# Blank screen problem

**URL:** <https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/blank-screen-problem/9391>\
**Category:** ChoiceScript Help\
**Created:** [May 14, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/blank-screen-problem/9391 "2015-05-14T01:07:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![furon83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@furon83](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/furon83)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/blank-screen-problem/9391/1 "2015-05-14T01:07:24Z")

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Hey, so I’m making my first game and I’m having this weird problem. For some reason, whenever I launch the game, it’s just a blank screen. Which is weird because everything was working fine a couple days ago. I included a link to the texts and everything. Any help is greatly appreciated!

P.s. I left some unused bits and pieces in there but they’ve never caused problems before, I’m guessing because they’re under the \*finish.

> **[KarmaWarsOFFICIAL](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z2pq4q847fh99m5/AAB0qXZwB2nnozNvS5Gxu6wba?dl=0)**
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> Shared with Dropbox

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**Author:** ![Dominia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/dominia/32/6896_2.png) [@Dominia](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Dominia)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/blank-screen-problem/9391/2 "2015-05-14T01:18:44Z")

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When I run the game just using startup.txt as the only scene I get:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/2X/8/81b3573a213e776448e569ac113ac67deed9851a.png)

It doesn’t look like startup is listed under \*scene\_list. I’ve always placed startup as my first scene.

Did you recompile? What does the source of the compiled html show? Any scene text? Or is it just the CoG script wrapper?

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**Author:** ![Silverstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/silverstone/32/9901_2.png) [@Silverstone](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Silverstone)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/blank-screen-problem/9391/3 "2015-05-14T01:39:56Z")

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I clicked your link and got a view if all your files instead of a playtest.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/2X/a/a760440350815307a9c850a01cb9c47466cff044.png)  
Did you need someone to check the files?

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**Author:** ![RETowers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/retowers/32/21477_2.png) [@RETowers](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RETowers)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/blank-screen-problem/9391/4 "2015-05-14T05:14:02Z")

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When did you get your dropbox account? They removed certain features at some point and a lot of people (and information) is based on whether you have an old or new account (I’d have to look up the cutoff date).

If you have a new account, I’d recommend using the compiler and [Webs.com](http://Webs.com)