This is a complete Squiffy story. Play it on the right, or change the text on the left and watch it update.
Links in [[double brackets]] move the story on to a new section. Links in [single brackets] show a passage, a little more text within the same section. That’s all you need to get started.
Write in plain text
Write your story as ordinary text, and add links where the player makes a choice. There’s no programming needed.
Format your text with Markdown, for bold, italics, lists and more, or use HTML when you need complete control. See Basic concepts.
Choices that matter
Use attributes to remember what the player has done, then show different text depending on their choices, their score, or which parts of the story they’ve already seen.
Add variety with random text, rotating links and text that updates itself.
Bring your story to life
Make text appear with a typewriter effect, fade in, or slide in from below, or let the reader click to continue at their own pace. See Animation.
Ask for the player’s name, or any other input, with built-in validation.
Write anywhere
The editor runs in your web browser, with nothing to install and no account to create. Install it to your device and it works offline, too.
A downloadable desktop app is coming soon, in Squiffy 7.
Prefer your own text editor? Use the command-line tool instead.
Plays on any device
Your finished story runs in the player’s web browser, on phones, tablets and computers alike. There’s nothing for them to download or install.
Players’ progress is saved automatically, so they can close the page and come back later to carry on where they left off.
Share with the world
Squiffy creates plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript, so you can publish your story to textadventures.co.uk, itch.io, your own website, or anywhere else that hosts web pages.
You can even export it as a single HTML file, to share however you like.
See what other people are making in the catalogue of Squiffy games.
Extend with JavaScript
When you need more, add JavaScript to any section or passage, create your own helpers and animations, or embed your story in your own web page or app.
It's free - and so are you
Squiffy is free and open source, licensed under the MIT License.
The stories you make are yours, to share or to sell. You don’t need to ask for permission - you already have it.
New to Squiffy? Start with Getting Started. Coming from Squiffy 5? Start with What’s New in Squiffy v6.
