Procedural Generation: Passages + Widgets

There are many different ways to approach procedural generation of content in Twine. This example covers using passages (as storage) and widgets as a method to generate content. This example uses the SugarCube 2.21.0 story format. This is based on the Lesser Key of Solomon (__Clavicula Salomonis Regis__) Example: <blockquote>BAEL- The First Principal Spirit is a King ruling in the East, called Bael. He maketh thee to go Invisible. He ruleth over 66 Legions of Infernal Spirits. He appeareth in diverse shapes, sometimes like a Cat, sometimes like a Toad, and sometimes like a Man, and sometimes all these forms at once. He speaketh hoarsely. This is his character which is used to be worn as a Lamen before him who calleth him forth, or else he will not do thee homage.</blockquote> <<nobr>> <<for _i to 0; _i < 78; _i++>> <<getspiritname>> <<gettool>> <<getanimal>> <<getadjectives>> <<gettalents>> ''(<<print _i + 1>>)'': The spirit $randomSpiritName is a <<print either("Great", "Minor")>> <<print either("King", "Marquis", "Duke", "Prince", "President")>>, appears as $animal, and carries $tool. He $talents. He is found within $adjectives <<print $tag + "s">>. He rules over <<print random(20,600)>> legions of spirits. <</for>> <</nobr>>

<<widget "getspiritname">> <<silently>> <<set _passageContents to Story.get("Spirit Names")>> <<set _passageText to _passageContents.text>> <<set _splitContents to _passageText.split("\n")>> <<set _randomSyllables to random(0,3)>> <<set $randomSpiritName to _splitContents.pluck()>> <<for _k to 0; _k < _randomSyllables; _k++>> <<set _randomNumber to random(0, _splitContents.length-1)>> <<set $randomSpiritName to $randomSpiritName + _splitContents.pluck()>> <</for>> <<set $randomSpiritName to $randomSpiritName.replace(/^\w/, c => c.toUpperCase())>> <</silently>> <</widget>>

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an axe a basket cloth shears a crowbar a hammer a handsaw tongs a mallet a chisel a pitch fork a blade shears a sickle a trowel

an antelope,forest a gazelle,desert a deer,forest a gerbil,forest a panda,forest a giraffe,desert a warthog,forest an elephant,desert a pig,forest an ocelot,forest a tiger,desert a hyena,forest a coyote,forest a mongoose,forest a cheetah,desert a lion,desert a leopard,desert a fox,forest a jackal,forest a badger,forest a jaguar,forest an armadillo,forest an alpaca,forest an anteater,forest an otter,forest a ferret,plain a bobcast,plain an owl,plain a spider,plain a goose,plain

<<widget "gettool">> <<silently>> <<set _passageContents to Story.get("Tools")>> <<set _passageText to _passageContents.text>> <<set _splitContents to _passageText.split("\n")>> <<set _randomTool to _splitContents[random(0, _splitContents.length-1)]>> <<set $tool to _randomTool>> <</silently>> <</widget>>

<<widget "getanimal">> <<silently>> <<set _passageContents to Story.get("Animals")>> <<set _passageText to _passageContents.text>> <<set _splitContents to _passageText.split("\n")>> <<set _line to _splitContents[random(0, _splitContents.length-1)]>> <<set _splitLine to _line.split("\,")>> <<set _randomAnimal to _splitLine[0]>> <<set $tag to _splitLine[1]>> <<set $animal to _randomAnimal>> <</silently>> <</widget>>

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<<widget "gettalents">> <<silently>> <<set _passageContents to Story.get("Talents")>> <<set _passageText to _passageContents.text>> <<set _splitContents to _passageText.split("\n")>> <<set $talents to _splitContents.pluck() + ", " + _splitContents.pluck() + ", and " + _splitContents.pluck()>> <</silently>> <</widget>>

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dense thick natural vast extensive dark primeval deep dry moist ancient open green immense impenetrable rich wet wild humid lush beautiful heavy gloomy huge tall endless distant remote mighty tangled

great sandy vast barren arid high semi open hot dry ill empty flat dreary moral cold stony wide trackless rocky endless wild lonely inhospitable red immense bleak boundless dark bare sterile silent polar dusty harsh terrible lifeless yellow pathless thirsty frightful gray huge

<<widget "getadjectives">> <<silently>> <<set _passageContents to Story.get($tag)>> <<set _passageText to _passageContents.text>> <<set _splitContents to _passageText.split("\n")>> <<set _randomAdjectives to _splitContents.pluck() + ", " + _splitContents.pluck()>> <<set $adjectives to _randomAdjectives>> <</silently>> <</widget>>