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I really believe that if Netflix launched its interactive media with a miniseries of Goosebumps: Choose Your Own Adventure adaptations (instead of... whatever Bandersnatch was...) the format could have been a huge success.

I still want to Escape from the Carnival of Horrors(TM).

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Wouldn't that effectivly be a Visual Novel (DDLC) or Graphic Novel (Maniac Mansion)? If you have good IP and Story, aren't games in this style pretty straightforward to create?

Isn't this effectively how the interactive materials behave, or am I misunderstanding? It was my understanding that they all were analogous to DVD-style interactive extras where you essentially choose left or right at points in the story.

Bandersnatch is one of the things they're keeping.

I am glad to hear this. I enjoyed Bandersnatch, but I do not think it was the right tone for a launch title for this kind of project, personally.

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