The new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is out!
SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
#indiegame #narrativegame
SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
#indiegame #narrativegame
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is out!
SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
#indiegame #narrativegame
SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!
Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...
#indiegame #narrativegame
Because I love to make lists, I track ChoiceScript releases and projects monthly. Here's the list for this October!
rn I'm enjoying Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress by Peter Adrian Behravesh, about being an alchemist in a retrofuturistic Persian empire
hpowellsmith.com/choicescript...
rn I'm enjoying Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress by Peter Adrian Behravesh, about being an alchemist in a retrofuturistic Persian empire
hpowellsmith.com/choicescript...
October 31, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Because I love to make lists, I track ChoiceScript releases and projects monthly. Here's the list for this October!
rn I'm enjoying Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress by Peter Adrian Behravesh, about being an alchemist in a retrofuturistic Persian empire
hpowellsmith.com/choicescript...
rn I'm enjoying Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress by Peter Adrian Behravesh, about being an alchemist in a retrofuturistic Persian empire
hpowellsmith.com/choicescript...
There are other ways of writing them, like ChoiceScript (www.choiceofgames.com/make-your-ow...) or Ink (www.inklestudios.com/ink/) but Twine’s the simplest and easiest to get running.
April 1, 2024 at 9:57 PM
There are other ways of writing them, like ChoiceScript (www.choiceofgames.com/make-your-ow...) or Ink (www.inklestudios.com/ink/) but Twine’s the simplest and easiest to get running.
With Dashingdon shutting down at the end of the month, here is a link to my Tumblr posts that has helpful links on migrating your work.
#Amare #AmareGame #InteractiveFiction #IFDev #Choicescript #Twine
www.tumblr.com/amaregamesdb...
#Amare #AmareGame #InteractiveFiction #IFDev #Choicescript #Twine
www.tumblr.com/amaregamesdb...
Dashingdon shutting down
Hey Everyone,
With Dashingdon shutting down at the end of the month, here are some helpful Tumblr posts on migrating your work.
Links
Dashingdon closure and new ChoiceScript WIP site - Hpowellsmit…
www.tumblr.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
With Dashingdon shutting down at the end of the month, here is a link to my Tumblr posts that has helpful links on migrating your work.
#Amare #AmareGame #InteractiveFiction #IFDev #Choicescript #Twine
www.tumblr.com/amaregamesdb...
#Amare #AmareGame #InteractiveFiction #IFDev #Choicescript #Twine
www.tumblr.com/amaregamesdb...
I see that while I have far fewer of the "wrong number of indents" bugs than I did back when I was working on Social Services of the Doomed, my new recurring choicescript error is "didn't put a space after the closing parenthesis indicating the variable test in a multireplace function."
February 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I see that while I have far fewer of the "wrong number of indents" bugs than I did back when I was working on Social Services of the Doomed, my new recurring choicescript error is "didn't put a space after the closing parenthesis indicating the variable test in a multireplace function."
I've been keeping tracking for over a year now, and the ChoiceScript interactive fiction community always astonishes me with its sheer volume and variety of writing. This month there were five releases, ten brand-new projects, and twenty-six updated demos!
forum.choiceofgames.com/t/november-2...
forum.choiceofgames.com/t/november-2...
November 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I've been keeping tracking for over a year now, and the ChoiceScript interactive fiction community always astonishes me with its sheer volume and variety of writing. This month there were five releases, ten brand-new projects, and twenty-six updated demos!
forum.choiceofgames.com/t/november-2...
forum.choiceofgames.com/t/november-2...
Choicescript can handle images with *image (that's why I'm always talking about portraits) but I don't think it can handle other kinds of media.
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Choicescript can handle images with *image (that's why I'm always talking about portraits) but I don't think it can handle other kinds of media.
Ig starting this path off Ren'Py made handling variables less scary in my case but at the same time even choicescript seems ways more complicated for me and some of those using them are skilled authors themselves 😅
June 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ig starting this path off Ren'Py made handling variables less scary in my case but at the same time even choicescript seems ways more complicated for me and some of those using them are skilled authors themselves 😅
Long time ago, I wrote a branching narrative text game in ChoiceScript. It's only got the prologue and the first chapter done, but I think it's pretty good. Recently uploaded it as I wanted to revisit it. Go check it out!
(PS apologies - it's unfinished and is borked in spots)
cogdemos.ink/go/4578
(PS apologies - it's unfinished and is borked in spots)
cogdemos.ink/go/4578
April 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Long time ago, I wrote a branching narrative text game in ChoiceScript. It's only got the prologue and the first chapter done, but I think it's pretty good. Recently uploaded it as I wanted to revisit it. Go check it out!
(PS apologies - it's unfinished and is borked in spots)
cogdemos.ink/go/4578
(PS apologies - it's unfinished and is borked in spots)
cogdemos.ink/go/4578
I'm going to write a choicescript game. I don't know how long it'll take, but I want to do things right. Maybe then I'll get some validation from myself.
I believe that is what I need the most right now.
I believe that is what I need the most right now.
June 20, 2024 at 3:07 AM
I'm going to write a choicescript game. I don't know how long it'll take, but I want to do things right. Maybe then I'll get some validation from myself.
I believe that is what I need the most right now.
I believe that is what I need the most right now.
figured out how to get linux for my chromebook so its also time to start playing around in choicescript >:3c
February 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
figured out how to get linux for my chromebook so its also time to start playing around in choicescript >:3c
I have an extended metaphor in mind for how Twine is to ChoiceScript as Greek is to Latin, but I think the audience for such a thing is, like, three people.
April 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I have an extended metaphor in mind for how Twine is to ChoiceScript as Greek is to Latin, but I think the audience for such a thing is, like, three people.
Hm, Deine Installation vom ChoiceScript Server ist nicht in Ordnung, die monierten Dateien findet der Server nicht in seinem Wurzelverzeichnis.
March 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hm, Deine Installation vom ChoiceScript Server ist nicht in Ordnung, die monierten Dateien findet der Server nicht in seinem Wurzelverzeichnis.
No, Choice of Games, and their subsidiaries Hosted Games and Heart's Choice, have a zero-tolerance policy toward any genAI content, including text and art. If you suspect you've seen AI content in a ChoiceScript game, please reach out to [email protected].
January 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No, Choice of Games, and their subsidiaries Hosted Games and Heart's Choice, have a zero-tolerance policy toward any genAI content, including text and art. If you suspect you've seen AI content in a ChoiceScript game, please reach out to [email protected].
My “Writing Games Using ChoiceScript” workshop for @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is full, but a lot of what I’ll go through is ✨freely available✨, including a cheat sheet and my slides, at github.com/sgranade/cs_...
GitHub - sgranade/cs_workshop: Materials from my ChoiceScript workshop.
Materials from my ChoiceScript workshop. Contribute to sgranade/cs_workshop development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
My “Writing Games Using ChoiceScript” workshop for @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is full, but a lot of what I’ll go through is ✨freely available✨, including a cheat sheet and my slides, at github.com/sgranade/cs_...
That requires me to reacquaint myself with everything that is not Ink (I've used Twine, Squiffy/Quest, ChoiceScript, and one or two others I can't think of rn, maybe also include Ren'Py?) plus some new ones, but I do think it would be extremely helpful to new devs.
February 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
That requires me to reacquaint myself with everything that is not Ink (I've used Twine, Squiffy/Quest, ChoiceScript, and one or two others I can't think of rn, maybe also include Ren'Py?) plus some new ones, but I do think it would be extremely helpful to new devs.
Also, as part of the agreement with Choice of Games, which is letting me use their choicescript code for an entirely nominal fee + attribution, everything I create like this will be made freely available to anyone who wants to read/play. So I'll be posting here as chapters of the project go up.
January 12, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Also, as part of the agreement with Choice of Games, which is letting me use their choicescript code for an entirely nominal fee + attribution, everything I create like this will be made freely available to anyone who wants to read/play. So I'll be posting here as chapters of the project go up.
I am, in fact, still woefully poking around trying to figure out the Twine equivalent of the choicescript "gosub" command, so that I can call functions from many places like I learned how to back in my first C++ programming classes and oh god I'm old.
April 14, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I am, in fact, still woefully poking around trying to figure out the Twine equivalent of the choicescript "gosub" command, so that I can call functions from many places like I learned how to back in my first C++ programming classes and oh god I'm old.
Sitting here during downtime wondering if I could refactor that 60% WIP Shuos Academy game from ChoiceScript into MUD... Easier (smaller) starting points would probably be From Every Spark a Fire or Turnabout Is Fair Prey, Amiable Planet from Twine etc.
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sitting here during downtime wondering if I could refactor that 60% WIP Shuos Academy game from ChoiceScript into MUD... Easier (smaller) starting points would probably be From Every Spark a Fire or Turnabout Is Fair Prey, Amiable Planet from Twine etc.
My January newsletter is out. I talk life, activism, books, and games. Lots of news in this one 😊
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#BookSky #QueerBookworms #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieDev #InteractiveFiction #ChoiceScript
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#BookSky #QueerBookworms #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieDev #InteractiveFiction #ChoiceScript
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January 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My January newsletter is out. I talk life, activism, books, and games. Lots of news in this one 😊
nataliecannon.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/j...
#BookSky #QueerBookworms #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieDev #InteractiveFiction #ChoiceScript
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#BookSky #QueerBookworms #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieDev #InteractiveFiction #ChoiceScript
Started a stats screen for the game I'm working on. It's not hing much yet since I had to refresh myself on choicescript code. Still need to add the other NPCs.
Anyway, one of the characters (and potential romances) is Wyun, my Goblin Keloto illusionist OC.
Art by @erogeist.bsky.social
Anyway, one of the characters (and potential romances) is Wyun, my Goblin Keloto illusionist OC.
Art by @erogeist.bsky.social
October 31, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Started a stats screen for the game I'm working on. It's not hing much yet since I had to refresh myself on choicescript code. Still need to add the other NPCs.
Anyway, one of the characters (and potential romances) is Wyun, my Goblin Keloto illusionist OC.
Art by @erogeist.bsky.social
Anyway, one of the characters (and potential romances) is Wyun, my Goblin Keloto illusionist OC.
Art by @erogeist.bsky.social
1 weird thing: I'm new to ChoiceScript so idk how much control we have over these things, but I noticed that when I tried to adjust font size in the settings, it only affected the COG & dashingdon links, not the actual story. I've never run into this error before but thought you might like to know.
September 13, 2024 at 9:47 PM
1 weird thing: I'm new to ChoiceScript so idk how much control we have over these things, but I noticed that when I tried to adjust font size in the settings, it only affected the COG & dashingdon links, not the actual story. I've never run into this error before but thought you might like to know.
Wobei ChoiceScript an sich, gerade mit der Anleitung die sie zusammengestellt haben, schon gut verständlich ist. Wobei ich noch nicht viel ausprobiert habe, also mal schauen wie es wird. 😅
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Wobei ChoiceScript an sich, gerade mit der Anleitung die sie zusammengestellt haben, schon gut verständlich ist. Wobei ich noch nicht viel ausprobiert habe, also mal schauen wie es wird. 😅
So it's just kind of in my head that Animals Georg is a standard superhero archetype. Never really thought to question it, until I was laying out the design of my Choicescript game to my partner and they were like "wait, animals? Why, though?"
July 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So it's just kind of in my head that Animals Georg is a standard superhero archetype. Never really thought to question it, until I was laying out the design of my Choicescript game to my partner and they were like "wait, animals? Why, though?"