Learn Hypstory
Hypstory is a tool for creating interactive texts. If you focus on writing rather than programming Hypstory is for you.
This learn section helps you master Hypstory and write stories with it. The articles about commands and features explain everything in detail along with interactive examples for you to play with.
Commands & Features
Basics
The three most important ingredients of a Hypstory are cards, paragraphs, and links. Once you know how to use them you can write awesome stories. Pick up all the other stuff later when you feel the need to.
Advanced Links
Links make your Hypstory interactive. While basic navigation links are all you need to write compelling stories, Hypstory also provides advanced links and features for richer interactions.
Line Manipulation
With Hypstory you can create individual reading experiences by structuring and reorganizing your text randomly or based on your reader's decisions.
- Shuffle
A shuffle line randomly changes the order of lines below. ...
- Pick
The pick line works like drawing numbers in a lottery. That means it ...
- Randomize
The randomize line is all about probabilities – the odds of a bet, the ...
- Include
Include lines are placeholders for cards inside other cards. They let you ...
Values
Values in Hypstory make it possible to store information based on your reader's decisions. You can use this information to manipulate your text, or to calculate and output results.
- Switch
Switch lines are a simple way to store yes-no-information in Hypstory: Has ...
- Store Value
Store value lines let you save numbers and pieces of text for later use: ...
- Generate Value
Hypstory can generate special values for you. In some ways they are ...
- Print Value
There are two ways to print stored values and generated values directly ...
- Check
Check lines test switches and values: Is the lightswitch on? Is a ...
- Check...Else
Else lines make either-or checks easier to understand and write. In ...
Text Layout
When your Hypstory gets displayed the text is already layouted and optimized for reading on a screen. In addition to that you can modify the appearance of the text through formatting.
Currently, you can only use basic text formatting. Stay tuned for more formatting and styling features.
Workflow
Hypstory comes with a few features and best practices to support the writing process and enhance the workflow.
- Comment
Comments are a way to structure and annotate source text. You can use them ...
- Masking
Masking prevents Hypstory tags from being processed. ...
- Story Meta
Meta is a way to include context information in your Hypstory, such as the ...
- Notes
Notes blocks are containers for anything you would like to jot down while ...