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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 Sep 2018
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      I’m surprised that the Kindle (and related options) hasn’t brought a Choose Your Own Adventure renaissance. Think what you can do with that format when you’re freed from the 180 page constraint.

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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 Sep 2018
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      Heck since the length is functionally unlimited and you can make a compiler for books you could do things like e.g. an inventory system.

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 2 Sep 2018
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      Or even hit points or something.

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        1. Harry Heymann‏ @harryh 2 Sep 2018
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          Wasn't something like this Tom Hanks big idea in the movie Big?

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        1. Benjamin‏ @Benjanmin 2 Sep 2018
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          There’s a smartphone app that does this for a choose your own adventure based on Hamlet. It’s by the guy who does Dinosaur Comics, @ryanqnorth

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        2. K‏ @K4y1s 2 Sep 2018
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          Lol, are there turing complete ebook formats? Can I write an ebook that renders new pages on the fly?

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        3. Doug Lance‏ @dougwlance 2 Sep 2018
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          EPUB is just a zipped up website (html, css, js).

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        2. Ryan Hayes‏ @RyannosaurusRex 2 Sep 2018
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          Haha, the original save game!

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        1. Alvaro‏ @alvrod 2 Sep 2018
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          this exists, plenty of it available for Android for example

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        1. Froward Jason‏ @JasnTru 2 Sep 2018
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          There were a few Kindle ebook "apps" that attempted to do that, and I tried a few of them out with my first Kindle years ago. They didn't reliably maintain compatibility with different versions of the Kindle though. (Technically you wouldn't need Kindle SDK for basic ones).

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        1. conrad‏ @deanc 2 Sep 2018
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          would be cool to add kindle as a target for inform7, a programming language for making text-based adventures, https://eev.ee/blog/2016/04/21/elegance/ … http://inform7.com/ 

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        2. Chris Frederick‏ @kansaichris 2 Sep 2018
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          The colossal combinatorial explosion this could entail is hurting my head. It would be akin to binding the multiverse into a book!

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        3. Chris Frederick‏ @kansaichris 2 Sep 2018
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          On the other hand, this has been tried in webcomic form before, so there is some precedent for it: https://www.homestuck.com/ 

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