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ChoiceScript Wiki
Welcome to the ChoiceScript Wiki The wiki about ChoiceScript, a simple scripting language developed by Adam Strong-Morse and Dan Fabulich of Choice of Games LLC for writing text-based, multiple-choice games. Learning ChoiceScript -
Choicescript stats.txt
This article is aimed at beginners to ChoiceScript. However, if you have not already done so then the best place to start would be with the very first article in this Introduction To ChoiceScript Game -
Development Tools
ChoiceScript is a relatively simple language to learn and requires no real programming knowledge or specific software other than ChoiceScript itself. All you've ever really needed to develop a ChoiceScript game is a simple -
Basic Scene Scripting
This article discusses Basic Scene Scripting and is intended for beginners to ChoiceScript Game Development. However, it assumes that the reader is already familiar with some essential basic elements such as the nature of scenes -
Arithmetic operators
This article is aimed at beginners to ChoiceScript. However, if you have not already done so then the best place to start would be with the very first article in this Introduction To ChoiceScript Game -
Choice
The*choice command is the fundamental command of ChoiceScript, defining the options by which the player interacts with the story. Ordinary (non-conditional) options should be preceded by the hash# symbol as in the following -
Achievement
The*achievement command is used to define one or more Achievements able to be awarded to a player for noteworthy feats or accomplishments within the game - solving puzzles or mysteries; overcoming or otherwise surviving especially -
Error messages
As a ChoiceScript programmer, you will definately encounter errors, sooner or later, while testing your game. If you encounter errors, a popup box will appear, telling you what line the errors occurs on, and as -
If
Let's say we create var1 with the value 10, and var2 with the value 20. We can then use the*if command to compare them:*temp var1= 10*temp var2= 20*if (var1= var2 -
Concatenation
This article is aimed at beginners to ChoiceScript. However, if you have not already done so then the best place to start would be with the very first article in this Introduction To ChoiceScript series -
Publishing your game
Publishing your game is relatively simple, whether you want to publish a Playtest for beta testing, a working Demo (limited demonstration version) of an ongoing development, or if you want to publish a finished game -
Image
The*image command is used to add images into the game. Images can be added wherever you want. The simple version is:*image wolf.png You found a wolf! -
Stat chart
The*stat_chart command is able to display variables easily and in several different ways. This command is usually used in your choicescript_stats.txt file, which governs the display of the Stats Screen and -
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Gosub
ChoiceScript supports a simple form of subroutines. A subroutine is a section of code able to be accessed (using the*gosub command) where& when required at many different points within the same scene file. This -
Variable types
This article is aimed at beginners to ChoiceScript. However, if you have not already done so then the best place to start would be with the very first article in this Introduction To ChoiceScript Game -
Selectable if
The*selectable_if command is intended specifically for use within the#options body of a*choice statement. It serves no other purpose whatsoever -- unlike the ordinary*if command, which also has many other uses. The -
Gosub scene
*gosub_scene is an extension of the basic*gosub command. Whereas an ordinary*gosub requires that its subroutine be located somewhere within the same scene file,*gosub_scene grants the ability to'call' (i -
Set
The*set command is used for assigning a new value to a variable, or modifying the value of a variable to something else. It can be used for both Temporary variables (created as& when needed -
Displaying variables
This article is aimed at beginners to ChoiceScript. However, if you have not already done so then the best place to start would be with the very first article in this Introduction To ChoiceScript Game -
Text formatting
Text can be formatted and stylized very easily in ChoiceScript, which supports bold and italic text, as well as hyperlinks. You can use italic text for any narrative text,*choice#Options text, and for such -
Temp
The*temp command is used to create a temporary variable, as opposed to a permanent variable defined in startup.txt using the*create command. To better understand the main differences between these two types of -
Setting up ChoiceScript
This article is aimed at beginners to ChoiceScript. However, if you have not already done so then the best place to start would be with the very first article in this Introduction To ChoiceScript Game -
Goto scene
The*goto_scene command is used in the same general manner as an ordinary*goto, but instead of a label name reference within the same scene file, it requires a specific scene name to load -
Fake choice
The*fake_choice command is an alternative to the*choice command. To the player, a*choice and a*fake_choice appear identical. However, there is one important difference: unlike the standard*choice command,*fake_choice
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