Now Available on iOS: Yarn - a platform for mobile IF games

[dfabulich (Dan Fabulich)]

@reppic

Right again. I spent a lot of time considering twine-style inline choices. I even did some (very unscientific) usability testing with friends and family. In the end I decided not to include them. I’m considering adding inline links that work like footnotes, providing a definition or more info about a character, but any choice that moves the story forward is going to be at the bottom of the passage. I’ve spent so much time thinking out this, I could probably write an essay on it.

I would love to read that essay! Please do blog your thoughts on this matter.

[Zigtalk]

I like the idea of authors potentially getting statistical data on how players play their games. I’m envisioning how Talltale Games will point out the percentages for critical chocies during the Walking Dead games, which are always interesting to view as a player. Being able to see a wide array of choices in a suite for authors would be interesting for a lot of game design choices, for me. Seems like a great project all around.

[reppic]

@dfabulich

I would love to read that essay! Please do blog your thoughts on this matter.

Thanks Dan! Will do. I have a bunch of stuff I want to write about but blogging always seems to end up at the bottom of the todo list.

PS: I really admire what you guys have been doing at COG!

@Zigtalk Thanks!

[HanonO (Hanon Ondricek)]

@reppic

Right again. I spent a lot of time considering twine-style inline choices. I even did some (very unscientific) usability testing with friends and family. In the end I decided not to include them. I’m considering adding inline links that work like footnotes, providing a definition or more info about a character, but any choice that moves the story forward is going to be at the bottom of the passage. I’ve spent so much time thinking out this, I could probably write an essay on it. .

I think that’s a great idea - having inline links in ChoiceScript that just bring up a temporary popover window with text that is then dismissed and does not move the story forward. As you said, it would be similar to footnotes or an “examine” command so an author could (if desired) shorten the text directly on the page and allow the player to read optional text if they choose to.