How to force users to go through both passages and then to the next?

Question

Hello, I have two twins passages.

Users can click Option A or Option B

If they choose Option A I want them to read and then be linked to option B,

and then if they choose Option B I want them to read the passage then be force to go to Option A so basically they have to go through both passages to get to the next. 

 

So in easier terms:

A stranger hands you a potion and a box.

[[Drink the potion]]

[[Open the box]]

 

If users clicks Drink the potion they restore hp but then they need to open the box.

and if the user opens the box they need to drink the potion next. I already have those two linked together,

but how do I make it so that once they do both they can then pass to the next passage?  

 

Hopefully this makes sense? 

Answer 1

Please use a Question Tag to indicate the name and full version number of the Story Format you are using, as answers can vary based on this information. I will assume you are using Harlowe v3.0.2 as that is the default story format of the more recent versions of the Twine 2.x application.

You can use a combination of the (if:) macro and the (history:) macro to determine if the end-user has visited a specific passage yet, and use that infromation to conditionally display the link to the 'next' passage.

eg. within your Drink the potion passage..

(if: (history:) contains "Open the box")[ [[Next Passage]]]\
(else:)[ [[Open the box]]]

.. and within your Open the box passage..

(if: (history:) contains "Drink the potion")[ [[Next Passage]]]\
(else:)[ [[Drink the potion]]]

 

Comments

Thanks for the input! I'll be sure to make note of that! and ty for the answer as well!
 

I haven't quite gotten that advanced I just started learning twin today so I've really only learned the very very basic commands and haven't gotten into coding or Harlowe

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