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3Ghost Burgers: Adding Special Effects with Scripting

In this chapter, you’ll learn more advanced Twine features and become a Twine virtuoso. You’ll learn scripting, which allows you to add special effects to your story’s text, and to make your game remember and respond to player choices. Now you can keep track of whether they went to one room or another or whether they’re carrying a flashlight or a hamburger. You’ll also learn how to change your story’s background colors, font colors, and font styles. We’ll use a Twine game called Ghost Burgers as our starting point. Play it at https://nostarch.com/twinegames/.

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