# Intro to Interactive Fiction — Syllabus Welcome to **Intro to Interactive Fiction**, a two-hour hands-on workshop where you'll learn the basics of writing interactive stories using **Inky**, a scripting language for choose-your-own-adventure narratives. --- ## One-Day Workshop Overview **Duration:** 2 hours ### Schedule & Topics 1. **Getting Started (10 min)** - Install Inky and get oriented with the interface - [A short syntax guide](/nvTZGfNWSqe8NdVJbfx-tA) 2. **Your First Story: "The Nine Rooms" (30 min)** - Write a simple linear narrative in Ink - Learn basic syntax and story structure - [The Nine Rooms Exercise](/7U0eIyYQS3eX4ukEMX0Djg) 3. **Branching Narratives (30 min)** - Add choices to your story - Understand how branching paths work in Ink 4. **Tracking State: A Simple Gardening Game (20 min)** - Use variables to keep track of what the player has collected and grown - Introduction to loops and conditional logic 5. **Final Project: Groundhog Day (30 min)** - Build a looping narrative where the player relives the same day - Combine branching, state, and loops into a complete mini-game where you must solve a mystery to exit the loop --- ## Resources - [Ink by Inkle Studios](https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/) - [The Spaces Between Library](https://play.multiversestudios.xyz/the-spaces-between/workshop) - [The Writer's Guide](https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/web-tutorial/) - → Explore narrative structure with the [Story Shape](/tools/story-shape) bench.