I just finished the first draft of code that will allow users to install a fyrevm story into their browser. One of the issues that comes up is that local storage has a hard limit of 5mb. I’m looking into using IndexedDB, another browser storage mechanism, but I’m not sure if it’s reliably standard.
I hacked a copy of the loaded story from the Chrome debugger below (in JSON format). The storyFile object is an ArrayBuffer containing the ulx file and the quetzal object is the save game state for turn ‘0’.
As the user continues to play, more turn objects would be appended to ‘turnData’.
The ‘key’ is the IFID from the story itself.
Content types are one of text, json, number, or css. More can be added, but the FyreVMWeb/FyreVMMem typescript files would need to be updated to handle that content…or you’d make any new content text/json and handle any further transformation in your own code.
More coming next week!
newStory
{
key: "69DE4C7B-CF54-42E4-A6D1-0DEE7197DB6A",
storyFile: { },
storyInfo: {
debugMode: "",
inform6Library: "6.33",
inform7Build: "6M62",
inform7Library: "6/12N",
releaseNumber: "1",
serialNumber: "161130",
storyAuthor: "The IF Community",
storyCreationYear: "2016",
storyHeadline: "A basic IF demonstration using FyreVM",
storyTitle: "Cloak of Darkness",
strictMode: ""
},
turnData: [
{ bannerContent: "Cloak of Darkness
A basic IF demonstration using FyreVM by The IF Community
Copyright © 2016
Release 1 / Serial number 161130 / Inform 7 Build 6M62 (I6 lib/v6.33 lib 6/12N )
",
command: "",
contentTypes: "1296124238,text,mainContent; 1347571796,text,prompt; 1280262990,text,locationName; 1396920146,number,score; 1414090053,text,time; 1145389380,text,deathContent; 1162757191,text,endGameContent;1414877774,number,turn; 1229866575,json,storyInfo; 1397641044,text,scoreNotify; 1129138004,text,contentTypes;1229343044,text,ifid; 1515864385,text,bannerContent;1515864386,text,prologueContent;",
dateTime: "",
locationName: "Foyer of the Opera House",
mainContent: "
You are standing in a spacious hall, splendidly decorated in red and gold, with glittering chandeliers overhead. The entrance from the street is to the north, and there are doorways south and west.
",
prologueContent: "Hurrying through the rainswept November night, you're glad to see the bright lights of the Opera House. It's surprising that there aren't more people about but, hey, what do you expect in a cheap demo game...?
",
prompt: ">",
quetzal: { },
score: 0,
time: "540",
turn: 1
}
]}