Chyoa Summary
- Stories: 19,098
- Last Updated: August 19, 2024
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#1. About Chyoa
Chyoa is an interesting site that hosts interactive adult stories where the readers determine the outcome through multiple choices. Members can write and submit their stories, get feedback, and let other users continue their work. Other than extreme, you can write in whatever niche you want.
#2. First Impressions
At first glance, it is not all positive since ads immediately punish you. The site has some banners and pop-unders yet offers a modern design with many useful features. For instance, each story has a detailed page with a short synopsis, information about POV (1st person, 3rd person, male, female, etc.), category, language, views, likes, and several chapters. There's also a well-written guide for newcomers and an active forum to discuss stories and writing techniques with other members.
However, the puzzling layout is what we despised about Chyoa. It’s as if you’re browsing the v2 version of Digg (a competitor to Reddit). Spoiler alert: Digg got shut down after that because everything was far too confusing. Despite laying out stories symmetrically, how everything is presented makes little sense. From horizontal to reading more stories to whatever else is happening there. That's the most confusing design I’ve experienced in a while, and honestly, some will leave just because of that. Whoever thought about showing content with horizontal scroll bars is either insane or… Well, I can’t think of a second reason, honestly. Fixing this part of Chyoa would make it a far more interesting site. Now, you feel like missing out on content because reading or discovering anything is a pain.
#3. Content & User Experience
Chyoa.com has close to 20,000 interactive sex stories and around 400,000 chapters, with choices in the style of choose-your-own-adventure books. Among categories, you'll find BDSM and bisexual stories, cheating spouses, fan fiction, fantasy, fetish, lesbian, and gay stories, to name a few things. Most stories are written in English, but there's also a large section for Foreign Language works.
As a member, you can write your own stories, which can be kept private (only you can modify them) or be made public and moderated (other users can contribute). In both situations, users must submit their work for review before publication. As a rule, the first chapters should be at least 250 words, with additional chapters being at least 100. Chyoa has more than a fair share of community features, too, from profiles with recent activity, stories, chapters, awards, a way to follow your favorite contributors, etc.
Despite making over $1,000 from Patreon contributions, Chyoa has ads too. I don’t mind banners or well-placed text ads, but I have an issue with how site owners have implemented them. For example, there’s a menu at the top with “Discover” and “News Feed” links followed by dating or cam text ads that look like navigation items. I would say those are misleading, and since out of 5 links, three are ads, that’s way too many. By the way, Chyoa features a sidebar banner, too.
#4. Conclusion
Chyoa features thousands of interactive sex stories in a variety of niches. Users can publish their work and let others contribute chapters, discuss ideas on a forum, or read adult stories covering many different categories. The ads are one too many.
