Choose Your Own Scarborough

Choose Your Own Scarborough opens across Scarborough Town Centre on 12 November and runs until 20 December. It's an interactive illuminated trail that takes the logic of Choose Your Own Adventure books and maps it onto the streets of the town centre.

If you remember those books, you'll know the drill: instead of turning to a numbered page, you're directed from a starting point to a choice of two physical locations. At each one, you'll find another neon sign and another decision to make. The pattern carries on from there, with you deciding the direction of the story and your own movements around town based on the choices you make. The end goal is to navigate your way through the narrative to the finish point, collecting a secret word along the way.

There's a local thread running through it, too. Every character in the game is drawn from Scarborough's history and folklore, so the story you build is tied to the place you're walking through. Because you're the one making the calls, your route will be different from anyone else's — you might end up on a completely different path than a friend who starts at the same time.

It runs from 12 November to 20 December, so you've got over a month to work your way through it. Since it's spread across the town centre, it's as much about the walking as it is about the story.