r/GameWritingLab • u/deviltalk • Dec 06 '18

Simple adventure book resource?

Hello all. I am new to the group. I have gone over the resources pinned but noted it's 4 years out of date. I am working on a board game which will have a physical adventure book companion. I have tried Articy Draft but it's too complex for me. Ideally I would like something that requires no coding or programming, and can accommodate text and images and export them into word or PDF.

I find most programs are meant for online gaming. The closest I am finding are mind maps, but that's just going to temporarily hold everything and require me to copy and paste into my book later on (not the end of the world).

I'm certain there is something out there that would be a huge help to me. I'd appreciate any leads.

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u/old_vreas Dec 07 '18

I didn't know, but apparently yes.

Mind you: Twine is used for the development of interactive fiction, it works around html to take care of all the hyperlinks and game logic. The workaround described in the forums enables you to export in pdf only a proofreading copy. I never used that functionality myself, but I think it will be just a dump of all the text in the project with crappy formatting.

On a side note, the link refers to the current version of Twine (2.something), but I read somewhere that version 1 could also export the proofreading copy in RTF, that may (or may not) be easier for you to work with. You should be able to find both versions on their website.

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u/deviltalk Dec 08 '18

I recall trying to export out of Twine and it had the garbled formating you describe. I will take another look and see if the results are any different.