So here is my creation on Twine.
I have to admit, I was scared of this one. I did not know what I was getting into. I decided to be brave and give it a go. Please consider this rough attempt as the best first effort that I could muster. I am pretty proud of the result. I went back today to complete a final read through and see if I could make any tweaks to enhance the game only to find that I cannot upload this file back into Twine. So please accept “This Little Piggy” as my activity for week 5. I may go in and try my hand at another one, but for right now, I am just excited to have a zipped file of my work that I can upload to the blog! This was the first frustrating task. When Laura said that she went down a rabbit hole, I figured I would be getting into something. I didn’t realize I would be learning HTML code on my own and spending hours upon hours trying to tweak each transition. Only to find “how-to” videos on YouTube informing me that my Twine was considered basic.
It was a good experience, but I can see now that I would need to focus for the next week on this Twine to make it look like a professional game.
Kristin, this was a beautiful experience, the background images were amazing and I don’t think your Twine is basic at all, I took quite a few loops through the story. I have to concur though, this task resulted in me spending many many hours of trying different code, googling forums and watching outdated YouTube videos (a hyper-textual trip in its own right as I followed link after link at times). Frustrating but also very pleasing when you are done.
Thanks Carla, it’s true I was very frustrated with this activity. Perhaps it is because I am very limited with html code or that the tutorials provided code that was out of date? I didn’t even know that was possible. I will head over and check your twine out. I don’t think I will be opting for this as the background for my digital games seminar.
Hi Kristen,
This is not basic Kristen. You learned how to add images in the background. I saw that video but had reached the end of my rope at that point. I could not even zip my file and embed it. That is like magic to me.
Is that river picture a local one for you? I want to move west right now.
I love the fact that your story has a happy ending moving in a linear fashion from lost to found but offers the reader the opportunity to let their own imagination come along for the ride.
Great Job!
Hey Ryan,
Yup, that is just on the edge of my property along the Wild Horse River. It was exactly where the pigs were. I am not sure if people knew that my story was based on real life events. We just had piglets born on the farm and it made me think of the adventures of last summer. I am interested in checking out your twine. I am going to swing over, did you end up posting it?
Hi Kristen,
Here is a link to my Linking Assignment. I had to do the piglets because I enjoyed watching them roam free in such a beautiful place on the planet. Lucky piglets!
https://blogs.ubc.ca/ryandoreyinetec540/linking-5/
Hi Kristin,
I loved your twine! And how you used background pictures – it made for a really nice visual. I also was worried about this task, as it’s totally out of my comfort zone. Our stories are very similar – a little cheeky/funny and have paths that loop back! I also looked online for insight into things online, as I have no experience in coding or even gaming! (It should be interesting for me as I am also in the Digital Gaming course in July!!).
What would you say is the best thing you learned through your frustration?
Thanks for all the work you put into this.
Meg.