How to persist variables across multiple Ink stories (Variable Observer) | Unity + Ink tutorial

In this video, I show how to persist variables across multiple Ink stories using a Variable Observer.

As an added bonus, I also show how to use the system to change something in the game based on something that happens in the Ink dialogue.

This can be used to add cause/effect between Ink stories and also to change things in the game depending on variables set in the Ink dialogue file.

Thank you for watching and I hope the video was helpful! 🙂

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0:00 Intro
1:09 How it's going to work
3:47 Setting up the globals ink file
6:24 Creating the variable observer
9:00 Initializing the dictionary
11:07 Maintaining the dictionary
12:19 Referencing the dictionary
14:09 Outro

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