Newbie question

Raru

Hi I'm trying to make a game where you have to collect hearts. I want to have responses change depending on the number of hearts gathered.

In an earlier passage I have:

You've acquired a heart
{

(set: $heart = $heart + 1)

}


In the next passage I wanted to test if it worked but it doesn't seem to show


(if: $heart = 1)[You have the heart]
(elseif: $heart < 1)[You don't have the heart.]


I've written the code based on my previous knowledge of how twine's old syntax worked but it doesn't seem to work for twine 2. Could I get some guidance on how I would write this? Sorry if this has been answered before, I tried looking for an answer but got rather confused.

greyelf

You need to state which story format you are using as answers can be different for each one.
Because of the format of your macros I am assuming you are using Harlowe, its documentation can be found here

The issue is that you have used a single equals sign (=) in your (if: $heart = 1) statement, as a single equals sign means assignment so you are actually assigning the value of 1 to the $heart variable.
In Twine 1 you could of replaced the single equals sign (=) with a double equals sign (==) but in Harlowe you will need to use an "is".


(if: $heart is 1)[You have the heart]
(elseif: $heart < 1)[You don't have the heart.]


Raru

Sorry I didn't mention the format earlier but thank you for the reply! It works beautifully now!!