Comments on: The Great Game Begins

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:37:13 +0000

Hey Tim! …. not sure Im bright enough to understand this stuff …. but hey!

By: DJ Kirkby

DJ Kirkby — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:38:34 +0000

Oooh fun!

By: Dave C

Dave C — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:40:37 +0000

Josh, the line between ‘collaborative story’ and ‘rpg’ got blurred many years ago. An example from 2001 is De Profundis…

“De Profundis”, the new horror RPG bytop Polish games designer Michal Oracz. “De Profundis” is a radical new game, blending the imagination of H.P.Lovecraft with elements of psychodrama and the correspondence-based story-telling methods of classic horror. “De Profundis” is designed to break down the borders between gaming-time and real-life, and
between reality and illusion. It runs without a GM, and can be played solo.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:28:22 +0000

Using the shorthand of ‘RPG’ to describe it may help some people understand what the idea is (if ‘collaborative’ is too long a word for them). Personally I thought RPG was short for Rocket Propelled Grenade. I guess I play a different kind of game.

By: Gabor

Gabor — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:02:09 +0000

Great concept indeed, Tim. It reminds me of both the gamebooks popularized ages ago by Jackson & Livingstone and their late incarnation, the “choose your own adventure” kind of movies like The Outbreak (was, before it got pulled down) – yet it’s an original take, as it will obviously be as suprising and exciting for you, the “99% writer” creatively, as it is for us, the “1% writers”. This approach feels closest to oldschool pen and paper roleplaying, and that’s just great. :)

Good luck, and hope to see this grow into something big.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:39:00 +0000

It’s an interesting story, but why are you advertising it as an RPG? It blatantly isn’t one.

By: Ghostwoods

Ghostwoods — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:06:41 +0000

Hey Alison! Thanks for the kind comments. I’m planning to update three times a week, which gives time for votes to roll in :)

I really hadn’t thought about ties. Um. Yeah, I might try doing both ways. I’ll think about it!

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:07 +0000

Interesting concept Tim, interactive story writing sounds like an interesting direction to take it. I hope you continue on more. If there is a tie will you write both directions and then have people vote on them as well?