tintin VS ink

Connect with telnet in Linux terminal, using Mudlet, on mobile with TinTin++, any other telnet terminal, or use the custom WOWMUD Godot client I've been working on, or compile the client yourself using the source available at the bottom of the WOWMUD game page on itch.io.

I'm unsure if Tintin++ is still a part of SourceForge, but the MUD client has an older forum/bulletin board with a sub-topic of script help. (The newer forum is out at github.) You can search for sample python scripts under the sub-topic, for example, someone posted a lengthy python script with several aliases back in 2014. If you need something specific, it looks like Scandum (the maintainer of tintin++'s github repo) still replies to questions in the newer forum. Hope this helps.

This is always a pretty big matter of preference, but I am definitely a big fan of TinTin (https://tintin.mudhalla.net/).

Have you tried the WinTin++ port of TinTin++? https://tintin.mudhalla.net

Yeah. Scandum is still updating it: https://github.com/scandum/tintin

I play Discworld with TinTin++ which has an automapper. Others have been successful with it (I’ve only just started using maps). https://tintin.mudhalla.net/

For a client you could start with tintin++ https://tintin.mudhalla.net/ - it's quite basic. There may be better clients but tintin++ is super easy. I also liked it more than tinyfugue.

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.