diff --git a/hank/HInterface.hx b/hank/HInterface.hx
index 95a8b7e..d0ceab1 100644
--- a/hank/HInterface.hx
+++ b/hank/HInterface.hx
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class HInterface {
         }
     }
 
+    public function getVariable(v: String) {
+        return interp.variables[v];
+    }
+
     /**
      Run a pre-processed block of Haxe embedded in a Hank story.
     **/
diff --git a/tests/HankAssert.hx b/hank/HankAssert.hx
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/HankAssert.hx
rename to hank/HankAssert.hx
index 1971b4d..2c521a2 100644
--- a/tests/HankAssert.hx
+++ b/hank/HankAssert.hx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package tests;
+package hank;
 
 import utest.Assert;
 
diff --git a/hank/Output.hx b/hank/Output.hx
index 766e186..2af8a4e 100644
--- a/hank/Output.hx
+++ b/hank/Output.hx
@@ -59,14 +59,12 @@ class Output {
                 var peekLine = buffer.peekLine().unwrap();
                 if (peekLine.length < endSegment) {
                     var text = buffer.takeLine().unwrap();
-                    trace(text);
                     if (text.length > 0) {
                         parts.push(Text(text));
                     }
                     break;
                 } else {
                     var text = buffer.take(endSegment);
-                    trace(text);
                     parts.push(Text(text));
                 }
             } else {
@@ -143,4 +141,14 @@ class Output {
         }
 
     }
+
+    public function format(): String {
+        var fullOutput = '';
+
+        for (part in parts) {
+
+        }
+
+        return fullOutput;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/hank/Story.hx b/hank/Story.hx
index 63420d6..de7f5c3 100644
--- a/hank/Story.hx
+++ b/hank/Story.hx
@@ -1,18 +1,59 @@
 package hank;
 
-import hank.HInterface;
+using HankAST.ASTExtension;
+import hank.HankAST.ExprType;
+
+/**
+ Possible states of the story being executed.
+**/
+enum StoryFrame {
+    HasText(text: String);
+    HasChoices(choices: Array<String>);
+    Finished;
+}
 
 /**
  Runtime interpreter for Hank stories.
 **/
+@:allow(hank.StoryTestCase)
 class Story {
     var hInterface: HInterface;
+    var random: Random;
+
+    var ast: HankAST;
+    var exprIndex: Int;
+
+    var parser: Parser;
+
+    public function new(script: String, ?randomSeed: Int) {
+        random = new Random(randomSeed);
+
+        parser = new Parser();
+        ast = parser.parseFile(script);
+        // viewCounts = new ViewCounts(ast);
 
-    public function new() {
         var variables = [
-            'story' => this
+            'story' => this/*,
+            'viewCounts' => viewCounts
+            */
         ];
         hInterface = new HInterface(variables);
+
+        exprIndex = ast.findFile(script);
+    }
+
+    public function nextFrame(): StoryFrame {
+        switch (ast[exprIndex].expr) {
+            case EOutput(output):
+                return HasText(output.format());
+            default:
+                return Finished;
+        }
+        return Finished;
+    }
+
+    public function choose(choiceIndex: Int): String {
+        return '';
     }
 
     /** Parse and run embedded Hank script on the fly. **/
diff --git a/hank/StoryTestCase.hx b/hank/StoryTestCase.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..167cc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hank/StoryTestCase.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package hank;
+
+import hank.Story.StoryFrame;
+
+class StoryTestCase extends utest.Test {
+     private function validateAgainstTranscript(storyFile: String, transcriptFile: String, fullTranscript: Bool = true) {
+
+        var transcriptLines = sys.io.File.getContent(transcriptFile).split('\n');
+        // If the transcript starts with a random seed, make sure the story uses that seed
+        var randomSeed = null;
+        if (StringTools.startsWith(transcriptLines[0], '@')) {
+            randomSeed = Std.parseInt(transcriptLines[0].substr(1));
+            transcriptLines.remove(transcriptLines[0]);
+        }
+
+        var story: Story = new Story(storyFile, randomSeed);
+
+        var i = 0;
+        while (i < transcriptLines.length) {
+            var line = transcriptLines[i];
+            var frame = story.nextFrame();
+
+            // Allow white-box story testing through variable checks prefixed with #
+            if (StringTools.startsWith(line, "#")) {
+                var parts = StringTools.trim(line.substr(1)).split(':');
+                HankAssert.equals(StringTools.trim(parts[1]), Std.string(story.hInterface.getVariable(parts[0])));
+            }
+            if (StringTools.startsWith(line, "*")) {
+                // Collect the expected set of choices from the transcript.
+                var choices = new Array<String>();
+                do {
+                    choices.push(line.substr(2));
+
+                    line = transcriptLines[++i];
+                } while (line != null && StringTools.startsWith(line, "*"));
+
+                // Assert that the storyframe is a corresponding HasChoices enum
+                HankAssert.equals(HasChoices(choices), frame);
+
+                continue;
+            } else if (StringTools.startsWith(line, ">")) {
+                // Make the choice given, and check for expected output.
+                line = StringTools.ltrim(line.substr(1));
+                var firstColonIdx = line.indexOf(':');
+                var index = Std.parseInt(line.substr(0, firstColonIdx))-1;
+                var expectedOutput = StringTools.trim(line.substr(firstColonIdx+1));
+                // trace('expecting: ${expectedOutput}');
+                var output = story.choose(index);
+                // trace('got: ${output}');
+                HankAssert.equals(expectedOutput, output);
+            }
+            else if (line.length > 0) {
+                // Assert that the story's next frame is HasText(line)
+                // trace('${line} from ${frame}');
+                HankAssert.equals(HasText(line), frame);
+            }
+
+            i += 1;
+        }
+
+        if (fullTranscript) {
+            // After all transcript lines are validated, there should be nothing left in the story flow!
+            HankAssert.equals(StoryFrame.Finished, story.nextFrame());
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/HankBufferTest.hx b/tests/HankBufferTest.hx
index db8e489..79e8e87 100644
--- a/tests/HankBufferTest.hx
+++ b/tests/HankBufferTest.hx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using hank.Extensions.OptionExtender;
 import haxe.ds.Option;
 import hank.HankBuffer;
 import hank.HankBuffer.Position;
+import hank.HankAssert;
 
 class HankBufferTest extends utest.Test {
     var file: HankBuffer;
diff --git a/tests/ParserTest.hx b/tests/ParserTest.hx
index 2e79ef2..29ba7d3 100644
--- a/tests/ParserTest.hx
+++ b/tests/ParserTest.hx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package tests;
 
 import hank.Parser;
-import hank.Parser.HankAST;
+import hank.HankAST;
 import hank.Output;
 import hank.Alt;
+import hank.HankAssert;
 
 class ParserTest extends utest.Test {
     var ast: HankAST;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ class ParserTest extends utest.Test {
             ToggleOutput(new Output([Text(".")]), false),
             ToggleOutput(new Output([Text(" that changes after a choice is made!")]), true)
         ])));
-        trace(nextExpr());
+        // TODO test the last one
     }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/StoryTest.hx b/tests/StoryTest.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78d7b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/StoryTest.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package tests;
+
+class StoryTest extends hank.StoryTestCase {
+    function testAllExamples() {
+        var exampleFolders = sys.FileSystem.readDirectory('examples');
+
+        // Iterate through every example in the examples folder
+        for (folder in exampleFolders) {
+            trace('Running tests for example "${folder}"');
+            var files = sys.FileSystem.readDirectory('examples/${folder}');
+
+            for (file in files) {
+                if (StringTools.endsWith(file, '.hlog')) {
+                    trace('    Running ${file}');
+
+                    var disabled = file.indexOf("disabled") != -1;
+                    var debug = file.indexOf("debug") != -1;
+                    var partial = file.indexOf("partial") != -1;
+                    if (!disabled) {
+                        validateAgainstTranscript('examples/${folder}/main.hank', 'examples/${folder}/${file}', !partial);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/TestMain.hx b/tests/TestMain.hx
index 5712d2d..cff52c2 100644
--- a/tests/TestMain.hx
+++ b/tests/TestMain.hx
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import utest.Test;
 
 class TestMain extends Test {
     public static function main() {
-        utest.UTest.run([new HInterfaceTest(), new HankBufferTest(), new ParserTest()]);
+        utest.UTest.run([new HInterfaceTest(), new HankBufferTest(), new ParserTest(), new StoryTest()]);
     }
 }
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