u/Sin_viav

Incredibly new, I do not know how to code or do anything at all and I downloaded twine yesterday. I’m currently trying to make a link, like a

<<link “touch me”>><<set $touched to true”>><</link>>

type link emboldened or turn another color or smth when you click on it as to indicate that it’s actually changed the variable. I can confirm that it changes the variable myself by making a little <<if>> thing but I want to see a visual indicator that it did when inside the passage inside the actual game. I’ve googled this about forty times and lots of stuff comes up, but most of it doesn’t make sense to me.

Not sure if I can do this, as I’m not sure of much. So i’d be okay with making a plain piece of text in the same passage embolden or change color depending on the variable, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do that either. Sorry if this doesn’t make sense, I don’t know what I’m doing or talking about. Thanks for any help.

I’ve heard about a million songs about miami and the keys but then I listened to boiled peanuts by doechii and it felt like she was actually talking about the florida I know. It’s also just a ridiculously good song, I can smell the boiled peanuts of my childhood with every absolutely devious beat. I’m looking for more stuff that focuses on parts of florida that isn’t just south fl, or focuses on floridian culture outside of south fl. I’m cool with any genre and any era, I’m very much willing to try anything!! Thanks!

I’m sure we all know by now that “Idk I suck at summaries” isn’t enough, but I seriously wish people would put more effort into their fic summaries, for mine and their own sake. Whether it’s an actual summary or a blurb they copied and pasted from their story, it’s the first taste of the author's writing you get. It functions both as a quick way to get to know the author's writing and an opportunity for the writer to hook potential readers. But I’m not trying to tell anyone what to do. Ik a lot of people write with the sole purpose of writing and find validation and encouragement from the fellow fans around them, often sharing their fics on Discord or other third-party sites. But if you’re not doing that, and you’re not planning to promote it on social media, and you’re complaining about a lack of readers… maybe consider upping your summary game?

Trust me, I’ve been hooked by many good summaries that ended up being Meh fics, but I still read those fics bc the summary got me hooked. In the same vein, Ik for a FACT I’ve skipped over fics that I ended up loving (when later sent to me by friends) and would’ve noticed sooner had they written a good summary. It just bums me out, frankly… thinking about all the incredible fics I must’ve missed over the years due to a lack of due diligence on my part and a lack of thought-out summaries on the authors. Idk maybe I’m too summary focused but I feel like it’s a pretty instrumental part of it all that people tend to half-ass…