Twine is a software library used by developers to create interactive text-based games. Harkening back to the days of "Choose Your Own Adventure", Twine allows users an accessible way to start making games. I discuss how we can use this framework to also create more engaging "self-service" documentation.

1. Interactive Documentation in
Twine
Al Nelson
SF Write the Docs Meetup
March 29, 2016

2. What is Twine?
● “An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories” (twinery.org)
● Sort of like “choose your own adventure”
● Users make choices to direct the flow of the story

3. How can I use it for documentation?
● “That’s all fine and good, but how does that help me?”
● When a customer has a question, they will usually go through a series of steps
(almost without realizing it) to find their answer
● These steps can be modeled in a choice-based architecture like Twine
● Good for:
○ Question and answer, flow-chart style processes
● Not good for:
○ Highly nuanced information

4. Demo!
http://philome.la/musegarden/interactive-documentation-with-twine/play