How to merge Gamebook and TA

sonic102
This is a way to 'merge' TA and GB:

In TA mode, when ready to switch to gamebook, do:

1. Remove the panes and command line
2. Clear the screen
3. Print the 'page's text.
4. Print a few options, hyperlink it. Eg "Take the orange" will be hyperlinked to "take orange" (objects should be in a dummy room)
5. After choosing an option, clear the screen
6. Print text again etc.

When ready to switch,

1. Show the panes and command line
2. Clear the screen
3. Show room descriptions

This brings the power of text adventures into gamebooks; and you can have both in a single game. However, the game must be originally a text adventure.

sonic102
Yay, an example! Try reading any book!

...What? Extension Quest not allowed? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

jaynabonne
Nice! A game within a game... ;)

sonic102
Well, you can also use this to make a pure gamebook too!

Asyranok
I read TA (Text adventure) as T&A, and was immediately excited about your idea. I wasn't disappointed by what you showed, just surprised at my dyslexia.

sonic102
What's T&A? Maybe with some luck that could be added too! :D

TriangleGames
sonic102 wrote:What's T&A? Maybe with some luck that could be added too! :D

LOL, it would have to go in a PG-13 category.

Asyranok
TriangleGames wrote:

"sonic102"

What's T&A? Maybe with some luck that could be added too! :D


LOL, it would have to go in a PG-13 category.



:D :oops:

Baranok
How would one go about hyperlinking a piece of text? As in, what would the code be?

Sora574
Baranok wrote:How would one go about hyperlinking a piece of text? As in, what would the code be?

Text processors are a nice system to work with.
http://quest5.net/wiki/Text_processor

Baranok
Sora574 wrote:

"Baranok"

How would one go about hyperlinking a piece of text? As in, what would the code be?


Text processors are a nice system to work with.
http://quest5.net/wiki/Text_processor



Thanks! Big help. I did some programming with RPG Toolkit 3, so I'm new to text-based stuff. Learning a new program is always fun, though.

sonic102
Wait, why do you and Asyranok have a -nok at the ending?

On topic: Nothing. :lol:

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