Need help to choose story format

berrih

Hello,
I am a bit new to Twine and I am not sure which format to choose for my story. My main need is to be able to change the image for each passage, and a little formatting (font). What would you suggest?
And could you assist me to change the image in each passage?
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
Best,
Carole

Chapel

Either SugarCube or Harlowe should work for you; I'd go with whatever one you prefer as far as syntax and basic appearance. For reference, here's how the features you mentioned would look in Harlowe 2.0.0 and SugarCube 2.14.0:


Changing Fonts:

Either:

/* In Style Sheet: */
.blah {
  font-family: "Times New Roman";
 }

<!-- in passage: -->
<span class="blah">Text goes here.</span>

Or:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Text goes here.</span>

Harlowe 2.0.0:

(font: "Times New Roman")[Text goes here.]

SugarCube 2.14.0:

@

Using Images:

Harlowe 2.0.0:

Basic:

<img src="path.to/img/url.jpg"> <!-- html <img> tags also work in SugarCube -->

Link:

[[<img src="path.to/img/url.jpg">|passage]]
(link: '<img src="path.to/img/url.jpg">')[(goto: 'passage')]

SugarCube 2.14.0:

Basic:

[img[path.to/img/url.jpg]]

Link:

[img[path.to/img/url.jpg][passage]]

Changing the image in each passage is as simple as just including different code in each passage:

::passage1
<img src="image1">
<!-- or [img[image1]] in SugarCube -->

::passage2
<img src="image2">
<!-- or [img[image2]] in SugarCube -->

One final note: I recommend using Harlowe 2.x or SugarCube 2.x, not the earlier versions. These older versions are available in Twine 2 only for people who've already started projects in those formats and are too far along to change. There's really no good reason to start a brand new project in SugarCube 1.x or Harlowe 1.x.

Deadshot

i think that harlowe is the sort of noob format, seeing as its the default one

greyelf

You can also control which background image is shown using passage tags and related CSS in the Story Stylesheet area.

a. Harlowe (v1.x or 2.x): I suggest reading all of the Basic Harlowe Passage Tag Based Styling thread.
You would add a background-image property like the following to each of your CSS selectors:

background-image: url('forest-bg.jpg');

b. SugarCube (v1.x or 2.x) I suggest reading the Tagged Stylesheet Warning section of it's documentation.