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Interactive video for branching stories

Transform your interactive videos into immersive, choose-your-own-adventure experiences with Cinema8. Add branching storylines, clickable decision points, and overlays that let viewers control the narrative flow. Enhance accessibility with captions and transcripts, customise branded players to fit your style, and use analytics to track audience choices and engagement. Create memorable, replay-worthy stories that strengthen connections with learners, customers, or fans.

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Cinema8’s interactive video tools make it easy to create branching story experiences where viewers decide the storyline. Upload your video into a secure library using the dashboard, bulk import, or API, then add decision points, clickable overlays, and branching paths that respond to each choice. Customisable branded players ensure a seamless look on any website or app, while captions and transcripts improve accessibility. Built-in analytics reveal which paths audiences prefer, where they drop off, and how engaged they remain.

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How to create branching story videos with Cinema8

Build immersive choose-your-own-adventure videos by uploading, adding branches, and tracking how audiences navigate your stories.

Step 1

Upload your video content to Cinema8 using the dashboard, bulk import, or API. Organise everything in a secure, centralised video library.

Step 2

Add branching points, clickable overlays, and interactive choices that guide viewers to different outcomes, making each viewing experience unique and engaging.

Step 3

Publish your branching story videos across websites, apps, or learning platforms. Track viewer decisions, completions, and engagement through Cinema8’s analytics dashboard.

Why use Cinema8 for branching story videos?

Cinema8 gives you the tools to craft interactive storylines where viewers shape their own path. With branching logic, clickable overlays, and a secure video library, your narratives become more immersive and memorable. Customisable branded players enhance the look, captions ensure accessibility, and built-in analytics reveal how different story paths perform, helping you refine your storytelling for deeper engagement and stronger results.

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Analytics reveal audience choices and engagement paths

Engaging employee onboarding journeys

Guide new employees through tailored onboarding videos where choices determine the next step. Create scenarios, adapt learning paths, and track progress with analytics for a more personalised and memorable onboarding experience.

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Immersive brand storytelling campaigns

Bring your brand story to life with choose-your-own-adventure videos. Let audiences explore different paths, connect emotionally with your message, and increase awareness and retention through active participation.

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Interactive learning and assessments

Design educational or training videos with branching scenarios, quizzes, and decision points. Encourage learners to make choices, test their knowledge, and generate analytics to measure understanding and training effectiveness.

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During travel restrictions, Cinema8 proved valuable as a tool. Its platform offered straightforward yet complete tools, allowing us to give virtual demonstrations of our solutions in a secure and efficient way.

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Cinema8 software engaged and motivated students with 360-degree videos at the Tate Gallery, featuring past student projects. Staff support was responsive and helpful with training. A valuable tool for educational institutions.

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Cinema8 has been instrumental in compiling all of the videos for a research project on employment for the blind or visually impaired, by offering an easy-to-use web-based platform for building Interactive Videos.

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Communications Coordinator / Mississippi State University

Cinema8 was chosen for its ease of use and ability to create interactive videos through an intuitive interface. The team received great support and reasonable pricing. leading to a renewal of their partnership. Cinema8's support helped them meet project deadlines.

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Interactive branching story videos in Cinema8 allow you to place decision points within your content. Viewers choose paths in real time, and the video instantly adapts to their choices. This creates a personalised journey where each viewer experiences unique outcomes, increasing immersion and replay value while giving you valuable insights into audience preferences through detailed analytics.
Interactive branching stories are highly effective in training because they replicate real-world scenarios. Employees can choose actions in simulated situations, see the consequences, and learn through experience. Cinema8 tracks completion, choices, and quiz results, allowing you to measure progress and identify knowledge gaps. This makes it easier to design adaptive training paths that keep learners engaged and accountable.
Cinema8 generates lightweight embed codes, so your branching story videos can be placed directly on websites, blogs, or applications. The responsive, branded players ensure seamless integration with your digital experience while maintaining video quality. You can also secure access with passwords or unlisted links, making it easy to share engaging story-driven content safely.
Analytics reveal which paths viewers choose, how long they watch, and where they drop off. Cinema8 helps you understand audience behaviour across storylines, showing what content resonates most. These insights guide script improvements, refine narrative flow, and strengthen engagement for both learning and marketing campaigns.
Cinema8 lets you embed a range of interactive elements into your branching videos to make stories more immersive. Some of these include quizzes, polls, tasks, and forms. Participants can make decisions, test their knowledge, and engage in dynamic experiences that adapt to their choices, boosting both understanding and enjoyment.