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.
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It uses the yet-unpublished version 1.2 of Vorple and demonstrates the use of the button interface in the map and in the keyword list, and tooltips that are displayed as brief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.
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:
The project’s new headquarters are at Github along with the instructions and downloads.