choose-your-own-adventure
Reader-directed storytelling format
Choose-your-own-adventure describes a narrative format where readers or players make decisions that determine how the story unfolds.
The term comes from a series of children's books popular in the 1980s, where readers would turn to different pages based on their choices.
Now it applies broadly to any branching experience: The video game has a choose-your-own-adventure structure, We took a choose-your-own-adventure approach to the road trip.
Splitting into separate directions
- pathwaysRoutes for walking
- choicesAvailable options to pick
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- outcomesFinal results achieved
consequences · forks · replayability · if-then · nonlinear · dead-ends · restart · backtracking
Choice-driven narrative fiction
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- second-personGrammar addressing the audience
- GoosebumpsChildren's horror media franchise
- illustratedShown with images
nostalgia · 80s · 90s · collectible
Ability to adapt easily
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- open-endedLacking fixed boundaries
customization · personalization · agency · empowerment · freedom · alternatives · possibilities · unpredictability
branching
Splitting into separate directions
outcomes · consequences · forks · replayability · if-then · nonlinear · dead-ends · restart · backtracking
gamebook
Choice-driven narrative fiction
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- second-personGrammar addressing the audience
- GoosebumpsChildren's horror media franchise
illustrated · nostalgia · 80s · 90s · collectible
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
open-ended · customization · personalization · agency · empowerment · freedom · alternatives · possibilities · unpredictability · experiential
protagonist
Story's central figure
- questSeeking journey for something
- perilSerious threat of harm
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
exploration · treasure · survival · danger · journey · mission · scenario · cliffhanger · suspense · twist
choose-your-own-adventurescripted
Written out beforehand
fate · destiny · forced march · guided tour · inevitability
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