Choose Your Own Adventure - DISCUSSION THREAD

DakotaYoda

Use this thread to discuss anything related to the current Choose Your Own Adventure story that is going on here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70382166#post70382166

Feel free to chat about what answer to vote for or to bring up any issues you see with the game.

Any other questions pertaining to the CYOA game can be listed here as well.

degrassinoel

have the writers been pre-chosen or are there still open spots?
Am not looking to pm anyone and ask for hints, just wanna know if the job is gone

DakotaYoda

I believe we are still taking writer applicants for this first go-round. A couple more would be great.

Mahatma coat

I'll write.

I was wonderin tho, when you give the options of what to do next shouldnt the author of that bit decide which is which, maybe write a brief synopsis of each option and delete it so that its there but only the mod ca see it, then when people pick the options we can have it undeleted.
orsomesuch

DakotaYoda

Mahatma coat wrote: »

I'll write.

I was wonderin tho, when you give the options of what to do next shouldnt the author of that bit decide which is which, maybe write a brief synopsis of each option and delete it so that its there but only the mod ca see it, then when people pick the options we can have it undeleted.
orsomesuch

Yes. The author dictates the outcome of his/her writing. Each post should follow the below plan. It'll just help keep it simple:

• 1 choice takes you down a safe route - Temporary Safety (TS)
• 1 choice leads towards danger but not directly into it - Danger Increased (DI)
• 1 choice leads you to fairly immediate death - Immediate Death (ID)

I was going to say we just share everything between the writers but that would mean the writers don't get to vote. Not sure if that will be a problem or not.

Hmmm....maybe the writer reveals the answers to the next writer AFTER the votes are counted. That seems like it would work.

Oh - and Mahatma - you can take second writer, aka the next post, if ya don't mind.

Mahatma coat

Excellent, I'll need to know what your 3 options were.

Altho knowing human nature as I do, Expect all my options to end in Certain Death:D:D:D

Micky Dolenz

Mahatma coat wrote: »

Excellent, I'll need to know what your 3 options were.

Altho knowing human nature as I do, Expect all my options to end in Certain Death:D:D:D

But i don't think you need to know what Dakota had planned, you take the story and do as you wish with it. the story should be organic and not rigid, for example, you can read the reasons and votes and just go from there.

Mahatma coat

Ah No Mickey, the CYOA format would dictate that dakotaYoda provide us with the initial scenario and 3 Possible outcomes, Dakota then decides which decision produces which result, for example, IF by choosing option B, as we mostly did, in the first scenario we end up falling down thealready Hacked away stairwell of a less hungover Boardzie and the Option of do nothing was correct because there was a surgical strike team ready to absail in the windo and rescue you, I needs to know these sorts of things, cos I have to write from There.

DakotaYoda

My plan was to PM you the outcomes to my post as soon as voting was closed. Will that work?

Increasing the lab between new story posts is the only issue I see with that manner of doing things.

EDIT: And by outcome - I mean I'll relay to you which answer meant what. IE which one is Temporary Safety (TS), Danger Increased (DI), or Immediate Death (ID). You can take it from there.

Mahatma coat

I's cool with that, I think we should publish the other options too tho at a later stage.

Mahatma coat

OK Who's writin Paragraph 3?????????

DakotaYoda

Looking for volunteers for the next post.

If no one takes it you and I can hash out the rest of the story Mahatma, if yer up for that.

Mahatma coat

If need be Dakota, but I would like there to bew a bit more participation from others, the more people inputting into the story the more fun it gets from a writers perspective, We could probably sit down tonight and hash out 5 Chapters over PM, but if those chapters grow organicaly then the story stands a chance of going off in a more interesting direction.


Also what do you think of lobbin a few Tunes etc into the mix to add a bit of atmosphere

Mahatma coat

Miky
Can you confirm whether or not you can see the 3 outcome post I deleted???????

Mahatma coat

ALSO

What happens when the Group chose the Wrong Path and ends up gettin eaten, Do we just rewind to the previous options and go again???????

DakotaYoda

Mahatma coat wrote: »

If need be Dakota, but I would like there to bew a bit more participation from others, the more people inputting into the story the more fun it gets from a writers perspective, We could probably sit down tonight and hash out 5 Chapters over PM, but if those chapters grow organicaly then the story stands a chance of going off in a more interesting direction.


Also what do you think of lobbin a few Tunes etc into the mix to add a bit of atmosphere

Oh hells yeah - In fact I plan to write a whole one and I plan to shoot some video, etc for it. So - yeah. Spice it up however we can. Text is great but other flavor stuff is helpful.

I'd much prefer to have another writer too. Becomes less of a chore for everyone and the story grows a bit differently.

So WHO'S NEXT TO WRITE???

SUNGOD

i'll give it a go,
let me know if ye want me to start

DakotaYoda

SUNGOD wrote: »

i'll give it a go,
let me know if ye want me to start

Lovely SUNGOD. Much appreciated man.

Voting will be done tomorrow so if you want to post your next part of the story by Sunday, since weekends can be slow, that should be fine. Otherwise you can post Saturday if you have things ready.


Mahatma - can you PM SUNGOD your answers Saturday?

Thx all!

SUNGOD

Mahatma coat wrote: »

What happens when the Group chose the Wrong Path and ends up gettin eaten, Do we just rewind to the previous options and go again???????

im wondering about this as well


also maybe im missing something but why would the next writer need the 3 options of the previous writer
as he will write his own version of of whatever option is voted on

DakotaYoda

My initial thought was that once eaten a new story begins.

If we want to rewind I guess we could do that though as that's what I always did w/ the CYOA books.

As far as needing the previous writers answer's - read up the thread a bit. Mahatma and I discussed this some.
The gist was that each post would give 3 options. 1 that lead to safety, 1 that led to increasing danger, and 1 that lead to immediate death. The next writer would need to know which answer is which.

Hope that makes sense. Still pouring in coffee to get my mind working.

SUNGOD

ok so once eaten we start again

so all Mahatma will be sending me will be what option that was voted on will be either safety, increasing danger or death
ok sounds good to me

DakotaYoda

SUNGOD wrote: »

ok so once eaten we start again

so all Mahatma will be sending me will be what option that was voted on will be either safety, increasing danger or death
ok sounds good to me

Yup.

BUT - this is absolutely up for discussion. Do we want to start over or go back to the latest post and let everyone revote? Plus/Minus both ways I guess. I'm open to either.

I guess I'd just say that once ya slip up in the Zompocalypse yer pretty much screwed. No do overs. But that doesn't mean we can't in this game.

Micky Dolenz

DakotaYoda wrote: »

Yup.

BUT - this is absolutely up for discussion. Do we want to start over or go back to the latest post and let everyone revote? Plus/Minus both ways I guess. I'm open to either.

I guess I'd just say that once ya slip up in the Zompocalypse yer pretty much screwed. No do overs. But that doesn't mean we can't in this game.

I think if you die as a group decision, thats tough, the story ends with you being dead or worse, turned.

ChaseThisLight

I like the idea that if you die/are turned/whatever, then that particular story is over. It gives us the opportunity to then do another story, in a totally different situation, etc. Also, I'll take a turn writing as well at some point.

DakotaYoda

The other option would be to continue the game as a Zombie once ya got eaten.

But - I think that may be the way to write an entire unique story. You're a zombie trying to "survive". CYOA to catch the food to eat!!!

And you can take the next post after SUNGOD ChaseThisLight - thanks for volunteering!!!!

Writer Order:
1. DakotaYoda
2. Mahatma coat
3. SUNGOD
4. ChaseThisLight

Mahatma coat

I suppose it would be interesting to write from the POV Of a Zombie
4 is a good start for writers, hopefully more people will join in :D

ChaseThisLight

Awesome...will do. You both bring up a good point though, now that I think about it. I have a book, Zombie Haiku, where the main character starts as a survivor, but he gets turned half way through the story so the rest of it is from his POV as a zed. Could be interesting to try it out at some point; if it doesn't happen with the current story - depends on the outcome, I suppose - then certainly with another.

SUNGOD

for my three options i was looking at them more as..safe , stupid and risky so if the stupid choice is picked it doesnt have to mean certain death but would mean the next writer using his imagination to get out of the situation.
also will i post my choice outcome in the main thread or just pm to next writer

SmileyPaul

Boom! I. Am. Game


Thanks for the PM mahatma

do you all use msn much?
we could sit down on a regularish basis just for a couple of minutes and discuss ****

Mahatma coat

Yeah SUNGOD I think PM will be the way to go for communication

Sorry paul, have a Moral Objection to MSN


BUT ANYWAY

WE have now reached one of our first major technical decisions in this Story

You Our Hero hav now comew face to face with an Actual Zombie

this is where we need to have the discussion re

Sprinters
or
Shufflers

or whaty kind of limited range of motions said Z will be capable of

DakotaYoda

I'd say its absolutely writer's choice on the Z speed. I'll be going the Shambler route I believe but I'm not opposed to Sprinters. If one writer starts with one and then the other kind appear in the next post - I'm ok with that.

As far as group chat - MSN or google are good for me. We could also put together a little Boardsie IRC or something similar, http://www.addonchat.com/ for instance, unless there is already one I don't know about. Just have to let me know what times are best.

Also - SUNGOD's idea of 'safe , stupid and risky' works just fine for me.
I'm thinking we need an actual metric behind this though. As in - you're always ok if you take the 'Safe' route, but if take 2 'Risky' choices in a row the next options could only be 'Risky, Risky, Stupid' ie taking more Risky choices makes it harder to have a Safe choice. Not quiet sure how to work that out tho... it's most likely an algebraic equation that I don't have the brainpower for right now. Also - I'd say Risk Should be rewarded from time to time so I'm not if penalizing Risky choices is a good idea. Coffee here I come....

Nice work so far everyone. Things are getting more detailed as we go.

Mahatma coat

I reserve the Right to make an option "Seemingly Safe" but then to have it lead you into certain Death MWAHAHAHAHA <cough> WahhahahaAHA

SmileyPaul

is it ok for me to write the next chapter or does someone have dibs?

Mahatma coat

Writer Order:
1. DakotaYoda
2. Mahatma coat
3. SUNGOD
4. ChaseThisLight

5. SmileyPaul
6. Next Person????
7. And so on til we loop

DakotaYoda

We're going to reorg the writing order a bit as ChaseThisLight had some issues come up.

SmileyPaul you ok w/ taking the next post? Short notice, I know, but I'm sure yer more than capable. If ya can't just let us know and I'll jump in on it.

Onward and upward...

Revised order:

Writer Order:
1. DakotaYoda
2. Mahatma coat
3. SUNGOD
4. SmileyPaul
5. TBA
6. TBA

SmileyPaul

comin right up

DakotaYoda

SmileyPaul wrote: »

comin right up

Wicked. Thank ya kindly!

SmileyPaul

My apologies if it's not what you're all looking for, I only read 1 CYOA book as a child so I didn't really know whether or not I was hitting the right buttons

DirtyBollox

i like that you added in the inventory at the end. otherwise people would be scrolling up and down the thread wondering where you got a certain item from later in the story.

DakotaYoda

SmileyPaul wrote: »

My apologies if it's not what you're all looking for, I only read 1 CYOA book as a child so I didn't really know whether or not I was hitting the right buttons

Nah it's grand Smiley - nice work man!!

SmileyPaul

Thanks,

about mixing options, I'd say if enough people were to give suggestions about it the next writer could mix it up a bit, I'd prefer if we didn't mix because if we want to go get the keys I don't want a fat man chasing us :P
it means that if we want to go back for keys we'll be able to go in relative safety

SteJForum

Is it ok if I become the 6th contributer? I know Paul, (Smiley)... I see that I won't have to be writing for a while so I have plenty of time to get used to the story.

Micky Dolenz

SteJForum wrote: »

Is it ok if I become the 6th contributer? I know Paul, (Smiley)... I see that I won't have to be writing for a while so I have plenty of time to get used to the story.

Yeah, the more the merrier. Welcome along

SteJForum

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Yeah, the more the merrier. Welcome along

Cool, Just after reading through the story. am I next? I see that B seems to be the chosen option? I could start writing it now...

Micky Dolenz

The next part of the story should be up tomorrow, but it does look likely that it will be option B so I'd say write away.


Writer Order:
1. DakotaYoda
2. Mahatma coat
3. SUNGOD
4. SmileyPaul
5. SteJForum
6. TBA

SmileyPaul

Hey Stephen!
you have to wait two days between posts to let people vote but I think we could count today as day 1? :P

he's a cool dude and not a bad writer at all
he concentrates on the details just like me

SteJForum

sorry for the inconvenience, but I'm opting out as I'm not used to nor do I want to write in this format. I find it awkward and much prefer first person. Also I don't really have time with college etc.

Mahatma coat

Sorry ro see so many drop out

Lads and Ladies, it dosent have to be War and Feckin Peace, So long as you can convey a basic plot concept and move the story forward a little, Hell Have a look at the Schlock I've written in this forum to get a decent apreciation of Just how LOW the Standard of writin is

We're all fairly rubish at this writing lark, no one here is going to be a literary critic, in fact I think we may table a motion banning Grammar Nazis.

So go on If your undecided just have a go, serioulsy, just type a stre3am of conciousness.

you know that theory about a Million monkeys a Million typewriters and infinite time to produce the Works of Shakespear

5 Monkeys, 2 Typewriters, 15 Minutes

Should be able to crank out a submission for this game
:):):):)

DirtyBollox

well if thats all that is needed i'll try think of something in work tomorrow. not saying i will defo take a crack at it but i'll type it up and run it past a few people before throwing it in here.

i know we arent all literary geniuses in here but we have to have some level of competence no matter how low i can bring it :pac:

DakotaYoda

Thas the spirit. Go right ahead and see what ye can come up michaelpower. No harm whatsoever.

Mahatma is exactly right. It's really the contribution and general effort that counts toward moving the story along.

I'll absolutely jump in as needed. No problem there. I have a fair number of ideas so if we hit a dead spot I'll just post something up. I'll give it 24hrs or so to see what we get tho.

SUNGOD

yeah just take a stab, personally i dont care if its 5 or ten lines long, if the spelling is wrong etc.
just write down something leave 3 choices and give everyone something to think about/mull over to kill time during the day
it really is a case of the more the merrier

there will be no critism whatsoever of any effort written be it a 2000 word essay or 5 line effort
just try keep the story moving along step by step any way you want