# Living Stories (/docs)

Living Stories is a browser tool for interactive, branching stories. You write the story, build each scene from images, video and audio, test every path, and present it to a room. At each interaction the audience answers on their phones, and the answer picks the path.

These pages describe Living Stories 0.2, at [portal.livingstorieslab.com](https://portal.livingstorieslab.com). For the previous version, the Story Portal, see [Living Stories 0.1](/docs/v0-1).

## How a story is made [#how-a-story-is-made]

1. **Write.** Lay out the story on the board as sequences, and add interactions where the audience decides. Write each scene as a script.
2. **Build.** Each scene has a canvas. Nodes on it generate images, video and audio from your words and references. The scene's timeline sets what plays.
3. **Test.** Play the story and pick each outcome yourself.
4. **Present.** Go live. The audience scans a QR code and votes on their phones.

You can also take a story into Unreal Engine with the Living Stories plugin.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Sign in" href="/docs/getting-started/sign-in" description="Who can use Living Stories and how to get in." />
  <Card title="Your first story" href="/docs/getting-started/first-story" description="From an empty board to a story you can play." />
  <Card title="Present live" href="/docs/presenting/live" description="Show a story to a room that votes on their phones." />
  <Card title="Unreal Engine" href="/docs/unreal" description="Take a story into Unreal with the plugin." />
</Cards>