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Dan Cox's Blog

Writer. Reader. Gamer.

Dan Cox is an audio producer for two podcasts, has contributed writing to sites like Nightmare Mode, and often makes Flash games in his spare time. He is currently working on a degree in Computer Science.

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Learning Inform 7: Part 2
Posted by Dan Cox on Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:02:00 EDT in Indie, Programming
Part 2 of the Learning Inform 7 series builds on the concepts introduced in Part 1. It covers people, time, scenes, and connecting rooms.
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Learning Inform 7: Part 1
Posted by Dan Cox on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:36:00 EST in Programming, Indie
Learn Inform 7 and make interactive fiction in the first part of an on-going series.
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Learning Twine: Part 3
Posted by Dan Cox on Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:47:00 EST in Indie, Programming
In the third and final part of this series, I cover using conditional statements and demonstrate macros in Twine.
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Learning Twine: Part 2
Posted by Dan Cox on Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:17:00 EST in Programming, Indie
In Part 2 of the Learning Twine series, I cover Choices, CSS, and introduce using variables to make stories dynamic.
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Learning Twine: Part 1
Posted by Dan Cox on Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:10:00 EST in Programming, Indie
Ever wanted to make interactive fiction? How about learning more about Twine? This series will cover the basics of using the tool and how to make both games and even design prototypes.
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Performed, controlled and spoken: A tripartite view of the player-character
Posted by Dan Cox on Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:00 EDT in Serious
Traditional theory has been focused on the relationships between the player and the character while ignoring an increasingly important third part: in-game player representation through text and voice.
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Comment In: Learning Twine: Part 2 [Blog - 02/09/2013 - 10:17]
I 'm not sure what ... I 'm not sure what you mean. I think you are having a problem with trying to display a passage that is part of a choice as a link from another passage. In which case, it will not be displayed because that avenue was disconnected. Once one link is chosen ...

Comment In: Learning Twine: Part 1 [Blog - 02/03/2013 - 08:10]
I hadn 't come across ... I hadn 't come across inklewriter, no. For what I have played with over the last couple of days though, it looks pretty cool. I like that it is all online. It makes for sharing stories much easier than posting a HTML produced from Twine.