Hi. This might seem like a strange question, but is there a way to create choose your adventures with IOS? And then share them and play ones created by other people? Also if this is possible would it require coding? There are text story games where you can create your own stories without coding, but not sure if this is any different. Thanks!
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yes... and no.
Hi,
this is something I've been working on off and on for a bit. The short answer is no, the iPhone isn't the best way to do this, as there aren't any programs built specifically for it.
The longer and more in depth answer:
The language I'm using to make gamebooks is the Choicescript language, which is fairly simple to get the hang of. Its indentation based. However, most writers don't start with the code. Most use mindmaps to plot and organize their game before they actually start coding. Fortunately, using an app called mindNode, it is quite possible to organize and plot games before you move to a pc or other text editor to actually write the code and expand the text. Fortunately, you can export your mindmap as a .txt file with all indentation from branches saved and easily viewable on a text editor. You may have to change a few of the tab spacing, but its a good start if you want to write and organize before you code.
Unfortunately, twine or other apps made specifically for choice based games do not have Ios apps for the writing of them.
Update: the notes app
As of yesterday, I learned that the built in notes app actually handles indentation quite well and should, in theory, be usable for this as well. Haven't looked at it in much depth yet, however. Don't know, for example, how those indentations look when exported to a 3rd party program or computer.