Demos

Game type demos

Here you can find demos that give you some idea of the different kinds of games and tools that you can build with StoryScript The tutorials will guide you in how to create these demos. They include the source code, so you can use them to get started quickly. We also created demos for specific audiences to give you a better idea of what StoryScript can do for typical usecases you may be interested in. You can find these below the general demos.

If you want to see some actual games created with StoryScript, check out the Games page.

Adventure Game demo
By
- Rutger Schurgers
A demo to showcase the StoryScript building blocks for Text-based Adventure Games using combinations. It also has music and sound effects.
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Adventure Game demo - Autoplay
By
- Rutger Schurgers
A demo to showcase the StoryScript building blocks for auto-playing games, using the Adventure Game as an example. This functionality is also great for presentations that need to run continuously.
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Adventure Game demo - Visual
By
- Rutger Schurgers
A demo to showcase the StoryScript building blocks for Visual Adventure Games, presenting the Adventure Game demo in an entirely new way! It showcases StoryScripts capacity for responsive visual games, as well as how it caters to touch devices.
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Interactive Map Demo: Imperial Circles
By
- Monika Barget (Early Modern Historian)
- , Rutger Schurgers (Developer)
A demo to showcase the use of visual maps to navigate and enrich a StoryScript (serious) game. We have chosen a historical map of the Holy Roman Empire as an example to showcase how StoryScript can be used in research and education.
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Interactive Story demo
By
- Rutger Schurgers
A demo to showcase the StoryScript building blocks for Interactive Stories, the most basic StoryScript game type.
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Role Playing Game demo
By
- Rutger Schurgers
A demo to showcase the StoryScript building blocks for Role Playing Games. Build your character and explore a world in which you can collect items, overcome barriers and defeat opponents. This demo has a lot to offer. It shows you how character creation works and how you can outfit your character. It introduces you to trade and combat. You learn how to talk to others and help them with quests. And it shows you how to do much more with locations.
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Demos for the Humanities

StoryScript can be used to develop serious games, interactive tools and presentations for the humanities. You can bring to life sources, maps, works of art and more by combining text, media and conversations with (historical) characters.

Collaboration & Conflict: Voices of the Imperial Circles
By
- Monika Barget (Early Modern Historian)
- , Rutger Schurgers (Developer)
This demo shows how the conversation feature in StoryScript can be used to reflect the divergent perspectives of historical figures. By using several conversations per location, you can also give a voice to people that are understudied in historiography or marginalised in the original sources.
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