This is a create-your-own-adventure story where at each step, the reader chooses what action to take and turns to an appropriate page of the story based on their choice. It is collaborative because it is written one small piece at a time by many authors. To start reading the story, click here.
Each "page" of this story is a separate file. The files are Markdown, which means they are plain text, but with a few special capabilities. The only Markdown capability used in this story is links. By putting text in brackets and a URL in parentheses, you can add a link to the story. For example, the following text would turn "here" into a link to Google: "Click [here](www.google.com) to visit Google."
Try to keep your change small. Part of the fun of a collaborative story is that no one person writes very much of it! On the other hand, please don't add an option and then not add any story for readers who choose that option, or the story will soon be full of dead links. Here are some examples of appropriate changes:
- Add a sentence or two to an existing "page" (file) of the story.
- Add a new option to an existing choice point, and link that option to an existing "page".
- Add a new option to an existing choice point, create a new "page" for that option, and add a sentence or two to the new "page".
- Add a couple of options to a current dead-end "page", and add a "page" or link to an existing "page" for each option.
The links in this file should be relative links so that they will still work if
the repository is forked. View the language.md file for an
example of relative links. (Click the "Raw" button to view the text that
creates the links.) You can also use .. to refer to the parent of the
current directory if necessary.
Try to keep the files that make up the story somewhat organized. A good rule of thumb is to create a new directory for each option, then put the file with the resulting story inside that directory. If you want to add multiple ways of getting to the same point, use your best judgment about how to organize this.
Please keep all lines to 120 characters or fewer. Otherwise, the raw files will be difficult to read in the browser or on the command line, and changes will be harder to review.
Insert blank lines between different options so that the options will be visually separated.
Other than links, please only use plain text in your story and not the other features of Markdown. We want it to be easy to read the raw files even for people who don't know Markdown.