I realize that many of the people on this forum already know how to write interactive fiction, but I still thought y’all might be interested in knowing this might be happening.
I’ve had some interest expressed in a 5 week online course for adult non-coders to try their hand at writing interactive fiction for the first time. The course would cover some of the mechanics of using Ink, but also give advice on structuring interactive plots with managable complexity, looking at emotional hooks that work better or worse when readers have active agency, using interactive fiction tools to capture options to show editors and beta-readers in non-interactive works, and some examples of expanding existing writing into an interactive experience.
If you know any writers who’d be interested in the idea, of who have tried to get into IF but bounced off the technicalities of it, please let them know. At this stage I’m putting together a mailing list of potential course members who are keen enough they’d like to have a voice in the scheduling of the course, and there are more details at Post · bonfire.mavnn.eu .