A (very) quick intro to narrative scripting using Ink
White Rabbit -- April 29, 2026inkle -- game developer who developed Ink to handle narrative in their games...Inkle Studios -- founded by two students in Cambridge, UK in 2011Fun Fact -- the first big interactive fiction company -- Infocom -- was founded by four students in another Cambridge -- Cambridge, Massachusetts -- back in 1979Inky -- narrative scripting toolauthoring tool is entirely free and runs on Mac, Windows, or Linuxcontent can be exported and used freely for web, iPad, phone apps, PC, Mac, whatever...Ink Tutorial -- everything that I'll be showing is covered in this beginners tutorial...Ink scripts can be written in any text editor. The Inky tool is a text editor that has a panel on the right side that allows you to run and test the script...→ Gnome Trail Demo ←
Post-Meeting Conclusions:We're going to have beacons in Lithia Park for the Pollinator Trail -- let's use at least some of those for this adventure!A narrative structure similar to the demo above to introduce the Gnome Trail and lead the user to collect a MAPAfter collecting the MAP, then the user can use it to trigger other interactions at points within Lithia Park (some for just this trail, others can be shared with other trails…ideas for more interactions — collecting more trophies (buttons? maybe triggered in-app by arriving at each location), whispers, notes, etc.once the map is fully explored, a conclusion narrative could be available at WR…
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