accelerator-core/lib/ink/inkjs/templates/nodejs/index.js

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var Story = require('inkjs').Story;
var fs = require('fs');
var readline = require('readline');

//load the ink file
var inkFile = fs.readFileSync('./intercept.ink.json', 'UTF-8').replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');

//create a new story
var myStory = new Story(inkFile);

//start reading and writting to the console
var rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout
});

continueToNextChoice();

function continueToNextChoice(){
	//check we haven't reached the end of the story
	if (!myStory.canContinue && myStory.currentChoices.length === 0) end();
	
	//write the story to the console until we find a choice
	while (myStory.canContinue){
		console.log(myStory.Continue());
	}
	
	//check if there are choices
	if (myStory.currentChoices.length > 0){
		for (var i = 0; i < myStory.currentChoices.length; ++i) {
			var choice = myStory.currentChoices[i];
			console.log((i + 1) + ". " + choice.text);
		}
		
		//prompt the user for a choice
		rl.question('> ', (answer) => {
			//continue with that choice
			myStory.ChooseChoiceIndex(parseInt(answer) - 1);
			continueToNextChoice();
		});
	}
	else{
		//if there are no choices, we reached the end of the story
		end();
	}
}

function end(){
	console.log('THE END');
	rl.close();
}