Compromises, compromises. Play a visual novel. There! Snark aside, I should note the flexibility in storytelling that all interactive fiction provides. Namely,

Compromises, compromises. Play a visual novel. There! Snark aside, I should note the flexibility in storytelling that all interactive fiction provides. Namely, as the author you get to use time travel without having it as a plot element. That way, you also avoid the overemphasis that long-running linear stories place on their singular endings. Hmm...this has definitely been said on HN before in some thread related to the Netflix CYOAs. I wonder if a useful robot9000 is now feasible with modern language models, with aggregating and summarizing of perennial forum debates.