Learn to write a Twine adventure

3 years ago by Sayeth

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I get lots of great feedback from my 5e solo gamebook adventures, The Saint's Tomb and A Miner Problem. Every time I post something about them, people ask "Why are there not more of these?" So, here's a quick tutorial in google docs on how to write your own solo adventures: Twine Tutorial. It takes about 30 minutes, give or take based on your previous level of programming knowledge, but it's designed for a total newbie. At the end of the tutorial, you'll have a playable encounter with a wolf and the tools to write more. Once you finish, you can set up an account here on itch.io and publish your work. Have fun and let me know what you make!

A Miner Problem

A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.

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Status	Released
Author	Sayeth
Genre	Role Playing, Interactive Fiction
Tags	dnd, Fantasy, Mouse only, Text based, Twine
Languages	English
Accessibility	High-contrast

Official Launch of My Second Game!
Jul 07, 2021
A Miner Problem is now complete and being tested
Jul 06, 2021

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wunderbarthegreat200032 days ago

@sayeth thank you for the adventures and for taking the time to try to educate others to create content. I am working on the test adventure but I can't seem to manage to make it so that the wolf's HP are recorded from one page to the other. In other words, every time I go to the next page it resets to 11. I am using the formula you included (unless: (history:) contains "Attack wolf")[ (set: $HP to 11)] however it was not clear to me where it needs to go. I included it after "HP: " in the wolf's stat block. I am trying to play around with it but have not managed to make it work. Any ideas?

Sayeth32 days ago

I think there's an error in the code I wrote. It should be

(unless: (history:) contains "Attack the wolf")[ (set: $HP to 11)]

So, "Attack the wolf" not "Attack wolf"

levolden1 year ago

Loved your games, and this tutorial. Thanks!

Sayeth1 year ago(+1)

Thanks! Let me know if you make a game. A few examples of other peoples; works that have come from this tutorial: https://dragonzaid.itch.io/the-restless-ghost and https://jw-allen.itch.io/a-long-rest

Wyvernthereaper108 days ago

I loved your games and the ones you have shown! Do you know anyone else making games like this, so I can play more?

Sayeth107 days ago

Thanks! The similar games that I know of are mentioned in this post.