Boards

Overview

In Arcweave, a project consists of one or more diagrams, called boards.

A board can contain the following items, some of which you can use to structure your project's flow:

Or to leave notes and collaborate with your team:

When designing your project, use as many boards as you like, to keep your work clear and easily accessible.

{success} Use a different board for each of your project's chapters, scenes, mechanics, etc., grouping them in folders.


{primary} When breaking down a story in multiple boards, you can use jumpers to connect them together.

Once inside a project, view and manage your project's boards and their folders on the lower part of Arcweave's left sidebar. Once there, you can easily spot each of them by its icon:
Folder folder icon
Board board icon
Element element icon

Examples

There are no restrictions as to what you can use a board for. It can contain a story chapter, a dialogue scene, a game level, or an algorithm.

Some examples are:

  • Story parts: whether you call them chapters, scenes, or levels, use a different board for each one of them.
  • Synopses: outline your whole narrative in one board, before zooming into its scenes—each of which in a separate board.
  • Subplots: main or secondary, lay down all your story plots on different boards to keep them distinct.
  • Dialogue: use a different board for each NPC dialogue tree and group all of them in a folder named "Dialogue Trees."
  • Locations: create a geography-based diagram for an overview of your game's terrain—or parts of it.

  • Puzzle dependencies: create puzzle dependency diagrams, making sure you don't lock that drawer while the key is inside!

Opening a board

To open a board, go to your boards on the sidebar and click on its name.

Creating boards

To create a new board at the bottom of the boards list:

  • Go to the bottom of the boards list.
  • Click on + New board.

Or:

  • Right-click on an empty area of the boards list.
  • Select Create Board from the menu.

To create a new board over an existing board:

  • Right-click on the existing board's name.
  • Select Create Board from the menu.

Or:

  • Hover the mouse cursor over the existing board's name.
  • Click on the '+' icon that appears.
  • Select Create Board.

To create a new board inside an existing folder:

  • Right-click on the folder's name.
  • Select Create Board from the menu.

Or:

  • Hover the mouse cursor over the folder's name.
  • Click on the '+' icon that appears.
  • Select Create Board.

Creating folders

To create a new folder at the bottom of the boards list:

  • Right-click on an empty area of the boards list.
  • Select Create Folder from the menu.

To create a new folder over an existing board:

  • Right-click on the board's name.
  • Select Create Folder from the menu.

or:

  • Hover the mouse cursor over the board's name.
  • Click on the '+' icon that appears.
  • Select Create Folder.

To create a subfolder inside an existing folder:

  • Right-click on the folder's name.
  • Select Create Folder from the menu.

or:

  • Hover the mouse cursor over the folder's name.
  • Click on the '+' icon that appears.
  • Select Create Folder from the menu.

Renaming a board or folder

To rename a board or folder:

  • Right-click on its name, on the boards list.
  • Select Rename from the menu.

Duplicating a board

To duplicate a board:

  • Right-click on its name, on the boards list.
  • Select Duplicate.

Deleting a board or folder

To delete a board or folder:

  • Right-click on its name, on the boards list.
  • Select Delete.

Board properties

To access the properties of any board:

  • Right-click on the board's name, on the boards list.
  • Select Properties... from the menu.

To access the properties of the current board:

  • Right-click on an empty area of the workspace, in the current board.
  • Select Properties...

The properties that you can access are:

  • Board ID: you can optionally add a custom board ID. It will be used when exporting in JSON format.
  • Content: separate numbers of total elements, notes, and jumpers in the board.
  • Word count: the number of words used in the board's elements. It includes neither code nor text written inside notes.
  • Components referenced in this board: the components that are attached to this board's elements.