Twine: Interactive Narrative

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Twine is a game development platform that is relatively simple to use and allows one to create an interactive narrative. These games are played by clicking on certain portions of text in order to advance to the next section of the narrative. The Temple of No is a nonconforming twine game about the adventures of either a man, woman, or frog. In this game you follow the character through a short narrative to find a map that knows everything. The game was released by Crows Crows Crows and co-created by Dominik Johann and William Pugh; they created the game in effort to re-create the idea of a twine game and give the player an enjoyable experience. Many aspects of this game align with Miguel Sicart’s definitions of play. Sicart describes play in …show more content…

When reading the story it is very clear to tell that the creators of the game wanted the player to laugh. Another goal of the narrative is to get the player to agree with the story about a couple of things; one is that The Temple of No is one of the best games to come from Twine and another is that the story is fun. They want to make the player feel like they are making a good use of their time by reading the story and make them feel like they are getting something out of it. These goals and purposes of The Temple of No are what makes the story autotelic and they are the reason that the narrative is able to captivate the …show more content…

The fact that the game was made on Twine is a big reason that it follows Sicart’s definition of play being creative. Sicart explains that play provides a form of expression. When creating a game through Twine, it is very easy to provide different forms of expression whether it be funny, sad, motivation, or maybe even informative. The Temple of No has a very witty, amusing feel to it. The writer was able to express his personality and sense of humor through the story of the man, woman, and frog, and give the reader feel for his charisma and emotions. Creativity is also expressed in an artistic manner through the drawings that went along with the story. The creators even went as far as to put an entire song with lyrics into the story simply to entertain the reader and provide extra

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