===== Twine 2 Guide ===== ==== First Things First ==== Whether you're new to Twine or a veteran Twine 1 user, please take a look at the pages below before you begin. They contain essential information that, if you're not aware of them, **can cause you to lose your work**. * [[What Can You Build With Twine|What Can You Build With Twine?]] \\ A short introduction. * [[Getting Started]] \\ How to install Twine and get up and running with it. * [[Where Your Stories Are Saved]] \\ Please read this before you start working! ==== Learning Twine 2 ==== * [[How to Create Your First Story]] \\ If you've never used Twine before, start here. * [[What's New in Twine 2]] \\ If you're an old hand, this will tell you what's been changed. * [[How to Choose a Story Format]] \\ Not sure what to make of Harlowe, Snowman, and SugarCube? * [[How to Create Links]] \\ From one passage to another. * [[How to Format Text]] \\ Bold, italics, and all that good stuff. * [[How to Use a Macro]] \\ Print, If/Else (Conditionals), and other useful macros * [[How to Review Your Story]] \\ Almost done? Here are some suggestions on making proofreading easy. ==== I want to... ==== * [[Add Stats, RPG Battles, or Just Plain Random Events]] * [[Add an Inventory System]] * [[Change the Font, Colors, or Appearance]] * [[Add an Image, Movie, Sound Effect, or Music]] * [[Add HTML]] * [[Collaborate with Someone Else]] * [[Publish My Work]] * [[Add My Work to the IFDB]] ==== Reference ==== * [[The Story List]] \\ The Twine home page, which shows all the stories you're working on. * [[The Story Map]] \\ Where you make changes to your stories. * [[Editing Passages]] \\ Entering text and adding tags. * [[Finding and Replacing Text]] \\ Changing text in passages quickly. * [[Setting A Story's Title and Format]] \\ These control your story's appearance and behavior. * [[Playing, Testing, Proofing, and Publishing Stories]] \\ Ways to share and test your stories. * [[Adding Custom JavaScript and CSS]] \\ How to customize your story above and beyond what story formats provide.