This project is an experiment in interactive fiction.
It combines the technologies of Web and Print, Natural language, structured Markup, and computational Code.
It begins with a book.
The text of the book is held in this repository. It was written in a restructuredText format.
The source text has been processed with a Python script and typeset to PDF. The book went to print in August 2022.
Right now, only a small number of copies are in circulation. They pass from hand to hand.
Once you adopt Web technologies, all sorts of things become possible. With the book as a starting point, you could easily imagine:
- A fully orchestrated soundtrack which plays along as you read.
- A map of the story world which you can explore to discover hidden extras.
- A way for the reader to affect the story, leading to multiple endings.
- The dialogue as a screenplay, and the story as a movie.
All of these are now possible. Which shall we try first?
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