Oooooooooookay.
This is gonna be terribly difficult, so I'm gonna post the general rules here and see if people want to follow through with this, and see if people have any ideas for improvement before I actually start the game. So here we go.
I think it would be neat to start a choose your own adventure story that people can contribute to, and then play. Here's kinda how I think it should go down:
It will start with one post that starts a story. It would involve, i dunno, dragons or something, and will have an eight letter code at the top (I will explain this later). This is the beginning of the story every time the game is played.
Then the person will post two or more options. Each of these options will be followed by an eight character code. The next person will post a piece of the story following one of those choices. Their post WILL START WITH THE CODE FROM THE CHOICE THAT HE CHOSE. This may sound confusing and pointless, but just stick with me. Here's an example:
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First post:
(From 98dfk4ed)
You are in a cave. It is dark and scary. There are passageways leading left and right. Which way do you want to go?
To go left, search vke94ks0
To go right, search dl93j09f
Second post:
(From vke94ks0)
You chose to go left. You are now at a waterfall, and the cave continues off to the left. You can either jump down the waterfall, continue going left, or go back to the first part of the cave.
To jump down the fall, search 4kf09ifd
To continue left, search fkcj9dkp
To go back, search 98dfk4ed
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So this is how it works: You read the first post. If you decide to go left, then you search the code for going left (vke94ks0) in the "search this thread" bar at the top of the screen. You should then get two posts that show up: the one that you just came from and the one that continues the story going left.
If the person chose right, and they can't find the next part of the story, then they can create it. They just need to put "From xxxxxxxx" at the top and write the next part of the story.
But there needs to be endings. So let's say someone went right, and decided "I think that there should be an ending here". Then they would do something like this:
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Third post:
(From dl93j09f)
You go through the right path in the cave. Unfortunately, there is an evil monster that eats you. Your last thoughts as you were being eaten are "I should have gone left..."
THE END
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So that's how it will generally go down. Obviously, the posts will usually be longer, and on the large make more sense. Also there are some problems, which leads me to my next point...
PROBLEMS:
Ninja-ing
You don't want two posts for the same option. This could be fixed possibly by PMing.
People doing stupid things to piss others off
Like people purposely making 20 posts for the same option, or making random "you die, the end" posts everywhere. This could be solved by deleting and banning, but it may be a big burden on the mods.
Other problems?
I know this has some more problems (I had actually thought of some more which I can't remember right now), so post your thoughts.
Thank you for reading all of this. Please post what you think, problems you foresee, and if this should really be started. Thanks again!
This is gonna be terribly difficult, so I'm gonna post the general rules here and see if people want to follow through with this, and see if people have any ideas for improvement before I actually start the game. So here we go.
I think it would be neat to start a choose your own adventure story that people can contribute to, and then play. Here's kinda how I think it should go down:
It will start with one post that starts a story. It would involve, i dunno, dragons or something, and will have an eight letter code at the top (I will explain this later). This is the beginning of the story every time the game is played.
Then the person will post two or more options. Each of these options will be followed by an eight character code. The next person will post a piece of the story following one of those choices. Their post WILL START WITH THE CODE FROM THE CHOICE THAT HE CHOSE. This may sound confusing and pointless, but just stick with me. Here's an example:
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First post:
(From 98dfk4ed)
You are in a cave. It is dark and scary. There are passageways leading left and right. Which way do you want to go?
To go left, search vke94ks0
To go right, search dl93j09f
Second post:
(From vke94ks0)
You chose to go left. You are now at a waterfall, and the cave continues off to the left. You can either jump down the waterfall, continue going left, or go back to the first part of the cave.
To jump down the fall, search 4kf09ifd
To continue left, search fkcj9dkp
To go back, search 98dfk4ed
------------------------------------------
So this is how it works: You read the first post. If you decide to go left, then you search the code for going left (vke94ks0) in the "search this thread" bar at the top of the screen. You should then get two posts that show up: the one that you just came from and the one that continues the story going left.
If the person chose right, and they can't find the next part of the story, then they can create it. They just need to put "From xxxxxxxx" at the top and write the next part of the story.
But there needs to be endings. So let's say someone went right, and decided "I think that there should be an ending here". Then they would do something like this:
------------------------------------------
Third post:
(From dl93j09f)
You go through the right path in the cave. Unfortunately, there is an evil monster that eats you. Your last thoughts as you were being eaten are "I should have gone left..."
THE END
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So that's how it will generally go down. Obviously, the posts will usually be longer, and on the large make more sense. Also there are some problems, which leads me to my next point...
PROBLEMS:
Ninja-ing
You don't want two posts for the same option. This could be fixed possibly by PMing.
People doing stupid things to piss others off
Like people purposely making 20 posts for the same option, or making random "you die, the end" posts everywhere. This could be solved by deleting and banning, but it may be a big burden on the mods.
Other problems?
I know this has some more problems (I had actually thought of some more which I can't remember right now), so post your thoughts.
Thank you for reading all of this. Please post what you think, problems you foresee, and if this should really be started. Thanks again!
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