Tend the Fire

Designer, Writer, Programmer

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:
- Craft an engaging narrative-based game in Twine
-Define fire-tending mechanics system
-Complete in two weeks
-Code in JavaScript (no prior experience)

What I Learned:
-Writing a "choose-your-own-adventure" style narrative is different from linear dialogues
-Creating and implementing a triangle based gameplay mechanics system
-The process of building and maintaining a fire in reality
-Basic coding in JavaScript for Twine games (tally counts are fun!)
-How to embed open source GIFs
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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