interactive narrative
Reader-influenced story
Interactive narrative is storytelling where the audience participates in shaping events or outcomes.
Video games offer the most common form: players make choices that affect plot direction, character relationships, or endings.
The term also covers choose-your-own-adventure books, immersive theater, and experimental fiction where readers determine narrative paths.
The game's interactive narrative let players decide whether to save or sacrifice the companion character.
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- branching pathsDiverging route options
- choiceAct of selecting
- playerGame participant
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theatrical release · radio drama · audiobook · print journalism
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