# ReelFork

> ReelFork is a playable-drama platform. In a single branching story tree, creators mix video scenes, text-adventure (visual-novel style) scenes and interactive mini-apps — so one creation ships as both an interactive film and a text game. Studio is the creation side (AI-assisted script, storyboard, video generation, text-game authoring); Cinema is where audiences play, choose paths and reach multiple endings.

## What makes ReelFork different

- **One story tree, two kinds of playable output.** Video nodes and text-adventure nodes are node types in the same tree and can be freely interleaved — a scene can be a generated video clip, and the next can be a visual-novel style sequence with backgrounds, character sprites, dialogue boxes, BGM and per-line voice. Text-game scenes do not go through the video generation pipeline, which is what makes mixed-format stories affordable.
- **Characters that exist on their own.** A character card can be created in minutes (AI drafts the persona, world, speaking style, memory seed, opening line and sample dialogue; the creator edits and approves it) and does not have to belong to any drama. Characters have a three-layer memory — a recent-turns window, periodic structured write-back of long-term/relationship/goal memory, and plot memory limited to what the viewer has actually watched, so the character cannot spoil unseen episodes.
- **Affinity, not just a paywall.** Chatting and gifts raise an affinity score across three tiers, which changes how a character speaks and unlocks bonus episodes that cannot be purchased — they open through the relationship only.
- **Forking with revenue lineage.** A published interactive drama can be forked into a new project (unless the author disables it). Episodes carried over from the original pay out entirely to the original creator; the fork author's own episodes pay a lineage share to the immediate upstream creator, plus a share for referenced character cards. Settlement is automatic and reversible on refund.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://www.reelfork.com/)
- [Cinema](https://www.reelfork.com/player)
- [Make a playable drama (for creators)](https://www.reelfork.com/home): Creator-side landing page — build a branching story tree that mixes video scenes, text-adventure (visual-novel style) nodes and mini-apps, then publish it to an audience that plays it, talks to the characters and can fork the plot.
- [Public creator community](https://www.reelfork.com/studio/community)
- [Demand Wall (marketplace)](https://www.reelfork.com/market): Viewers post commissions for interactive dramas and branching stories; creators pick up briefs and get paid for delivering them.
- [Features](https://www.reelfork.com/features)
- [Pricing](https://www.reelfork.com/pricing)
- [Documentation](https://www.reelfork.com/docs)
- [RFD format](https://www.reelfork.com/docs/rfd-format)

## Playable drama resources

- [Interactive Video Maker](https://www.reelfork.com/resources/interactive-video-maker): Build branching interactive videos with AI-assisted scripts, storyboards, generated media, choices, and multiple endings in one browser workspace.
- [AI Interactive Video Generator](https://www.reelfork.com/resources/ai-interactive-video-generator): Generate the scripts, shots, images and clips needed for a branching interactive video while keeping creators in control of story structure.
- [How to Make an Interactive Video](https://www.reelfork.com/resources/how-to-make-an-interactive-video): Plan, build, test and publish an interactive video with meaningful choices and multiple endings using a repeatable production process.
- [Branching Video Guide](https://www.reelfork.com/resources/branching-video-guide): Learn how to design branching video structures that stay understandable, testable and emotionally meaningful as the number of choices grows.
- [Interactive Video Examples](https://www.reelfork.com/resources/interactive-video-examples): Explore useful interactive video patterns for dramas, education, marketing and creator workflows, with guidance on when each pattern works.
- [Choose Your Own Adventure Video Maker](https://www.reelfork.com/resources/choose-your-own-adventure-video-maker): Create choose-your-own-adventure videos with branching choices, persistent story state and multiple endings—without writing application code.

## Tutorials

- [Tutorial center](https://www.reelfork.com/tutorials): Hands-on tutorials from ReelFork creators — each one walks through building a finished interactive piece step by step.
- [ReelFork Studio Complete Guide](https://www.reelfork.com/tutorials/guide): Full reference covering project setup, AI creation, branching stories, video editing, and publishing.

## Blog

- [The AI content traffic myth broke. Where did the money go?](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/ai-idol-ip-economy): Payouts per 10K views fell from nearly 100 yuan to 5–10. Forty-two percent of active studios disappeared in months. Yet on the same playing field, people building character IP are doing fine. A look at what actually collapsed — it is not just platform revenue share — and why a character behaves like an asset and a viral hit does not. Figures verified August 2026.
- [Visual-novel scenes in an interactive drama: how one text game node carried a 4-ending story](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/text-game-nodes-case-study): A case study of "Three Invitations at the Ferry": 7 nodes, one 54-line text game scene, four endings — and zero video generated for the entire dialogue act. What text game nodes are, when to use them, and the staging tricks worth stealing.
- [Interactive video platforms in 2026: what shut down, what survived, and the one lesson to take away](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/interactive-video-tools-2026): Eko is gone, Netflix pulled Bandersnatch, and half the tool roundups you'll find are out of date. A fact-checked map of the interactive video landscape in 2026 — and why portability is the only feature that matters long-term.
- [What is an interactive drama — and how is it different from a regular video?](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/what-is-interactive-drama): Interactive dramas let viewers make choices that branch the story, leading to different scenes and multiple endings. Unlike linear video, every watch is unique. Here's how they work under the hood.
- [The RFD format: a YAML-based open standard for interactive stories](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/rfd-format-introduction): RFD (ReelFork Drama) is the open format powering every drama on the platform. It's human-readable YAML that defines nodes, choices, conditions, and media — and it works with both the visual editor and direct upload.
- [How the AI Story Agent turns a paragraph into a branching drama](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/ai-story-agent-workflow): Describe your story idea in plain language. The AI writes the full script, structures branching paths, and scaffolds every node in the RFD format. Here is a step-by-step walkthrough of how it works.
- [How creators actually get paid on ReelFork Cinema: the two revenue lines](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/creator-monetization-guide): Paid unlocks settle at a 70% net revenue share; the traffic incentive pays $0.70 per 10K plays and, once settlement opens, is disbursed separately every month (settlement has not started yet). The two lines don't touch each other. A walkthrough of pricing, splits and payout thresholds using the real Creator Center UI (verified August 2026).
- [Designing branching narratives that don't overwhelm your audience](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/branching-narrative-design): More branches isn't always better. Good interactive drama design balances choice with story coherence. Here are the patterns that work — and the traps to avoid.
- [What are ReelFork Smart Workflows? Turn an AI creation into a repeatable process](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/smart-templates-introduction): A Smart Workflow is not a saved prompt. It packages the inputs, canvas nodes, agent steps, and completion standard behind a proven creation process so other creators can run it reliably.
- [Embed interactive dramas on any website with one line of HTML](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/embed-interactive-drama): ReelFork drama embed lets you drop an interactive player into any website or blog with a single iframe snippet. Here is how to use it and customize the embed for your site.

## Discovery

- [Blog feed](https://www.reelfork.com/blog/feed.xml)
- [Sitemap](https://www.reelfork.com/sitemap.xml)
- [FAQ](https://www.reelfork.com/faq)

## Contact

- General / business / legal: contact@reelfork.com