Pick-A-Path Studio (Alpha 0.4.6)

Build and share choose-your-own-adventure style stories - no installs, no dependencies. Pick-A-Path Studio is a single-file HTML app that lets writers and educators draft branching narratives, visualize the flow, playtest instantly, and export a self-contained game you can share or sell.

What you can do:

• Write scenes fast. Add a title, narration, and an optional background image. Mark endings as You Win, Game Over, or keep the story going.

• Branch with ease. Create choices, link to existing scenes, or use Quick-Create Target and Continue → New to build out paths while you write.

• See the whole story. A live Flowchart view (drag to arrange, Auto Layout, Fit to Graph, Reset View) keeps your structure clear and clickable.

• Playtest in place. Jump to Playtest to try your story without leaving the editor. Hide/show the UI panel to preview how it feels.

• Export a game in one click. Export Game generates a standalone HTML file—images are packed inline—so sharing is as simple as sending one file.

• Save safely. Your work auto-saves in the browser; you can also Export/Import JSON for backups or collaboration.

• Keep file sizes sane. Imported images are converted/compressed to JPEG (when it helps) to preserve autosave space and produce smaller exports. A square (1:1) image works best; we recommend 1024×1024.

Ideal for:

Writers, teachers, game-jam teams, and anyone who wants to prototype narrative games quickly and share them easily.

Future plans:

• Add sounds. (background music, effects, ui).
• Color options. (change the color of the exported game interface, light/dark modes in the app).
  
• Game background image. (add a background a image to the page itself in the exported game).
  
• More flowchart control. (add multiselect and grouping nodes together).
  
• More flowchart details. (add more details about each scene to the nodes, such as the choice names to the node or on the links between nodes).
  
• Minigames. (I want to add minigames to act as choices with a quick game that needs to be completed to take that path).
  
• Collectable items. (mark choices to require an item/items to take that path and the item/items can be collected by making specific choices along the way).
  
• Save game. (add a save feature to the exported game so the player can close the game and return later to continue).
  
• Bug fixes and tweaks. (I'll be testing and searching for bugs to squash along with doing some ui tweaking as features are implemented).
  
• And more...
  

⚠️ Alpha, work-in-progress. Expect occasional rough edges while new features land. Thanks for trying it out!

Update:

Game converter - I added a new app that can convert exported games back into a JSON file to load it back into the editor of the main app (Just in case you need to fix something and deleted the project). I may just build this into the main app to make things easier. I'll keep the converter updated with the new features as they come.