Help with different paths

[FoxalypticWorld]

Okay, I was sure I wasn’t going to post on this forum for a good long time but, I’m at a bit of a writer’s block here.

To those who write CYOA games, how do you keep your different paths roughly the same length? Do you bother? Does it matter?

[Eiwynn]

Here is an answer I provided a few hours ago in the Writer’s Support Thread for March:

March 2021's Writer Support Thread

This is a common concern that many of us share… if I may, I’d like to make a suggestion. My suggestion is to let it go for now and finish your writing. The balancing can be addressed in futrure passes or reviews of your material. This goes for everything. I personally plan out 4 or 5 passes just in the first draft of a story. initial writing pass initial coding pass initial systems and mechanics pass initial editing pass initial play-test pass (aka pre-alpha slice-of-life testing) From the…

I hope this helps. Also @poison_mara 's post after mine, is another good answer.

[Sam_Ursu]

The point of your story/game is to provide entertainment for the reader. The various sections/lengths are irrelevant if the final experience is enjoyable.

It may help you to create a flowchart for your story so that you can see at a glance the size/outcome of all the possible journeys/branches in your game.

[FoxalypticWorld]

@Eiwynn @Sam_Ursu

Thank you both! These are very helpful