App for practicing a branching dialogue

October 14, 2017 8:24 AM

For a piece of interactive theatre, I need to memorize a branching dialogue. (IE, I ask a series of questions, but each question depends on an audience member's answer to the previous one.) I would like an iOs or web-based app that can help me practice, by playing the part of the audience member and giving me random answers. Alas, while there many apps to help actors learned fixed scripts, I don't know any that can handle this kind of branching dialogue. Do you?

Just as an example, my first question might be "Are you here to see the king?"

If the audience member says "Yes," my second question would be "Did you bring his crown?"

But if they answer "No" to "Are you here to see the king?" then my second question would be "Well, are you here to see the queen?"

And then the dialogue would keep branching from there, with each "yes" or "no" I received.

posted by yankeefog to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

If the answer is always yes or no, you should be able to practice by flipping a coin. But I also found several "yes" and "no" generators.
posted by gideonfrog at 8:51 AM on October 14, 2017

Best answer: This sounds like it would be very easy to do in Twine.
posted by Lorc at 9:07 AM on October 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

Was gonna say Twine. Perfect for this.
posted by Ted Maul at 10:20 AM on October 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks, Lorc and Ted Maul! I'll check out Twine. Looks like it's just what I need.

(And sorry if I wasn't clear, Gideonfrog-- I don't need something to generate "Yes" or "No." I need something to check if I'm asking the right questions at the right time!)
posted by yankeefog at 2:19 AM on October 15, 2017