Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight

Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight is a short story for young people about an adventurous cat and his friend, D. Can they escape a spooky abandoned theater in time for breakfast with Guildmaster Fweep and Loretta, his lemur familiar? With friendship and a bit of moxie, they just might make it!

MDSS is an Inform 7 project  created for my Let's Make IF series of essays about creating parser games. I'll be sharing updates and source code as the project progresses. Ultimately, a finished version of the game will be entered as a Spring Thing 2025 Back Garden (ie, non-competitive) entry.

Topics discussed:

• Using scenes to vary text and create dramatic effects.
• Storing text in tables.
• Modifications to player scope.
• Simple use of a new relation
• Simple simulation of an NPC
• Use of a hint menu
• Implementing story mode

What this project will do:

• Share source code until late in feature developement
• Discuss development at my blog, Top Expert.
• Release in its complete form, including both playable game and source code, in Spring Thing 2025.
• Have a closed testing period prior to release.

What this project will not do:

• Share feature-complete source code before Spring Thing 2025.
• Share executable game files before Spring Thing.

Source code repository (don't worry, new stuff is coming soon!

Link to all Top Expert posts with the "marbles and d" tag.