matchhostfsowner VS ink

I wrote a portable solution for the user ID mapping problem: https://github.com/FooBarWidget/matchhostfsowner

I'm at the verge of releasing version 1.0 of MatchHostFsOwner, a solution for the Docker filesystem owner matching problem. MatchHostFsOwner is my first serious Rust project. It's an entrypoint program to be used in Docker containers. Rust's error handling idioms force me to take all possible error conditions seriously, while also encouraging me to have proper error messages for each error condition. I use rust-musl-builder to generate statically-linked Linux binaries that work on all Linux distros.

I'm working on a solution based on strategy 1 (matching the container's UID/GID with the host's). This solution already works, and I've already deployed it in a few of my own projects, but isn't very well-documented yet. I'm also working on more automated tests to guarantee that it's rock-solid. Would you be interested in testing it and giving feedback once it's in a more ready state?

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.

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/

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.

On the technology side, you might want to check out Inkle: https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/

Start writing in ink or twine.

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.

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.