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Which Story Format

johnno56johnno56
in Help! with 2.0
I am relatively new to T2 and would like to know which story format you guys would recommend?

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  • Jud_CasperJud_Casper
    edited November 2016
    That's a tough one to answer as it depends largely on what you're after. A minimalist design is important to me, and although that can be achieved with any of them, I've always gone with the various Sugarcubes because their default design is closer to what I want than the rest and so requires less CSS.
  • WraithlingWraithling
    I've been using Harlowe 'cause the documentation makes sense to me, and I like the syntax slightly better than Sugarcube, but it wasn't originally a carefully meditated decision. I'd say: try 'em both, and see which you like. Certain things are easier to write in either one, depending, like Jud_Casper mentioned, on what you're trying to do with them. I bet Greyelf or TheMadExile'd probably be able to give you a more technical answer on the relative merits of each.
  • johnno56johnno56
    As I am new, trying both, would seem to be the logical choice.

    Are there any tutorial documents/videos that you guys could recommend? Lack of documentation is a BIG negative in my opinion. Living on the other side of the planet means I have to wait a loooonnngggg time to get responses, so documentation for me, is right up there on the top of the "must have" list...

    Is Sugarcube and 'addon' or an independent application? In either case, how would I use/install it?

    Many thanks for the suggestions. Much appreciated.

    J
  • MelyannaMelyanna
    edited November 2016
    Hi!

    Links to each format's documentation can be found in the wiki here: https://twinery.org/wiki/twine2:how_to_choose_a_story_format

    If you go with Harlowe, there is an excellent guide by @prof_yaffle here: http://twine.analytical-engine.co.uk/index.html and here is the manual: http://twine2.neocities.org/

    All formats are really very well documented, though when I first started it took me some time to really understand the official documentation (as it documents everything but doens't look like it was written for beginners, ie: in form of tutorials).

    If you need help with anything specific, the forums are really helpful.
  • johnno56johnno56
    Thank you for the links to documentation. Much appreciated. I understand that most of it will seem dry and "matter of fact", but that's ok, I'm sure I can learn enough to get by.

    I am currently wading through a downloaded Youtube series (14 episodes) of "Intro to Twine 2.0" by 'vegetarianzombie'.... Hey. I didn't pick the name... lol

    Looks like I am going to have to brush up on my HTML and CCS, but in the meantime, plain 'text' will suffice.

    Is there anywhere on this forum that I can publish a story or do I need to store it on a dedicated server. I have setup an account on the IFDB but not sure how publishing works there. I'm not even sure if my stuff would be of any use to most people. The work produced on that site makes my tiny efforts pale into insignificance....

    Anyway, time to kick in the grey matter, assisted by coffee, and try to patch together a story... Fingers crossed...

    J
  • MelyannaMelyanna
    edited November 2016
    Is there anywhere on this forum that I can publish a story or do I need to store it on a dedicated server. I have setup an account on the IFDB but not sure how publishing works there. I'm not even sure if my stuff would be of any use to most people. The work produced on that site makes my tiny efforts pale into insignificance....

    The quickest way to publish stories, if you have a Twitter account, is philome.la

    Or you can make a free Amazon S3 account (free cloud hosting), or a Github Pages account (github is a hub for developers, but each account comes with free hosting and a quick system for publishing web pages).
  • Jud_CasperJud_Casper
    If you register with textadventures.co.uk you can host them there.

    Apologies if links to other text adventure sites is not permitted.

    As far as using the various Story Formats, I'll presume you've figured that now from the video tutorials you've been watching, but just in case not, you simple click 'Index' in th e bottom-left of the Twine's main game-grid page, then click 'Change story format' and pick as you desire.
  • Jud_CasperJud_Casper
    Melyanna wrote: »
    The quickest way to publish stories, if you have a Twitter account, is philome.la
    Does this place take the game and any attached files as a zip? If not am I right in assuming I would have to host my sound files independently with another host?

  • MelyannaMelyanna
    Jud_Casper wrote: »
    Melyanna wrote: »
    The quickest way to publish stories, if you have a Twitter account, is philome.la
    Does this place take the game and any attached files as a zip? If not am I right in assuming I would have to host my sound files independently with another host?

    Your assumption is correct, you'd still have to host the files independently somewhere else, as philome.la only takes the html files.
  • Jud_CasperJud_Casper
    Okay. Thank you.
  • felixp7felixp7
    Apologies for the shameless plug, but I wrote an article about choosing a theme in Twine not long ago. Might prove relevant.
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