Further reading
The CSIDE Help Documentation provides an overview of CSIDE, with some of the basics on ChoiceScript as well. If you find you have more questions than we've answered here, we hope you'll be able to find some answers from the resources linked below.
Official Resources
The official introduction, documentation, and tutorial for ChoiceScript.
Contains lots of useful articles on game structure and design.
The Github Repository for the ChoiceScript code. You can download the latest standalone version of ChoiceScript on this page by clicking 'Clone or Download-Download Zip'.
Writing for Choice of Games: Games
An official document from Choice of Games detailing their recommended outline structure for game pitches to the Choice of Games house label.
An official document from Choice of Games with guidance on the expected writing style, for published games.
Community Resources
A good collection of topics concerning ChoiceScript development, written entirely by other ChoiceScript users. The Wikia includes extended descriptions of each command, coding samples, testing procedures, and more. As it's volunteer-run, do be aware that some pages can become out of date. The vast majority of the information is, however, invaluable.
Lglasser's Interactive ChoiceScript Tutorial
A very comprehensive and easy-to-use web application that provides information and samples on all kinds of things ChoiceScript-related.
RETowers' Basic ChoiceScript Guide
A basic ChoiceScript guide actually written in ChoiceScript. This is a great starting point for newcomers to either the scripting language or the world of interactive fiction in general.
CSIDE Resources
CSIDE's website contains articles, announcements, links and other useful CSIDE information.
CSIDE's Github organisation and code repositories, for those with a technical interest.
Farewell & Good Luck
With that, we hope you feel you're off to a sound start in the world of ChoiceScript and of CSIDE! If you feel we've missed anything vital out of the documentation, or if you have a suggestion for the 'Further Reading' list, then please don't hesitate to contact us at cside@mazdrak.com. We'd love to hear from you!
All the best,
- The CSIDE Team