Prompt 5:
It is important that the reader has the option to click because being able to click lets the reader make choices when the path diverges. In the story, the reader is able to pick several paths that will change the outcome of the ending. The main character has many decisions on how to proceed and the player is able to pick those choices. The main limitations are the outcomes of the player choices and how those decisions affect future outcomes in the story. The kind of words the readers are able to click on are mostly actions describing ways for the main character to become the prom queen. The story is sort of structured like a choose your own adventure book, where a passage will be displayed and then a couple choices will be shown. These choices are located at the bottom of the game and are highlighted to signify that they are choices. Because the reader is many of the actions the main character does, many words are highlighted and are used to guide the main character. When clicking on these choices, many verbs could be used to describe the main character’s actions. The main character asks, chats, and moves throughout the story to accomplish the goal of becoming the prom queen. These actions are the result of the reader clicking on these actions and the main character actively doing those actions. However the results are out of the readers and main character’s control. When the reader picks something, the resulting passage may describe events the reader did not intend.