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I received this email the other day from a past student. They were in one of the first classes I ever used Twine with, as we were crafting interactive fiction stories as a writing activity. Years later, I guess that experience still sticks.
Dear Mr. Hodgson,
Hi, how are you? I need a refresher on how to operate the Twine program for my science project. Is their any written form of instructions to operate the system that I could have a copy of? Or any other ideas to help me with my project will be fine. Thank you for time, I look forward to hear from you.Sincerely,(Student)
I was so happy to hear from this student because I last saw them in the high school theater production but I was also very happy that they were asking about how to use something we did in sixth grade for a high school project. That’s pretty cool, eh?
I sent this email, and a few others have gone back and forth in the last few days between us.
Hi (Student)It’s great to hear from you.Twine has a new version out, called Twine 2. It’s more web browser-based and more stable, I think.For the older version of Twine, which was a software download, which we used in class, I always went to this site for help and instructionsWe have begun using Google Slides and hyperlinks that jump from slide to slide as our main tool for Interactive Stories. It’s been pretty effective. You can do it right in your school Google account.Inkewriter is another online toolI hope that helps. Let me know how it goes. I’d love to play your project!Sincerely,Mr. Hodgson
I really do hope they sent me their project to play.
Peace (interact),
Kevin