I like the idea of authors potentially getting statistical data on how players play their games. I’m envisioning how Talltale Games will point out the percentages for critical chocies during the Walking Dead games, which are always interesting to view as a player. Being able to see a wide array of choices in a suite for authors would be interesting for a lot of game design choices, for me. Seems like a great project all around.
I think that’s a great idea - having inline links in ChoiceScript that just bring up a temporary popover window with text that is then dismissed and does not move the story forward. As you said, it would be similar to footnotes or an “examine” command so an author could (if desired) shorten the text directly on the page and allow the player to read optional text if they choose to.