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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #459 and Like a Hood Ornament #57: Using Twine to Make “The Rocketeer vs. The Third Reich” into a Text Adventure Game
https://archive.org/download/podcast-459/Podcast%20459.mp3
This week, I’m discussing the use of the program, Twine, to turn the Choose Your Own Adventure Rocketeer story I recently finished into a text based adventure game. It’s basically a html based platform, so the end result is a .html file that you can play on a computer or mobile device. You can even do things like add music, pictures, text entry blocks, and use variables, all of which I did to make it a bit more game-like. Here’s the skeleton of what it looks like:
The title screen:
A few screencaps of the story: with choices:
You can now play the game in beta! Check it out here!
Thanks for listening!
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Check out the growing line of Thirteenth Hour toys and other products on the Thirteenth Hour Studio Etsy store (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThirteenthHourStudio). There are a number of custom figures from retro films being sold for charity that available there as well. For example, the hunter action figure from A Shadow in the Moonlight is now done and available on Etsy!
There is also a growing collection of Thirteenth Hour stickers on The Thirteenth Hour Studio store on Redbubble!
Check out this collaboration with past show guest Jeff Finley on handpan:
Follow along on Spotify! There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.
Check it out!
As always, thanks for listening!
∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #459 and Like a Hood Ornament #57: Using Twine to Make “The Rocketeer vs. The Third Reich” into a Text Adventure Game
https://archive.org/download/podcast-459/Podcast%20459.mp3
This week, I’m discussing the use of the program, Twine, to turn the Choose Your Own Adventure Rocketeer story I recently finished into a text based adventure game. It’s basically a html based platform, so the end result is a .html file that you can play on a computer or mobile device. You can even do things like add music, pictures, text entry blocks, and use variables, all of which I did to make it a bit more game-like. Here’s the skeleton of what it looks like:
The title screen:
A few screencaps of the story: with choices:
You can now play the game in beta! Check it out here!
Thanks for listening!
∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
Check out the growing line of Thirteenth Hour toys and other products on the Thirteenth Hour Studio Etsy store (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThirteenthHourStudio). There are a number of custom figures from retro films being sold for charity that available there as well. For example, the hunter action figure from A Shadow in the Moonlight is now done and available on Etsy!
There is also a growing collection of Thirteenth Hour stickers on The Thirteenth Hour Studio store on Redbubble!
Check out this collaboration with past show guest Jeff Finley on handpan:
Follow along on Spotify! There is also a growing extended Thirteenth Hour playlist on Spotify with a growing number of retro 80s songs.
Check it out!
As always, thanks for listening!
∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞