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Repo for Introduction to Twine Workshop taught at Amherst College, Jan. 2019. Open and free for others to use as well! Hosted at https://twine.alexroseb.com
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Repo for Introduction to Twine Workshop taught at Amherst College, Jan. 2019. Open and free for others to use as well! Hosted at https://twine.alexroseb.com

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Welcome to Introduction to Twine!




Instructor: Alex Brenon, Five College Blended Learning and Digital Humanities Fellow




Time: January 22-24, 1pm - 4pm




Location: Converse Hall 209



## Day 1 - Getting Started



### Sample Games

- [Birdland](https://birdland.camp/) 

   - A surrealist piece of interactive fiction

   - Uses variables to store "mood levels" that prevent/let you take certain actions

   - [Reviews of Birdland](http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=ap1651hvjldbuugj) - The game is novella-length (although can be paused at will), but I'd strongly suggest at least reading the reviews and playing a bit of it.

- [SPENT](http://playspent.org/html/)

   - Play as an unemployed adult forced to make tough choices

   - More gamified than some of the others

   - Educational, helps players understand experiences that may be foreign to their own

- [Queers In Love at the End of the World](https://w.itch.io/end-of-the-world)

   - Very personal and emotional

   - Shows how Twine can be extended with more features like a timer

- [What You Can Save](https://umass.experienceplay.education/what-you-can-save/)

   - Go through the process of preserving your favorite films

   - Takes user input and incorporates it

- [Games by Porpentine](http://slimedaughter.com/games/)

   - One of the most well-known Twine writers/creators

   - Some games very NSFW - proceed at your own risk

   - [About Porpentine](http://slimedaughter.com/cv.html)

- Other Games

   - [Seedship](http://philome.la/johnayliff/seedship/play)

   - [Anne Boleyn](https://experienceplay.education/anneboleyn/)

   - [Depression Quest](http://www.depressionquest.com/dqfinal.html)

   - [Twine Games on itch.io](https://itch.io/games/tag-twine)



[Use Twine online](https://twinery.org/2) or [download Twine](https://twinery.org).



### Game Idea Resources

- [Masterlist of Interactive Fiction Ideas/Mechanics](https://emshort.blog/2008/03/06/ideas-for-interactive-fiction/)

- [Making Educational Games](https://edutwine.wordpress.com/ideas/)

- [Generating Myth - Hampshire student's thesis](http://5collbldh.org/dh/sandbox/bailey-fernandez-on-generating-myth-five-college-undergrad-fellow-projects-2017-2018/)



## Day 2

[Introduction to Syntax](assets/Twine/Twine-Intro-Game.html)




[Archive of "Introduction to Syntax" Game](assets/Twine/Twine-Intro-Game-Archive.html) - Right-click on this link and choose "Save link as...", then in Twine, choose "Import From File" on the right-hand sidebar and upload this file.



### Resources

- [draw.io](https://www.draw.io/) - Good for creating flow charts/storyboards

- [Canva](https://www.canva.com) - Storyboarding software

- [bubbl.us](https://bubbl.us) - Mind mapping software



- [Color Scheme Generator](https://coolors.co)

- [HTML Color List](https://htmlcolorcodes.com/)

- [Web-Safe Fonts](https://websitesetup.org/web-safe-fonts-html-css/)

- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) - Find public domain images to include in your stories



## Day 3



### Publishing Platforms

- [Submit your game to be published on this site](https://github.com/alexroseb/Intro-To-Twine/issues/new)

   - Create an issue titled with the name of your game

   - Include any important information in the issue summary, including how you'd like to be credited and a the topic of your game

   - Upload all files necessary for your game (if there are multiple, it's easiest to upload a single zip file holding all of them)

- [philome.la](http://philome.la/) - Free Twine hosting

   - If you have a Twitter account, you can host a game here for free

   - Main caveat: Can't upload images or other media that go with the game

- [GitHub Pages](http://github.com)

   - Create/log into GitHub account

   - Create repository named [your-username].github.io

   - Rename your game file to 'index.html'

   - Upload your game file and any other files to your new repository

   - Visit [your-username].github.io to see your game up and running! (Give it a few minutes to compile first)



## General Resources

- [Twine](https://twinery.org)

- [Twine Documentation](https://twinery.org/wiki/)

- [Twine "Cookbook"](https://twinery.org/cookbook/) - examples of basic Twine use cases

- [Harlowe User Documentation](https://twine2.neocities.org/)



- [Introduction to HTML](https://www.w3schools.com/html/)

- [Introduction to CSS](https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp)



## Contact Me

Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])




GitHub repo of resources: [https://github.com/alexroseb/Intro-To-Twine](https://github.com/alexroseb/Intro-To-Twine)