How it works

Your story is a bunch of blocks joined by arrows.

Every block is one page. An arrow is where the reader can go next.

Two arrows out of a block? Now the reader has to choose. Muahaha.

Basically

• Green starts the story. Only one, please.
• White is the middle. As many as you want (up to 100).
• Red is an ending. Happy, sad, exploded, your call.

Build it

1. Drag a green Starting block from the top-right onto the sheet.
2. Drag in some white Story blocks and red Ending blocks.
3. Flip on a Connector switch, click a block, then click where it leads. Zap, arrow.
4. Double-click a block to write its page. Type what the choice buttons say, too.
5. Hit to play it, or to read it like a real book.

Handy tricks

• Get around: drag the background. Zoom: scroll or pinch.
• Rename a block: click it once. Enter to keep, Esc to cancel.
• Grab a bunch: Shift + click them, or Shift + drag a box. Then drag them all at once.
• Right-click a block to Duplicate it, Delete it, or give it Functions. What the heck are those?
• Right-click a choice on a page for the fancy stuff: Remember, Inventory, Journal and Multiple outcomes.
• Bin it: click an arrow to delete it. Drop a block on the library to delete that.
• Oops? ⌘ + Z undoes it. ⌘ + Shift + Z brings it back.
• Right-click the button to pick backgrounds for Book Mode.

On Windows, use Ctrl instead of ⌘. Esc closes most things, including this.

Remember

The story's brain

Makes the story keep track of a number or a word. You can Change it (add or take away) or Set it to something.

Use it to count gold, lives, friends, or how many times the reader insulted the dragon.

Inventory

The reader's pockets

Gives the reader an item, or takes it away. They can see everything they carry at the top of the page.

Losing the sandwich is a valid plot twist. A tragic one.

Journal

The diary

The place where you can make people write down their emotional problems and anger issues.

(OK, technically you write the entries and the reader collects them in their Journal tab. Still counts.)

Remove all stats

The big red reset button

When the reader lands on this block: poof. Everything they remembered, carried and wrote down is gone.

Great for time travel, bad dreams, and getting hit on the head with a frying pan.

Multiple outcomes

The plot-twist machine

(For choices and Continue buttons.) The same button leads somewhere different depending on what the reader remembers or has in their pockets.

Has the key? Treasure. No key? The door laughs at you. You get a yellow-green arrow for the "otherwise" way.