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Dynamic Story Scripting with the ink Scripting Language

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

C#

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

Chapter 8: Story API – Accessing ink Variables and Functions

In this chapter, we will discuss how to use the ink Unity API to work with variables and functions. Any variables or functions defined in ink can be accessed from any point in its code. The API provided by the ink-Unity Integration plugin provides an interface through its variablesState property to access any defined variables. This is also true of a method provided by the EvaluateFunction() API, which can access any functions defined in the ink code. Understanding this functionality is key to creating more complex projects by using the ink-Unity Integration plugin as a bridge between an ink story and Unity code.

In this chapter, we will cover the following main topics:

Changing ink variables outside a story
Calling ink functions externally
Controlling a story through variables and functions

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Authors (1)

Daniel Cox

Daniel Cox

Daniel Cox is a PhD student in Texts and Technology program and a visiting instructor in the Games and Interactive Media department at the University of Central Florida with a decade of experience creating online learning materials across interactive fiction tools such as Twine, Bitsy, and ink. He previously helped create and served as the managing editor of the Twine Cookbook for 4 years. He currently teaches game design as a full-time instructor and volunteers with the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.

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