The value of replayability?

[Myrtle]

I feel like these threads might be relevant to this discussion:

How Much of an IF Game do you Actually Play?

Typically, if I enjoy a game, I will play most, if not all, routes and paths available to me. My only limitation here is gender and sometimes flavor-text-only choices (depending on the quality of flavor text the author provides). My first run of a game is typically self-insert adjacent, which seems pretty common based on the polls section, but then afterward I will create different characters to explore the rest of the story. While being on the forum, it has come to my attention that other peop…

On the Matter of Words Per Playthrough

This is an expansion of a discussion that started in the thread for my current WIP, Quite App-Parent. Currently it has a number of scenes that are randomly selected, especially in the early years. For example, in the child’s first year you see two scenes out of five available, and then two out of three or four in many of the others. Some are mandatory, and others are determined by your stats or choices, but at least a dozen won’t be seen on a playthrough (and that’s just so far). A lot of my…