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MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Ink for Game Design
What does this have to do with Inkle's Ink? Well, Ink is a form of engine-agnostic game data creation. At heart, Ink is a narrative scripting language but because it was conceived as middleware, it can be used by many game development stacks. The primary integration is Unity which supports many platforms on its own but Ink scripts can also be run in the browser, Defold, Godot, Unreal and more. You can write Ink once, test it using Inky or Inklecate and deploy it using your desired framework. I can personally attest to running the same Ink script in the browser with ink.js and in the Defold, Godot and Unity game engines.
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A simple MUD server in Python which can be run on a Raspberry Pi
That's awesome, thanks!
I am aware of Inform 7, I think it is awesome. A few months ago I made a quick demo using Inklescript[1], which I found simpler and more suitable to my project (a Star Trek adventure). Inform 7 remains something I wish to explore in the future when I need something more complex.
Thanks! ;)
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[1] https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/
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About Text based games,basically
As others have said, Twine is really a great starting point for text or choice-based games. If you'd like to get into the weeds a little more, I'd also shout out Ink, which is incredibly flexible and really fun imo, altho it def requires a bit more coding experience.
- How to start making video games?
- Text adventure ported to social media
- Free websites for writing branching plot lines?
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Any other devs that have / are making choose your own adventures?
On the technology side, you might want to check out Inkle: https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/
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How to get into narrative design with no coding/programming experience?
Start writing in ink or twine.
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Narrative Game Design
Otherwise, Inkle is also quite good. (and people have made players for it in Unreal and Unity, so it's not hard to attach to existing game projects.) I don't think it has the nifty visual flowchart though, if that's a piece you care about.
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Are there any tools for designing the story of a dating sim?
I really like Ink. The developers made tons of games with it like the Sorcery! series, so it has a good foundation, and it's quite easy to write and organize, more than twine in my opinion.
inform7-ide
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The Futures of Inform
For those looking for Linux packages instead of compiling themselves, there's a github build project of an earlier version this year https://github.com/ptomato/inform7-ide/actions/runs/19915523...
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Share a niche programming language you have tinkered with before
Inform 7 is a domain-specific language for creating parser-based works of interactive fiction (i.e. old-school "text adventure games"). It does the heavy lifting of parsing and maintaining the consistency of the world model for the programmer.
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How does programming language syntax affect screen readers?
Inform 7 takes this to the extreme, allowing code such as "A distance is a kind of value. 5 miles specifies a distance."
- Ask HN: Best language/framework to develop web-based text games today?
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Does anyone have examples of "dead" game genres?
Pure parser-based games have become niche, but they are still out there and, like others mentioned, have continued to evolve (see Inform 7). You no longer have to "guess the verb".
- What Languages to Learn for Interactive Fiction Right Now?
- Ask HN: How to keep my daughter busy while tickling her curiosity
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Gaiman: Programming language for text-based games in browser
Neat. Have you ever seen Inform? http://inform7.com/ Might offer some inspiration on future features. It's a pretty cool language that's been around for a long time and has the same use case.
- How is the method for wirting for a text advnture?, i like writting a story and then writting the variables, how can i write whit score in mind?
- Inform 7 v10.1.0 is now open-source
What are some alternatives?
YarnSpinner - Yarn Spinner is a tool for building interactive dialogue in games!
twinejs - Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine
UnrealInk - Integration of the Ink language into Unreal 4 (https://github.com/inkle/ink)
quest-driven-development
dialogic - 💬 Create Dialogs, Visual Novels, RPGs, and manage Characters with Godot to create your Game!
Skript - Skript is a Bukkit plugin which allows server admins to customize their server easily, but without the hassle of programming a plugin or asking/paying someone to program a plugin for them.
QuestJS - A major re-write of Quest that is written in JavaScript and will run in the browser.
godot-ink - Ink integration for Godot Engine.