To create a simulation, click New simulation on the Simulations page. The editor opens with your first scene already in place. You add scenes, write what the character says, and link scenes with the learner's choices. Your changes save automatically.
The Simulations page. The New simulation button in the top right corner and the New simulation card at the start of the list are highlighted. Both create a new simulation.
How to create a simulation
On the Simulations page, click New simulation.
The editor opens. Your new simulation already has scene #1, set as the first scene.
Give your simulation a name: click the pencil icon next to the title at the top of the editor, type the name, and click the tick to save it.
Click scene #1 to open it. Type what the character says, then add the learner's reply choices with Add a choice.
Link each choice to the next scene: drag the orange chain-link icon next to the choice onto the canvas to create a new scene, or onto an existing scene.
Keep adding scenes. To create a scene that isn't linked yet, double-click anywhere on the canvas.
Click Preview at the top right to try your simulation as a learner.
Scene #1 open on the canvas. Highlighted: the pencil icon next to the simulation title (to rename it), the box with what the character says, the blue #7 next to the first choice (this choice is already linked to scene 7), the orange chain-link icon next to the second choice (not linked yet: drag it to a scene), and the Add a choice button.
How scenes and choices work
Every scene has two parts: what the character says, and the learner's reply choices.
A scene can have one choice or many. A scene with no choices ends the simulation.
Scenes are numbered in the order you create them. You can't change the number.
The blue number next to a choice shows which scene it leads to. To change it, drag the blue number to another scene.
If a yellow warning icon appears on the canvas, hover over it to see what needs your attention.
Saving
BranchTrack saves your changes automatically, 5 seconds after you make them. When the Save button is greyed out, everything is saved.
If you try to leave before your changes are saved, you'll see the warning "Project not saved. Sure?". Click Cancel to stay and let BranchTrack finish saving.
There is no Undo button, so check before you delete a scene or a choice.