Felix Plesoianu has ported Starborn to his hypertext system Ramus, which resembles Undum quite a bit but has a lower barrier of entry for the author (with the cost of fewer features). The story can be read here.
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Starborn: the Vorple edition
Almost one year ago to the date I released Starborn, a short keyword-based scifi story made with Inform 7. Now I’m proud to present an Undum-based version, enhanced with Vorple, of course.
The content is essentially the same. Instead of typing the keywords you click on hyperlinks that are highlighted in the text and shown in a separate list next to the story. A clickable, dynamic map of locations is displayed on the opposite side. There’s background music, but sound support is still a bit shaky in some browsers. Internet Explorer 7 or earlier will not work.
It uses the yet-unpublished version 1.2 of Vorple and demonstrates the use of the button interface in the map and in the keyword list, and tooltips that are displayed as brief instructions and as labels for the map. Under the hood it uses disposable links and other similar features. It’s also using the IF Recorder plugin, probably the first time for an Undum story.
IF Recorder version 3
The tool formerly known as “Transcript recording plugin for Parchment” has been successfully used as a betatester transcript recorder with at least one game, and even in the currently running IFComp. Thanks to liberal version numbering scheme it has now reached version 3 and has been renamed IF Recorder.
Here are the major new features:
- Works with Undum. Now someone might wonder why anyone would want to record hypertext fiction stories, but even if there’s less need to check what kind of input readers give, other reasons still apply: you might want to get statistical data on which choices the readers make, or see if the readers give up at some certain point in the story, or even find out if some of the choices just don’t work as they should.
- Web interpreter template for Inform 7. There’s a ready-made Inform 7 template to use with the “Release along with an interpreter” option. This makes it easier to start using the recorder although you still have to set up the database and the server scripts.
The project’s new headquarters are at Github along with the instructions and downloads.
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