Working with Sequences

Overview

Sequences are groups of scenes that are essential for organizing your story into manageable narrative segments. This guide covers how to create and configure sequences.

Creating Sequences

Sequences and scenes are intrinsically linked. A scene cannot exist without also creating a Sequence.

The first sequence in your story is created by default. It is the Entry Point of yours story and cannot be deleted. This sequence is labeled "Intro".

Sequences are also created when filling Interaction Points resulting from an Interaction Moment. These sequences carry the label of the Interaction Point.

When you create a Scene through the Toolbar, a "Loose Sequence" is created, with a single scene as a starter. This sequence can then fit into the story wherever you need it. If the loos sequence is never connected, it won't show up in the preview document or be part of the flow of your story.

Lastly, whenever you disconnect a Scene from an existing sequence, this separates that scene to it's own, new, Loose Sequence.

Sequence Connections

In Map Canvas View, if your sequence is unconnected at the end, the very last scene of your sequence has a connection indicator at the bottom.

This button allows you to connect that sequence to another sequence in the story. This can be a Loose Sequence, or another sequence that is already connected to other interaction moments.

NOTE: Connecting Sequences to Sequences that happen earlier in your graph, can create undesired loops. You can debug and test yours story to find this issues.

Next Steps

Now that you understand scenes and sequences, learn about Interactions to branch your narrative flow.