In a YAML text: | block, line breaks are preserved.

Use +n+ for an explicit line break in formats that do not support real new lines.

When content inside [[ and ]] is not an image URL, it becomes a framed text block.

text: "[[Memo: the key is in the library.]]"

texte: |
  ```diff
  - old rule
  + new rule
  ```
 
  ```python
  def roll_dice(faces):
      return random.randint(1, faces)
  ```

Supported languages: diff, yaml, python, js, json, bash, and every language handled by highlight.js on web and desktop. On Discord, they fall back to a plain code block.

With markdown: story, semantic blocks get a dedicated visual rendering:

text: |
  ```narration
  The fog thickens between the trees.
  ```
 
  ```dialogue
  **The stranger**: You should not have come.
  ```
 
  ```thought
  *He is lying.*
  ```
 
  ```system
  Objective updated: find the bell.
  ```
 
  ```journal
  Night 14. Third sleepless night.
  ```

Supported story blocks include narration, dialogue, thought, system and journal.

text:
  - "Normal text"
  - size: 28
    font: Georgia
    text: "A 28 px Georgia title"
  - size: 14
    font: monospace
    background: "#111827"
    text-color: "#facc15"
    text: "A styled badge"

- id: night_room
  background: "#0d1117"
  text-color: "#f5f0d8"
  text: "The room is dark."

Set in the scenario header, it wraps all room texts:

Double braces can also make a word, phrase or picture interactive:

text: "The %%{{door:?An old door.}}%% is locked."
text: "Touch the %%{{lever:@pull_lever}}%%."
text: "Drop the %%{{key:>key}}%% onto the %%{{door:$door}}%%."

See Interactive tooltips, Clickable elements and Drag & drop.

Tiles and grids use the extended picture syntax: Tiles and tilemaps.

[[ROOM:n]] inserts the narrative content of room number n where you write it. Useful for a recurring description or reply, written only once.

texte: "The corridor goes on.[[ROOM:12]]"

The French form is [[SALLE:n]]. Circular references are detected and stopped: a room cannot include itself, directly or indirectly.

The reference works on the web, in the desktop application and in an HTML5 export. Discord, the Terminal and the PDF show the referenced text in their usual linear form.

To build a conversation rather than plain text, see Dialogues and sequences.