Only things I can think of to add since Alexandra’s got everything in her response would be this:
Hello Episodians!
We have an in-demand update for the Writer’s Portal this week: adding labels inside of branches! You can now bring your readers directly to the result of a choice with a label, without having to write a separate branch for this option! This function works within regular and timed choices.
Here’s how to use it: At the spot in which you’d like to take your reader directly to the branched choices, place “goto [name of label]” . Inside of the branch you’d like them to end up in, …
Don’t know if you knew of it though since it was posted in June last year though?
And this update too to the gem prices:
Hello Episode Authors!
In surveys, support tickets, and direct feedback from creators, we’ve heard that you’d like more ways for readers to be able to support you and your writing on Episode. To help with that, we’re revamping our Community Author Gem Choices to give creators more control over when and how to offer readers unique, fun experiences or to ask for support. As always, using gem choices in your story is entirely optional, and can only be added by you, the author.
In order to give ou…
Shelf:
Hello Episodians!
In our continuing efforts to support the diverse Episode community, we’ve heard from community authors that they would like more options for featuring outside of our Heritage and Identity based shelves.
With this in mind, we’d like to introduce the Own Voices section, which features stories by authors of various identities and heritages. The Own Voices section is intended to spotlight stories by BIPOC and/or other underrepresented groups in our community.
In this section of …
Community and bullying:
Today, with input and feedback from our community, we are sharing clarified guidelines covering interactions among Episode community members. Many of you have asked us to be clearer about what is and is not allowed in the Episode community. We should all strive to treat each other with the respect and kindness with which we would like to be treated. Our goal with these guidelines is to help the community understand what is acceptable behavior for interacting with other Episode players and creato…
Diversity:
The Episode team has been actively working on new ways to better serve the diverse community we’re so fortunate to have. We deeply appreciate the feedback raised from our community on issues related to story featuring, art assets, our Community standards, and more.
We’d love to highlight some of the changes you’ve already seen, and some that are currently in progress below. Our hope is that these changes will serve as the foundation for additional actions in the future.
Updated Episode Art ass…
Ranking:
Over the last few months, our team has been working on ways to give Episode authors more opportunities to get support from their readers and help make their journeys to becoming full-time authors and creators easier. With the recent update to our Community Author Gem Choices , we want authors to feel in control of their stories and the extra content they can offer readers in exchange for that support.
We know authors worry about losing reads and readers when adding optional gem choices to their …
There’s also been many art releases (clothing, animations, backgrounds, character features) since then, but you can check them out in the portal. Don’t know if you’re interested in the contests that have been and gone.
Hey All!
Our artists have created additional facial features and hairstyles to help you portray a broader range of characters! In addition, they’ve also made a character look book , if you’d like to see some of our features new and old in action!
Want us to feature your looks and scenes on our Instagram account, @EpisodeCreators? Tomorrow morning we’ll be making a post with some of our favorite characters and outfits from this thread. . The deadline for creating images is 5 AM PST tomorrow. Whe…
Oh, yeah! Some Episode Originals offer more gems here and there and Episode has the VIP deal now, since the Unlimited Passes deal doesn’t show for most people anymore.
Android fan mail isn’t working, it’s been like that for ages and as usual, there are also still plenty of bugs.
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