Twine
Salvör Gissurardóttir 2018
Twine is a tool for making text based adventure games. The website is http://twinery.org/
You make the games in the browser and HTLM files are created. You can add pictures and sounds. It is easy to start. This tool is good for students to practice interactive storytelling.
Example of working in Twine – novel or fairytale
You can build games inspired by the themes and journey of the classic novel. The novel provide setting, characters and plot points that you can remake as Twine pages and connections. It is a good tool to work with fairytales.
Here are some links to get you started in using Twine with your students:
Twine 2.0: Not just for storytelling
How to make your own digital game using Twine, Gamemaker..
Making games in the classroom Twine and Harlowe
Anna Anthropy and the Twine revolution
Twine’s revolution: Democratization, depoliticization, and the queering of game design
Interactive Fiction and Twine at Computers & Writing
Computers and Writing workshop using Twine
Chapbook Tutorial (one of the story formats of Twine 2) example
Porpentine Twine Game (review of a game made in Twine)