Simple Ink Tester

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I made a simple tool for testing Ink/Inky stories: Simple Ink Tester by oxfordgirls

It’s still work-in-progress, so consider this a very early preview.

You basically export your story from Inky as a “.js” file, import it into the tool, then the tool clicks choices at random until it runs into an error (or not, if your story is flawless).

I only tested it on small example stories, unfortunately, because I didn’t have any huge Ink stories, so I don’t know how feasible it is for real-life use. But it already found a bug in Ink’s emoji story example.

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Well, it’s been a long time since I posted this thread. This tool still finds errors in your Ink stories that you didn’t find, but now it’s hopefully a bit more accessible.

Updates:

  • uses the newest version of InkJs now
  • improved UI
  • short guide that actually tells you how to use the tool
  • tool can be downloaded and used offline (Only 63 kb!)
  • some statistics about which endings have been reached and how often
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