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+menuTitle: "Player Choices"
+title: "Asking the Player"
+weight: 2
+---
+In [the previous step](/learn/start), we saw a minimal text story written in Fate.
+Now, we need to interact with the player.
+
+There are three ways to interact with the player:
+* Asking them to choose between options.
+* Prompting them for an integer.
+* Prompting them for a string.
+
+The last two require notions that haven't been introduced yet, so let's give
+the player a simple choice instead:
+
+**main.fate:**
+{{< fatecode >}}(fate_version 1)
+Once upon a time, starting a story with these words wasn't considered
+a cliche. Starting in a tavern might also not be seen as very
+original.  Having the main character be an street orphan, raised by
+some mysterious sage all to end up as a mercenary with an uncommonly
+strong sense of honor probably isn't going to lead to any praises for
+novelty either. Maybe you should drink to that.
+(newline)
+Or maybe you shouldn't. This isn't your first mug. Not your second
+either.  Drinking to forget that you are a stereotypical hero isn't
+going to solve anything. Worse, the alcoholic trait is part of the
+image.
+(newline)
+As you contemplate your own pointless description, your gaze leaves
+what turns out to be an already empty glass in your hand and finds the
+barman.
+
+(player_choice
+   (
+      ( Ask the barman for a refill )
+      Staring straight at the barman, you raise your glass and
+      proclaim:
+      (newline)
+      "This soon-to-be world savior needs more booze!"
+   )
+   (
+      ( Fall asleep )
+      Deciding to break away from the expected storyline, you promptly
+      fall asleep.
+   )
+   (
+      ( Resolve whether P=NP )
+      Sadly, the output for this choice would require some concepts
+      that haven't been introduced yet, so let's never mention it
+      again.
+   )
+)
+
+(end)
+{{< /fatecode >}}
+
+In this version, the player is able to interact with the story: once
+`player_choice` is reached, the output stops and the player is presented with
+options. Here, three choices are available. A choice is made of a label and a
+list of instructions. The label is the text which is displayed to player (for
+example `Fall asleep`). The list of instructions is what will be performed if
+that choice is selected. Putting text where instructions are expected simply
+outputs the text. In fact, all the content of the previous step was
+instructions. Once a choice has been made and the instructions have been
+performed, the story continues past the `player_choice` construct.
+
+But something critical is missing. Indeed, how can you get a refill without
+money? Just how much money does our hero have? Will it be enough to quench that
+terrible thirst? Let's [introduce variables](/learn/variables).