Mentioning a Choice in the Text?

Game Development ChoiceScript Help
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Hi! I just got into coding using ChoiceScript, and I’m getting the hang of some of it. But I was wondering…

Say there is a choice where the player can pick a pet and name it. In later scenes, it is possible to refer to which specific pet they chose in the text (not an option)? Like if they chose a cat, then in a paragraph I write about him petting the cat/dog/insert pet here. Is that possible without having to write different scenes for just that one word?

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Absolutely! Basically, when you *create a variable at the beginning, and then later *set the value, all you have to do is type ${variablename} and the value of that variable will display.

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Yep

*create pet "none"

What type of pet do you have?

*choice
    #Cat
        *set pet "cat"
    #Dog
        *set pet "dog"

You pet your ${pet}.

If you only plan to use it once just use a temp variable instead.

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Thanks so much for the answer! It’s not leading to the next scene, though? For example, this is my choice I had before:

*choice
  #Be polite.
    *set social +5
  #Be suspicious. The Ministry must have found out, and sent their best wizard to deal with you!
    *set oblivious -5
  #Drop your eyes to the ground and nod silently.
    *set social -5
*goto scene1

*label scene1
Which pet would you like?
*choice
  #Cat
    *set pet "cat"
  #Dog
    *set pet "dog"
*goto scene2

*label scene2
You pet your ${pet}.

(Or I tried the:)
*choice
  #Be polite.
    *set social +5
  #Be suspicious. The Ministry must have found out, and sent their best wizard to deal with you!
    *set oblivious -5
  #Drop your eyes to the ground and nod silently.
    *set social -5
*goto_scene pet

(And in a txt file I called "pet")
Which pet would you like?
*choice
  #Cat
    *set pet "cat"
  #Dog
    *set pet "dog"
*goto_scene paragraph

(In a file called paragraph)
You pet your ${pet}.

(I see that the reply is not adding spaces. I have 2 spaces in front of #, and 4 spaces in front of *)

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Oh sorry, I assumed you knew how choice commands work. You need to have a goto or finish in each branch, unless you use the fakechoice command. So

Which pet would you like?

*fake_choice
  #Cat
    *set pet "cat"
  #Dog
    *set pet "dog"
*goto scene2

alternatively

*choice
  #Cat
    *set pet "cat"
    *goto scene2
  #Dog
    *set pet "dog"
    *goto scene2

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Thanks so much, that worked! It’s really taken a weight off my mind. :slight_smile: I’m sorry I didn’t post correctly, thank you so much for the link.