What are the specs for Twine 2?
I know that it involves HTML5 and Javascript, but is there anything else involved, or is it really that simple? I know the format for Twine 1 was quite a bit more complicated.
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Working on a project in Harlowe and have a question about arrays. Is there a way to build an "if" statement with an array that checks to see if the array does NOT contain an item? The opposite of...
View ArticleSnowman text-decoration:none not working
Hi! I'm making a game with Snowman, and I have this CSS code in my game: a { text-decoration: none!important; } However, the game simply ignores it, it seems. The underline for links is still there,...
View Articledynamically change button text [Twine 2, SC 2]
Hey everybody, I'm in need of a button (which triggers an audio play macro), which can be pushed only twice. My go was: <<set $counter to 1>> <<set $btntxt to $counter+1 + " more...
View ArticleChange passage timer, Snowman
Hi! Is there any script that changes passage automatically in, say, 3 seconds? So that the user doesn't have to interact with the story at all, it'll just change passage without needing the user to...
View ArticlePutting `s around markup symbols doesn't seem to work with squarebrackets
i'm trying something pretty simple; i'd just like the word "[inventory]" to link to the player's inventory, with square brackets around the word (because it looks cool). but when i put the ` marks...
View ArticleHow exactly does adding/subtracting stats work?
Sup everyone, new to Twine/Harlowe here. I've an idea for creating an Affinity System where throughout the story the decisions made by the reader adds or subtracts the main character's affinity with...
View ArticleHow do I make a passage visible only once ever per reader/cookie?
Sup guys, new to Twine/Harlowe here. I want to have a passage that's only possible to look at once ever per reader. It's supposed to be like an "instructions manual" and at the same time, it adds stats...
View ArticleWHAT IS HARLOWE
Excuse the caps, my bad. I'm excited. Anyway, what exactly is Harlowe? Can one call it a "game engine" or is that too fancy over "markup language"? Either way, what's Harlowe's exact definition?
View ArticleCreating a fluid conversation
I'm sure this can be done by some combination of hooking and click-replace, with adding/subbing stats for choices made using set. I'm about to experiment and attempt to make this happen right now, but...
View ArticleLink to website
I am using Twine2/harlowe I am trying to put in a link to a website as follows: [[More information|https://www.going-international.ch/]] This is not working. What am i doing wrong? I am also confused,...
View ArticleNeed help from JavaScript pros! [Twine 2 / SC]
Hey everybody, lacking deeper knowledge of JavaScript I am facing a major problem here: For an educational game I want to include passages, in which the users have to drag and drop words into the right...
View Articlecurrent-time is outputting military time (Harlowe)
So, the Harlowe documentation says that (current-time: ) should output in 12-hour format, but when I run it at 12:00PM, for example, I get 0:00 PM. Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding the...
View Articledisplay and previous interaction in SugarCube
Hi, I'm using default Sugarcube install in Twine 2. I have a passage that is intended to be only accessed as part of other passages (it gives custom descriptions which I'll want to add as a snippet in...
View ArticleList/Index of used variables
Hello, I'm new to Twine and to scrypting at all, and my question is: How can I make a list of variables already used in my story, in every paragraph? Is there such an option? Is there a possibility to...
View Article[Harlowe] Auto-save feature
Using Harlowe version 1.2.2 I want to let my story auto-save on every new passage, thus I'm thinking of having that stuff included in the Header. However, I don't want the auto-save to trigger at all...
View ArticleI'm back with a new sound question...
Ok, I finished Slugs and Bugs, (thanks again to grayelf and TheMadExile)and everyone loved it, so I am working on a new story. I made sound effects for it, and what I have noticed is that if a person...
View ArticleHow do I make a checkbox stay checked?
Hey - I'm super noob. Don't know much of anything about coding and I'm trying to wrap my head around this. Here is some a passage a created with a list of what I called "Qualifiers". <input...
View Article[Sugarcube] Quotation marks, or 'Speech marks'/Apostrophes not showing In...
Here's something that's been on my mind for a while, but has more recently come forward as a more.. Threatening issue. I have just done a test to confirm the validity of this error: [['Quotation mark...
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