Make your first Story

Story · about 10 minutes

A Story puts your player in the lead role. They read a scene, choose what they do, and the story bends around them. Perfect for “I woke up inside my favorite novel”, second-lead rewrites, and anything where one person's choices should change the ending.

1Pick Story and describe it

Open Create and choose Story. Tell YAM who your player is, who they meet, and what they're trying to change.

Try this

“I wake up as the second female lead in a palace romance web-novel. In the original I die in chapter 10. This time I rewrite the ending. The crown prince, his cold guard, and the scholar who knows the plot too.”

The Create page composer with Story selected — Create, with Story picked.

2Read the draft

YAM drafts the premise, the cast, the opening and the endings. Tap View in Build when the summary appears in Chat.

3Shape the cast

In Cast, tap a character to open their sheet. A Story has one simple cast, with no Datable groups. Give each person Wants, Fears and a Secret, and a line or two in Speech examples so they sound like themselves.

TipSpeech examples do more than any description. Write two lines they would actually say, in their words.

A Story character sheet: the original portrait drawn at build, Their edit and Personality — A Story character sheet. No portrait yet: YAM draws an original one in your art style when you build.

4Write the opening

Tap Opening scene. Put the place first, then the tension, then the hook. Add 2 to 4 Choices. A Story also has Welcome lines: the first things the cast says to your player.

5Decide how it ends

Tap Structure to choose whether your story has an ending, how long it runs, and the key beats it should hit along the way.

Then tap Endings. Each ending is a Badge (the name players earn, like “Rewrote Fate”) and How it triggers (what has to be true to get it). Two or three endings are plenty for a first story.

The Structure sheet: control model, whether it ends, length, scenes and checkpoints — Structure sets how the story runs. Endings are the badges players earn.

The Endings sheet: each ending with a Badge and How it triggers — Structure sets how the story runs. Endings are the badges players earn.

6Build, play, share

Pick an Art style in Look, tap Build, then Test play. When it feels right, tap Publish and copy your link.

Before you share

The premise speaks to the player as "you"

The opening ends on a choice that matters

Every ending can actually be reached

Questions creators ask

Can a Story have hidden secrets like a Sim?

Yes. Ask YAM in Chat to add a hidden thread. Once one exists, Hidden threads shows up under Story on Build.

Can players become someone in my story?

Yes. Ask YAM to add identity questions. Players answer them when they start, and each answer gives them a role and a starting bond.

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