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    Dressing characters?

    I find that it's usually worth at least mentioning outfits. If you're writing erotica, the reader will often be interested in what characters are wearing. Additionally, there are logical reasons you might want your audience to know in advance, such as if another character slowly undresses them...
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    CHYOA Remakes

    Off the top of my head, At The Cabin and The Journey Begins have both received remakes in a way.
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    Spreadsheets & Planners

    Impressive, but I have to ask: is that Visual Basic, and if so, why?
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    Threads approval reports

    There's no "24 hours" rule, it's just however long it takes for a moderator to review the story. And yes, that applies to all languages. Views are counted any time the page is opened, including by yourself and by moderators. Every time you load the page, you're adding another view. I think...
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    Tackling Popping Cherries and Blood in the Water

    The association of a hymen with virginity is largely a myth. The hymen is almost never a complete wall or barrier, but is instead tissue around the edges of the cavity. Often it is never "popped", in sex or otherwise, as it can instead be stretched from various non-sexual activities. Sometimes...
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    Don't tell, show...and other annoying habits

    The phrase "show, don't tell" means that you should demonstrate facts in favour of simply stating them. Breathing life into your characters and setting means you need to convince the reader that they do indeed have the traits and characteristics you've given them. Sometimes, demonstrating...
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    Can we please have a "Mark as unread" Button?

    You can use the bookmark feature to track your place in a story.
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    Trying to Decide My Next Project

    A refreshingly realistic depiction of the actual consequences of walking in on your brother masturbating on your bed with your underwear.
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    options to sort or show chapter depth within a story?

    This has been suggested in https://forum.chyoa.com/threads/display-branch-length-on-option.1454/ There are traversal algorithms that resolve the link chapter issue in simple cases. I imagine potential loops are only a concern in game mode stories, so a perfect count is neither realistic nor...
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    Enter Details Not used much

    I think many authors simply can't be bothered. Some stories have the feature enabled but don't use it properly as the author forgets (or doesn't understand how) to use the name variables.
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    On Writing Styles and Grammar

    "had came upon me" 1. parses awkwardly in the sentence; 2. is grammatically incorrect in this case; 3. does not evoke either old-fashioned or upper-class language, let alone both. It could be replaced with either "came upon me" or "had come upon me" to make your usage technically correct, but I...
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    Can't Comment

    It might be an issue with comments containing URLs. There is a report button specifically for rule violations, which includes plagiarism.
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    Costructive criticism: does really anyone want it?

    I might have already said this in this thread, but I think the important difference is whether it's possible and reasonable to deal with the reader's concern. If you're reading a story about MILFs, you wouldn't leave a comment saying you hate MILFs in a genuine attempt at constructive criticism...
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    Post bug reports here!

    Even while in review, stories can get views from you and moderators. I have reviewed and actioned the story.
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    Chapter count glitch?

    Yes, that's intentional. The problem in this thread is among children of the same chapter.
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    Are you a gardener or an architect?

    I am overwhelmingly an architect. I do not go anywhere near gardens. I hate plants and trees and seeds. I am basically the global warming of CHYOA.
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    Costructive criticism: does really anyone want it?

    Granted, a lot of CHYOA readers do root for rapey characters out of misguided empathy. Stories about John Doe getting time freeze powers so he can assault and humiliate women without consequence don't exactly attract paragons of morality.
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    Set score variable to player input

    Unfortunately, that's currently not possible.
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    Zeebop's 2023 Game Mode Story Development Thread

    This seems like an excellent outline that's well thought out. The idea of a complete, functional game mode story like this is not a very well traveled road on CHYOA, but a chapter-by-chapter plan will help you immensely. I got about 80% of the way with a game mode story of similar size using a...
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    Incest Loopholes best suited for stories?

    Depends on whether you're looking for an actual legal argument in favour of the incestuous relationship, or just a handwave to avoid the characters needing to hide their relationship in public. One realistic idea is to set the story in a very small town (3 digit population) where the entire...
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