Elm Story

Devlog

• Elm Story Cloud — closed beta is here
  June 22, 2022 by Frederick Spencer

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  #esc, #0.8, #roadmap, #beta

  Greetings! We're pleased to announce the launch of Elm Story Cloud; now available in closed beta to Elm Story community supporters. Stick around for a roadmap update. What is Elm Story Cloud? ESC brin... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.7 — text formatting + multimedia support for images / audio
  April 18, 2022 by Leonardo Codamo

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  #0.7, #multimedia, #text, #formatting, #images, #audio, #sound

  Images and sounds create impactful emotions and illustrate what you read in the text. With Elm Story 0.7 you can now bring your storyworld to life using multimedia content, creating a dynamic interpla... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.6 — character management, expanded logic features and term updates
  December 11, 2021 by Elm Story Games

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  #0.6.0, #ea, #characters, #storyteller

  Characters are the driving force for an immersive narrative, but as your storyworlds grow, so does the complexity of managing a large, diverse and evolving cast. Elm Story 0.6 introduces the new chara... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story is growing — team, roadmap and community updates
  November 30, 2021 by Elm Story Games

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  #0.6, #ea, #characters, #storyworld, #community, #roadmap

  After a year of solo development, I'm excited to announce that Elm Story is now a team-based project! Welcome Leonardo (Sith), a narrative game designer with a rich academic and practiced background i... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.5.1 — seamless game updates in the browser
  November 05, 2021 by Elm Story Games

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  #ea, #0.5.1, #pwa

  Introduced in Elm Story 0.5 , games exported as a PWA are installable, offline-ready web apps bundled with the Elm Story Runtime Engine (ESRE). However, ESRE could not handle game updates. 0.5.1 addre... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story Docs — new guides; editor overview and game importing
  October 31, 2021 by Elm Story Games#docs, #0.5, #ea

  Greetings — the Editor Overview guide explores the editor's interface; essential for getting started with Elm Story. This doc release also details game importing . If you've the installed the Elm St... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story Docs — available now with offline support
  October 29, 2021 by Elm Story Games#docs, #0.5, #ea

  Greetings — the Elm Story documentation app is now available. https://docs.elmstory.com Under active development: https://gitlab.com/elmstorygames/docs Full 0.5 coverage is planned for early Novembe... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.5 — Early Access Launch
  October 27, 2021 by Elm Story Games#ea, #0.5

  After one year of design and development, 8 Alpha releases and over 400 bug fixes, enhancements and added features, I'm beyond excited to announce that Elm Story is ready for Early Access ! Upcoming L... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.4.0 — player input, passage expressions and the end of alpha
  September 08, 2021 by Elm Story Games

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  #0.4.0, #alpha, #m2, #input, #expressions

  Greetings — 0.4.0 is now available. This release introduces two essential features and the end of the alpha stage for Elm Story. Stick around to the end for more information on Early Access coming l... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.3.1 released — import/export bug fix
  August 30, 2021 by Elm Story Games#0.3.1, #alpha, #m2

  Minor release that addresses an issue where 0.3.X data could not import. I've also introduced a sneak peak for expression support coming in 0.4.0. If you'd like to play around with this feature, creat... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.3.0 released — improved editor experience
  August 25, 2021 by Elm Story Games#alpha, #m2, #0.2.0

  0.3.0 (Alpha M2) Release Notes Features Initial support for Tab View Toolbar context e.g. when selecting a node(s) in Scene View, a new 'Center Selection' option is available Contextual menu added to... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.2.0 released — hello folders
  August 16, 2021 by Elm Story Games#alpha, #m2, #0.2.0

  If you've used tools like Twine to build interactive stories, you're familiar with scenes serving as containers for passages. The design is simple. Like turning a page, players move from passage to pa... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.1.3 is now available; cut, copy and paste context menu and minor fixes
  May 06, 2021 by Elm Story Games#alpha, #m2, #0.1.2, #0.1.3

  Greetings, folks! Minor updates in this release. For more info on 0.1.x and moving to Alpha M2, check out the previous devlog . 0.1.3 (Alpha M2) Release Notes Features Added context menu (cut, copy an... Continue reading

  
• Elm Story 0.1.1 is now available, featuring game import and export; engine data schema released
  May 05, 2021 by Elm Story Games#alpha, #m2, #import, #export, #community, #formats, #tools, #0.1.1

  Moving to Alpha Milestone 2 (and a bump from 0.0.2 to 0.1.1), this release brings an essential feature: data portability . In other words, game import and export. This addition enables external backup... Continue reading

  
• Introducing Elm Story — a free, no-code pro tool designed to help authors, game designers and students develop and publish interactive, narrative experiences
  April 29, 2021 by Elm Story Games#alpha, #m1

  Motivation Supported by my family and inspired by Legend of the Red Dragon , Gabriel Knight and Life is Strange , I set out to create my first story-focused, interactive fiction adventure. Not wanting... Continue reading