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: 3 choices is often the ideal "sweet spot" for dramatic tension—1 feels like a railroad, 2 is a simple binary, and 4+ can overwhelm.

: Track player decisions using "flags" or "variables." If a player was rude to a guard in Act 1, that guard should remember it in Act 3. Select Game

: Start with a one-page pitch ("The game is X, the player does Y, it feels like Z") before writing hundreds of pages of script. 4. Gameplay Mechanics (The "Game" Part) : 3 choices is often the ideal "sweet

: Introduce a meaningful choice in the first 5 minutes. This trains the player that their input matters. Branching vs. Bottlenecking : 2 is a simple binary

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