fractive/doc/source/start.md

Fractive is a hypertext authoring tool, primarily intended for the creation of interactive fiction.

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# What is Fractive?

Fractive is a hypertext authoring tool, primarily intended for the creation of interactive fiction.

Stories are written in [Markdown](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet), and (optional) game logic is added with [Javascript](https://www.javascript.com). The results are kind of like [Twine](https://twinery.org/2/), but the authoring process is very different.

Fractive has three core goals:

- Keep story text readable, unencumbered by the details of scripted game logic and with minimal additional syntax
- Don't require any scripting at all for basic "choose your own adventure" style games, and use complete, standard Javascript for custom/advanced game logic
- Compile finished stories to portable HTML which can be played on any (reasonable) browser, platform, and device

# Conventions

Throughout this documentation you'll see some links with symbols next to them:

{icon-external-link} indicates a link to something outside this guide. This will open in a new tab/window.

{icon-inline-link} appears on links which expand in-place to reveal more detailed information about the topic.

# Support

Fractive is maintained on GitHub at [https://github.com/invicticide/fractive](https://github.com/invicticide/fractive)

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed [here](https://github.com/invicticide/fractive/issues) (you will need a GitHub account). Please do a quick search for your issue before filing, to prevent duplicates.

# License

Fractive is licensed under [AGPL-3.0+](https://github.com/invicticide/fractive/blob/dev/license.md).

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