Warp Engine
Modern visual novel game engine
Visual novels deserve better tools. Most engines in the space are dated, rigid, or force you into patterns that fight against creative expression. Warp is built from scratch for modern storytelling.
It's a visual-first game engine designed for creators who care about animation as much as narrative. With warp deformer-based animation tools, 2D rigging, classical frame-by-frame animation, a visual scene editor, and an intuitive node-based story builder, Warp makes it easy to build expressive, cinematic visual novels — without the complexity of a general-purpose engine.
Whether you're an indie developer telling your first story or a studio shipping your tenth title, Warp is designed to get out of your way and let you focus on what matters: the experience you're creating.
- — Visual scene editor with real-time preview
- — Warp deformer-based animation tools for fluid character motion
- — 2D rigging system with bone-based skeletal animation
- — Classical frame-by-frame animation support
- — Intuitive node-based story builder for dialogue and branching narratives
- — Built-in character expression and pose management
- — Transition and particle effect library
- — Cross-platform export — desktop, web, and mobile
- — Asset pipeline with hot reload