{"author_link":"\/users\/catie-jo","author_name":"Catie Jo","author_uid":"catie-jo","comments":[],"epoch":1570746641,"event":"LD45","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":175321,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"136967","p_author":"Catie Jo","p_authorkey":"1134368","p_urlkey":"353243","p_title":"Choose-Your-Own-Adventure + Scrabble = Fairytiles!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD45","p_time":"1570746641","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1134368","us_name":"Catie Jo","us_username":"catie-jo","event_start":"1570147200","event_key":"78","event_name":"Ludum Dare 45"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD45","removed_author":false},"_superparent":159347,"_trust":1,"author":134368,"body":"As much as I love jamming, I kinda suck at video games. I mean, if I can die in your game, I will usually do so at the first opportunity\u2026over and over again. :face_palm: So for this jam, I wanted to make a game I could actually play myself \u2013 we made a word game! We created the storylines in [Twine](https:\/\/twinery.org\/) (really great, open-source tool for choose-your-own adventures!), then made a parser in Unity that combines everything and turns it into a playable game. This allowed for both of us to develop storylines independently (with the bonus of not having to rely on a single, gargantuan file), and also makes the game super extensible. I\u2019m really looking forward to creating new\/expanded storylines at some point!\n\n\nAre there any other word or funny narrative games we should try out? Or other games where I can\u2019t die? :wink:\n\n![Screen Shot 2019-10-10 at 23.20.21.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ec\/02\/z\/2959c.png)\n*hint: the letters \u201cRESTART\u201d can make more than one word!*\n\n**PS: if you\u2019re interested in how our Unity\/Twine parser works, let us know in the comments and we\u2019ll try to do a post on it!**","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2019-10-11T01:35:30Z","created":"2019-10-10T22:26:31Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":175321,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2019-10-11T01:35:37Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-10-11T01:35:37Z","name":"Choose-Your-Own-Adventure + Scrabble = Fairytiles!","node-timestamp":"2019-10-10T22:42:27Z","parent":169841,"parents":[1,5,9,159347,169841],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/fairytiles\/choose-your-own-adventure-scrabble-fairytiles","published":"2019-10-10T22:30:41Z","scope":"public","slug":"choose-your-own-adventure-scrabble-fairytiles","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":527926},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"175321","n_urlkey":"353243","n_parent":"169841","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/fairytiles\/choose-your-own-adventure-scrabble-fairytiles","n_slug":"choose-your-own-adventure-scrabb","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"134368","n_created":"1570746391","n_modified":"1570757737","n_version":"527926","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/fairytiles\/choose-your-own-adventure-scrabble-fairytiles","text":"As much as I love jamming, I kinda suck at video games. I mean, if I can die in your game, I will usually do so at the first opportunity\u2026over and over again. :face_palm: So for this jam, I wanted to make a game I could actually play myself \u2013 we made a word game! We created the storylines in [Twine](https:\/\/twinery.org\/) (really great, open-source tool for choose-your-own adventures!), then made a parser in Unity that combines everything and turns it into a playable game. This allowed for both of us to develop storylines independently (with the bonus of not having to rely on a single, gargantuan file), and also makes the game super extensible. I\u2019m really looking forward to creating new\/expanded storylines at some point!\n\n\nAre there any other word or funny narrative games we should try out? Or other games where I can\u2019t die? :wink:\n\n![Screen Shot 2019-10-10 at 23.20.21.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ec\/02\/z\/2959c.png)\n*hint: the letters \u201cRESTART\u201d can make more than one word!*\n\n**PS: if you\u2019re interested in how our Unity\/Twine parser works, let us know in the comments and we\u2019ll try to do a post on it!**","title":"Choose-Your-Own-Adventure + Scrabble = Fairytiles!","wayback_source":[]}