interactive story
Reader-directed tale
An interactive story is a narrative where the audience makes choices that affect the plot, characters, or outcome.
The form spans choose-your-own-adventure books, video games, and digital fiction.
Unlike passive storytelling, readers or players shape the experience: The interactive story let me decide whether to trust the stranger.
The appeal lies in agency—feeling responsible for what happens next.
- chooseSelect from alternatives
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
- branching pathsDiverging route options
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- text adventureStory navigated by commands
narrative · reader · paths · decisions · decision point · endings · twine · gamebook · hypertext · click · visual novel · explore · protagonist · immersive · player · player choice · choices · fork
- interactive mediavideo games, video game, apps, mobile apps, mobile games
- virtual experiencesVR games, virtual tour, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality
- adventure gamespoint-and-click, puzzle, narrative, quest, Myst
- text gamestext adventure, adventure game, word game, word puzzle, Zork
- TV technologyDVR, PVR, timeshift, pause live TV, record
interactive storybroadcast television
Free over-the-air programming
audiobook · radio drama · stage play · lecture · monologue
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