🎬 CYOA Studio

Turn your video clips into a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure. Lay out your scenes like a flowchart, add choices, and export a player anyone can watch.

▶ Open CYOA Studio ⬇ Download (works offline)

Works best in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on Windows, Mac or Chromebook.

See it in action: building, playing and exporting a tiny adventure in 75 seconds.

🔒 Your videos never get uploaded. This page only loads the app. When you open your project folder, your videos play straight from your own computer and your work saves into that same folder.

What you can do

🗺 Flowchart editorDrag clips onto a board and connect them with named choices.
👀 Choice previewsEach choice button shows a little preview of where it leads.
🔤 Title cardsText scenes for title screens, "three hours later…", or endings.
✂ TrimmingCut the start or end of a clip without changing the file.
💬 CaptionsType captions or import .srt / .vtt files.
🖨 Printable flowchartPrint it, save it as a PDF, or save it as a picture.

How to start

  1. Make a folder on your computer and put all your video clips in it.
  2. Click Open CYOA Studio above, then 📂 Open project folder and pick your folder. Click Allow if the browser asks.
  3. Build your story, then click ⬇ Export player. A PLAY - Your Title.html file appears in your folder.
  4. To share it, zip the whole folder (videos + player file). Viewers unzip it and double-click the player file.

Want to practice first?

The download includes a Practice Clips folder with 10 short "Haunted School" clips and challenges to try. Unzip it, then open the Practice Clips folder in CYOA Studio.

No internet at school? Use Download instead. Unzip it and double-click CYOA Studio.html. It works exactly the same, fully offline.

More help

Tips, video format advice and troubleshooting are in the full guide.