# What do i do?!

**URL:** <https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432>\
**Category:** ChoiceScript Help\
**Tags:** tips, coder\
**Created:** [June 2, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432 "2022-06-02T12:35:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sigvid\_Hansson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/sigvid_hansson/32/170341_2.png) [@Sigvid\_Hansson](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Sigvid_Hansson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432/1 "2022-06-02T12:35:27Z")

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i’m trying to make my first game

this is where i am

nav = new SceneNavigator([“startup”]);  
stats = {};

what do i do?!

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**Author:** ![Loudbeat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/loudbeat/32/115975_2.png) [@Loudbeat](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Loudbeat)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432/2 "2022-06-02T12:45:18Z")

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You could give more info on where you are getting that? what program? when it happens? a little bit of context.  
I recommend you to start here though, there’s a lot of beginners info that can help.

> [@Master List: Links for Beginners](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/master-list-links-for-beginners/21872):
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> Since this gets asked a lot I thought I’d try and create a master list of links for beginners. If anyone wants to add links to the list please feel free to since I’m making this wiki format. [Start here for newcomers](https://www.choiceofgames.com/make-your-own-games/choicescript-intro/)[The Wiki](http://choicescriptdev.wikia.com)[ChoiceScript Basic Tutorial](http://choicescriptdev.wikia.com/wiki/A_Basic_Tutorial) on wiki [RETowers’ Tutorial](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/the-beginners-guide-to-choicescript/9866) by @RETowers[Lglasser’s Tutorial](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/choicescript-full-tutorial-finished/16130) by @Lglasser Dedicated ChoiceScript Development Tools You do not need to download or update ChoiceScript when using either of these tools. [Chronicler](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/tool-chronicler-choicescript-visual-code-editor/6811) Visual Code Editor by @Ben…

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**Author:** ![Sigvid\_Hansson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/sigvid_hansson/32/170341_2.png) [@Sigvid\_Hansson](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Sigvid_Hansson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432/3 "2022-06-02T12:57:50Z")

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> [@Sigvid\_Hansson](#):
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where do i read about this?

nav = new SceneNavigator([“startup”]);  
stats = {};

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**Author:** ![Sigvid\_Hansson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/sigvid_hansson/32/170341_2.png) [@Sigvid\_Hansson](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Sigvid_Hansson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432/4 "2022-06-02T13:05:30Z")

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what am i supposed to write and where?

nav = new SceneNavigator([“startup”]);  
stats = {};

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**Author:** ![Loudbeat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/loudbeat/32/115975_2.png) [@Loudbeat](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Loudbeat)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432/5 "2022-06-02T13:08:30Z")

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> [@"Invalid scene\_list instruction, only allowed at the top of startup.txt"?](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/invalid-scene-list-instruction-only-allowed-at-the-top-of-startup-txt/38840):
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> New to Choicescript, yay! I’m confused at the error since I thought I had it at the top? “startup executing QUICKTEST FAILED Error: startup line 4: Invalid scene\_list instruction, only allowed at the top of startup.txt” My code looks like this: \<!nav = new SceneNavigator(["startup"]); \*title dnd campaign tyche \*scene\_list startup history nk\_observations \*create name "Unknown" \*create class "Unknown" --\> Thank you!

Here’s what I can find in google. For what I can see I guess you are starting a game from 0. You need to set up your startup.txt in order to work properly. Check the master list for beginners, there’s a lot of info there on how to do it.

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**Author:** ![will](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/will/32/132033_2.png) [@will](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/will)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-do-i-do/119432/6 "2022-06-02T14:30:37Z")

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> [@Sigvid\_Hansson](#):
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> nav = new SceneNavigator([“startup”]);  
> stats = {};

None of that is written with choicescript. This is a bit like asking:

“I want to learn French. Please tell me what I’m doing wrong with this French sentence: これはフランス人ですか？”

Edit: Noticed someone else having a similar issue. This bit of HTML seems to be popping up in the sample choicescript template. Just delete it.