The background sets the place where the conversation happens — an office, a shop, a hospital or a street. You can use BranchTrack's ready-made backgrounds, upload your own images, or create a background with AI. Each scene can have its own background.
Choose a background
Click the Backgrounds icon (picture) in the editor's left bar, or the background icon next to a scene.
On the Collection tab, click a background. The preview on the right shows how your simulation looks with it.
Filter backgrounds by In sim, By me, By teammate or By BranchTrack.
The Backgrounds panel, opened with the Backgrounds icon in the left bar (highlighted). It has three tabs: Collection, Upload and Create with AI. At the top is the background of scene #1, an office lobby. Next to it, No background and Same as previous are highlighted. Below are the filters In sim, By me, By teammate and By BranchTrack (highlighted), and a grid of ready-made backgrounds. On the right, the player preview shows the scene with the chosen background.
Same as previous — the scene keeps the background of the previous scene.
No background — the player shows a plain grey background with a soft geometric pattern.
The player when no background is chosen: a grey background with a soft low-poly (geometric) pattern behind the speech bubble and choices.
Upload your own background
In the Backgrounds panel, open the Upload tab.
Click the upload area or drag your image onto it.
Any image type works. BranchTrack converts it to JPEG.
Size: use images of at least 800×500 pixels. Images are shown up to 1920×1080 pixels and are not cropped. Very large files can make the simulation load more slowly.
Tip: a slightly blurred background makes the character and text easier to see.
Your uploads appear under the By me filter. To delete one, click its bin icon.
Use only images you have the rights to use.
Create a background with AI
Open the Create with AI tab.
Describe the Location (for example, "the HR department meeting room") and the Style (for example, "photorealistic"). Add any Misc requirements, such as "blurry".
Click Create background. If you like the result, save it to your backgrounds. If not, change the description and try again.
The Create with AI tab (highlighted) of the Backgrounds panel. Highlighted: the fields Location and Style (both required) and Misc requirements, and the red Create background button. A note says the feature is currently in testing.
AI features are switched on per account and use AI credits. To use them, contact BranchTrack support. See AI Features in the BranchTrack Editor.