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.]]"

text: |
  ```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"

These keys apply to the whole block on Web and Desktop; Discord and Terminal ignore them. Use inline Markdown to style a single word.

- 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."
  - "Touch the {{lever:@pull_lever}}."
  - "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.

text: "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.

[[choice_vertical]] lists the current room's choice aliases on separate lines. [[choice_horizontal]] separates them with “/”. The French forms [[choix_vertical]] and [[choix_horizontal]] work too.

rooms:
  - id: start
    text: |
      What would you like to do?
 
      [[choice_vertical]]
    choices:
      - command: search
        to: chest
      - to: corridor

The list shows “search” and “2”. Without an alias, a choice uses its position in the declared list, usable directly or with go. Edited aliases and added choices are included during play and in the preview. Choices hidden by conditions are omitted; the other choices keep their numbers.

The interactive fiction generator can add this text, numbered aliases and choice buttons. Directional exit text for mazes and dungeons is replaced during generation instead.

A group can carry a condition and style, then contain other text blocks or loops. Styles are inherited; children can override them.

text:
  - if: v_visible_v = 1
    size: 23
    text:
      - for_each: item
        in: bag
        do:
          - text: t_item_t

Declare visible in vars: and bag in lists:. In text or a HUD, loops cannot change data. The usual media are allowed, without pauses or interactions; repetition depends on author conditions and the client's playback rules.

Write media tags in the scenario: [[t_item.image_t]] reads an address. An inserted value such as t_item.name_t stays text even if it contains tags. See Lists and loops. In the editor, Composed content creates this group.