Extra Online Material I: DeCreators' Corner
Step One: Play with Interactive Story-Telling
Twine -Open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. You don't need to write any code to create a simple story with Twine, but you can extend your stories with variables, conditional logic, images, CSS, and JavaScript when you're ready.
Twine publishes directly to HTML, so you can post your work nearly anywhere. Anything you create with it is completely free to use any way you like, including for commercial purposes.
Step Two: Play with Magic, Learn to Program
Bento -Fill in the gaps of knowledge. Learning to code is a lot like learning to cook. You can go through a lot of recipes and learn to make a few specific things, but you’re missing out on the fundamentals that way. There are a lot of “recipes” on how to code, but Bento will teach you the concepts you need for true mastery.
Learn the things that a lot of tutorials simply can't capture. Bento will teach you the concepts to fill in the blanks.
Step Three: Organize and Collaborate with Like Minds
Github -Build software better, together. Powerful collaboration, code review, and code management for open source and private projects... and beyond.
Step Four: Use Crowd-Sourcing to Fund your #Best Efforts, #Artistry, and #Creativity
Patreon -Created to enable fans to support and engage with the artists and creators they love. Empowering a new generation of creators, Patreon is bringing patronage back to the 21st century.