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avenue took my summer hostage and i told it thank you

I have a confession to make: since April of this year, I have been held against my will. My family tried to bail me out, but nay I said - I have to fight this battle with my own wits. A fool, I was. Trapped in the meteoric gravity of a platform that grooms me and gives me belly rubs, I lost sight of the exit until it melted away entirely. I have only found safe harbor now due to a lapse in their judgement; 'Creator', they said, 'go out and tell the world of our majesty. we permit this.' And so I came home, learning that my life all but fell to shambles without my astute gaze to watch over the ins and outs. Work? Forgotten. The bills have risen and fallen into sad piles upon the floor. Hobbies? What need does a Creator have for extracurriculars, when the Avenue provides all? And love, oh sweet love...gone. Her side of the bed held a layer of dust, a sad recollection of the last time I saw her face beyond my enrapturing computer screen.

This is what my life has become.

"What is Avenue?"

Thank you for asking, I would love to tell you all about it. Avenue is a brand-new platform for episodic interactive fiction. Let's say you want to make a series about superheroes: you can start the first episode with the main character as a blank slate, then allow the reader/player to create a character from choices during the episode. Or perhaps you want a defined character, and the reader is simply making decisions from a list of things that character would already probably do? Dice rolls, conditional checks, items and inventories, variables that only stay for one episode or ones that last for the whole series - there are so many options for ways to create a compelling, player-driven narrative on Avenue, and the learning curve is about as short as can be.

But you know what? I can't do the platform enough justice, so I'll tell you where you can go to find it. Yes, that's correct - Avenue is available on the App Store for iOS devices right now, with an Android app currently in development. Not only is this platform versatile, it's designed to facilitate engaging stories and fun gameplay on mobile devices, the power placed squarely at your fingertips.

I'm excited to see what you make with Avenue. Welcome aboard, and have a great one.

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