StoryGraph · Operators

THRESHOLD

THRESHOLD is a slow burn. It watches a building channel — tension, stakes — and does nothing until the pressure crosses the level you set. Then it fires.

The THRESHOLD node as it appears on the StoryGraph canvas — Left: the palette icon you drag from. Right: the node as it looks on the canvas.

THRESHOLDOperator

Stays quiet until pressure builds up, then fires — a slow burn.

THRESHOLD sits on a scalar channel and holds until that channel builds up to your level. Small pressures accumulate with no visible effect; the moment they cross the line, it triggers.

AffectsWhen a slow-building pressure finally breaks — the release point of a slow burn.

Wire itPut it on a tension or stakes wire and set Level to how far the pressure must rise before it triggers.

Parameters

Level (0–1)level · number

How far the channel must build before it fires.

AffectsSets the trigger point of the slow burn.

Example0.8

Use-case variants

Last straw — small pressures accumulate until one tips it over
Breaking point — a character holds until the level is crossed, then snaps

Set the level too high and it never fires; too low and there’s no build-up to feel.

In the editor

The THRESHOLD parameter editor in the StoryGraph inspector — Select the node and its parameters open in the inspector on the right.