@aaronoleary @iranthi_gomes I'm a big fan of choose-your-own-adventure and that's one of the ways I describe Touchgram to people - they can build up a multi-page message which goes to different pages depending on the gesture or area they touch. I've not pushed this hard in public yet because of a couple more features I want to add to make writing them easier. Touchgram pages currently just have one big picture as a background. Coming soon is an update to make it easy to compose pages *within* Touchgram including adding overlay text and long-form formatted text as a scrolling section. That way people won't need to put all their pages into the camera roll. Have you considered importing from existing tools for interactive fiction, such as Ink, Twine or Texture? See - https://steemit.com/programming/... - https://emshort.blog/how-to-play... as a great starting point

@iranthi_gomes No no it's all good, don't worry at all, awesome idea by the way! :D

@andydentperth1 Hi Andy, apologies about the late reply. I gave Touchgram a go and it was fun! I had a bit of trouble figuring it out initially but then I went through this https://medium.com/touchgram/bir.... It would be great if you could add a simple tutorial in the beginning. Would there be a way to get it on to WhatsApp as well? Yes, it would be great to import story content but that would be down the line once we start a building a community. We decided to call it Netstory. You can give it a look here https://netstory.io/ :) You can add images and videos for your interactive story for the moment and we'll soon be adding audio as well for sounds and voice artists. Would love to know what you think :)

@iranthi_gomes thanks for your advice on Touchgram. Now that the v1.2 push for Makers Festival is over (it's live on the App Store) I'll be putting up videos and better walkthroughs. In particular, v1.2 added the big feature of being able to open sounds from other apps in Touchgram and copy sounds from macOS (formerly via iTunes sharing). Those are quite complicated things for people who aren't used to sharing documents between apps so need a walkthrough. I *love* the aesthetic of Netstory - that opening background mixes a relaxing feel from watercolor with warmth from the glowing lanterns. Already got severely distracted following a couple of stories. Does using the chatbot make it easier to deliver?

@andydentperth1 Yeah a walkthrough is going to be very helpful. Will check the new version :) Glad to hear you enjoyed it! :) Looking forward to adding more stories. Yeah using the chatbot solution helped with all the main functionalities, we just had to remove parts that didn't apply and added a few more on top to make it more suitable.

@camille_franceschi1 Aweeeeeesome cannot wait to see what you build!

@aaronoleary It's the first time I do a maker festival what does "submission" means? We submit our product on PH on the usual way?

@camille_franceschi1 Hey Camille, submissions mean you submit here producthunt.com/makers-festival/wfh, there will be a form there if you registered during the window :)

@abadesi same man same. Had to completely dump IG. And I’m consuming Twitter in heavy moderation. Need mental quiet during these times tbh

@antdke yeah I've been trying - and failing - to stick to screen time limits on my devices. Definitely using Flux way more and trying to do non work things that don't need a screen like drawing or reading a book. Hard though!

@abadesi yeah, any effort in the right direction is good any good books you’re reading rn? If you’re into math, I found a good explainer book called “Bayesian Statistics: The Fun Way”. It’s good stuff so far. It’s making all the math stuff I used to hate less scary lol

@abadesi ahhh hopefully what we made will help a little bit with that: https://love-in-pandemics.netlif... 🥰

@david_braun1 No that's not it, we just want to give makers a good timeframe to build :)

@aaronoleary is it allowed to post the project on PH before the end of the program or will that disqualify it? Will it be posted then automatically as part of the makers festival?

@andrefuchs Woooo! Any idea of what to build? :D

@payrequest They will be featured on a dedicated separate voting page, but you can for sure post to the main website after the festival!

@david_hersey Hey David! You could totally make a new discussion here asking if anyone wants to team up. The more the merrier!

@andydentperth1 It can be both, aslong as you are still looking working on the product from before :)

@aaronoleary I'm getting a "Registrations for the Makers Festival have ended!" message when I try to submit a project. Just me?

@musingmurmurs Hey that would happen if you did not register in time before the submission period. We closed registrations on Wednesday however I will get you in now :)

@musingmurmurs You should now be able to submit your project :)

@aaronoleary just realized we didn't register. Is it possible to get us in?