No "software" per se, this was just done in raw HTML and some JS by hand. I don't recommend that at all because even at this scale it became massively unwieldly and bug-prone. If you're looking to make a wiki-like, you might have success with something like TiddlyWiki, but I don't have much experience using it myself. Twine might be an option as well, but in either case you'll probably need some custom frameworks to have things like comments and edit histories.
The book was written like any book is and typeset in Illustrator. I'd recommend using InDesign instead if you have access to it; Illustrator isn't really designed for book typsetting, but it's workable if you know how to use it.
Ohhhhh... this is SICK. I love this. This is a work of ergodic fiction in the tradition of S, A Collection of Improving Exercises, House of Leaves etc. Making this must not have been easy. My own (more web-based) attempt took me more than a year. :D
hey, just checked out your thing - oh my goodness, it's fantastic! i haven't read through it all or even attempted the first puzzle but its so good and just a bit horrifying too. thanks for sticking this here, the effort and time you put into it shows clearly!!!
the sheer breadth and variety of the content, the initial confusion that (what i think) all good ergodic works possess as you sort through different layers of reality... ooough i cant wait to dedicate hours of my life to this@!
fucking fantastic… how does one even make something like this? even just rotating this book in my head feels like im being tricked by you. get out of my head!
i've only just finished reading it, so i'm a little lost for words to be honest. you've done such a fantastic job of weaving all these distinct ideas together in such a digustingly natural form that i'm having trouble trying to keep the full picture in my head.
really, well fucking done. i hope at some point i get the opportunity to read more of your work.
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I am intensely inspired, thank you.
holy shit this is amazing, and i haven't even read the pdf yet
HUGE respect for putting this out for free
this is super cool, I stayed up until midnight reading the whole thing lol
i can’t say i understand it, but to fans of this sort of thing, it’s probably really good.
Super interesting! As an aspiring gamemaker, can I ask what software you used to make this?
No "software" per se, this was just done in raw HTML and some JS by hand. I don't recommend that at all because even at this scale it became massively unwieldly and bug-prone. If you're looking to make a wiki-like, you might have success with something like TiddlyWiki, but I don't have much experience using it myself. Twine might be an option as well, but in either case you'll probably need some custom frameworks to have things like comments and edit histories.
The book was written like any book is and typeset in Illustrator. I'd recommend using InDesign instead if you have access to it; Illustrator isn't really designed for book typsetting, but it's workable if you know how to use it.
tbf, worm-tongue is by definition a slur, whether or not "academics" recognize it.
brilliant
good lird this is awesome
truly brilliant and an incredible amount of work. the scanning artifacts in the book are my favourite detail. great job!!
Completely staggering bit of business right here
brilliant. sending this to the anthropology students group chat
Ohhhhh... this is SICK. I love this. This is a work of ergodic fiction in the tradition of S, A Collection of Improving Exercises, House of Leaves etc. Making this must not have been easy. My own (more web-based) attempt took me more than a year. :D
hey, just checked out your thing - oh my goodness, it's fantastic! i haven't read through it all or even attempted the first puzzle but its so good and just a bit horrifying too. thanks for sticking this here, the effort and time you put into it shows clearly!!!
the sheer breadth and variety of the content, the initial confusion that (what i think) all good ergodic works possess as you sort through different layers of reality... ooough i cant wait to dedicate hours of my life to this@!
I'm glad you found it interesting :DD
Insane effort, I'm not done with the novel yet but WOW
honestly speechless. there are so many layers to this. incredible...
fucking fantastic… how does one even make something like this? even just rotating this book in my head feels like im being tricked by you. get out of my head!
i've only just finished reading it, so i'm a little lost for words to be honest. you've done such a fantastic job of weaving all these distinct ideas together in such a digustingly natural form that i'm having trouble trying to keep the full picture in my head.
really, well fucking done. i hope at some point i get the opportunity to read more of your work.
i'm amazed at how much work was put into this, and how genuinely enjoyable you made diet of worms lol. i am now a diet of worms defender
incredible...
I was ready to give this 5 stars even before I noticed the pdf. This is so much
who wrote and typeset a fucking novel
me bitch