# Getting Started

**This documentation is still under revision.**

Any text editor should work for creating your game with Monogatari, even Windows NotePad, I recomend you to use [Atom](https://atom.io/) or [Brackets](http://brackets.io/).

If you have any doubt, problem or just want some help please contact me, I'll be glad to help. You can contact me by  [Mail](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-LYVBeIHKewn3UHMIAHK-2651690301/hyuchia\(at\)gmail\(dot\)com), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/HyuchiaDiego) or [Google+](https://plus.google.com/+HyuchiaDiego/)

#### Understanding the Parts

You'll see many directories and files when you download Monogatari and you need to understand what every file is for.

**Directories**

| Directory | Contains |                                                                        |
| --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| audio     |          | Audio files (Music, voice and sounds).                                 |
| error     |          | Custom error pages, you may modify those as you wish.                  |
| fonts     |          | Font Awesome by default,every other font should be placed here as well |
| style     |          | CSS files for your project.                                            |
| img       |          | All the images for your project (UI, Backgrounds, characters etc.)     |
| js        |          | All the things that'll make your VN work                               |

**JS Directory**

| File             | Contains |                                                                                              |
| ---------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| main.js          |          | If you want to add more javascript, this is the file to do it!                               |
| options.js       |          | Initial settings of your game and engine settings.                                           |
| script.js        |          | The main script of your game. (Here's where your story, characters, images etc are declared) |
| strings.js       |          | UI translations used for internationalization.                                               |
| monogatari.js    |          | The engine itself, you may modify it but only if you know what you're doing.                 |
| plugins.js       |          | File for adding plugins.                                                                     |
| aegis.min.js     |          | Aegis library used in the engine.                                                            |
| jquery.min.js    |          | jQuery library for user defined functionality.                                               |
| particles.min.js |          | Javascript Particles library.                                                                |

**Style Directory**

| File                 | Contains |                                              |
| -------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| main.css             |          | Add your styling in this file.               |
| monogatari.css       |          | File with the initial styling of Monogatari. |
| csshake.min.css      |          | CSS Shake Animations Library.                |
| animate.min.css      |          | CSS Animations Library.                      |
| font-awesome.min.css |          | CSS of Font Awesome.                         |
| normalize.min.css    |          | CSS Normalizer                               |
