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Presenting a story primarily as backstory can be a convenient way for authors of interactive stories to avoid coding NPCs or managing branching narratives.
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- Emily Short Interactive narrative designer and critic
For authors of interactive stories, presenting most of your story as backstory is often convenient because you can tell what did happen in a place without having to code any NPCs or allow for any branching in the backstory narrative: the past is a part of the story your interactive reader can't touch.
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