return

Parameters

This construct takes no arguments.

Canonical example

narrate "The cutscene ends. We're back where we started."
return

"The cutscene ends. We're back where we started."
return

return ends a called scene and resumes the caller at the line after its call. Outside a called scene — at the top level of a start scene, for instance — return is a no-op the runtime warns about.

Notes

A scene that's only ever entered via call should end with return. A scene that branches to other scenes via jump or via choice options never needs an explicit return — control transfers through the routing instead.

If a called scene ends without a return (no terminating verb at all), the runtime treats fall-off-the-end as an implicit return and emits a warning. Authoring tools surface this so the creator can pick between an explicit return (the recommended fix) and an end (if the scene was meant to terminate the playthrough).

See also

• call — push onto the call stack
• end — terminate the playthrough entirely
• scene-flow — full routing vocabulary