ScrollySuite Original Recreation
SCROLLYSUITE V2.1

Full Module Demo

A live catalog of the standalone ScrollySuite modules, grouped by engine. Each block is authorable through the visible Atelier ScrollyBuilder forms.

NARRATIVE ENGINE

Narrative Engine

Text, media, and layout modules that establish pacing before richer interaction begins.

NARRATIVE ENGINE

Centered

A centered text beat for slowing the reader down and focusing one core idea.

Good for chapter pausesthesis statementssection openings

Keyboard pass. Text remains readable without motion.
CENTERED

Your title here

Centered narrative section with an optional label, a main title, and a supporting paragraph.

NARRATIVE ENGINE

FullImage

A full-width image with caption for visual emphasis without scroll mechanics.

Good for large visual momentsplace-settingimage-led transitions

Full-width image module

A broad green landscape with water and mountains.
A broad green landscape with water and mountains.

The image alternative text should describe the meaningful content of the image.

NARRATIVE ENGINE

Overlay

A sticky background image with several scrolling cards over one scene.

Good for chapter openingsplace-based storytellingmulti-beat metaphor

How can public health save the planet?
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How can public health save the planet?

welcome

Climate change can cause anxiety.

This story is intended to show a path forward.

question

How can public health save the planet?

The answer is a way of working: centering justice and strengthening systems.

future

Communities can become healthier.

Climate adaptation can also create cleaner air, stronger relationships, and safer housing.

NARRATIVE ENGINE

Parallax

A dramatic transition section with a moving-feeling background and centered text card.

Good for threshold momentsatmospherechapter breaks

PARALLAX

Use parallax when the story needs a visual breath.

Motion-sensitive readers still receive the text.

NARRATIVE ENGINE

Split

A two-column text/image layout for direct comparison or paired explanation.

Good for text plus imagequote plus contextside-by-side explanation

Your title here

One column carries the explanation while the other carries the image.

A laptop on a desk beside a notebook.
A laptop on a desk beside a notebook.
NARRATIVE ENGINE

Video

A full-screen video hero section for atmospheric motion behind text.

Good for video hero momentsemotional openingsvisual atmosphere

Use videoHero when motion should create atmosphere.
VIDEO

Use videoHero when motion should create atmosphere.

If no video URL is provided, the module can use a still image as a faithful fallback.

INTERACTIVE ENGINE

Interactive Engine

Click and scroll modules that let readers choose, open, or pace a sequence.

INTERACTIVE ENGINE

Buttons

A button-based switcher for changing text without long scrolling.

Good for comparisonsbefore/afteralternate views

COMPARE VIEWS

Use Buttons to let readers explore alternatives.

This pattern swaps text without leaving the page.

First perspective
view

First perspective

This is the first authored state.

Second perspective
view

Second perspective

This is the second authored state.

Third perspective
view

Third perspective

This is the third authored state.

INTERACTIVE ENGINE

Expand

An expandable note for optional definitions, caveats, or technical details.

Good for read-more momentssource notesoptional depth

Open a short deeper explanation

This details block exposes optional explanation through a visible builder form.

intro

Orient

Introduce the object.

focus

Focus

Highlight the relevant part.

takeaway

Takeaway

State what the audience should carry forward.

INTERACTIVE ENGINE

RabbitHole

A deeper side exploration without losing the main thread.

Good for side questsdeep contextsupplemental notes

A deeper exploration

Rabbit holes let readers wander without losing the main thread.

path

A deeper exploration

Use this for references or conceptual detours.

focus

focus

focus

focus

INTERACTIVE ENGINE

StickySteps

A sticky image with sequential text cards explaining one visual over time.

Good for explaining one imagewalking through a concept

This sticky steps module keeps one image visible.
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This sticky steps module keeps one image visible.

step

The image stays put.

This is useful when one image needs several paragraphs of explanation.

step

The text moves beside it.

Each card explains a different part of the same visual.

step

This creates pacing.

The reader has time to sit with the visual.

INTERACTIVE ENGINE

Swap

A sticky visual sequence that changes meaning as the story unfolds.

Good for changing statesprocess sequences

Start with the first visual state.Change the image at the right moment.End with the final card visible.
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Let the image change as the story unfolds.

step

Start with the first visual state.

The first card should match the starting image.

step

Change the image at the right moment.

The image stays anchored while the meaning changes.

step

End with the final card visible.

The last card creates a landing zone.

MODEL ENGINE

Model Engine

Canonical Studio Objects supply durable model data. ScrollyBuilder supplies placement, cards, highlights, and scroll pacing.

MODEL ENGINE

Circles

Nested layers authored as a CirclesObject, then highlighted card by card in ScrollyBuilder.

Good for systemsinfluence layersproximity

CirclesObject

Circles

Influence moves across nested layers.

  1. Individual
  2. Interpersonal
  3. Institutional
  4. Community
  5. Policy

Influence moves across nested layers.

focusIndividual

Start with the person closest to the choice.

individual
focusInterpersonal

Then widen to the relationships around that person.

interpersonal
focusInstitutional

Institutions set defaults, rules, and access.

institutional
focusCommunity

Community norms and resources shape what people can sustain.

community
focusPolicy

Policy changes the outer conditions around everyone.

policy
MODEL ENGINE

Pyramid

Hierarchy levels authored as a PyramidObject, with the broadest layer on the bottom.

Good for levelsfoundationspriorities

PyramidObject

Pyramid

Self-ActualizationPurpose, growth, and meaning at the top.Self-EsteemConfidence, competence, and recognition.Love and BelongingConnection and social support.Safety and SecurityStability, protection, shelter, and predictability.Physiological NeedsThe broad foundation: food, water, sleep, health.
focusPhysiological Needs

Start with the widest foundation.

physiological-needs
focusSafety and Security

Safety builds on the basics beneath it.

safety-and-security
focusLove and Belonging

Connection sits above stability.

love-and-belonging
focusSelf-Esteem

Esteem narrows the pyramid further.

self-esteem
focusSelf-Actualization

The top layer is the most specific.

self-actualization
MODEL ENGINE

2x2

Quadrants, rows, columns, and diagonals authored as a TwoByTwoObject with placement-level highlight cards.

Good for tradeoffssegmentationstrategy

TwoByTwoObject

Climate Change

Effect
Individual costs

Changing habits, paying more, giving up convenience, or feeling overwhelmed.

Community costs

Coordination, investment, political conflict, planning, and infrastructure change.

Individual benefits

Cleaner air, lower bills, healthier routines, and a stronger sense of agency.

Community benefits

Fewer heat deaths, cleaner air, stronger infrastructure, and more resilient neighborhoods.

Scale
introBuild a framework step by step.

First, introduce the axes and empty quadrants.

axes
focusStart with individual costs.

Climate action often feels most immediate where costs are personal and visible.

top_left
focusThen name individual benefits.

Benefits matter, but they can arrive gradually or indirectly.

bottom_left
focusCommunity action has costs too.

Shared effort requires coordination, funding, and governance.

top_right
focusThe biggest benefits may be collective.

The largest benefits often appear as healthier places and safer systems.

bottom_right
compareRead the top row.

Costs can be individual or collective.

row_top
compareRead the bottom row.

Benefits can also be individual or collective.

row_bottom
compareCompare the individual column.

People may weigh individual costs against individual benefits.

col_left
REVEAL ENGINE

Reveal Engine

Chart and comparison families reveal axes, marks, averages, tails, slices, and takeaways through authored treatment cards.

REVEAL ENGINE

Bar

Axes, columns, average line, tallest bar, and lowest bar are authored as ChartObject treatment cards.

Good for rankingdifferencebaseline comparisons

ChartObject
January max temperature, 1979-2026Value197945198547199142199852200549201246201655202050202453202644Average
frameStart with the frame.

A bar chart is useful when each year is its own observation. First, give the reader the axes.

axes
revealReveal the years.

Each bar is January maximum temperature for one year near Olympia.

bars
averageAdd the average.

A reference line turns bars into comparison.

average
focusHighlight the warmest year.

The highest bar is not the whole story, but it helps orient the eye.

tallest
focusHighlight the lowest year.

The lowest bar anchors the other end of the range.

lowest
takeawayName the pattern.

The chart stays fixed. The interpretation changes.

all
REVEAL ENGINE

Bell

Distribution, shifted curve, changed mean, and tail highlights render from a Bell ChartObject.

Good for thresholdspopulation-level shifts

ChartObject
A tiny shift can matter at population scale.Demo bell curve: baseline mean 100, shifted mean 96Population densityIQ score557085100115130145Baseline mean: 100Shifted mean: 96Additional people below thresholdFewer people above thresholdPrototype only: approximate curves for visual testing
distributionStart with the distribution.

First show the standard distribution.

baseline
baselineFirst, the baseline.

The baseline mean is 100.

baseline
shiftThen shift the mean.

The red curve is shifted left by 4 IQ points.

shifted
tailBut the tail changes.

A small mean shift can add more people below the lower threshold.

left_tail
tailThe other tail changes too.

The same shift can leave fewer people above the upper threshold.

right_tail
takeawayThe meaning is scale.

Near the center, the shift looks small. In the tails, it can matter.

all
REVEAL ENGINE

Line

A continuous line chart whose points and series highlights remain editable ChartObject data.

Good for change over timefuture pathwaystrajectory gaps

ChartObject

One planet. More than one future.

Value1900195019802000202020502100Series - 1900: 0.0Series - 1950: 0.2Series - 1980: 0.5Series - 2000: 0.9Series - 2020: 1.2Series - 2050: 2.0Series - 2100: 3.4
frameStart with the frame.

A line graph is useful for history, trajectory, and possible futures.

all
historyFirst, reveal the past.

The historical line gives the reader a shared starting point.

2020
futureThen reveal one possible future.

One pathway continues upward.

2050
futureThen reveal another future.

Another pathway bends toward a lower trajectory.

2100
gapNow name the space between them.

The gap represents choices, action, and collective capacity.

all
REVEAL ENGINE

Loop

A feedback cycle authored as a LoopObject and advanced one step at a time.

Good for systemscyclesreinforcement

LoopObject

Loop

Loop
  1. 1Instability
  2. 2Reduced capacity
  3. 3Weaker coordination
  4. 4Reduced support
focusStart with instability.

Instability reduces the capacity available to respond.

instability
focusCapacity falls.

Reduced capacity weakens coordination.

capacity
focusCoordination weakens.

Weaker coordination reduces support.

coordination
focusSupport falls.

Reduced support increases instability.

support
takeawayThe loop reinforces itself.

The last step feeds back into the first.

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REVEAL ENGINE

Pie

Slices are authored as ChartObject data and highlighted segment by segment as cards enter.

Good for parts of a wholesector sharesgrouped slices

ChartObject

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by sector

Transportation: 29Electric Power: 24Industry: 23Commercial and Residential: 14Agriculture: 10
  1. Transportation29
  2. Electric Power24
  3. Industry23
  4. Commercial and Residential14
  5. Agriculture10
wholeStart with the whole.

Pie charts are useful when the main question is how a total breaks into parts.

all
revealReveal the sectors.

The whole circle is total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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focusHighlight the largest sector.

Transportation is the largest share in this dataset.

point-transportation
groupGroup the biggest slices.

Transportation, electric power, and industry make up most of the total.

point-transportation point-electric-power point-industry
focusThen look at the rest.

Smaller slices may point to different tools, actors, or policy levers.

point-commercial-and-residential point-agriculture
takeawayName the pattern.

Shared responsibility is unevenly distributed.

all
REVEAL ENGINE

Timeline

A chronological sequence whose event data lives in a TimelineObject and whose scroll cards live on the placement.

Good for long historieserasdiscovery to action stories

TimelineObject

Timeline

Climate science developed from early experiments and theory into measurement, governance, and present-day action.

  1. 1824Greenhouse effect described

    Early experiments and theory begin to explain how the atmosphere traps heat.

  2. 1896CO2 warming calculated

    Scientists begin estimating how carbon dioxide could warm the planet.

  3. 1958Direct measurement begins

    Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements create a visible record.

  4. 1988Public warning grows

    Climate change becomes a public and political issue.

  5. 2015Paris Agreement

    International governance turns climate science into shared commitments.

  6. TodayPresent-day action

    The question becomes how quickly knowledge can become action.

frameStart with the frame.

A timeline turns dates into a visible sequence.

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focusEarly experiments

The story begins with scientific theory.

1824
focusCalculation

CO2 warming becomes something scientists can estimate.

1896
focusMeasurement

Direct measurement turns theory into a visible record.

1958
focusPublic warning

The issue moves from science into public life.

1988
focusGovernance

The Paris Agreement marks a shared political response.

2015
takeawayPresent-day action

The timeline lands in the work still ahead.

Today
CONTAINERS

Gallery / Topic Rail / Rabbit Hole

Container families remain canonical Studio Objects. ScrollyBuilder owns their page placement and navigation treatment.

Good for collectionsside pathsrelated context