During the ACE/LBU period (2017-2018) participants were able to leave feedback regarding the story-events they took part in during the first season proper (2018). This feedback was published in the Secret Story Network Playbook and some of the feedback was shared in a talk titled 'Writing with audiences' by LBU collaborator Anna Zaluczkowska at the Writing for Screens Symposium at the University of Portsmouth in 2019. Feedback included: 'It was my first time doing it, and it was a very welcoming experience. It was light-hearted but people really committed to their characters and made it fun. It required lots of imagination but never felt like too much pressure on us, and our characters and the scenes were portrayed simply and clearly but with lots of creativity and enough detail.' Another person wrote: 'It wasn't just fighting, killing, weaopns etc. It's a feelgood story... puzzles were nice'. Other feedback included: 'I liked the nonlinear possibilities'; 'The unexpected direction kept me on the edge of my seat'; and ;'When the audience has to be creative is best'.
