Twine Example

You sit down at your PC to learn about this thing called [[Twine]]. Stuart has sent you this weird game to play to try and learn about it. [[Play the game]] [[Open Up YouTube]] [[Google 'Dank Memes']]

A quick Google search yeilds the following results about twine: twine noun 1. strong thread or string consisting of two or more strands of hemp or cotton twisted together. synonyms: string, cord, strong thread, yarn "a ball of twine" verb 1. wind or cause to wind round something. "the plant will twine round its support" synonyms: wind, entwine; More [[I don't think this is the Twine that Stuart meant]] [[Be outraged that you are here to learn how to make games and instead you are having a lesson about string]]

You are playing the game. This is it. [[I love it!]] [[It's not very good]]

Your recomendations: [[Top ten Dank memes|Google 'Dank Memes']] [[A video on 'The mysteries of Twine and how to play the game'|Play the game]]

Google shuts down and the screen goes black. Plain white text appears. "I can't let you do that..." [[Yell "Why Not!"]] [[Punch the PC Screen]]

A second search, reveals this information on Wikipedia: Twine is open-source and available as a free download for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux; the software has been updated to a full new version since its initial release. It is popular for developing hypertext narratives and games. Twine emphasizes the visual structure of hypertext and does not require knowledge of any programming languages as other most game development tools do. Nevertheless, it is regarded as a tool which can be used by anyone interested in interactive fiction and experimental games. Klimas and the Twine development team created a second version of Twine. Twine 2 is a browser-based application written in HTML5 and Javascript, which can also be downloaded as standalone desktop app. Twine also supports CSS. It is currently in version 2.1.3, as of September 2017. [[That sounds more like it]] [[TL;DR - Google Dank Memes Instead|Google 'Dank Memes']]

You yell at Stuart: "I'm outraged that I'm here to learn how to make games and instead you are having us do a lesson about string!" Stuart rolls his eyes at you. "Just play the game." He says. [[What Game?|Play the game]] [[Play the game]]

"Still, I suppose I had better play this weird game that Stuart wants me to play" you think to yourself. [[Play the game]]

I'm glad you think so, I made it in about an hour just to show an example of what a basic CYOA game might look like made in twine. I'll be using Twine to demonstrate the use of basic programming elements like variables, if statements and functions, but for now, we'll make a basic game like this one. [[But this isn't really a game is it?]] [[Great! Let's get started!]]

Fine, have it your way: Just then you hear a rumbling sound. The room trembles as small objects starts to vibrate. The rumbling gets louder and louder Until suddenly ''CRASH'' A space ship smashes through the side of the building into the classroom. You instinctively dive under the desk for safety. After a few moments the dust settles and you peer over the desk at the space ship, half of it pertruding through a hole in the wall. You hear some sort of mechanism and a door on the space ship opens to reveal a driver's seat. In the space ship sits an anthropomorphic unicorn in sunglasses and a leather jacket. He looks directly at you. Then he says in a voice deep and gruff: "Get in." [[Get in without question]] [[Say "Uh, no thanks I'm good."]] [[Google 'Dank Memes']]

"Why Not!" you shout at the top of your voice. Stuart gives you an icey stare. "Stop shouting gibberish and get playing the game" [[What Game?|Play the game]] [[Play the game]]

As you go to punch the PC Screen a hole opens up and engulfs your fist, then slowly slurps down your arm. It turns out that all the PCs in the computer room where actually aliens that just look a lot like computers. They came to earth to destroy anyone that wasted their time looking at dank memes. Naturally, a bunch of Game Design students were natural pray for these aliens, who called themselves the Shnoopy-Shnoop. After the PPC-alien-thingy finished eating you, it's brother set to work on the rest of the class. All hail the Shnoopy-Shnoop.

What do you mean? [[Well, it's a bit boring isn't it?|It's not very good]] [[Not enough Dank Memes|Google 'Dank Memes']]

(goto-url: "https://twinery.org/")

You hop in and the Unicorn-Man drives the space-ship off into the sky. You drive for around 30 minutes before asking "So, what's this about". The Unicorn-Man, who tells you his name is Dave, tells you about an evil alien race called the Shnoopy-Shnoop. It turns out that all the PCs in the computer room where actually aliens that just look a lot like computers. They came to earth to destroy anyone that wasted their time looking at dank memes. Naturally, a bunch of Game Design students were natural pray for these aliens. Dave turns to you, lifts up his sunglasses and whispers to you: [["Now the only person who can save us..."]]

The Unicorn-Man tuts at you, then his spacehip flies away. [[You black out]]

[[...Save the Universe...]]

[[...From the Shnoopy-Shnoop...]]

[[...is...]]

[[TO BE CONTINUED]]

When you wake up, you are back sat at your desk at the PC. Your class mates are sat around you as if nothing has happened. There is no hole in the wall. You feel confused and sleepy. [[Its all a dream...|TO BE CONTINUED]]

Or is it?