Styling: give your work its own look

Three kinds of story styling

• Interface styling: layout, colors, cards and decoration of the play screen, with a live preview.
• Opening styling: the page players see before play starts, with art and an introduction.
• Event styling: how story events, status feedback and interactions look; pairs with the output format.

All three are under Play › Beautify. The default portrait layout already works; change it when you want a distinct look.

Character card styling

• Appearance: character theme, message layout, phone style, chat background and phone wallpaper — just pick.
• Global styling: the whole chat page, including message kinds (e.g. letters the character writes) and display rules. Advanced authors can draw the entire chat with their own code.
• Intro page: shown at the top of the chat history — good for a character intro, world summary and status. It can be copied from the opening page.
• Opening page: the page before the chat starts.
• Panels: with variables on, the panels that show them.
• Stickers & images: what the character can send in chat.

The styling AI: say how it should look

1. 1
   Save the work first

   The styling AI reads saved settings, so save a new work once.
2. 2
   Describe the look

   e.g. “Old letter paper, cream background, the character’s lines in vertical brush script.” Start from scratch or build on the current styling.
3. 3
   Refine as you go

   It is a conversation: look at the preview and say what to change next. Undo a change you do not like; past conversations stay one tap away.