Here’s some helpful threads to spice up your directing/coding skills in your story:
Spot Directing: Spot Directing (Moving Characters Around)
Spot Walking: Spot Walking (Walking w/Spot Direction)
Zooms: Zoom Directing (The Art of the Zoom Made Easy)
How to Remember past choices: HOW TO: Remember Past Choices (if/elif/else)
How to include the Points System: The Points System
Using Layers: HOW TO: Move Characters / Overlays to the Layers
Kissing & Hugging: 💋 HOW TO: Hug and Kiss (Ink & LL)
Driving off in a car: 🚗 HOW TO: Drive into / Drive Off the scene with Character inside
Guide to typed in messages: A Guide to Typed-in Choices
Nested choices: HOW TO: Nested Choices
List of all transitions: HOW TO: Transitions
I hope all these help resources and good luck in the contest ^^
P.S When it comes to choices, according to the Episode guides:
You should include choices that matter, as well as basic ones ^^
However, at the end of the day, it’s your story and you must do what you love otherwise you won’t enjoy writing it 