A downloadable game

Portrait With Wolf ^_^ is a lyric storytelling widget. Draw cards to have your fortune told. What a wholesome activity! <33

PWW is part of my Let's Make IF initiative exploring Inform 7 programming and storytelling techniques. It is intended to showcase Inform's 7 ability to vary printed text according to complex requirements. Ultimately, a finished version of the game will be released as a Spring Thing 2025 Back Garden (non-competitive) entry.

UPDATE 11 October 2024: As I mentioned at Top Expert, my intent is to share a template for anyone to make their own PWW-style "poetry" by filling in tables; no coding required! More on that soon.

Topics covered:

Use of "to decide" to dynamically track world state.
Vary text output according to multiple factors (action, turn count, achievement progress).
Explore the possibilities of multiple endings in a Inform 7 game, based on the "true ending" model of visual novels.
Integrate custom artwork into an Inform 7 game.
Use text formatting techniques to create specific dramatic effects.
Use the "Undo Output Control" extension to customize the parser's undo behavior.
Customize responses for unnecessary commands.

What this project will do:

Share source code until late in feature development.
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: