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< h1 > YouTube Maze< / h1 >
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Some YouTube creators have made video-gamebooks during which viewers are invited to make choices that influence the course of the narration.
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This is generally implemented by breaking up the video into short interlinked segments.
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This tool automatically generates visual representations of the networks underlying such games.
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< h2 > Some examples< / h2 >
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< li > < a href = "/mazes/EZGra6O8ClQ" > e-penser — “1 avril 2017”< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "/mazes/XM1ssJ8yxdg" > Defakator — “Le YouTube Game”< / a > < / li >
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< h2 > Generate a graph< / h2 >
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< h2 > More information< / h2 >
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The exploration algorithm automatically downloads metadata about each video from YouTube and then proceeds to a breadth-first search to generate a graph which is laid out using < a href = "http://www.graphviz.org" > Graphviz< / a > .
Only the links in the end screens and in the in-video cards are considered for the exploration.
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< a href = "https://forge.delab.re/matteo/youtube-maze" > See the source code →< / a >
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