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+# Xquisite Branch
+
+A branching version of the [exquisite corpse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse) game. A drawing app developed for [SI17](https://issue.xpub.nl/17/).
+
+Draw something, upload it and send the link to someone else: they will continue from your drawing. But wait! There's a catch!!!!! If you send to just one person the chain will continue linearly, but send it to more people and things will start branching in different directions. 
+
+## Install
+
+Clone the repository.
+```
+git clone https://git.xpub.nl/kamo/exquisite-branch.git
+```
+
+Create a virtual environment.
+```
+python3 -m venv venv
+```
+
+Install the requirements with `pip` and the `requirements.txt` file. 
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Create an `.env` file in the root folder of the project with the following variables:
+```
+DEBUG=True
+FLASK_ENV=development
+FLASK_APP=exquisite_branch
+```
+
+Before running the app for the first time, be sure to initialize the database. __Watch out:__ this will delete the previous instance of the database along with its contents! 
+```
+flask init-db
+```
+After initializing the database you can run the flask application
+```
+flask run
+```
+
+## Overview
+
+_Xquisite Branch_ saves contents in a database, and join them together in a branching version of the exquisite corpse.
+
+The original exquisite corpse data structure is something similar to a linked list, where every drawing is connected to the previous one. Contents in _Xquisite Branch_ are saved in a database with the same principle.
+
+Each entry in the database has the following properties: 
+
+- `id`: a unique identifier for every entry
+- `branch`: a random name for the excerpt
+- `parent`: the random name of the previous excerpt
+- `content`: the actual content of the writings
+- `username`: the author of the excerpt
+
+When generating the display page, every entry look up its `parent` property to position itself after that.
+
+Mhh should rewrite this better bc is super convoluted ahah. 
+