How to add paths based on character emotions

Kriptess

Hi, so I've read about how to make an inventory (still having trouble making it work), but I was wondering if it could help to direct the story.
Say the Char = angry, and I want to make Char = happy or Char = furious, and those decisions could affect how the story reacts in the future. Is this possible?

Also, I didn't understand what to do with Inventory, so help?

greyelf

You need to state which story format you are using when you ask a question, as answers can be different for each one. I am going to assume you are using the default which is Harlowe.

You can use a variable to store the character's current emotion, you use Harlowe's (set:) macro to create and assign a value to a variable.

(set: $charEmotion to "angry")

You are currently feeling $charEmotion but you are unsure what is making you feel (print: $charEmotion).

One way you could get the Reader to change the emotion is to use links within a passage, there are a number of ways to show a link but because we want to change the value of a variable when the link is clicked we will use the (link:) macro.

You see John pull Jane's hair, how does this make you feel?

(link: "Happy")[(set: $charEmotion to "happy")]
(link: "Furious")[(set: $charEmotion to "furious")]

You can use a variable to effect what is shown to the Reader

(if: $charEmotion is "angry")[You are still angry, you must of not seen John pull Jane's hair.]
(else-if: $charEmotion is "happy")[Why did you liked John pulling Jane's hair?]
(else-if: $charEmotion is "furious")[John should not pull Jane's hair.]
(else:)[You should only see this if the variable has some other value.]