Effective structuring and layout of code - Inform 7

Authoring Inform 7
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For my first Inform 7 game I came up with this structure for my code.

I used Volumes to indicate major areas.

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I used Books to indicate individual settings, characters, things, and scenes

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I used Parts for specific rooms, characters, things (whole outline not shown)

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This structure has evolved over time as The Time Machine source code has grown—v1.0 was written for ParserComp 2021 and I am currently on v1.7 working towards a v2.0 release later this year.

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