Tend the Fire

Personal Game Project

Tend the Fire Start Page

Project Type: Solo Game Design Challenge
Contribution: Project Owner
Outcome: Shipped to Itch.io, Showcased at ClarkFEST (10/25/2023)
Maintain the hearth...your life depends on it!
Step into the life of a servant of Ancient Greece, tasked as keeper of the hearth. Build and maintain the fire or face the wrath of the house cook!
Challenges:
- Crafting an engaging narrative-based game in Twine
-Defining a fire-tending mechanics system
-Completing the project in two weeks
-Coding in JavaScript (no prior experience)
What I Learned:
-Writing a "choose-your-own-adventure" style narrative is different from linear dialogues
-How to create and implement a triangle based gameplay mechanics system
-The realistic process required to build and maintain a fire in real life
-Basic coding in JavaScript for Twine games
-How to embed open source GIFs in Twine
Play Tend the Fire !
Level 1, First Player Choice
Level 1, First Player Choice
Triangle Gameplay Mechanics: Poke the Fire, Add a Log, Use a Bellow
Triangle Gameplay Mechanics: Poke the Fire, Add a Log, Use a Bellow
Successful End of Level 1
Successful End of Level 1
Final Player Choice at End of Level 2
Final Player Choice at End of Level 2
First Level Dialogue Design in Twine
First Level Dialogue Design in Twine
Second Level Dialogue Design in Twine
Second Level Dialogue Design in Twine
JavaScript (SugarCube) Coding with Tally Count and Formatting in Twine
JavaScript (SugarCube) Coding with Tally Count and Formatting in Twine
Tend the Fire Display, ClarkFEST, October, 25, 2023
Tend the Fire Display, ClarkFEST, October, 25, 2023
Tend the Fire PDF Documentation
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