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Every week or so we write up what landed in the editor, what we scrapped, and what we are stuck on. Read along, push back, shape what comes next.

JUNE 2026

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The ChoiceStory Studio editor: a main menu being designed with several stacked background layers, the layer panel open on the right and the node canvas below.

Devlog #5 June 7, 2026

Building a visual novel's menu in layers, and placing every choice by hand

Stack up to five background layers behind the main menu, drag each one on its own
The pause menu now runs on the same system as the main menu
Place the choice buttons that appear over a video by hand, per layout
The crash we shipped, a colour picker stuck talking to itself

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The ChoiceStory Studio editor: a Main Menu being designed for a story called 'My Dear Love', with the node canvas below.

Devlog #4 June 1, 2026

A real bug you can't see - and one that fixed itself

A 'Create independent copy' that quietly shared the old file
A menu element that jumped for one frame on drag
A countdown number blank for its first frame
A real bug you can't see, and one that had already fixed itself

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MAY 2026

The ChoiceStory Studio website: the roadmap page next to a comparison table where some rows are won by the other tool.

Devlog #3 May 31, 2026

Comparison pages that say where the competition wins

Honest comparison pages that admit where rivals win
A best-tools guide that does not put us at number one
The pricing promise in writing, free stays free
Pulled a not-final price back off the site

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ChoiceStory Studio editor split-view: pause menu design surface on the left, the canvas with an end-screen node on the right.

Devlog #2 May 23, 2026

Pause menus, asset deduplication, end-screen nodes

Pause menu authoring surface
Asset deduplication (106 to 4 files)
Performance settings modal
Drag and resize parity pass
End-screen node added to the canvas

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ChoiceStory Studio editor canvas: an image node, a video node, a connecting line, and the auto-generated choice screen between them.

Devlog #1 May 20, 2026

Building a desktop studio for interactive video stories like Late Shift

Studio reveal & overview
Focus on seamless video cuts
Pre-alpha early access incoming
Open feedback loop kicked off

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