# snozbot/fungus

An easy to use Unity 3D library for creating illustrated Interactive Fiction games and more.

Repository: https://github.com/snozbot/fungus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fungus
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: c-sharp, fungus, unity3d, game
Last push: 2025-01-16T22:16:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 1, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4581, "days_push": 594, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1944, forks 309 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.657569+00:00)

## What it is
Fungus is a free, open-source Unity 3D library for creating illustrated interactive fiction games such as visual novels and point-and-click adventures. It offers a beginner-friendly visual scripting workflow that requires no coding experience, while remaining fast and flexible for power users.

## Use cases
- create a visual novel in unity without writing code
- make a point and click adventure game
- build interactive storytelling or children's story apps
- add dialogue and branching narrative to a unity game
- create elearning or hidden object games in unity
- learn unity game development as a beginner

## When to choose
- you want to build visual novels or narrative games in Unity with minimal coding
- you are a beginner to Unity or game scripting
- you need a proven, free tool for interactive fiction in Unity

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the repo is no longer maintained and development moved to the community edition
- you are building games outside Unity
- you need engine features beyond storytelling and visual scripting

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: game-engine, gui, animation, state-management
- domain: cross-platform, education
- platform: game-engine, cross-platform, windows
- tags: unity, visual-novel, interactive-fiction, visual-scripting, narrative, point-and-click, no-code, c-sharp, game-development, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- snozbot/fungus (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.657569+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:08:00.758277+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/snozbot/fungus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.657569+00:00, sha 2c8a513a99ac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.