ink VS ink

https://github.com/thesephist/ink is a good example. You can hear its author in metamuse podcast 42 https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/metamuse/id1504506097

Go seemed to work quite well for Ink (https://github.com/thesephist/ink) and I liked that I didn't need to worry about picking the right dependancies (e.g. like with Rust) because Go's standard library covers all the use-cases of building a general purpose language.

Ink programming language\ (14 comments)

For someone who care the implementation than the high-level design: It's written in go, interpreter-based, and pretty small [1].

Although the author seems to be a well-studied PL lover, you don't have to be like this to create a small language. It's fun experience and there are books for non-experts like [3].

- [1] https://github.com/thesephist/ink/tree/master/pkg/ink

- [2] https://thesephist.com/posts/pl/

- [3] https://interpreterbook.com/

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.

Like every year, I'm organizing inkJam: a narrative oriented gamejam around the ink language. You can find last year's edition on itch.io