How to Format Lines
Hello. I've looked, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, and when I try something, I have results I didn't plan on. Long story short, for an English class at UNLV my group is utilizing Allen...
View ArticleUpdate health stats live as hooks are clicked?
At the head of each passage, I have a very simple health count: Health: $health The way my passages are written, each sentence is a clickable hook that then reveals the next sentence: [The knight stabs...
View ArticleAll That Remains: New post-apocalyptic story
Story: Follow three agents when they discover that a notorious serial killer is still active, twelve years after a devastating infection brought the humanity to its knees. Play here:...
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Anyone got a way to get it to run fullscreen - without the distracting gubbins from the browser at the top of the page?
View ArticleMusic and sound effects
Sorry to ask another question so quickly. I need sound effects in my Twine in places. I've found some formats that I can't seem to get to work. How do I embed youtube audio into my Twine?
View ArticleSourcecode for Building Twine 2 for Raspberry Pi
Dear Entwiners Twine is a very promising authoring tool. I would like to use it on my Raspberry Pi. However I don't find the sourcecode as such. Is there a repository with the pyton code? Best Regards...
View ArticleTransition-time, re-setting an "either:" command, "live:" problems and more
Tl;dr: How can I use (live:) to create 'pauses'? How can I make text disappear or change? How can I increase text size or position after it has been rendered? How do I correctly use transitions...
View ArticleHow do I code 'if' variables?
I'm really new to Twine and I'm using it for a project. I found a couple of different codes for possible instances around the forums, but I can't find the codes for 2.0/Harlowe. I want to be able to...
View ArticleGame of 21's in Harlowe
I am thinking of adding a mini-game to my Story, that is looped. A,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K are the cards, and there are 4 sets of them, meaning you can have 4 of the same card if lucky. If you get an...
View ArticleA great example game?
Sorry if this is the wrong section to put it in. I considered entering it into "Twine 2.0 Help" but I felt this was a bit too general... What's your opinion of a good example game? This question...
View ArticleConverting numbers to strings
I'm having trouble converting a number to a string in Harlowe. I tried this, but no dice: (set:$n to 0) (set:$nstring to $n+"") If it helps, I got the error "the number 0 isn't the same type of data as...
View Article[Harlowe 1.2.1] How do I change visited link colors to match other default...
I need the links in my story to all look the same (and not indicate when they've already been selected). Does anyone know how to change visited links to match the default color for unvisited links?
View ArticleMaking the sidebar disappear on one page.
Hi, I'm just kind of wondering how you would make the sidebar disappear only on one page.
View Articlegeolocation as trigger?
Hi everyone, I've hunted around, but I don't think anyone's asked this before, so... I'm imagining a story that'd be played on a mobile device. Some decisions, branches would go as per normal; others...
View ArticleSimulating dice game Crabs
Hi everybody I've been trying to simulate the dice game Crabs also called Seven Eleven. For those of you who don't know how the game works: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craps This is what I have so...
View ArticleBest story format for performance with complex scripting?
I'm writing a pretty complicated engine for my pretty stupidly complex game, with Harlowe. Each passage you enter typically runs: * Between 5 and 15 (display:) * 7 large datamaps are checked to extract...
View ArticleDisplaying a random passage multiple times
I'm writing a game that picks one of a number of passages and displays it. Clicking a link replaces it with a new passage, and so on. However, right now it takes clicking two links ("window" and "what...
View ArticleMultiple space override for ASCII art
Hiya, I've been working on a new game which I plan to use ASCII art with. My lack of skill with actual drawing has prompted me to work with ASCII instead, but Harlowe doesn't seem to be cooperating....
View ArticleCan anyone help customise my game or point me to someone who can (for cash?)
So I've just finished writing my 61,000 word game using Twine 2.0 Harlowe. I've managed to toss in a number of gaming elements thanks to the brilliant greyelf, but there is a LOT that remains in terms...
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