Welcome to Inceptor, an open-source framework for creating interactive, narrative-driven scenes directly within the Unity editor. This project is designed to empower writers, narrative designers, and developers to build branching dialogues and dynamic stories with a simple, script-based workflow.
This repository is a monorepo containing all the core components of the Inceptor ecosystem.
The Inceptor framework is composed of three main projects, located in the packages directory:
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unity-inceptor: The core Unity package. It contains all the runtime logic and editor tools (like the Inceptor Wizard) needed to parse a cinematic script and generate a complete, playable Unity scene.
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clip-explorer-web: A modern, web-based authoring tool built with React. The Clip Explorer provides a visual, node-based interface for creating, editing, and visualizing the cinematic script JSON files that power the Unity package.
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docs: The official documentation website for the framework, built with Docusaurus. It contains "Getting Started" guides, tutorials on how to extend the framework, and core concept explanations.
The best way to get started with the Inceptor framework is by visiting our official documentation website:
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The documentation includes step-by-step tutorials that will guide you through installing the Unity package and creating your first interactive scene using the Inceptor Wizard.
This project was created as part of an academic thesis. As per the license, if you use, share, or adapt this work, you must provide attribution. The required format for attribution is a citation of the following publication:
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The source code for the Inceptor Unity package and the Clip Explorer (unity-inceptor, clip-explorer-web) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The full license text is available in the LICENSE file.
The documentation (docs) is licensed under the more permissive Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Commercial Use Please note that the (NC) clause in the license forbids the use of this framework for any commercial purposes. If you are a company or individual interested in using the Inceptor framework in a commercial project, you must obtain a separate, proprietary license.
To inquire about a commercial license, please contact us at: [doron / dan email]