` for text, `
` for an empty line, and each Arcscript segment in its own `` block, with `<` written as `<`. An element passed to `visits()` is written as element mention markup; replace `ELEMENT_ID` with the element ID.
## Introduction
- [Welcome](https://docs.arcweave.com/index.md): Welcome to the Arcweave documentation, with guides, tutorials, integrations, and API references for designing interactive stories and games
- [What is Arcweave?](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/what-is-arcweave.md): What Arcweave is, its design philosophy, why teams use it, and how it works for interactive stories and games
- [Core concepts](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/core-concepts.md): A beginner's map of Arcweave's building blocks—boards, elements, connections, branches, jumpers, components, attributes, variables, and Arcscript—and how they fit together
- [Whom is Arcweave for?](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/whom-is-it-for/overview.md): An overview of Arcweave's application to various workflows
- [Arcweave for Writers & Designers](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/whom-is-it-for/writers-designers.md): How Arcweave applies to the workflow of writers & designers
- [Arcweave for Developers](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/whom-is-it-for/developers.md): How Arcweave applies to the workflow of developers
- [Arcweave for Team Leaders](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/whom-is-it-for/team-leaders.md): How Arcweave applies to the workflow of team leaders
- [Quick tour of Arcweave](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/overview.md): Start the Arcweave quick tour by creating an account, exploring The Castle sample project, and meeting the main tools
- [Create your free account](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/create-account.md): Sign up for a free Arcweave account with email or Google and verify your email address
- [Arcweave interface](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/ui.md): Quick tour of the Arcweave interface, including the Projects section, board area, left sidebar, top menu, and bottom menu
- [Flowchart analysis](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/flowchart.md): How Arcweave flowcharts work, with elements & attachments, connections, jumpers, and branches
- [Play Mode](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/play-mode.md): Quick tour of Play Mode, where you play through your story as a player would and use its top menu
- [Arcweave's AI tools](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/ai.md): Quick tour of Arcweave's AI tools, including the Design Assistant, Element Generator, Element Enhancer, and Image Generator
- [Collaboration](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/collaboration.md): Quick tour of collaboration in Arcweave, with workspace members and guests, real-time co-editing, notes, and comments
- [Share & export](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/share-export.md): Quick tour of sharing projects with collaborators or viewers and exporting them to other formats and game engines
- [Your workspace](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/workspace.md): Quick tour of Arcweave workspaces, including inviting workspace users and changing workspace settings
- [Manage your subscriptions](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/quick-tour/manage-subscriptions.md): Common subscription scenarios, such as upgrading a Basic or Pro workspace and adding users to a workspace
- [Glossary](https://docs.arcweave.com/introduction/glossary.md): Glossary of Arcweave terms—such as board, element, connection, branch, jumper, component, attribute, variable, and Arcscript—with short definitions and links to their full pages
## Tutorials
- [Arcweave tutorials](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/overview.md): Tutorials in video and text introducing you to Arcweave's core and advanced features and integrations
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/overview.md): A beginner's essential, this series of text and video tutorials covers Arcweave's core features
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 1: Arcweave overview](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-1.md): A short overview of the Arcweave project environment in text and video formats
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 2: Your first project](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-2.md): Text & video tutorial on creating your first Arcweave project
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 3: Format text](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-3.md): Text & video tutorial on formatting your project's rich text
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 4: Play Mode functionalities](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-4.md): Text and video tutorial on Arcweave Play Mode features
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 5: Components & icons](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-5.md): Text & video tutorial on Arcweave components and the icon library
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 6: Mentions](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-6.md): Text & video tutorial on Arcweave components and board mentions
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 7: Notes](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-7.md): Text & video tutorial on using Arcweave notes
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 8: Image assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-8.md): Text & video tutorial on using images as assets in Arcweave projects
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 9: Jumpers](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-9.md): Text & video tutorial on using jumpers in Arcweave projects
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 10: Global variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-10.md): Text & video tutorial on using global variables in Arcweave projects
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 11: Branches](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-11.md): Text & video tutorial on using branches to divert the flow in Arcweave projects
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 12: Text with logic](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-12.md): Text & video tutorial on writing conditional text in Arcweave projects
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 13: Functions `show` & `roll`](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-13.md): Text & video tutorial on Arcscript's show and roll functions for displaying text and rolling dice
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 14: Share & export](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-14.md): Text & video tutorial on sharing and exporting your Arcweave project
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 15: Polish the project](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-15.md): Text & video tutorial on polishing the project and tying up loose ends
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 16: Import & export project](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-16.md): Text & video tutorial on importing and exporting Arcweave projects
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 17: More project features](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-17.md): Text & video tutorial on quality-of-life improvements in Arcweave's project environment
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 18: Comments](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-18.md): Text & video tutorial on posting and replying to Arcweave user comments
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 19: Function `visits`](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-19.md): Text & video tutorial on the function that counts element visits
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 20: Advanced connections & labels](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-20.md): Text & video tutorial on advanced functionalities of connections and labels
- [Basic Arcweave tutorial | Part 21: Audio assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/basic/pt-21.md): Text & video tutorial on using audio assets in your Arcweave projects
- [Style Editor tutorials](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/style-editor/overview.md): Tutorials on styling Play Mode with Arcweave's Style Editor and CSS, from basic selectors to a visual novel layout
- [Arcweave CSS basics tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/style-editor/css-basics.md): A tutorial teaching you Arcweave's main CSS selectors and how to target them
- [Visual novel CSS tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/style-editor/css-visual-novel.md): A tutorial teaching you how to style your story as a visual novel using Arcweave's Style Editor and CSS
- [Unity integration tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unity/overview.md): Overview of the tutorial on Arcweave's plugin for Unity
- [Unity tutorial | Part 1: Install & set up](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unity/pt-1.md): Unity tutorial part 1, installing the Arcweave plugin, exporting and importing project data, and connecting it to ArcweavePlayer
- [Unity tutorial | Part 2: Demo scene architecture](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unity/pt-2.md): Unity tutorial part 2, the demo scene hierarchy, the ArcweavePlayer and ArcweavePlayerUI scripts, and the event-driven loop
- [Unity tutorial | Part 3: Arcweave project structure](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unity/pt-3.md): Unity tutorial part 3, how the demo's Arcweave project uses boards, variables, branches, Arcscript, and components
- [Unity tutorial | Part 4: The 3D demo project](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unity/pt-4.md): Unity tutorial part 4, the 3D demo project with its GameManager, NPC dialogue triggers, and extension patterns
- [Unity tutorial | Part 5: Customize the template](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unity/pt-5.md): Unity tutorial part 5, extending the template with new variables, components, and a dialogue board, then re-importing into Unity
- [Unreal Engine integration tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/unreal/overview.md): A tutorial introducing you to Arcweave's plugin for Unreal Engine
- [Godot Engine integration tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/godot/overview.md): A tutorial introducing you to Arcweave's plugin for Godot Engine
- [AI tools tutorial](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/ai-tools/overview.md): Video tutorial on Arcweave's Element Generator, Element Enhancer, Image Generator, and Design Assistant
- [Element Generator / Enhancer](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/ai-tools/element-generator-enhancer.md): Video tutorial on Arcweave's Element Generator, which creates new elements, and Element Enhancer, which refines existing ones
- [Image Generator](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/ai-tools/image-generator.md): Video tutorial on Arcweave's Image Generator, which creates image assets for your project with generative AI
- [Design Assistant](https://docs.arcweave.com/tutorials/ai-tools/design-assistant.md): Video tutorial on Arcweave's Design Assistant, the AI assistant that explores, brainstorms, and edits your project
## Project Items
- [Project items](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/overview.md): Guide to all items used in your Arcweave project and how they relate to each other
- [Boards](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/boards.md): Create, organize, and manage boards and board folders, the canvases that hold your story flowcharts, plus performance and usage tips
- [Elements](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/elements.md): Elements are the board items that hold your story text and build your flowcharts
- [Connections](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/connections.md): Connections link elements, branches, and jumpers into your story flow; create, move, reorder, customize, and reroute them
- [Labels](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/labels.md): Connection labels become option text in Play Mode; create, edit, and position labels and use Arcscript in them
- [Jumpers](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/jumpers.md): Jumpers link to a target element on any board; use cases and how to create, select, and retarget jumpers
- [Notes](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/notes.md): Notes are rich text sticky notes on boards for ideas and reminders; create, edit, resize, and color them
- [Assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/assets/overview.md): How to upload and use assets in Arcweave projects
- [Image assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/assets/images.md): How to add and use images in Arcweave projects
- [Audio assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/assets/audio.md): How to add and use audio in Arcweave projects
- [Video assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/assets/video.md): How to add and use video files in Arcweave projects
- [Components](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/components.md): Components are reusable story objects, such as characters, locations, and items, that store information in attributes
- [Branches](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/branches.md): Branches add conditional logic to flowcharts with if, elseif, and else conditions in Arcscript; create, edit, and connect them
- [Attributes](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/attributes.md): Storing information in boards, components, and elements using attributes
- [Arcscript](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/arcscript.md): Arcweave's scripting language, use, syntax, and functions
- [Variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/overview.md): How to create and use story variables in your Arcweave project
- [Global variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/global.md): How to create, manage, and use project-level variables in Arcweave
- [Board variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/board.md): How to create, manage, and use board-scoped variables in Arcweave
- [Component variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/variables/component.md): How to create, manage, and use component-scoped variables in Arcweave
- [Comments](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-items/comments.md): Create, reply to, resolve, and filter comment threads on boards, with user mentions and comment notifications
## Project Tools
- [Project tools](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/overview.md): Overview of Arcweave's project tools, including the interface, settings, Play Mode, search, history, localization, AI tools, sharing, and export
- [Project interface](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/interface/overview.md): Overview of the Arcweave project interface, including the top menu, bottom menu, left sidebar, and layout on small screens
- [Project top menu](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/interface/top-menu.md): The project top menu with Play Mode, settings, export, sharing, collaborators, Design Assistant, history, localization, comments, and search
- [Project bottom menu](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/interface/bottom-menu.md): The project bottom menu for adding elements, jumpers, branches, notes, and comments, plus pan, select, and zoom controls
- [Project left sidebar](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/interface/left-sidebar.md): The project left sidebar with the Components and Assets tabs, the Boards section with board outlines, and global variables
- [Mouse actions](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/interface/mouse-actions.md): Mouse actions for creating, editing, selecting, panning, and zooming board items in Arcweave projects
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/interface/keyboard-shortcuts.md): Keyboard shortcuts for navigation, selection, element creation, connections, text editing, and Play Mode in Arcweave projects
- [Project Settings](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/settings.md): Project settings for grid, spell checking, input device, board renderer, and AI, plus project properties like hash and word count
- [Arcweave's icon library](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/icon-library.md): Use Arcweave's built-in library of over 4,000 game icons as element and component covers
- [Rich text](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/rich-text.md): Rich text formatting in Arcweave elements, labels, notes, and rich text attributes
- [Mentions](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/mentions.md): Mention components and boards in rich text to link them, and create new components directly from a mention
- [Play Mode](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/play-mode/overview.md): Emulate the player's experience in Arcweave's built-in Play Mode
- [Using Play Mode](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/play-mode/using-play-mode.md): Play your story in Play Mode, set the starting element, choose options, edit content, restart, and change audio and language
- [Debugger](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/play-mode/debugger.md): Playtest your project using Play Mode's debugging features
- [Style Editor](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/play-mode/style-editor.md): Customize Play Mode's appearance using custom CSS
- [Play Mode styling reference](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/play-mode/styling-reference.md): Play Mode DOM structure, CSS selectors, layout defaults, and working examples for the Style Editor, REST API, and MCP
- [Search](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/search.md): Search boards, elements, jumpers, branches, labels, notes, components, and assets across an Arcweave project by ID or content
- [History](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/history.md): Safely view and restore previous versions of your project
- [Localization](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/localization.md): Translate projects into multiple languages, manage languages and translation status, and import or export translation spreadsheets
- [Arcweave's AI tools](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/ai-features/overview.md): Arcweave's AI tools, with access requirements, monthly AI credits and costs, prompt limits, and how to turn AI features off
- [Design Assistant](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/ai-features/design-assistant.md): How to use the AI assistant in your Arcweave projects
- [Element Enhancer](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/ai-features/element-enhancer.md): How to enhance and edit your elements using Arcweave's AI tools
- [Element Generator](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/ai-features/element-generator.md): How to generate elements using Arcweave's AI tools
- [Image Generator](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/ai-features/image-generator.md): How to generate image assets using Arcweave's AI tools
- [Share your project](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/share.md): Give members, guests, and visitors access to a project, share links to items, make projects public, and embed Play Mode
- [Export your project](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/export.md): Export Arcweave projects as JSON, spreadsheets, images, Markdown, PDF, game engine files, or backups, and automate exports
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.arcweave.com/project-tools/troubleshooting.md): Troubleshoot slow board performance by switching the board renderer, checking Chrome extensions, and other editor checks
## Integrations
- [Integrations](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/overview.md): Arcweave integrations, including the MCP server for AI assistants, Unity, Unreal, and Godot plugins, Arcscript interpreters, and the REST API
- [Arcweave MCP server](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/mcp.md): Connect Arcweave to Claude, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, OpenCode, Antigravity, Muse Code, and other AI assistants with the Arcweave MCP server
- [Arcweave JSON](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/json.md): Structure of Arcweave JSON exports, with single- and multi-language formats, rich text, Arcscript, every object type, and an example
- [Unity integration](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/unity.md): Install the Arcweave plugin for Unity, import data into an ArcweaveProjectAsset, run the demo scene, and use the plugin reference
- [Unreal Engine integration](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/unreal.md): Install the Arcweave plugin for Unreal Engine, transfer your project data, and use its main classes, functions, and demo project
- [Godot Engine integration](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/godot.md): Install the Arcweave Godot plugin, import project data, and use its Story and Project classes from C# or GDScript
- [Arcscript interpreters](https://docs.arcweave.com/integrations/arcscript-interpreters.md): Implementing custom Arcweave solutions with the Arcscript interpreters for C++, C#, and TypeScript
## REST API
- [REST API](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/overview.md): Authenticate with Arcweave's REST API for read and write access to your projects
- [Rich text](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/rich-text.md): Supported HTML and validation rules for rich-text REST API fields
- [Localized content](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/localization.md): Locale setup, request formats, and merge behavior for localized REST API writes
- [Projects](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/projects.md): REST API endpoints for listing and managing workspace projects
- [Exports](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/exports.md): REST API endpoints for JSON and engine exports
- [Boards](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/boards.md): REST API endpoints for listing and managing boards and board folders
- [Elements](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/elements.md): REST API endpoints for elements and their components, attributes, audio, and covers
- [Connections](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/connections.md): REST API endpoints for project connections
- [Notes](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/notes.md): REST API endpoints for notes
- [Comments](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/comments.md): REST API endpoint for reading project comment threads and replies
- [Jumpers](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/jumpers.md): REST API endpoints for jumpers
- [Branches and conditions](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/branches.md): REST API endpoints for branches and branch conditions
- [Variables](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/variables.md): REST API endpoints for global variables
- [Assets](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/assets.md): REST API endpoints for asset folders, asset records, and files
- [Components](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/components.md): REST API endpoints for components, component folders, and covers
- [Attributes](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/attributes.md): REST API endpoints for board, element, and component attributes
- [CSS](https://docs.arcweave.com/rest-api/css.md): REST API endpoints for project custom CSS
## Workspaces
- [Workspaces](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/overview.md): What Arcweave workspaces are and their sections for projects, people, roles, settings, and billing
- [Workspace plans](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/billing-plans.md): Compare Basic, Pro, and Team plans and upgrade, downgrade, or change seats, with proration and worked billing examples
- [Workspace list](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/list.md): Open the workspace list to create and switch workspaces; rename or delete them in workspace Settings
- [Workspace projects](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/projects.md): Create, import, duplicate, rename, and delete workspace projects, use project templates, and manage project covers
- [Workspace people](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/people.md): Invite and manage workspace members and guests, handle pending invitations and seats, and change member roles
- [Workspace roles](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/roles.md): Workspace and project roles and permissions for members, guests, and visitors, including custom roles
- [Workspace settings](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/settings.md): Workspace settings for the icon, name, ID, and AI functionality, plus changing the plan or deleting the workspace
- [Workspace billing](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/billing.md): Workspace billing details, including seat cards, AI usage, payment method, invoice details, failed payments, and billing history
- [Workspace API](https://docs.arcweave.com/workspaces/api.md): Manage API keys and permissions for Arcweave's REST API
## Account
- [Your Arcweave account](https://docs.arcweave.com/account/overview.md): Create your Arcweave account, find your default workspace, and manage your profile and notifications on the My Account page