β± Quick tour of Celestory
Example link: https://creator.celestory.io/project/0obigSV4M
π Getting Started
A Celestory app consists of π± graphs and its 𧩠blocks defining the logic and π menu pages.
You can preview the app by clicking on Play the current module on the top bar.
The current graph will be played.
To launch the app from the menu, leave your mouse on this button and click on one of the menus scrolling.
π± The graph and 𧩠the blocks
Each graph is a representation of a logic where the flow passes through blocks each having actions on the app, always starting from a block π© Start on the left.
Each block therefore consists of an βΆ arrow entry and exit arrow βΆ.
You can create blocks by maintaining the exit arrow and extending the link to an area empty. A contextual menu offers you to create a block.
To change the content of a block, double click on it to open its editing window.
Modify the content and close this window to validate.
More information:
π¨βπ« Anatomy of a block
Different blocks
π Menu pages
Go to the Main Menu of the project (the button blue at the top left and click on "Menus".
In the window for editing menu pages, you cancan modify each page with elements:
texts, images, buttons opening other menu pages, buttons Start to launch a graph or
Layouts to create menu subpages.
You can create other menus by clicking on Add.
There are 3 types of menus:
- Page: a full screen page.
- ATH: a persistent menu that can be displayed when a graph is launched.
- Overlay: an overlay menu.
More information:
π Create menu & pages
π¨ Customize the design
You can change the design of several elements of your app:
π Menu pages
Click on the π icon of an item to customize it design.
π± the graph and 𧩠the blocks
A Celestory project is composed of Modules, which are Chapters containing graphs that share the same properties:
Click on Module Settings on the top bar to change the name, the characters (linked to the block Dialogue) but also the App Style and the Style of the blocks.
π¨ Publish your app
Click on Publish on the top bar to publish your app in many formats.
The default format is the "Direct Link" which host your app automatically and create a url that you can share immediately.
More information:
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Updated on: 20/10/2021
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