# Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games (Sam Kabo Ashwell)

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- categories: T18, T01 · tags: level:established, branching, topology, cyoa
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:03.972Z
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Source: https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/standard-patterns-in-choice-based-games

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- [sourced_fact] Post (2015-01-26) is a non-exhaustive look at common recurring design patterns of choice-based works, with example diagrams. · locator: opening paragraphs · source: https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/standard-patterns-in-choice-based-games/
- [sourced_fact] Post describes the 'time cave' as a heavily-branching sequence with little or no re-merging, many endings, and no need for state-tracking. · locator: Time Cave paragraph · source: https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/standard-patterns-in-choice-based-games/
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Personal blog; no reuse license in the text read. · evidence: https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/standard-patterns-in-choice-based-games/

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