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All right. Well, the first thing I'm going to do is tell you not to read this fic. Or to be more technical, not to read this fic HERE.
Or, I mean, do if you want to. I'm not your mother. But there are BETTER WAYS.
This is a plain text version that I've done up for accessibility and cross exposure, but the actual version you should read is here:
> Texting Free on Evenings & Weekends <
That is the version of the piece that looks like this:
And behaves like THIS:
It's a piece of interactive fiction made with Twine and designed to look like a series of text messages exchanged between the Tracys, during the last few chapters of the brilliant and excellent Shared Spaces.
Being a rather complicated piece of fiction, it has a list of credits.
- Written by me (01 - 03, 05, 07- 13)and The Winter Swallow (04 & 06)!
- Twined by me!
- Styling and Fanciness and banner art supplied by the unbelievably skilled and multi disciplined @theoldaeroplane/Pemm. Seriously, they are the reason that this whole thing looks as good as it does. Like holy god.
Being an interactive piece of fiction, here is a brief list of instructions/tips.
- There are two versions of the piece as a whole: one that takes place in real time, another that loads every dialogue in full. The first version was a labour of love and has a certain authentic feeling to it, and I’m really proud of the way it came out. However, if for whatever reason that doesn’t appeal to you, the second version is static and probably a bit easier to read and/or reread. Follow that link, or append /access to the link above.
- Each work takes place in real time: the total time for all thirteen pieces is approximately 1.5 hours. So, you know. Settle in. Each individual piece averages about 7 minutes in length.
- Text appears on a delay of about 3-4s. Occasionally these delays are as long as about 30s, but generally should be no longer than 10s at a stretch.
- At the end of each dialogue, there’s a link to the next one. Refreshing will bring you to the index of the work.
- The scrollbar doesn’t snap to the bottom as each new text appears (This is apparently a javascript problem and if anyone knows how to solve it, I would be much obliged for your help!) If you click your scroll wheel and leave it at the bottom of the text frame, it’ll approximate an autoscroll with each new text.
That’s all! I hope you enjoy it, it’s been a pleasure to write and very rewarding to see the whole thing come together. And hey, if you’re not familiar with Harvard and it’s associated works, maybe this’ll be some incentive to give it a read.