Hey All,
Just letting you know about two new features we just officially added to the Writer’s Portal: Changes Into Body and Timed Choices!
More information on both are below!
As always, if you have any issues with the Writer’s Portal or this new addition, please send us a support ticket, this helps our team make fixes!
Changes Into Body:
After we released our Body Variations, we know that making changes to your character’s body for things like customization could be time consuming, and require a lot of Donacode.
We’ve simplified it so you can use our “changes into” command with Body Variations!
Here’s how the code works:
@CHARACTER changes body into [Body Variation Name]
See the example below for more information.
Timed Choices:
Have you ever wanted to write a choice with just a little extra pressure for your readers? Up the stakes in your stories with our newest feature: timed choices.
Timed choices offer the reader a choice with a clear timer on it, letting them know they’d better hurry up and make a decision.
Not to worry though, if they don’t make a choice, the story will assume they’ve chosen the last option available.
To add the timed option to your choice, all you need to do is structure your choice like this:
choice (choice_title) [timed:duration:location:choice]
duration → a number in seconds (between 1-60) that represents how long the reader has to choose
location → input options for this include:
preset locations: tail, center, bottom, top, hiddentail
specific spot placement: timer to scale x y
example: timer to 0.9 160 307
preset to hide the timer: hidden
choice → the exact choice text as written for the choice buttons
The number after timed represents the number of seconds readers have to make a choice. It defaults to 15 seconds, but you can choose as long or as short as you’d like! The timer will also default to a position based on what kind dialogue leads up to the choice, as seen below.
Here’s a sample bit of script to help you get started making timed choices!
ROSE
QUICK, what’s your favorite food?
choice (fav_food) [timed: 10]
“Pizza” {
YOU
Pizza FOR LIFE!
ROSE
Aw yeah, pizza.
} “Salad” {
YOU
I’m a salad gal.
ROSE
Healthy! I like it.
} “Burgers” {
YOU
Give me a big burger, please!!!
ROSE
I love burgers!
}
ROSE
Well, c'mon, let's go get some [fav_food]!
Here is the same script, but using additional customization.
choice (fav_food2) [timed:5:top:Pizza]
“Pizza” {
YOU
Pizza FOR LIFE
ROSE
How predictable.
} “Salad” {
YOU
I like salad.
ROSE
Healthy! I like it.
} “Burgers” {
YOU
Give me a big burger please!!!
ROSE
I love burgers!
}
ROSE
Well, c'mon, let's go get some [fav_food2]!