Sugarcube

Equivalent functionality in Sugarcube v2

Examples taken from the Sugarcube online documentation

Sugarcube and Moontale have fundamentally different use-cases! This guide is not exhaustive - in particular, it does not cover the DOM, Input, Audio, or utility functions.

Macros and Functions

As a rule, Moontale makes no distinction between a 'macro' and a 'function'. The changer syntax $foo[Text] makes use of foo as a Lua function, and using it in code e.g. {$ x = foo(y) $} is just as valid.

Syntax

The following syntax is identical in Sugarcube and Moontale:

• [[Passage]]

• [[Link -> Target]]

• [[Target <- Link]]

• $variable

• * Unordered lists

• > Blockquote

Sugarcube	Moontale
<<print $name>>	{$ Show(name) $}
<<= 2 + 3>>	<$ 2 + 3 $>
"""No markup"""	<$ 'No markup' $>
{{{$name}}}	`$name`
[[Label|Target]] and [[Label][Target]]	[[Label->Target]]
[[Go buy milk|Grocery][$bought to "milk"]]	$On.click<<bought = 'milk'; Jump('Grocery') end>>[Go buy milk]
[img[Image][Link]] etc.	[[$Image('path/to/image')->Target]]🚧
Single \ Line \ text New line	Single Line text New line Note the extra space to force a line break
!Heading 1	# Heading 1
!!Heading 2	## Heading 2
//Emphasis//	*Emphasis* or _Emphasis_
''Strong''	**Strong** or __Strong__
==Strikethrough==	~~Strikethrough~~
__Underline__	$Style.u[Underline]
# Item 1 # Item 2	1. Item 1 1. Item 2
{{{Code}}}	`Code`
{{{ Code }}}	``` Code ```
----	--- or ***
Templates, e.g. ?He was always willing to lend ?his ear to anyone.	$Name.myTemplate[$He was always willing to lend $his ear to anyone.] $With{He = 'She', his = 'her'}[$myTemplate]🚧
/* Comment */ /% Comment %/ <!-- Comment -->	{$--[[ Comment --]]$}
<<capture foo bar>>	{$ local foo = foo; local bar = bar $}
<<run foo()>> and <<script>>foo()<</script>>	{$ foo() $} (Of course, this is Lua rather than JavaScript)
<<set $gold to 5>>	{$ gold = 5 $}
<<unset $cheese, $gold>>	{$ cheese = nil; gold = nil $}
<<include "Go West">>	[[ ->Go West]]
<< if $cash lt 5>>	$If(cash < 5)[
<<for i, name range $dwarves>>	$ForEach(dwarves)[
<<break>> and <<continue>	Not supported in markup - use a script block with a for loop
<<switch $hairColor>> <<case "black" "brown">> Dark haired, eh? <<default>> <</switch>>	$Switch(hairColor) $Case('black', 'brown')[ Dark haired, eh? ] $Else[ ]🚧