Not a document. A journey.
A ScrollStory is what happens when you treat a webpage not as a document but as a designed experience. As readers scroll, backgrounds shift, images emerge, and text appears in rhythm with the narrative. The design decisions—pacing, scale, visual rhythm, contrast—shape how your audience encounters your argument. It’s not just reading. It’s moving through a story.
ScrollStories are built on the same open-source platform as all our websites, which means your story, your images, and your design choices live in files you own—not locked inside a proprietary database. They work on any device, cost nothing to host, and will still be online years from now.
You don’t need to be a designer or a developer to build one. If you can write in Markdown and choose images that matter, you can create a ScrollStory. We provide the templates, you bring the narrative, and AI helps smooth over technical bumps.
A Cultural History of Arkham Asylum
- Dense visual narrative with many layered images
- Shows how cultural criticism can work as a scroll-driven experience
- Complex interplay of text, image, and pacing
Sugar, Emeralds, and Unicorn Horn
- Accessible starting point for ScrollStory work
- Straightforward pacing with several images
- Good model before attempting complex layering
Why Amaranth?
- Internal demo of the scrollstory format
- Rich use of botanical and historical imagery
Mesa Vista Hall
- Demo scrollstory using archival UNM photographs
- Good preview of the format before committing to a full project