Interactive Fiction

Catalog description

In this course students will plan, craft, and publish interactive fiction (IF) stories their audience will navigate by making choices based on given prompts. Students will create stories using Twine a free and open source tool while learning basic coding skills to create countdowns, trackers, puzzles and add images and effects to their stories. Students will also engage with and present to each other about a variety of forms of interactive fiction including tabletop RPGs, video games, and choose your own adventure-books exploring the various genres and theories of interactive fiction each form engages with.