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Tanka-Based Twine Game (Too Long For The Jam)

A topic by Phillip J Rhoades created Nov 03, 2020 Views: 208 Replies: 6
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Hey everyone :)

I mentioned to the creator of this jam over on Reddit that I recently made a poetry-based Twine game (Here) and it was suggested that I post it to the forum :)

Each passage (choices included) is a tanka poem. It's a Lovecraftian psychological horror story with only bad endings. Through replay, you get a clearer idea of what's going on, though it remains a mystery overall (like most Lovecraftian horror).

(Tanka is a bit like haiku/senryu, but with two 7-syllable lines at the end)

I had a blast writing it. Too bad it's well over the 300 word limit for this contest. 

https://howtophil.itch.io/here

Jam HostSubmitted(+1)

Hey Phillip! Yes! thanks so much for sharing this. I really liked how it flows into  little poems based on your choices. The writing and choices work really well together. The different endings also add a lot of replay value and with the short passages, it didn't feel like a burden to start again. Overall, I really enjoyed it! 

Glad you enjoyed :)

One thing that really helped me with the editing process was the Prepub proofing format: https://www.mcdemarco.net/tools/scree/prepub/

I'd "view proofing copy" with that as my proofing format, get a text-based .md file, and paste that into Grammarly. Then I'd take the corrections suggested by Grammarly and hand-make them in Twine.

Jam HostSubmitted(+1)

That's really cool! I never knew about the prepub format, definitely worth looking into for this jam. Thanks for sharing!  馃榿

No problem. :)

Here's a great resource of story and proofing formats: http://mcdemarco.net/tools/hyperfic/twine/catalog/

Jam HostSubmitted(+1)

Hi Phillip! I added your story "Here" to the list of inspiration games on the jam page! 馃槉Thanks again for sharing your resources, they will be of great help. I hope you get a chance to make something for the jam! 

Fantastic! Glad to help inspire :)

I've been turning some ideas over in my head for the jam... life's a little extra right now but the jam is on my mind :)