Lunch & Code: An introduction to Twine with Hannah Powell-Smith

Our regular Lunch & Code event. This month we have a workshop introduction to Twine (http://twinery.org/), led by Hannah Powell-Smith (https://hannahpowellsmith.wordpress.com/). This is a joint event with the Oxford and London Interactive Fiction Group (https://www.meetup.com/Oxford-and-London-Interactive-Fiction-Group/).

Twine is the tool of choice for many queer artists who have created a huge range of text-focused interactive work. This workshop provides the chance to develop your own Twine work in a relaxed, informative environment.

In this session, you will get a Twine primer, looking at functionality, coding, and customisation. By the end of the day, you will have your own game, story, scene or experiment made in Twine!

Suitable for varied levels of experience. Please feel free to bring along works in progress, an idea, or just a blank slate.

Hannah Powell-Smith is an interactive fiction developer whose work focuses on fraught relationships, unreliability, and unknowable entities. She has been published in sub-Q Magazine, and is working on an interactive novel about mob necromancers with Choice of Games.

Schedule for the day:

• 12:00pm — Arrival & lunch served

• 12:30pm — Introduction to Twine, followed by coding and discussion time

• 6pm — Event ends

If you don't have your own laptop: Please come anyway — we can pair you up with someone who does have a laptop. We’re all super friendly and often pair together.

If you're new to the group: We know it can be difficult to join a new social group, so we offer a Buddy Scheme to make it easier; one of our team will meet you before the event starts, and then help introduce you to the group. See our Buddy Scheme page (https://github.com/qcldn/docs/blob/master/buddy.md) for more information.

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If you'd rather just come and work on your own stuff, that's fine too. Bring your personal projects, your ideas, even your homework! This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your own projects.

If you're not sure what to work on but would like the chance to practice and develop your skills, we will have experts on hand to give you suggestions and help.

As well as coding, there will be plenty of time to meet other queer developers.

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Accessibility:

The building is located in a large square. It can be a little difficult to find. The building has a large glass front and a large purple sign reading “ZPG”.

Come to Copper Row via Lafone Street to have access to a ramp to the building. It’s easy to miss but it definitely exists! This will also negate the need to use stairs to get up to the entrance.

If you come from another direction (Copper Row via Horselydown Lane), walk to the very end and walk up the steps. The door will be on your right.

Although there is a small lift to get up the 8 or so stairs from the outside of the building to the front entrance, we cannot guarantee its use on the day.

We’ll be in the cafe area on the first floor. There are lifts inside the building to get up there, as well as a staircase.