Twine 2.0 as a desktop app
Some people, including me, may not like using Twine 2.0 in a browser.
So, I made a thing.
twinejs-app uses the twinejs source as a submodule, and packages it as a node-webkit app. So far it doesn't really take any advantage of the medium (for example, there are no custom menus), but it does allow running Twine as a self-contained app with its own storage separate from your browser's cache.
To-do items for the future include making a custom menubar that reflects the current screen (node-webkit allows dynamic menu changes, custom right-click menus, and actions that trigger events in the self-contained browser), text injection to change the introductory text to better reflect the non-browser package, and code injection to add native open/save dialogs for saving stories rather than the somewhat roundabout export process.
So, I made a thing.
twinejs-app uses the twinejs source as a submodule, and packages it as a node-webkit app. So far it doesn't really take any advantage of the medium (for example, there are no custom menus), but it does allow running Twine as a self-contained app with its own storage separate from your browser's cache.
To-do items for the future include making a custom menubar that reflects the current screen (node-webkit allows dynamic menu changes, custom right-click menus, and actions that trigger events in the self-contained browser), text injection to change the introductory text to better reflect the non-browser package, and code injection to add native open/save dialogs for saving stories rather than the somewhat roundabout export process.
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twinejsandtwinejs-apprepos. There's also a Twine -> About item on OS X with the same license info.Next up is something to generate app icons from the
logo.svgfile bundled withtwinejs, rather than separately committed pregenerated icons.Uncaught node.js Error
TypeError: undefined is not a function
at app://host/app.js:9:9
This looks like it'll be super handy. But I currently can't get the .exe to run properly. It gives me the following error:
Uncaught node.js Error
TypeError: undefined is not a function
at app://host/app.js:9:9
The code is trying to create a MAC OSX type menu item, which won't work on a non-OSX operating system.
I have posted an Issue on the projects github site.
The code is trying to create a MAC OSX type menu item, which won't work on a non-OSX operating system.
I have posted an Issue on the projects github site.
Thanks.
[quote]Uncaught node.js Error
Error: Could not find template: '#templates .storyListView'
at e (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:20126)
at c.extend.loadTemplate (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:25907)
at c.extend.load (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:25732)
at Function.c.extend.get (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:25471)
at Object.f.Renderer.render (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:26234)
at f.CompositeView.f.CollectionView.extend.renderModel (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:3:2156)
at f.CompositeView.f.CollectionView.extend.render (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:3:1674)
at c.extend.show (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:23181)
at Backbone.Router.extend.routes.stories (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:9:14853)
at c.extend.execute (app://host/twinejs/dist/rsrc/js/twine.js:2:8918)
Thanks. I'll have to dig into it for this one, but my first guess is that twinejs is using require() somewhere and I'll have to figure a good way to override it.
That said, I've updated my code, and the previous bug should be fixed in this release, and it should be working properly. Please download and try it out.
I'll probably shut down my project, since it looks like the twinejs devs have already put a lot of thought into integrating NW.js functionality directly into Twine.
So that it's not all time wasted, though, I'll see about taking what I've put together and putting together a template build wrapper for exported Twine stories for others to use.
I decided to make my own version of this, with a little more native into it.
http://twinenative.weebly.com
This is based off the latest Twine 2 code, and it's distributed under GPL.
I've already talked with Chris about this and he said that it's okay to distribute, as long is it is in GPL.