===== 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.