lua	B-Language
is	O
not	O
mandatory	O
and	O
the	O
old	O
system	O
customisation	O
method	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NScripter	B-Application
has	O
official	O
documentation	O
in	O
electronic	O
format	O
and	O
four	O
official	O
books	O
dating	O
from	O
2004	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
2006	O
and	O
2007	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
,	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
use	O
were	O
simplified	O
and	O
participants	O
in	O
games	O
and	O
other	O
contests	O
can	O
now	O
use	O
the	O
software	O
free	B-License
of	O
charge	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
whether	O
they	O
receive	O
a	O
cash	O
prize	O
and	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
winning	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
distributed	O
for	O
free	B-License
,	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
distinction	O
between	O
business	O
and	O
individual	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
method	O
of	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
if	O
a	O
work	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
magazine	O
supplement	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
or	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
free	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
amateur	O
games	O
and	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
software/games	O
,	O
once	O
a	O
royalty	O
reaches	O
400	O
000	O
yen	O
or	O
more	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
treated	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
work	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
taken	O
care	O
of	O
if	O
there	O
are	O
any	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
negotiate	O
or	O
even	O
not	O
pay	O
the	O
fee	O
;	O
NScripter	B-Application
's	O
developer	O
is	O
especially	O
supportive	O
of	O
game	O
developers	O
who	O
are	O
not	O
looking	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
profit	O
and	O
those	O
who	O
are	O
struggling	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
royalty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creating	O
a	O
DLL	O
extension	O
and	O
redistributing	O
it	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
is	O
disallowed	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
acceptable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
engine	O
was	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
free	B-License
for	O
amateur	O
video	O
game	O
creators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
examples	O
use	O
ONScripter-EN	O
'	O
s	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
NScript	O
script	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
simple	O
script	B-Language
defines	O
some	O
basic	O
parameters	O
and	O
displays	O
a	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
script	B-Language
also	O
contains	O
the	O
instructions	O
used	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
background	O
image	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
that	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
fade-in	O
effect	O
per	O
pixel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
running	O
on	O
NScripter	B-Application
are	O
amateur	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
so	O
few	O
NScripter	B-Application
games	O
are	O
notable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tsukihime	B-Application
;	O
although	O
Type-Moon	O
used	O
NScripter	B-Application
for	O
Tsukihime	B-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
later	O
switched	O
to	O
KiriKiri	O
for	O
their	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
Fate/stay	O
night	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
;	O
many	O
people	O
discovered	O
NScripter	B-Application
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
through	O
the	O
07th	O
Expansion	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
amateur	O
translators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Narcissu	B-Application
series	O
;	O
the	O
Narcissu	B-Application
series	O
is	O
probably	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
free	B-License
kinetic	O
novels	O
series	O
running	O
on	O
NScripter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
also	O
known	O
by	O
its	O
production	O
title	O
Sunday	O
Game	O
Engine	O
(	O
SGE	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
NScripter	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Naoki	O
Takahashi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	B-Application
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
,	O
the	O
prototype	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Sunday	O
Game	O
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
differs	O
from	O
NScripter	B-Application
although	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
BASIC	O
language	O
-	O
more	O
precisely	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
and	O
QuickBasic	B-Language
-	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
functions	O
no	O
longer	O
start	O
with	O
an	O
asterisk	O
( *	O
)	O
but	O
with	O
an	O
at	O
symbol	O
( @	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
beginning	O
function	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
''	O
but	O
''	O
and	O
,	O
another	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
coherent	O
with	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
the	O
command	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
''	O
-	O
the	O
command	O
that	O
ends	O
an	O
'	O
if	O
 '	O
condition	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
-	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
in	O
BASIC	O
but	O
''	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
an	O
unofficial	O
extension	O
for	O
the	O
libre	B-Application
text	O
editor	O
Atom	B-Application
that	O
facilitates	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
scripts	O
for	O
NScripter2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fundamentally	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
licensing	O
terms	O
as	O
NScripter	B-Application
apply	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
engine	O
is	O
free	B-License
for	O
amateur	O
games	O
and	O
non-commercial	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
officially	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
Scr3	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
proprietary	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Naoki	O
Takahashi	O
between	O
and	O
functioning	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
script	B-Language
language	I-Language
which	O
facilitates	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
both	O
visual	O
and	O
sound	O
novels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	B-Application
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
NScripter	B-Application
,	O
another	O
Naoki	O
Takahashi	O
engine	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
flexible	O
syntax	O
and	O
more	O
functionalities	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
NScripter	B-Application
natively	O
supports	O
images	O
in	O
JPEG/JPG	O
format	O
while	O
Scripter3	O
needs	O
a	O
DLL	O
named	O
'	O
jpeglib.dll	O
'	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripter3	O
reads	O
script	B-Language
files	O
in	O
plain	O
text	O
format	O
with	O
Shift-JIS	O
encoding	O
and	O
TXT	O
extension	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
will	O
read	O
in	O
order	O
first	O
the	O
0.txt	O
file	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
99.txt	O
file	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
read	O
obfuscated	O
scripts	O
with	O
.scp	O
extension	O
-	O
equivalent	O
to	O
nscript.dat	O
for	O
NScripter	B-Application
-	O
;	O
priority	O
is	O
however	O
given	O
to	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
successor	O
,	O
NScripter	B-Application
,	O
has	O
kept	O
more	O
or	O
less	O
the	O
same	O
instructions	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
two	O
engines	O
are	O
relatively	O
compatible	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
some	O
instructions	O
remain	O
unchanged	O
like	O
the	O
text	O
such	O
as	O
@	O
,	O
\,	O
etc.	O
,	O
we	O
also	O
find	O
in	O
both	O
engines	O
the	O
*	O
start	O
label	O
,	O
the	O
caption	O
instruction	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
instructions	O
change	O
like	O
the	O
bp	O
command	O
which	O
is	O
renamed	O
to	O
background	O
in	O
NScripter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
assisted	O
each	O
other	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
forum	B-Application
,	O
the	O
developer	O
himself	O
was	O
present	O
,	O
watching	O
day	O
after	O
day	O
as	O
his	O
program	O
became	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Scripter3	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
and	O
the	O
developer	O
recommended	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
NScripter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
community	O
behind	O
Scripter3	O
switched	O
to	O
NScripter	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
NScripter	B-Application
engine	O
has	O
been	O
recreated	O
many	O
times	O
,	O
cloned	B-General_Concept
to	O
add	O
new	O
features	O
or	O
to	O
liberate	O
itself	O
from	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
of	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ONScripter	O
is	O
a	O
libre	B-Application
software	I-Application
developed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	O
compatible	B-General_Concept
equivalent	I-General_Concept
of	O
NScripter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
ONScripter	O
can	O
display	O
single-byte	O
characters	O
for	O
writing	O
with	O
the	O
core	O
Latin	O
alphabet	O
and	O
the	O
English	O
alphabet	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
still	O
many	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
;	O
empty	O
or	O
incomplete	O
lookback	O
mode	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ONScripter	O
relies	O
on	O
the	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
,	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
compatible	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
Mandarin	O
translation	O
for	O
ONScripter	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
English	O
translation	O
of	O
Masato	O
Sagara	O
's	O
NScripter	B-Application
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ONScripter-ANSI	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
ONScripter-EN	O
developed	O
by	O
Andy_Skull	O
in	O
early	O
providing	O
support	B-General_Concept
for	O
ANSI	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
misnomer	O
of	O
the	O
Windows-1252	O
character	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ONScripter-RU	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
ONScripter-EN	O
developed	O
from	O
mid	O
-	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
supporting	O
the	O
Russian	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
major	O
use	O
of	O
ONScripter-RU	O
is	O
the	O
'	O
Umineko	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
project	O
 '	O
-	O
a	O
new	O
high	O
definition	O
PC	O
version	O
based	O
on	O
elements	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv2	B-License
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
licenses	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
ONScripter-RU	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
engine	O
'	O
hacks	O
 '	O
,	O
useful	O
for	O
the	O
previously	O
mentioned	O
project	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
other	O
ONScripter	O
forks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PNaCl	O
ONScripter	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
ONScripter	O
designed	O
to	O
incorporate	O
Google	O
's	O
PNaCl	O
sandbox	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
NScripter	B-Application
games	O
via	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
therefore	O
specifically	O
targets	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
by	O
exporting	O
the	O
games	O
as	O
Chrome	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
fork	B-Application
contains	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
lacks	O
some	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
text	O
input	O
and	O
mouse	O
wheel	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NscPlayer	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
PNaCl	O
ONScripter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
known	O
by	O
its	O
production	O
title	O
NONS	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
ONScripter	O
designed	O
by	O
Víctor	O
Manuel	O
'	O
Helios_VMG	O
 '	O
González	O
in	O
early	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
latter	O
completely	O
-	O
or	O
at	O
least	O
be	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
it	O
-	O
with	O
functionalities	O
such	O
as	O
support	B-General_Concept
for	O
Unicode	O
-	O
8	O
...	O
-	O
Shift-JIS	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
functionalities	O
of	O
PONScripter	O
-	O
for	O
example	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
text	O
in	O
italics	O
or	O
bold	O
-	O
or	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
stretch	O
a	O
low-resolution	O
image	O
to	O
full	O
screen	O
without	O
changing	O
the	O
screen	O
resolution	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
has	O
attempted	O
to	O
rapidly	O
increase	O
the	O
portability	O
of	O
compatible	O
games	O
by	O
accepting	O
donations	O
to	O
purchase	O
a	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
,	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
does	O
not	O
appear	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
its	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
NScripter	B-Application
engine	O
,	O
few	O
visual	O
novels	O
designed	O
for	O
NScripter	B-Application
are	O
compatible	O
without	O
some	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
Spanish	O
amateur	O
translation	O
of	O
Tsukihime	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
provided	O
with	O
an	O
archive	O
containing	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
software	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
on	O
which	O
it	O
depends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CCScripter	O
is	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
toveta	O
in	O
M	O
that	O
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
play	O
and	O
develop	O
NScripter	B-Application
games	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	B-General_Concept
and	O
software	O
updates	O
were	O
stopped	O
on	O
with	O
version	O
0.8.24	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
proposed	O
to	O
users	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
ONScripter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KScripter	O
is	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
inspired	O
by	O
NScripter	B-Application
in	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
KScripter	O
can	O
therefore	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
operating	O
system	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
Web	O
via	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
or	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
End	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
Umineko	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
project	O
 '	O
on	O
)	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
C/RussianGPLv2	O
,	O
BSDPONScripterPeter	O
'	O
Haeleth	O
 '	O
JollyPeter	O
'	O
Haeleth	O
 '	O
Jolly	O
then	O
Mion	O
/	O
Uncle	O
Mion	O
(	O
from	O
the	O
translation	O
group	O
Sonozaki	O
Futago-tachi	O
)	O
then	O
,	O
-approximately	O
-	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
,	O
Witch	O
Hunt	O
and	O
07thModponscr.exe	O
,	O
PONScripter.appsvn.denpa.mobi/repo/ponscripter	O
,	O
github.com/sekaiproject/ponscripter-fork	O
(	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
's	O
fork	B-Application
)	O
and	O
github.com/07th-mod/ponscripter-fork	O
(	O
07thMod	O
's	O
fork	B-Application
)	O
Active	O
(	O
07thMod	O
and	O
WitchHunt	O
's	O
forks	B-Application
)	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
C	B-Language
(	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
and	O
07thMod	O
's	O
forks	B-Application
)	O
/Multilingual	O
(	O
via	O
Unicode	O
)	O
GPLv2	B-License
,	O
cf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Repository	O
column	O
for	O
the	O
other	O
forksPNaCl	O
ONScripter	O
?	O
ditto//AbandonedC	O
++	O
/Japanese	O
GPLv2NScripter	O
's	O
documentation	O
?	O
NscPlayer	O
?	O
ditto//AbandonedC	O
++	O
/Japanese	O
GPLv2NScripter	O
's	O
documentationONSlaughtVíctor	O
Manuel	O
'	O
Helios_VMG	O
 '	O
GonzálezdittoONSlaught.exehttps://sourceforge.net/p/onslaught-vn/files/AbandonedC	O
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Yacc/Multilingual	O
(	O
via	O
Unicode	O
)	O
BSDCCScriptertovetadittoCCScripter.app/AbandonedM/Japanese	O
BSDNScripter	O
's	O
documentationKScripter	O
?	O
ditto	O
?	O
/AbandonedActionScript	O
3Web	O
languages	O
:	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
...	O
Japanese	O
,	O
multilingual	O
(	O
via	O
Unicode	O
)	O
?	O
NScripter	B-Application
's	O
documentation	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
modified	O
version	O
was	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Mandarin	O
translation	O
of	O
Narcissu	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Korean	O
internauts	O
have	O
published	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
NScripter	B-Application
2.96	O
to	O
support	B-General_Concept
their	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NScripter	B-Application
has	O
some	O
competitors	O
like	O
the	O
(	O
Buriko	O
General	O
Interpreter	B-Application
)	O
engine	O
-	O
also	O
called	O
Ethornell	O
-	O
widely	O
used	O
by	O
August	O
and	O
OVERDRIVE	O
companies	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
MangaGamer	O
,	O
an	O
English-language	O
localization	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
OVERDRIVE	O
,	O
Circus	O
and	O
NEXTON	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
strong	O
competitor	O
is	O
KiriKiri	O
-	O
also	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
KAG	O
-	O
;	O
this	O
engine	O
is	O
libre	B-Application
,	O
has	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
code	O
and	O
was	O
for	O
example	O
chosen	O
by	O
Type-Moon	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
their	O
game	O
Fate/stay	O
night	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
Tsukihime	B-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
developed	O
using	O
NScripter	B-Application
which	O
was	O
a	O
strong	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internationally	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
its	O
competitor	O
is	O
Ren'Py	B-Language
,	O
which	O
has	O
enabled	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
4	O
000	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
