Loreline
Shares rank 7 of 14 scripting languages by recommenders
Clean, readable scripting language for branching dialogue that transpiles to many languages. One critic dislikes its whitespace-sensitive syntax.
Clean, readable scripting language for branching dialogue that transpiles to many languages. One critic dislikes its whitespace-sensitive syntax.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Clean, readable, human-readable script
“Seems pretty promising. The language looks clean which I can't say for some of the alternatives.”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Loreline, narrative language transpiled via Haxe: C++/C#/JS/Java/Py/Lua” “Script is clean, human readable and also support translation on multiple languages.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction” “I like how readable the script is!”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction” Attractive look and dark mode
“the website actually looks good in Loreline”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction” “so much more elegant and nicer looking”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction” “Dark mode looks sooo good on this”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction” Transpiles to multiple languages
“So the multitarget/multi-language focus is very attractive.”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Loreline, narrative language transpiled via Haxe: C++/C#/JS/Java/Py/Lua” “I like how Loreline transpiles to multiple languages.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Loreline, narrative language transpiled via Haxe: C++/C#/JS/Java/Py/Lua” Good for branching dialogue and choices
“pretty good to manage branching dialogues and choices”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Loreline, narrative language transpiled via Haxe: C++/C#/JS/Java/Py/Lua” “Think it's a great fit for IF alright.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction”
Other scripting languages people recommend
The four most recommended other scripting languages, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua | 186 | 62 | 75% | 12 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| awk | 67 | 18 | 79% | 12 | — | Approved |
| AutoHotkey | 44 | 5 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| GDScript | 22 | 16 | 58% | 9 | — | — |
| LorelineThis page | 13 | 1 | 93% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Dark mode looks sooo good on this”
“the website actually looks good in Loreline”
“Script is clean, human readable and also support translation on multiple languages.”
“why'd they have to make it whitespace-sensitive”
“so much more elegant and nicer looking”
“Think it's a great fit for IF alright.”
“I like how readable the script is!”
“I like how in the example gif, barista.name is set in the "Your name is Alex, right" block”
“pretty good to manage branching dialogues and choices”
“I like how Loreline transpiles to multiple languages.”
“So the multitarget/multi-language focus is very attractive.”
“Seems pretty promising. The language looks clean which I can't say for some of the alternatives.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.