Today's quest is simple: with your partner, you need to write a brief story that employs variable statistics as a means of *collecting* an object.
So what will your quest entail? Let's [[roll the dice.]]formats: ["Chapbook","Harlowe"]
format: formats[Math.floor(random.fraction*formats.length)]
genres: ["fantasy", "sci-fi", "horror", "rom-com or romance", "slice of life", "superhero", "swashbuckler", "mystery", "fairy tales"]
genre: genres[Math.floor(random.fraction*genres.length)]
items: ["flowers", "pancakes", "magic jewels", "top-secret files", "Valentine's Day Cards", "dragon eggs", "brains", "clocks", "slippers", "coins", "battle axes", "pumpkin pies"]
item: items[Math.floor(random.fraction*items.length)]
numbers: ["3", "10", "7", "2", "4", "6", "8", "5.5"]
number: numbers[Math.floor(random.fraction*numbers.length)]
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[if passage.visits < 5]
Your quest is to write a story in the **{format}** story format.
With your partner, write a **{genre}** story where you must collect **{number} {item}** in order to open the final screen.
Don't like the outcome? [[Roll again->roll the dice.]]
[if passage.visits === 5]
*Be careful now - you're nearing the end of your luck...*
Your quest is to write a story in the **{format}** story format.
With your partner, write a **{genre}** story where you must collect **{number} {item}** in order to open the final screen.
Don't like the outcome? [[Roll again->roll the dice.]]
[if passage.visits > 5]
You've rolled too many times. Now you're stuck with this quest:
Your quest is to write a story in the **{format}** story format.
With your partner, write a **{genre}** story where you must collect **{number} {item}** in order to open the final screen.
[cont]
[[Confirm your Quest]]Both partners need to write the story down in their own Twine, even though you will be planning / talking through and making choices together. Each person will submit their final version at the end of class.
Remember:
Your quest is to write a story in the **{format}** story format.
With your partner, write a **{genre}** story where you must collect **{number} {item}** in order to open the final screen.
Good luck!