You're reading from Dynamic Story Scripting with the ink Scripting Language Create dialogue and procedural storytelling systems for Unity projects

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801819329

Length 272 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Unity

Concepts

Game Scripting

Author (1):

Daniel Cox

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: ink Language Basics

2. Chapter 1: Text, Flow, Choices, and Weaves FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Knots, Diverts, and Looping Patterns

4. Chapter 3: Sequences, Cycles, and Shuffling Text

5. Chapter 4: Variables, Lists, and Functions

6. Chapter 5: Tunnels and Threads

7. Section 2: ink Unity API

8. Chapter 6: Adding and Working with the ink-Unity Integration Plugin

9. Chapter 7: Unity API – Making Choices and Story Progression

10. Chapter 8: Story API – Accessing ink Variables and Functions

11. Chapter 9: Story API – Observing and Reacting to Story Events

12. Section 3: Narrative Scripting with ink

13. Chapter 10: Dialogue Systems with ink

14. Chapter 11: Quest Tracking and Branching Narratives

15. Chapter 12: Procedural Storytelling with ink

16. Assessments

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Changing ink variables outside a story

Variables were first introduced in Chapter 4, Variables, Lists, and Functions. In ink, variables are created using the VAR keyword and an initial value. Throughout a story, the value of a variable can be changed. By comparing their values, variables can also influence the flow of a story.

Variables are global in ink. Once created, they can be accessed by any other part of the code within the same story. This functionality is also carried over into a named property as part of the ink-Unity Integration plugin, called variablesState. Every variable defined in an Ink story can be accessed by using its name.

In this topic, we will examine how to use this property to access and change values in a running ink story. We will begin by looking at how to use the variablesState property and comparing values in ink to control its flow outside the story.