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

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Controlling a story through variables and functions

The variablesState property and the EvaluateFunction() method give the developer two ways in which to access values within an ink story. By using these two approaches, a story can be controlled by more than just the options that are presented to a player. User interface elements within Unity can be attached to methods that can then change ink values.

In this section, we will connect ink to Unity. By using the variablesState property and the EvaluateFunction() method, we will review a code pattern where Unity provides the user interface and communicates with ink functions to adjust and react to values during runtime.

Across the three sections of this topic, first, we will prepare a Unity project by creating the necessary game objects. Next, we will add the code to control the user interface. Finally, we will adjust the presentation of the user interface and run the project.